The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-12-28

he Essex coul /, grand jury in the
Oyer and Terminer Court, in Newark,
Wednesday afternoon. Clark's wife was
found bleeding, cut, bruised and with a
fractured skull in their home in Belleville,
on December 5th. She died two days later
in St. Michael's hospital, Newark. Judges
Depue and Fort assigned former Judge
Thomas S. Henry to look after Clark's in
terests, and plea of not guilty was en-
tered His trial was set down for Janu-
uary 18th.
James J. Rogers, of PlainHeld, was
locked up in the county Jail in Elizabeth,
on Tuesday, to stay for I59 days. Rogers
is bootblack. He had saved his money
and had asked girl to become his wife.
She agreed, and Tuesday was set tor the
wedding. Rogers reaped a harvest of
nickels from his patrons. to whom he told
his story, and then took drink. He
wanted to celebrate. When he stopped
celebrating he had broken up his banjo,
stolen horse and upset a wheelman
Judge Demeza sent him to Jail.
The commission appointed by Gov
ernor Griggs to revise the election laws
held session at Elizabeth on Wednesday
in former Judge Cross Office. The men,
bers of the commission are Senator John
son, of Bergen former Judge and Speaker
Cross, of Elizabeth, and Judge Woodward,
of Monmouth. The commission will sug-
gest but few changes in the ballot act
The Australian system will not be adopted
and = P. M. as the closing hour for voting
will remain unchanged.
With several rich specimens of gold in
his pockets, Frank H. Gibson arrived at
his home in Bridgeton, from Virginia, last
week. Leslie Woodruff has been pros
pecting in Floyd county, Virginia, seven
weeks. Three weeks ago he wrote to Glib
son to come Immediately, as he had
"struck Klondike." Gibson left imme-
diately. He brought back eighty one
pennyweights of pure placer gold and two
good-sized nuggets, which he will take to
the Philadelphia mint Woodruff has an
option on thirty-two acres of land where
; he found the gold in the hills. Gold pros
pecting in Virginia has been carried on in
the bottoms, where considerable gold has
been found, but Woodruff thought there
must be gold in the hills and succeeded in
/ striking it. He washed out with the
. simplest contrivance what he got.
Ldppincott's Magazine tor January, 1898. The
: com plete novel in the January issue OF Lip
RsnooTs i ,s John r olmstead's Nephew.~ 6 Dy
is necessary to secure some solid interests and
defeat an enemy, and thereon hangs TO
nance. "Christmas Gold," tale of Australia.
by Owen Hall, and "Christmas Eve at Bill
, GERS" which was in a western mining camp,
by Frank II. Sweet, celebrate the season. Why
should Christmas stories appear q month
ahead of Christmas? These are just in time.
: Philip g. Hubert Jr., tells at some length, but
in lively way, of "a Detective who Detect
ed" He was newspaper man it was lit
1 erary crime that he was set to detect, ana
!, while on the trail discovered something else
"CRnuck and RaOul'' were Canadian boy
. ana horse. between whom strong affection
existed. Elizabeth Knowlton Carter is the
e narrator. Calvin Din Wilson writes pleasant
ly of a subject which he knows by heart, 1.-The
c Eastern Shore OF Maryland" irrigation
from Under Ground" by John z: Bennett
United States, and gives much unfamiliar In
formation about the arid regions, and how
c they may be made habitable and fertile
Among "Some Botanic Gardens George
l Ethebert Walsh finds those of London and
e Paris most important, but gives brief men
ton to others in various parts of the world
q George Archie Stockwell seems to prove
that the belief in 'Wolf-C Children, y from Rom
illus and Remus on, is something more than 9
superstition. Oscar Herzberg finds good
deal to say about 'tnxuggists, Ancient and
), Bible" William Cecil Elan collects many IA
milfar expressions, strokes of humor, observa
o tions and reflections on life ana human nature
sharply pointed sayings, ana what not, which
] people often use without knowing their origin
The old chronicler, "Froissart,n is affection
ately handled by Emily stone Whitley.