The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-08-07
He MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.


paving Brainard street.
The members of Company F will go t
Sea Girt on Monday next for rifle practice
Assessor Chsuncey F. Woodington dice
at his home on Pine street last night after
lingering illness.
The catalogue of the Interstate Fair,
Trenton, for 1894, is just out. 1t is 8
handsome publication.
Capt. John ]. Read has gone to San
Francisco to take command of the indie.
pendence, a receiving ship.
During the month of August Prosecutor
Budd will be at his office on Wednesdays
and Saturdays to attend to business.
Rev j. ]. Coale. of Toms River, will
preach at the Presbyterian Church,
Mount Holly, the next three Sundays.
Ashbrook W. Shinn, resident OF
Shreve street, died on Friday of consump-
ton after an illness of about six months.
A piece of timber. near Brindletown,
owned by Edward Emley, was damaged
to the extent of about 81, 900 by fire last
week.
The annual picnic at Little Pine Mill,
at which all the politicians of the county
come together in a love feast, was held on
Thursday
The ordinance prohibiting bicycle rid
ing on the sidewalks went into effect on
Saturday, and as a consequence the riders
are using the streets.
Sheriff Townsend sold the farm of
Martha j. Heisler, in Willingboro' town
ship, on Wednesday, to Jarvis Mason for
50, 600 1t contains about 5S acres.
The store recently occupied by Oliver
L. Jeffrey is being remodeled and new
front added for Samuel P. Childs, of Cam
den, who will open grocery there.
Sheriff Townsend will endeavor to bor-
row the gallows belonging to Camden
county to execute Warner. If not to be
had, the sheriff win have new one
built.
Mrs Sterne Palmer, who was badly in
iured by a wardrobe falling on her, is
slowly improving, and it is now thought
that she will recover in three or four
weeks.
Letters of administration have been
granted to Charles H. Deacon for the
estate of his aunt, Ella NJ. Deacon, de-
ceased. The personal estate is valued at
81, 1880.
Alonzo NJ. Bodine, formerly Of Mount
Holly, has been held under $500 bail In
Camden on charge of embezzling $50
from America Council, Jr. 0. U. A. NJ, OF
which he was treasurer.
Rev. Robert F. Y. Pierce, of Rockford,
ILL.,, will occupy the pulpit of the Mount
Holly Baptist Church next Sunday at
both services. He is expected to arrive |
in Mount Holly this evening.
The two-story frame dwelling house of
Edward Decamp, living about half mile
from Cookstown, was destroyed by fire,
together with its contents, on Wednesday
night The fire is supposed to have been
kindled by incendiarles.
Charles G. Reeve, of Camden; S. Budd
Norcross, of Mount Holly, and William
A. Wright, of Centreton, are the incor-
porators of the New Jersey Sand Com
pany, which has just been organized.
The capital stock is $4,000, with $1,000
paid in.
Work on the new bridge across the
Delaware, at Delair, will be commenced |
in the fall. Bed rock for the piers was
found after drilling at so feet on the
Pennsylvania side and at l6O feet on the
New Jersey side.
Burglars tried to effect an entrance in
to the residence of Edward F. Burns, on
Union street, one night last week by fore
ing open rear shutter. The noise alarm
ed the watch dog and this aroused the
family, who scared the thieves away.
Ex-Assemblyman Hansell, of Willing |
borough, is ahead of the game this year
with his apple crop This is an off year
for apples, but Albert has already mar
keted about 1900 baskets of Williams
Early Red, a pretty apple that always
commands fancy price.
A large gold locket, having R. Fl. S. en-
graved on the back, and black onyx in
taglio face, was lost on Sunday between
Broad and Cherry streets, Mount Holly,
and w. B. Stackhouse's home, near Med
ford. A reward of SIS will be paid for its
return to Mr.. Stackhouse.
The trolley road to connect New York |
and Philadelphia, also connecting various
cities and towns in New Jersey, via
Trenton and Camden, is said to be an as
sured thing. The right of way has been
secured, and already, it is said, the price
for the round trip has been fixed at Sl.5O.
Samuel Rogers, of Mount Holly, and
Rsdderow Gaskill, of Jacksonville, met
each other on the Jacksonville road Sun
day night Rogers was asleep and ran
into Gaskills wagon, but no damage was
done. Samuel woke up, gathered himself
together, backed out and had nothing to
say.
Labor Day, which falls on the first
Monday of September, is now national
holiday by act of Congress and the ap-
proyal of the President. 1t is interesting
to note in this connection that there is no
other national holiday provided for by
law of Congress, although the Fourth oil
July is observed as such.
The annual picnic of the New Jersey
Dairymen's Protective Association will be
held at Browns Mills on Thursday. Spe-
cial trains will run to Camden, Burling-
ton and intermediate points at 10 P. M.
A special train will be run on the Med
ford and Marlton road in the morning,
returning at 9.45 that night
Lester Taylor, an infant about one
month of age, died quite suddenly at
Tabernacle on Monday last This is the
child that caused W. f. Haines, of near
Medford, to commit suicide, he being ac-
cused of its parentage. Coroner Hibberd
investigated the case and found that
marasmus was the cause Of death.
Two young children of the Peak family
went to the county clerks Office on We'd
nesday and got the clothes Lizzie wore
when murdered They consisted OF
a hat, a fur cape, fancy collar, and the
waist of a dress, all stiff and stained with
blood. which we're used at the trial. The
knife with which the murder was done