The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-11

Henry l. Grooms died at the hospital
on Friday night
William West has secured employ
ment in machine shop at Fair Haven,
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William Schafer, the tobacconist, is
making improvements to the front of his
store on Madison avenue.
The upper part of Mount Holly avenue
is being plowed and scrsped, which is q
much needed improvement.
Edwin r. Smith has put a new soda
fountain at his "wheelman's rest" and
will haye soda on tap every day.
Rev. R. A. Rodrick and DIR. R. G. Bar.
rington started yesterday afternoon on
their bicycles for trip to Atlantic City.
A native of Burmah, attending the Uni
versity of West Virginia, occupied the
pulpit of the Baptist Church on Sunday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome B. Grigg enter
tanned a number of their friends at their
residence on Broad street, on Tuesday
evening last.
A new arc lamp has been placed in po-
sition at the corner of Pine street and
South Pemberton road. Its light is visi-
BILE for mile.
Last week FIVE cases on contract were
settled before Justice Clevenger, judg-
ment in each case being rendered in favor
of the plaintiff.
On Tuesday Justice Clevenger had a
busy day. He executed 40 pension papers
and remarkable circumstance was the
fact that % of them were for widows.
John W. Taylor's horse ran away on
Bispham street yesterday afternoon. The
wagon caught on an electric light pole,
and the horse broke loose and ran home.
Notices will soon be posted forbidding
all boys playing ball in the court house
yard. This has been found necessary on
account of damage done to the fences and
adjoining private property, and also by
boys defling the steps of the county
buildings.
A man is in town pretending to instruct
stationary engineers in order that they
may secure license, which he claims is
necessary. There Is no law requiring
such license. Engineers are not obliged
to pay any attention to this stranger un-
less they choose to.
One dollar will buy fifteen to twenty
geraniums, one dozen roses ready to
bloom or three dozen coleus. Chrysan-
themums, thirty-fiye cents per dozen !;
asters in variety, ten cents per dozen.
Other plants at corresponding prices at
Rosbach's, Pemberton.
The supplemental report of the State
Board of Assessors, just issued, gives ia
bles of the cost of running electric and
other roads in this state, for the year end
ing December 81, 1895. The Burlington
and Mount Holly Traction Railroad Com
pany figures thus; Expenditures for SUI
perintendence and management during
year, $50, 33068. Income from passengers,
$13, 33l .18; all other sources, $780, IA
total, $14, 1908 Loss for year, Sc, 2l0 So.
As this statement is rendered under oath,
the denials that are so readily thrown in
will be out of place here.
AS Constable Robert NJ Brown was
going home late on Saturday night he
heard cries of murder on West Washing
ton street. He went there at once and
found Mrs. Sallie Still bruised and bleed
ing from wounds on her head, inflicted
by her husband, Albert Still. The wo-
mans left eye was badly swollen and dis
colored and there was bad cut on the
back of her head. A physician was call
ed in and the wounds were dressed. AT
UOA lAuo dDuoiAS LIE WHO OtiAl 1OlO IuO
house. He was captured Sunday morn
ing in Mt. Moriah cemetery by Officer
Brown, and taken to Jail pending hear
ing, which took place this morning before
Justice Clevenger, who committed the
prisoner for court. When captured Still
was taken in the presence of his wife,
who said 'sYou know that you said on
Water street, on Saturday night, that you
would kill me before morning" To this
the husband made no reply, but after
ward admitted that he was sorry for what
he had done. To the officer he said he
had caught his wife with another man.
Both parties are colored, but Mrs. Still,
whose maiden name was Chapman, is the
woman who at one time married Albert
Peters. white man, from whom she Sc
cured divorce. She claims to have been
legally married to Still at Burlington.