The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-09-04
because he would not pay personal tax

lS60-"before Ocean Grove and Asbury
Park were dreamed Of" He also possess
es stock farm at Farmingdale.
While Rev. DIR. Wright. of Washing
ton, was preaching at the overflow meet
ing in Ross pavilion, Ocean Grove, on
Sunday morning, some one stole his UNI
brella. The Journal, commenting upon
the circumstance, says: The iniquity of
the act was heightened by the fact that
there was no rain in sight"
Watson j. Rttenhouse, aged 81, died
at Morris Plains Asylum on August 10Th.
He had been insane for thirty-fve years,
no doubt the result of kick on the head
by horse some fifty years ago. Previous
to his confinement in the asylum he lived
on the farm now occupied by William
Coates, at Sergeantviile.
The question of appropriating money
| for the public schools was voted upon on
Thursday in Vineland township, Cumber
land township. Owing to the dissatisfac
ton existing over the election of four
hu6Sihuh, VI Val hn0lf Oh IhS bO9AN Va
trustees, the proposition to make an ap-
preparation was defeated by vote of 800
to so.
Early Wednesday morning the resi-
dence of William Enkhopper, at Rose
dale, Camden county, was destroyed by
fire, causing loss of probably $1,000,
The fire, it is thought, originated from an
exploded lamp and the inmates had
some difficulty in escaping from the burn
ing building Most of the household
effects were burned.
During the past week there have
been shipped from Freehold, over the
railroads. 10000 barrels of potatoes. 1t
is the high water mark for any one week.
The largest cargo for any one day, on the
Central, was 1900 barrels. They have
received $500 barrels during the past
week. The Pennsylyanlas largest ship
ment was last Friday, l,245 barrels. Their
weeks record was 5000.
"A communication was received by
Justice Schmidt, of Camden, on Tuesday,
from State Councillor Lewis, stating that
the annual session of the Junior Order of
| American Mechanics would be held in
Camden in October next. a report was
current several days ago that the State
Council had abandoned the idea of hold
ing a session in Camden on the ground
that the delegates could not be enter
| tanned.
Colonel T. C. Wildman. of Arlington,
has a Scotch terrier named Terry, three
years old A few days ago Terry became
ill, and the Colonel says he gave him an
emetc on Monday afternoon. Terry soon
coughed up good sized live frog, accord
ing to the Colonel, that hoped away
when its struck the grass. The Colonel is
of the opinion that Terry swallowed the
frog when it was baby.
"A. j. Kean, of Camden, accidentally
shot himself, at Paulsboro, while cunning
for reed birds. He was finishing his gun
ming trip along the shore of the Delaware
river in a boat, when the hammer of bis
gun caught in the side of the boat and
the load of shot was discharged into bis
body His right arm was shattered and
it will have to be amputsted. He was IN
jured otherwise, but not fatally. DR.
Miller attended to his injuries and he was
taken to the hospital.
Ferdinand Koch, living on farm al
Egg Harbor City, committed suicide by
hanging himself to a rafter in his barn
early Saturday morning. His seventeen
year-old son found him when entering
the stable. Koch came from New York
last May. He was machinst and WAS
in poor health. He bought farm and
made part payment at the time of pur-
chase. The balance became due ON Sat
urdsy. Not being able to meet his obi
cations he became respondent.
John A. Citizens & Co.'s furniture
warerooms. on the corner of Main street
and Springwood avenue, Asbury Park,
were partially destroyed by fire early sat
urday morning, causing loss of nearly
$4,000. The fire is supposed to have
been caused by spontaneous combustion
A lot of old rags used in polishing furni
ture was kept in the part of the building
where the fire was discovered. The loss
is fully covered by insurance.
The will of James Booth, million
sire silk manufacturer of Paterson, was
admitted to probate before the Surrogate
of Passaic county on Friday. After dis
posing of his estate and interest in the
silk firm of Hamil 4 Booth among his
relatives and friends, he bequeathed So
600 to the Paterson General Hospital, So,
600 to the Paterson Orphan Asylum, So.
600 TO the Old Ladies Home, and 81 900 to
st. Joseph's Hospital. One-ninth of the
estate of Mr.. Booths second wife, which
amounts to about $50, 600, is to be divided
equally among the same institutions
Adam Morris, an old family coachman,
gets 81 ,000.
"A plan to build cooperative farming
colony has been started by Charles Lin
nekohl, of Newark. He says he desires
to band together fifty persons, all with
5000 cash capital, into a company with
regularly elected officers and a board of
directors. This company viii buy large
tract of land in Sussex and Warren coun.
ties Property in view will sell at $40 OF
SIS per acre. 1t will be divided into small
farms of ten or fifteen acres each. Houses
are to be built out of the general fund and
from the proceeds of any produce sold
from the farm, which is to go into one
fund, in order to make the society coop
erative.
Chester A. Arthur, the ten year old
son of William Arthur, of Solo, part OF
Belleville, fell down well Tuesday night,
while trying to draw a bucket OF water
The well was forty feet deep, and con
tanned ten feet Of water. Chesters little
brother saw him fall, and, running into
the house, told his father Chester was
killed. Mr.. Arthur found the plucky boy
clinginE to the stonework, with his head
and shoulders ont of the water Mr.. Ar.
thur lowered the bucket, and, sitting
astride of it, the boy was drawn up into
his mothers arms. He was not bit
hurt and not much scared by the fall
Mrs. James Fogarty, OF Camden,
found her three-year-old child, Nellie.
crying with pain and fright on Friday,