The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-06-20
STATE NEWS.

There are said to be between fifty
and sixty illegal fish traps in operation in
the Pequest creek, between Andover
Junction and the Belvidere dam, and the
Fish Wardens have taken no action.
The Grand Army posts of Salem en-
joyed their annual outing on Thursday.
About 500 members and their wives en-
barked on the steamer Major Reybold
and took in the sights Of Philadelphia
and Lincoln Park.
-Ex-letter carrier Bert Sanborne, of
Morristown, was arrested in New York
on Tuesday, charged with having forged
the name of his stepfather to check for
$500. The young man is also wanted
at Morristown for similar offense.
j. NJ. Roseberry, of Belvidere, coun-
sci for Alexander Olzewski, the convicted
Oxford murderer, has concluded not to
carry an appeal to higher court, but in
stead will allow the sentence of the court
to be carried out. This gives the prisoner
ten years at hard labor in the State Prison.
Mrs. George RRemig died early Tuesday
morning, at Paterson. of injuries received
while hanging clothes in the yard OF her
home last Saturday. To reach the line
she stood on a small box. This fell over,
and Mrs. Remig, who was stout woman,
sustained broken leg and internal iniu-
ries.
AT Branchville, few days ago, Colo
mel E. L. Price, of Newark, caught seven
pickerel that weighed twenty pounds.
Three other fishermen caught three that
weighed eleven pounds, a bass weighing
five and three-quarters pounds. another
five and one-quarter, and number of
others weighing two to three pounds.
The cap factory of Solomon Tinker
a Russian Jew, near Woodruffs corner, a
few miles from Bridgeton, was burned to
the ground on Wednesday night. 1t is
supposed the fire caught from stove in
which fire was left when the workmen
left the shop. The loss on building and
machinery is $500, with no insurance.
Three Italian farm laborers at Ber-
nardsville were set to work to pillow and
prepare for seeding with corn, certain
field, by their employer. Their horse
was so high spirited they could not man
age him, so the three men secured spades
and had nearly finished the work by hand
when the farmer returned home at night
The township Of North Bergen. that
portion of territory on the west slope of
the bin and including Secaucus, New Dur
ham and Homestead, is in high feather
The Township Committee has found that
there is sufficient surplus in the treasury
to meet all obligations during the next
fiscal year, and they have decided to levy
no tax.
1T has just been learned that J. E
Post, treasurer of the Reformed Church
in Ridgewood, is short in his accounts.
The amount of his deficit is about $500.
1t is not thought that Post will be prose-
cuted, as his security, M. J. F. Cruise, his
father-in-law, has agreed to refund the
money. The money was lost in Wall
street speculation.
Two large barns on the Captain John
son farm, in Lower Penn's Neck, Salem
county, were totally destroyed by FIRE
about 5o'clock Thursday afternoon. The
barns contained lot Of hay, farming inn
pIements. machinery and about 200 bush
els of wheat Loss on contents, about
81 800 on the buildings, $1,000. The
fire originated from boy playing with
matches in the hay NOW.
Charles B. Woolley, appointed Post
master at Long Branch three years ago
under the Harrison Administration, dis
appeared suddenly on Tuesday night
Assistant Inspector Parham, Of New York,