The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-10-23

The election of officers for the present
year resulted thus President. William
Delaney, of Jersey City; Vice Presidents,
G. C. Ford of Elizabeth, and E. F. Per.
klns, of Burlington; Secretary, G. d. Lair,
Glen Gardner; Treasurer, George Con-
over, of Matawan.
Six small boys were arrested on Friday,
on bench warrant to answer an indict-
ment for malicious mischief and stealing
watermelons. They were released on
bail. If the facts are as reported it is an
outrage that such case was allowed to
go before the grand jury, and put the
county to expense, especially when bill
in an important murder case is ignored
on the grounds of economy.
The stone road between Mount Holly
and Masonvile has been accepted by the
committee, who pronounce 1t nice piece
of work, and those who have used it CON
firm the report and ExDirector Younker
is receiving many compliments on the
completeness of the job. This road was
long time building, but the opinion pre-
walls that the road will be more durable
than if it had been hurried and sighted.
Killing robins is the popular pastime of
young men and boys who seem to forget
there is a penalty of $40 for every bird SO
killed. Every day sees gunners on the
mount shooting at these birds. A gem
tleman walking in the cemetery few
days since saw several boys armed with
air guns and rifles and he found a robin
shot in the wing so that it was unable to
fly, but could hop about. The Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
could find work at the mount.
The following is from Dayton, Ohio,
paper William H. Cheeks. alias Harry
Kimball, was arrested yesterday by Chief
Farrell and John Lyle, on a charge OF
grand larceny preferred by the authori-
ties of Mount Holly, New Jersey, at
whose instance the arrest was made.
Cheeks was sent to the penitentiary from
this county in 1891 on two years SEN
tence. The particulars of the crime he
committed at Mount Holly are not as yet
known. He came here in August and was
employed in a barber shop. The arrest
occurred in the Adams Express Office
where Cheeks was getting package OF
clothing which had been sent to him
from Mount Holly. AS soon as he made
himself known. the express agent noti-
fed the police who walked in just as
Cheeks had signed for his package.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union, in
order to afford series of entertainments |
of the highest order and worthy of pop
ular support, have shown their faith in
the appreciation of the Mount Holly pub
lie by contracting, at much expense, for
the following course Tuesday, October
30, Swedish Ladies' Quartette and Miss
Adele Weber, elocutionist; November 10,
William B. Green, humorist; December
l3, Carrie Louise Ray, histrione; January
Is, 1895, Mart Dow, of Boston, humorist;
March 4. Harvard Male Quartette, of Har
yard University, Cambridge. Mass. The
tickets for the course have been put at
me dollar, and for the entertainments,
ingly, at % cents, to afford all an oppor-
unity of enjoying these musical and lite
airy evenings. DIR. Nelson says: Il will
ouch, unreservedly, to the Mount Holly
,ublic for the refinement and excel Hence
# every one of these entertainments"