The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-17

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ganized at Bridgeboro.
Morris H. Keller has purchased Geo
l. Bowne's iron fence, and will place it il
front OF bis Garden street property.
Thomas Myers and Alfred Dillett wer,
each fined 200 on Saturday night by Jus
tice Krayer for fighting on Water street.
On Saturday afternoon Sheriff Fleet
wood sold the house and lot in Pembertor
belonging to George Reilly to Samuel Reilly
for $3.50.
The usual Sunday afternoon meeting,
will be held in the court house yard mex
Sunday. These services are being very
well attended.
1t is said that only one justice of the
peace in Burlington county makes out hil
commitments properly when sending
prisoners to Jail.
The anglers who went to Barnegat Bay
last Tuesday for days fishing had very
good luck, and some fine strings of fish
were brought home.
The H. B. Smith Machine Company
has received an order for a sample lot o.
chainless bicycles for the Howard Blcy-
Gle Company of New York.
Two old men, named McCardle and
WIgnal, of Beverly, we're sent to jail, on
Tuesday, for the larceny of some truck be-
longing to Samuel B. Perkins.
The Mount Holly Bicycle Club is look
ing for suitable quarters for club house,
Several places have been examined, bui
as yet no suitable one has been found.
The Home Manufacturing Company
started their shoe cutters at work last week
and it is hoped that the full force of hands
will soon be given steady employment.
Mrs. Joshua Willis, of Water street,
died on Sunday afternoon of cholera NOR
bus. She was about the house in the
morning, and her death was very sudden.
Residents of Vincentown are accusing
the oil peddlers of giving short measure.
The shortage, they. claim, sometimes
amounts to half gallon in a five gallon
lot.
Allen A. Engle has posted notice offer
ing $25 reward for the detection of the
person who passed lead dollar on him,
and also SIS for the arrest of any person
trying to pass counterfeit money In his
store.
The Mount Holly Shoe Company's en-
ployes were given a vacation last week
taken. A dividend of 10 per cent has
been declared.
Charles Lemon, who was murderously
assaulted by his brother Henry recently
at Medford, has recovered, and is now
living with his mother at Parry. Henry
is still at large and is supposed to be hid
ing down In Delaware.
Although there will be no fair this year
by the Burlington County Agricultural
Society, yet it is probable that some of the
horsemen may get together and have q
two or three days meet in October. This
is being talked Of strongly and the scheme
is likely to be successful.
Joshua M. Reeves, of Smith Vile, a
member OF New Jersey Lodge, No. ],
Knights of Pythias, and who takes the
part of Monitor in the initiatory exercises
has very good delivery and is quite eff
fective in expressing the solemnity of his
parts. He is valuable man on the de-
gree team Of any lodge.
An agent has been in town for several
days trying to establish an agency for the
Alaska and British Columbia Gold Min
ing Development Company, the shares Of
which are one dollar par value. The COM
pany has an Office on Walnut street, Phil
adelphia. There was said to be $500 in it
for any person who would take hold of
the project.
The large barns on the farm of James
D. Black, adjoining the Pierre Lorillard
farm at Jobstown, were destroyed by an
incendiary fire at 2 O'Clock Saturday morn
ing. causing loss of over $4,000. Mr..
Black. the owner of the farm, is resident
OF New York, but spends his summer at
JobstowD. He will offer large reward
for the arrest of the incendiaries
The shower on Tuesday night was ex-
ceedIngly severe, and large volume of
water fell. The culverts were inadequate
to carry it off, and as result one of these
was washed out on Water street. Por-
tions of Nam street look like a young
creek, the water backing over the pave
ment to the houses, and in some cases
going into the cellars. The heavy peaIs
of thunder kept most people awake for
several hours.
A tenant house on the farm of John
Starn, on the Marlton pike, about two
miles from Camden, was struck by light
ming on Tuesday night, rendering the
occupant, "John the Hermit" unconscious
and killing his dog. which slept beside
him. The old man was found by the
farm hands Wednesday morning among
the debris, bemoaning the loss OF his dog.
He was slightly burned on the forehead
but was otherwise uninjured. The light
ming first struck and demolished one
chimney of the house and then wrecked
the cook stove.
Tuesday night between 1890 and IL
O'Clock, Harry Lloyd was aroused by a
noise at the back door of his residence,
at Riverton. On making an investigation
be found that panel had been removed
from the door and a negro was about to
introduce himself through the opening.
On seeing he was discovered the would be
burglar started to run and Lloyd ran after
him, overtaking him a short distance from
the house. Lloyd knocked the fellow
down, but he managed to reach some
bushes and make his escape. In his hur-
ried departure he left behind a valise and
his hat.
The six-year-old son of John Quigley
was very nearly drowned in the fore bay of
the grist mill race on Wednesday after
noon. He accidentally fell off the bank.
William L. Durand was passing at the
time, and saw the little fellow fall With
out removing his clothing he at once
jumped in and rescued the lad in
the nick of time. The current was run
ming very swiftly and Mr.. Durand landed
the half-drowned boy with some difficult
ty. John A. Rogers also lent his asslst-
ance in pulling them from in front OF the
gates. This is the seventh person Will.