The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-06-04
STATE NEWS.

Governor Werts on Tuesday signed
the second death warrant for Theodore
Lambert, of Camden, re sentencing him
to be hanged for the murder of Baker
Kairer in December, 1898. 1t fixes the
date as Thursday, June 9th.
The jury returned verdict Wednes-
day night of murder in the second degree
in the case of Alexander. alias Sandy"
Hayes, colored. who stabbed John Booth
to death, at Bridgeton. on April 9th
Jadge Reed Immediately sentenced
Hayes to fifteen years in State Prison at
hard labor. Hayes is one of the gang of
oystermen who were imported from Bal
timore to take the place of local oyster
men on the boats in Maurice River Cove.
w. 7. Fredericks, contractor and
builder, of Sea Isle City, moved his house
and placed it on new lot some distance
away from its former location on Satur-
day last, in order to prevent its sale by
Sheriff Hand, of Cape May county. The
sale was to be made to satisfy a mortgage
held by client of Lawyer Hildreth, of
Cape May, who reached Sea Isle City on
Saturday, just too late to prevent Fred
ericks from concentrating his moving de-
sign. Sheriff Hand could not proceed
with the sale of the house, because the
property referred to in the legal notices
was not then situated In the locality de-
scribed. The interesting question in
VOWED in the case will be brought to the
court for settlement.
"A live kitten was found in large pa
per sack from Philadelphia, when the
mail was received at the post Office in
New Brunswick Tuesday morning. The
sack was thrown on the distributing ia
BILE by Jack" White, the distributing
clerk. He thought something moved as
though alive in the sack and thrust his
hand in the mouth of the sack, but quick
ly withdrew it with q cry of alarm
Throwing the sack open wide, he was sur
prised to see kitten walk out. 1t had
evidently been placed in the sack while
en- route from Philadelphia by some wag
of a route agent or had crept in itself.
How it came through without injury is a
mystery. The heavy sack was thrown off
. an express train at the depot and then
carried to the post Office. The carriers
intend to keep the kitten for good luck.
The Pennsylvania Fish Commission
has decided to locate its shad hatchery on
the Delaware at Bristol, for which there
is an appropriation of $4,000. The site
chosen is piece of ground belonging to
Walter LainR, for which an annual rental
of $50 is to be paid for five years. The
spot is said to be well adapted for the
work of shad Matching. The ground is
high and dry, and the river in front is
deep, with good rock bottom and pure
water. The contract for the erection of
the hatchery building has already been
given out, and the work is to begin i'm
mediately. The structure is to be of
dressed frame, 20 by go feet, elevated on
piers and one story high. except the front,
where there will be second story to be
used as a sleeping room and Office for the
attendants. The building will have ca
pacity for 200 jars, affording the Matching
OF many million young shad annually.
The water for the jars will be pumped to
the roof by means Of small engine,
from which place it is to be carried to the
jars by pipes.