The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-26
Ocean County.

Ralph NJ Collins has been appointed
postmaster at Barnegat, vice Jere S.
Storms
Henry Simons has been appointed post
master at Bayville vice Clayton r. Potter
resigned. A. S. Tilton and A. S. Pitten-
ger are Mr.. Simons' bondsmen, and Mrs
Simons is his assistant.
Congressman Gardner on Tuesday rec
commended the following postmasters in
Ocean county: Sarah Salmons, at Stafford
vile; Andrew j. Soper at Barnegat Park;
Clara Patterson at Burrsville
Last Thursday afternoon, in the Ocean
County courts, Judge Martin refused the
license application of Louis E. Doty at
New Egypt. Doty for the past year,
since the death of Joseph L. Higgins, has
kept the American House. the principal
hotel in that village The application
was objected to by Rev. j. r. Mason pas
tor of the Methodist Church, who mar
shalled the anti-license forces, and was
represented by lawyer Carmichael. Jacob
G. Hendrickson, of Mount Holly, appeared
for Doty. Some of the most prominent
citizens of the place testified to the impor-
lance of having the hotel open; but evil
dence was introduced to show that beer
had been carried off the premises in ket-
tie and that on Sunday mornings the en-
ployes who were scrubbing out the bar
room, would help themselves and their
friends to drinks from the bar. Judge
Martin said these violations of the law
were to fragrant to go unnoticed and that
he would not grant Doty license.
jeremiah Sprague pleaded guilty to an
indictment for assault and battery, grow
ing out of a Saturday night drunken row
at Beach Haven some two months ago
and was fined $25 and costs.
Warren Penn pleaded guilty to an indict-
ment for larceny; sentence suspended.
Penn, who is a respected citizen of Forked
| River, sold wheel to Clarence Parker
Parker afterward purchased some sup
plies for the wheel and refused to pay for
them, so Penn seized the wheel for pay
ment without invoking the aid of law
| The political situation in Ocean county
| is warming up somewhat. Ex-senator
George G. Smith, of Lakewood, who was
defeated for the Republican nomination
for Senator three years ago, will be an ag-
gressive candidate before the Republican
convention this fall. Senator Engle will
probably enter the race again, while the
names of Superintendent John G. Price
of the Tuckerton Railroad and George J.
Gould, of Lakewood, the millionaire, are
also mentioned. Ex-senator A. G. B.
Ravens, the present County Clerk, will
probably have no opposition in securing a
denomination, in fact he is such compe-
tent official that the Democrats made no
nomination against him five years ago.
x-Assemblyman John t. Burton, of
Tuckerton, Elk County Collector Eugene
Cranmer, of West Creek, and Charles "
Hance, of Point Pleasant are mentioned
as candidates for the Assembly nomina-
ton.
If the assembly fight gets mixed up to
such an extent that no candidate has
a majority of the delegates, the present
Assemblyman, Rodney G. Clark, who has
made a good record, may be returned.
There is some opposition to giving an AS
semblyman a third term, but Mr.. Clark s
friends point to the fact that Assembly
man Ernst was given third term.