The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-25

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will be discontinued after Saturday.
Benjamin W. Zelley has had the build
ings and fences painted in the rear of his
, hotel.
} The bicycle clubs from Stockton and
Riverton took a run to Browns Mills on
e Sunday.
Get Stratton to repair that clock you
are having SO much trouble with. His
address is SO Main street.
E. L. Mathis, of Pemberton, has been
awarded the contract to build the water
works at Wrightstown.
The Junior Auxiliary of Trinity Church
will give an entertainment in the parish
house on Friday evening.
The annual meeting of the Burlington,
Monmouth and Ocean Counties Pursuing
Society will be held at ~Bordentown, on
Saturday.
Jacob Gross has resigned as engineer at
Bidwell & Borton's hammock factory and
has accepted a position with the Waynes-
boro Ice Co., in Pennsylvania.
Several farmers near Imlaystown have
plowed up their wheat fields because of
the grain having been killed by the severe
weather during the past winter.
1t is too soon to put out bedding plants,
but it is just the time to plant roses and
other hardy plants. We have a nice stock
b. ooIoo+ f.o-o DooIoolJc Do-oL4o
James Bennett, who has been living in
William Zelley's house on Pine street, re-
moved to Rancocas last week and his late
residence is now occupied by David ST.
mons.
Conductor John Black, who for many
years has been a popular figure on the
Amboy Division of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, has retired to private life at his home
in Bordentown.
Henry Gaskill, of Risdon street, has been
confined to the house for two weeks with
a case of blood poisoning, which was
caused by picking a pimple on his leg
with a brass pin.
Albert Lewis, of Burlington, was COM
mitted to Jail on Saturday, in default of
bail, to answer to a charge of assault on
Harry Chubarof, formerly of Mount
Holly, and breaking his bicycle.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the post
Office for the week ending April %: Ed
ward Austin, E. J. Beanarl, Mrs. Mary
Bowler, 2; Miss Blanche Kelley, Miss
Mary Reed. Postals, Asa Fenamore,
Sallie l.. Nutter.
Delightful weather prevailed last week
which fastened all kinds of vegetables and
robbed winter of its unpleasant memories.
On Saturday morning there was some
frost, but as everything was so dry it did
little or no damage.
George F. Myers, of Philadelphia, will
be buried this afternoon from the residence
of his father, John D.. Myers, who for
merly resided in Mount Holly. Deceased
was employed by the Riverside Watch
Case Company, and was well known here.
Mount Holly avenue below Union street
is certainly in a most dangerous condition
and it should not be allowed to remain so
any longer. There is a deep washout
that would break any carriage that might
get in it at night, and if not attended to
at once, danger lights should be used at
night untifthe repairs are made.
M. W. Hargrove, of Browns Mills, says
Wallace Andrews, who was burned to
death by his residence in New York TAX
ing fire some days ago, was a half owner
of the hotel property at Browns Mills.
Just before the fire Mr.. Hargrove got a
letter from Mr.. Andrews, in which he
stated that he wanted the former to meet
him at the railroad station at Browns
Mills Junction. The rebuilding of the
hotel was to be discussed. The date fixed
was the Saturday following the fire.
On Friday Constable Gaskill went to
Hainesport and arrested George Daleisa,
who lives in Mount Holly, He was
charged by his wife, Rosanna. with com
hitting an assault and battery upon her.
When the woman appeared before Justice
Clevenger she had some bad scars on her
head and also a handful of hair, which
she said her husband had pulled out by
the roots. He is alleged to have struck
her a blow which landed her with such
force against the shed as TO split an inch
board. The prisoner was liberated yes
terday under 800 bail.
Hon. George Wildes, of New Hanover
township, had quite an experience a few
days since. While trying to settle some
differences with Mrs. Charles Jacques, a
dusky colored woman, the well-known
ex- Assemblyman was attacked and Sc
verely handled. His antagonist struck
him with stones and bricks and abused
him in a most shameful manner, besides
making threats to burn his home and out
buildings. The woman was arrested and
placed in the county jail on Saturday
night. Mr.. Wildes will appear before
the grand jury on May 8 to have the
negro indicted.
In the case of the New Jersey Metho-
dist Publishing Company against John s.
Crate & Co., for a balance of $3.50 due
on an advertising contract, tried before
Judge Armstrong in the Camden District
Court, somewhat of a sensation was pre-
sented when Gratz took the stand and
presented a receipted bill for S28.2 %, more
than covering the balance claimed. Man
ager Burnett, of the publishing company,
took the stand again and declared that he
had never seen the receipt before, and
that it was a forgery Judge Armstrong
ordered judgment given in favor of the
defendant, and also gave instructions that
the note should be kept in possession of
the clerk of the court.
A New York paper last week gave an
account of a mother and two daughters
who tired out two detectives who were
watching them for about four hours in a
Sixth avenue department store, and dur
ing that period of time stole over $3.50
worth of small articles, many of which
they pinned under their skirts with safety
pins. When finally they had left the store,
loaded down with their p~ilferings, they
were arrested, and gave the following
names and addresses: Sarah Horner, ST.,
SO years old, of Jacobstown; Sarah Hor-
l ner, "a years old, also of Jacobstown, and
: Mary Geetz, 40 years old, of New York.
7 The Oldest woman was released owing to
her age and infirmity. The other two,
q both of whom claim to be married women
, were arraipned in Jefferson Market. Court