The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-11-28

one of the prettiest stories and bes
written dramas of the day.
Kiners' shoe shop resumed work on
Monday.
S. M. Roes and S. f. Hen dren have re
signed as instructors at the Mount Holly
Academy.
Branin & Holt, the Garden street
butchers, are now selling sausage of theil
own make.
The supper in aid of the Children's
Home will be held in the Masonic Temple
on December and 8.
In the list of captains who will probably
be called to command the new battle
ships is the name of Capt. John J. Read,
of Mount Holly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert B Kerlin were
found unconscious in their bed chamber
at their home at Columbus on Sunday,
from the effects of gas which had escaped
from coal stove in their room. DR.. Van
Mater was called in, and they are now out
of danger.
The resignation of Deputy Collector
James w. Caldwell having been asked for
there is much speculation in Democratic
ranks over the name of his successor.
Ex-Judge Benajah P. Wills, of North
ampton, and R. Harry Page, of Mansfield.
are named. Judge Wills is said to have
the best chance.
A one-act farce, entitled "Poor Pulli-
coddy," with an additional program, will
be given in the opera house sometime in
December, for the benefit of the Hospital
Fund, with the following cast Mr.. Pulli-
coddy, H. E. Eder; Capt. O'Scuttle, E. l.
Cleaver; Mrs. Pullicoddy, Mrs. II. E.
Eder; Mrs. O'Scuttle. Mrs. Charles Harker;
Sarah, Miss Bertha Sooy.
There can be but four more days of
race-track gambling in New Jersey. On
the LIST day of December, according to the
provisions of the last act of the Legisla-
ture of 1898, the close season of race-track
gambling begins. 1t continues until
March 1st. When the close season has
expired, the race-track laws will have
been repealed.
Capt John F. Lovett, of Trenton, was in
Mount Holly, yesterday. He is candi-
date for Sergeant at Arms of the House of
Assembly. Capt. Lovett has been men,
Der of the Republican party as long as it
has been in existence. and also served in
the army during the war of the Rebel
Iona record that would seem to be de-
serving of some recognition.
America Hose Company, of Mount
Holly, will participate in the firemen's pa
rade at Moorestown, on THANKSGIVING
day, the occasion of the housing of a new
hose carriage by Company No. l of that
place. Firemen desiring to parade with
America Company will meet at their house
on Main street at 11.30 on Thursday
morning. No other Mount Holly COM
pany will participate in the parade.
Candidates for township offices are al
ready beginning to show themselves and
there will doubtless be full complement
before the caucuses convene. Freebooter
Gale will probably be in the race again.
and the people cannot do better than to
reflect Mr.. Gale, who has shown himself
a faithful, conscientious officer, one who
was not afraid to stand up for what he
considered right, even if his action did
not add to his popularity.
The oyster shipping in the Maurice
River Cove, Delaware Bay, has been al
most failure. The oysters, which were
apparently good, have been attacked by
a Wrinkle which has killed about three
quarters of the crop. One shipper alone
who expected to have one hundred ves-
sci loads to freight has barely paid his ex.
penses. 1t is the same with many others
Hundreds of thousands OF bushels of oys-
tiers are shipped to Philadelphia and other
points from the Cove every year, and the
surrounding villages thrive entirely on
their earnings from the growing of the BIZ
valves.
Judge Garrison, in the Camden court,
on Saturday, sentenced two murderers to
lengthy terms of imprisonment. Alfred
Boyer, colored, was given twenty years
for killing his cousin, Alexander Gibbs,
over game of cards, on July 4, 1891.
Henry johnson, for the murder of Mich
ael Burke, on April 9th last, escaped
with ten years. Both tragedies occurred
in Camden. Johnson killed Burke in
drunken fight, and was convicted at the
last term of Court of murder in the Sec
ond degree. Boyer has been in the Cam
den county Jail for two years and half,
and has only escaped the gallows through
the strenuous efforts of his counsel, Lind
ley NJ Garrison. Boyer was convicted on
June LIST, 1892, of murder in the first de-
gree, but the case was app called to the Su-
preme court, and after numerous delays
new trial was granted. On Saturday he
pleaded non vult, and Judge Garrison
granted his request to fix his crime at
murder in the second degree.