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

Within a radius of about a mile from
the Fairlawn depot ON the Bergen County
Short Cut Railroad there are fifteen farms
on which are planted this year 10000
hills of melons, which run $500 hills to
the acre. The melons mature an average
three to the hill, b ey run about thirty to
the barrel, an ordinary wagon load is
twenty barrels and the barrels average 100
pounds in weight; the price ranges from
S. for the best in the early part of the sea-
son down to 81 or $3.50, with an average Of
So per barrel. One recent season they
dropped to fifty cents barrel, which did
not pay for marketing.
Winfield B., aged 9 years, the oldest
son of Elvin Lawrence, was accidentally
shot by Clark Kinds, on Tuesday morn
ing, and died at half-past two o'clock the
same day. Mr.. Lawrence lives one mile
east of Andover, and Mr.. Kinds is his
near neighbor. The boy was playing and
came along one side OF fence overgrowr
by weeds, when Clark, who was on the
opposite side, saw ground hog, but wai
not aware of the boys presence. Taking
hasty aim, he fred. The report was
quickly followed by a scream of agony
from the little fellow, who was in direc'
range and received the full. charge in biz
chest and abdomen.
"A large bulldog, owned by John
Grace, of Gloucester City, made savage
attack on his master. on Thursday, and
would in all probability have killed him
If several men armed with clubs had moi
come to his rescue. The animal was pre-
scented to Grace few days ago, and was
chained in the yard with heavy chain
AS Grace passed him the dog made a
spring for him and succeeded in breaking
the chain and attacked him, biting him
on the arms and legs in several places
and finally fastening his teeth in his
hand. hanging on with grip that could
not be loosened until after repeated blows
with heavy clubs. Grace went up stairs
and got his revolver for the purpose OF
shooting the dog, and was again attacked
by the brute as he attempted to shoot it
through window, the animal trying to
spring through the window until shot
from the revolver killed him.
The oystermen of the Delaware Bay
and Maurice River Cove Association have
attacked the constitutionality of the law
creating the State Riparian Commission.
About five miles of spawning grounds in
Delaware bay were recently sold by the
Riparian Commission, and the oystermen
claim that the sale was illegal, as the
grounds have been dredged upon for
years and are public property. Ex-Judge
Pancoast, of Camden, attorney for the
oystermen, notified the purchasers of the
grounds that his clients would continue
to dredee upon the grounds until they
were arrested The first arrest was made
Tuesday night, when Captain Chew was
held in $500 bail for court. The associa-
ton took this method of providing test
case to settle the constitutionality of the
law and the validity of the sales.
Rev. DR.. Charles Herr, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of Jersey City,
and John Keleher. No. SO Belmont ave-
nue.. are disputing over dead dog. the
animal having been shot by DIR. Herr.
1t was a pet pug, duly licensed, and wear
ing collar with its owners name and
address on it. 1t escaped from Mr.. Kel-
eher's house last Tuesday. A gang of
boys seeing that it was a pet chased it
with q view to reward. The dog, in
an exhausted condition. took refuge in DR..
Hers yard, and DR.. Herr, coming out
to learn the cause of the disturbance,
was told by the boys that the dog was
mad. Thereupon he procured pistol
and put two bullets into the dog, killing
it. Mr.. KeIeher's servant girl passed DR..
Keleher's house on Monday and saw sew
eral ash men removing the dogs body.
She demanded the collar and tag, but
the men refused to give them up, saying
they were acting under DIR. Hers direc-
tons. Mr.. Keleher threatens to sue for
the value of the dog.