The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-01-26

3. in jail last week for being drunk and dis
g orderly.
y Charles Cole, brother-in-law of Viii
liam Ireland, contemplates taking charg
IS of canning factory at Williamstown.
If Some twelve feet of the smoke stack a
the Mount Holly Shoe Company's factory
. were blown down last week by the higf
j wind.
Rev. J. H. Durham conducted services
/. at the hospital Sunday afternoon, assisted
o by some members of the Presbyterian
Church.
r James Comfy, of Mount Holly, made
r a contract with a Camden builder last
week, for twenty-foot launch, to be pro
PEELED by gasoline engine.
; 1t is said that Zimmerman will train fol
the 1897 racing season, and if he can ge
in good form he will ride, but unless his
, work is of high order he will not BIZ
seen on the track.
James Wallace, living on Mount Holly
: avenue, while wrestling with one of his
playmates at school, on Wednesday. was
thrown to the ground and had the ten.
dons of a knee strained. He was car
ried home
James K Parker is distributing a con.
venient little souvenir called 'the bon.
ton needle case" which contains full
complement of needles for the ladies and
a calendar for the present year, together
with suggestion as to where to buy your
boots and shoes.
A syndicate of wealthy New Workers is
now negotiating for the purchase of 5000
acre tract of land in Burlington and Ocean
counties, in the vicinity of Chatsworth
their intention being to establish He
brew colony there. The soil is said to be
fertile and capable of sustaining a colony
of 500 persons.
Members of the Sodality of the Sacred
Heart Church are preparing entertain
ments of social and musical nature to
be given at the homes of various mem
bers about town. The object is to raise
funds for the benefit OF the church. The
first was given at the home of Mrs. Philip
Murphy on Saturday evening.
The dispute over the assessed valuation
of the carpet mill property in Mount Hol-
ly, which was set down for hearing be-
fore the State Board of Taxation, on Tues
day, was compromised by fixing the
amount at $4,000 The property had been
assessed at $4,000, and the owners. W. &
j. Sloane, asked reduction to $1,000.
Regret will be generally expressed at
the death of E. P. Jenison, who for long
time was manager for Hecker & Co. He
had charge of exhibits at fairs and food
shows, and for several years visited the
Burlington County Agricultural Society's
fair where he soon created large circle
of friends. He was sick but four days,
death following an operation for appen-
dicitis.
At the annual meeting of the Mount
Holly Athletic Association on Tuesday
evening, the following officers were elect
ed: President, DR.. W. P. Melcher vice
president, Joseph G. Kingdom; secretary,
Samuel A. Atkinson treasurer, Charles
K. Chambers; trustees, DIR. Richard H.
Parsons, Joseph G. Bower, I. Wilkins
Hume. Edward D. Stokes. Joseph Huff,
John d. Johnson, Harry Lynn.
Judson G. Gaskill, j. Colby Montgom-
cry and George F. Harbert, commission
ers appointed to estimate and assess the
benefits conferred to property owners
along the South Pemberton stone road,
have filed their report in the county
clerks Office, and Judge Miller will sit at
the court house tomorrow morning to
may feel dissatisfied with his assessment.
The Richard Westwood Carpet Com
pany, of Bordentown, has elected the fol-
lowing officers President, Richard West
wood; Vice President, Joseph G. Bower
Secretary, Robert H. Howard Treasurer,
J. Holmes Longstreet; Directors, c.
Townsend Blake, Paul S. Richards, Phila-
delphia L. T. Thompson. J. Holmes
Longstreet, Bordentown Richard West
wood, Robert H. Howard and Joseph G.
Bower, Mount Holly.
The stockholders of the Burlington
County Safe Deposit and Trust Company
have elected the following directors for
the ensuing year: William M. Paul. AL
fred H. Burr. Or. N. N. Stokes. H. w.
Doughten, J. c. Hopkins, Josiah Lippin-
colt, Charles Evan Merritt, Isaac Feni-
more, Howard Parry, David D. Griscom
Isaac w. Stokes, Mordecai Hunt, William
R. Lippincott, Clayton Conrow, William
]. Trick, Albert Hansell and David Mas
ters.
The application OF Rey. G. Heathcote
Hills for divorce from his wife was heard
in the Pennsylvania courts last week
Mrs. Hills applied for an allowance OF
$500 counsel fees and Mr.. Hills asked to
include as correspondents in the suit,
Benjamin r. Bechtel. now in London,
and Abram Huey, now in Chicago, in
addition to the youthful chorister, How
ard Garrett. This request was complied
with. In the other the sum was reduced
to 800.
Prosecutor Budd defended W. F. Will
kinson at Camden, last week, in suit for
damages for false imprisonment brought
by Edwin G. Shaw, of Camden. Shaw cut
some trees on the property of Wilkinson
at Riverside, and the latter had him ar
rested. The justice of the peace who is
sued the warrant omitted some of the
words required by law to be inserted in
the paper, and Shaw was released on
habeas corpus, and at once began proceed
ings against Wilkinson. AS soon as the
testimony for the plaintiff was heard in
the trial last week, Mr.. Budd asked for a
nonsuit on the ground that Wilkinson
could not be held responsible for the
errors of the justice. The Judge quickly
granted the motion.
A. j. Gouley, who discovered that there
was not much money in running third
rate jewelry store in Mount Holly,
concluded to give up the ghost, and
on Wednesday he attempted to skip
out of town without squaring with
some creditors. AS load of goods was
ready to be carted away, George D. Wor-
rell happened along, and reminded the
diamond merchant of a little bill which