The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-19

Robert Parent will be sent to the
Jamesburg reform school for petty lar
ceny.
sneak thief entered the barber shop
of William Williams by side window, on
Wednesday, while the proprietor was at
dinner, and stole several razors, pair of
clippers and rifled the money drawer of
about Sl.50.
Samuel r. Magee, superintendent of
Miller & Sons shirt factory, in this city,
has received notice from the firm to run
only three days in the week until further
notice. They have been running four
days in the week for the past month.
George Jacobs, a colored man, living at
Bordentown, who gave J. Fl. Longstreet
note for sum of money, purporting to
own personal property, in 1891, which
amounted to some SAL, was committed to
the Burlington county Jail on Tuesday,
charged with receiving money upon false
pretense.
Charles R. Ellis died at his residence,
No. 1853 Farnsworth avenue, on Wednes-
day last. Several years since he lost his
eyesight, and was more or less afflicted
otherwise, until about ten days since
when his weakened condition made him
comparatively easy victim to a compli-
cation of diseases-the grip, pneumo-
MIA, and paralysis of the brain.
About o'clock on Thursday morning,
Patrick Hoolaha an, who is acting night
Waterman at the Ironsides pottery, dis
covered the interior of one of the build
ings on fire in two places at the same
time. He at once gave an alarm by pull
ing open the whistle and making it fast,
and then set to work extipguishing the
flames. The place set on fire had been
saturated with kerosene.
The will of the late Captain Israel La
cey, owner of the Anchor Pottery, who
died on December 3rd, has been admitted
to probate in the Office of the Surrogate of
Burlington county. Outside of his pottery
he leaves an estate ofaDout $250,000 The
estate is to be held in trust and at the ex-
piration of ten years the pottery is to be
sold. The legatees are his four married
sons, who are to receive equal portions of
the estate.
The news and cigar store of Richard
Allen was again broken into on Thursday
night by breaking down the back cellar
door and prying up the trap door in the
| floor which was heavily bolted down.
The thief or thieves took what change
was in the drawer and lot of cigars and
tobacco amounting as near as can be
computed to about $50. This is the
fourth time this store has been robbed.
Two men. one giving the name of Ed
ward Williams, alias Frank Williams,
who said his residence was ON Lam berton
street, and the other John Watson,
living in the vicinity of the Swamp, at
Trenton, were before Mayor Hudson on
Tuesday, charged with being drunk and
| disorderly. The former had recently
been committed to Mount Holly from
this city by the Mayor for thirty days.
Each received thirty days.
! John P. Hutchinson, administrator of
Daniel J. Bodipe, deceased, sold, on Tues
day, the following real estate: No. l. A
! lot of land on the west side of Farms
worth avenue, 314x73 feet, adjoining land
! of John Hozbaur and Mrs Aaronson,
was sold to William Bodine, one of the
! family, for the sum of $780, No. 2. A
double frame building house, on the
south side of Burlington street, 26 feet
! front and from so to 105 feet in depth.
was knocked down to Charles j. Apple
| ton for $780, No. g. A two-and-a-half
story brick front dwelling house and
store, also on the north side of Burling-
ton street, adjoining No. 2. 44xlO6 feet.
was purchased by Robert I. Bantle for
81 $50.
While the farm hands of Biddle Black
were milking the cows on Thursday morn
ing they saw man come out of the barn
and go toward the house. They thought
no more of it until as they approached
the house afterward he was seen leaving
the house going toward gully back of
| the residence. They informed Mr.. Black
of the facts. He procured his gun and
with the men started in pursuit. They
found their customer who had built fire
and was cooking portion of about half
bushel of potatoes which he had stolen
from Mr.. Blacks cellar, together with
half dozen cans of preserved fruits. He
was white man with his face blackened.
They took from him what he had stolen
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