The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-05
To-day is the Jewish New Year.

Der 10.
n New life-saving stations are to be bull
by the government at Harvey Cedars an
r Manasquan.
e The Epworth League will conduct tn
religious services at the hospital next Sun
e day afternoon at Is.
T Garbarino & Shemeley will hereafte
conduct their tobacco business at the for
e mer fruit stand occupied by Louis Garba
rino.
Rev. Martin Aigner returned last weel
from his sojourn at Ocean City, and oc
, cupied the pulpit of Trinity Church OF
Sunday.
: Rev. James Stoddard returned last weel
from his summer vacation, and on Sun
day he occupied his pulpit in ST. Andrew
Church
Rev. c. H. Pendleton occupied the pull
pit of the First Baptist Church on Sunday
He spent his vacation in Massachusetts
and Virginia.
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for % cents, on the lawn and in the base
ment of the NJ. E. Church, on Thursday
evening, September 18th.
The main pipe shop of the Florence
foundry is daily turning out about 100
tons of pipe and special castings which
are being shipped to all parts of the world.
William Erwin Lewis truck grower
at Hightstown, has just received notice
that he is heir to $15 O0O from the estate of
the late William Erwin, of Newport, R. l. /,
for whom he was named.
Commodore Comfy has arranged to take
ten members of Gen. A. E. Shiras Post
G. A R., down to Philadelphia on Friday
in his naphtha launch Panku, so that they
may witness the naval parade.
Robert M. Huff, of Mount Holly, who
has been on the crew of the Peoria, arrived
at Boston few days since from Porto
Rico, and now Robert is off to Europe on
another vessel for a four months cruise.
Frank Wright, of Union street, has
perhaps one of the finest Keiffer pear
trees in Mount Holly. 1t is loaded down
with fine fruit. Last year it yielded II
baskets, and this year it will do even bet
ter.
The County Board of Examiners for
Teachers Certificates will meet on Friday
and Saturday, October and Z. Those
interested will notice that the place of
meeting is at Beverly instead of Burling-
ton, as heretofore
The torpedo boat Gwynne, Lieutenant
Jackson commanding, passed through
the Delaware and Raritan canal, on We'd
nesday en- route from Newport to Annapo-
lis. She stopped near Bordentown to be
subjected to an overhauling and cleaning.
Charles French, of Howard, Chester
county, Montana, son of James French,
formerly of Rancocas, met with sudden
death early in August, by an accident
with a team of horses in a bayfield,,
whereby all of the ribs and the lung on
left side were crushed by one of the
wagon wheels.
Walter Krusen was committed to the
Camden city prison, on Friday, on
charge of embezzlement The complaint
was made by William Jones' 1t appears
that Krusen was employed as an agent by
the Doyley Tea Company, from whom, it
is alleged, he has embezzled sums of
money during the past year.
The story of the latest confidence
scheme for fleeing the unsophisticated
farmer is going the rounds of the country
press: A man who represents himself as
travelling preacher calls and asks to re-
main over night. Before the hour for re-
firing young man and woman come a.
long who ask If there is not minister in
the house who can perform a marriage
ceremony. Of course there is. The
young couple join hands and the farmer
and his wife are asked to sign the mar
riage certificate as witnesses The certif-
cate afterwards turns up as promissory
note.
tate agent in the annexed district, Cam
den, has created quite a stir in church
circles by rendering his resignation as re-
cording secretary of the Asbury NJ E.
Church, of Dudley, and declaring that he
will not join any other church. Mr.
Bowker gave no reason in his written
resignation for the cause of his sudden &C
ton, but simply remarked to members of
the official Board that he had changed his
religious belief. When seen at his home
Friday evening Mr. Bowker stated that
he severed his connection with the church
because he could not conscientiously be-
long when he did not believe in many of
its doctrines. He says he has no desire to
join any other church. He has actively
participated in the work for Is years, Mr.
Bowker is son-in-law of Fl. j. Judd,
formerly of Mount Holly, and with whom
the latter resides.
On Saturday Deputy Sheriff Joseph B.
Fleetwood had quite an experience at
Beverly, where he went with writ of re-
plevin to secure possession of sewing
machine, on which SIS was due, from
Mrs. Anna North, who on previous oc-
casion had prevented Constable Gaskill
from getting it. The lady surmised the
mission of the Deputy and she tried to
shut him out, but Joseph was too quick
for her, as he showed both the door and
lady to one side and entered the house
amid shower of profanity and abuse
'How dare you push my mother that
way2" demanded the daughter, ''you are
regular set of thieves ''You fooled
the Constable, replied the Deputy, ''but
| you can't fool me. l came here to get
that machine, and am going to have it,
too, and with this Joseph and John Colby
picked up the bone of contention and car
ried it to safe storage. Joseph is the
youngest son of the Sheriff and he is
quite aggressive. He had another sim
liar experience in Beverly in trying to get
possession of pool table The alleged
owner thought he would fool the authori.
ties by locking every door in the house
and going out of town. Failing to get
the keys from any of the neighbors, JOS
eph secured post, smashed in the front
door, made his way to the third story,
took the table apart and carried it to the
street all by himself.
Joseph Worth and Chalkley Borden, of
Mount Holly, are in the Jail at Toms
River, charged with breaking into a
freight car and stealing a lot of miscel-
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