The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-08-06


James Stewart, Jr, of Philadelphia; Col
onel Samuel Hufty, of Camden; Colonel
W. B. Curtis, of Pennington, and Major 7.
B. Applegate, of HIghtstown.
William Dickson, of Smithville, shot q
blue heron last week.
Sterling silver Trilby pins, 20 cents.
at Stratton's. The latest pin out.
William Poinsett, Young boy, is in
! Jail for stealing $40 bill from the pocket
of John w. Archer's vest
Howard v. Stratton. the ieweler, has
some pretty novelties in silver that will
interest you. No. 80 Main street.
Prosecutor Budd will be at his Office on
Wednesdays during August, to attend to
business. He is at Beach Haven on a
vacation.
Mrs. Mary White, of Union eet,while
out riding last week, was thrown from the
carriage, and one of the bones in her arm
was broken.
The handsomest saddle horse in Mount
Holly is the property of Hon. Thomas J..
Alcott. It headed the riding troop, on
Saturday. and was greatly admired.
Louis Ottinger, formerly employed at
Smithville, was found dead in the woods,
at South Atlantic City, Saturday morning.
Death is supposed to have resulted from
alcoholism.
The Sheriff was to have sold the hotel
of John Sipler, at Jacksonville, on Satur-
day afternoon. Mr.. Sipler died at 5
o'clock in the morning, and the sale was
postponed
While Abraham Stokes and John B.
Townsend were out driving. on Sunday,
sparks from cigar set fire to their lap
robe, and it was burning so rapidly when
discovered that they had to throw it from
the carriage.
The new bicycle path to Burlington is
expected to be finished next Friday.
That evening, at o'clock, all wheelmen.
are requested to meet at the fountain to
proceed to Burlington over the new road
A large turnout is desired.
Thomas R. Finley and Edward F.
Burns rode from Riverton to Mount
Holly, a distance of about fifteen miles,
in forty-six minutes, on Saturday. The
run from Riverton to Stanwick was made
in twenty minutes, and from there to
Mount Holly in twenty-six minutes.
| Evans Il. Tomlinson. of "Fruit Hill"
farm, out Garden street, has horse with
peculiar appetite. In carting truck to
the city the horse shows decided aver
sion to going on the ferry boat, and can
only be induced to proceed by getting
chew of tobacco. 1t takes about quar-
ter of pound to satisfy him.
The dead body of Mrs. Sarah Taylor,
of Indian Mills, was found in a small
stream, in the woods. not far from Small's
Hotel, on Sunday. The water was very
shallow, but the woman was lying face
downward, and was smothered in that
way. 1t is thought she was seized with
a fit, and fell just as she was about cross
ing the stream. She was about seventy
years of age.
Sterling silver Trilby pins. 20 cents
at STATIONS. The latest pin out.
A most daring highway robbery was
committed near Haddonfeld Thursday
night on two brothers, Everett and Thomas
Redman, commission merchants, as they
were going from Merchantville. When
near the church road they were waylaid
by ten tramps, beaten into insensibility
and robbed, then left by the roadside I'M
til farmer came along, who. seeing them
in precarious condition, revived them
and brought the two men to their home
Physicians were Immediately summoned,
who made an examination of them.
Everett has several ribs broken. Thomas
was badly cut about the head. The
thieves stole $50 from Everett and SIG
from Thomas. The officers were notified
and in short time three suspicious
looking characters were arrested and
lodged in Jail.
Rev. G. w. Jordan, pastor of the Afri-
can M. F.. Church, at Wrightsville, ap-
peared before Justice Colding, of Camden,
on Tuesday, and requested warrants for
the arrest of number of members of his
church. The minister was informed that
the Justice had no jurisdiction in the case
as the church was not in Camden county,
and he would have to seek redress from
Burlington county justice. The story told
by the minister was to the effect that he
had been away from his church, and,
returning on Sunday night, found the
congregation at divine service, and as
he walked up the aisle to take bis seat on
the pulpit platform he was seized by sew
eral of the male members of the church
and an attempt made to eject him from
the building. The pastor further states
that he was very roughly handled, and
that he will now bring suit against his as
sailants. and also bring suit to recover