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

Mrs. William Clinton, a widow, 81 years
Of age, accidentally fell in her yard on
Thursday, breaking her right arm at the
shoulder.
j. Holmes Longstreet has received a
six months contract to furnish the New
Jersey State Prison with 81, 600 quarts of
milk and 1880 bushels of..potatoes.
a large delegation from Olympic Lodge,
No. SO, X. Of p, accompanied the degree
team to visitia Trenton lodge Thursday
night. A special trolley car was char
tered for the return trip.
Isaac Thorn, aged 81 years, a life long
resident of B%ordentown, dropped dead
Friday afternoon while repairing the
fence enclosing the base ball grounds, Of
which property he was in charge.
a sturgeon nine feet in length and
weighing some 400 pounds was caught in
the Delaware river, at Thomas Allibon's
fishery, near Taylor's Point, in PENIS
Manor, Pa, on Wednesday afternoon.
]: w. Mcknight has learned that a
well dressed stranger under the influence
q liquor offered for sale his cloak that
was stolen from his hall hatrack last week
70 some mechanics working on a new
dredging machine at the foot of Farms
worth avenue, something over a block
from where it was stolen.
Michael Kelley and Stacey L~ippincott
were before Mayor Gilbert, Thursday, on
complaint of State Detective Ellis Fl. Par
ker, charging them with stealing two
blankets from the stable of Watson Emlev,
IN Bordentown township, on Wednesday
night. They were the property of Ellis
Bird, Of New Hanover township, and
Jacob G.. Walker, of R~obbinsville, Mercer
county. They were released under $500
pail to answer at the May term of court.
Fred. Wood, colored, was arrested Fri
day night, on the charge of breaking and
entering the house of Mrs. Mary Shinn, a
white woman, at an early hour this morn
ing and assaulting her. The woman was
found by her son in an unconscious condi-
ton, with marks Of fingers on her throat
and a strong odor of chloroform in the
room. Wood is the man who assaulted
D. v. Bowers, of Trenton, at the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Depot, this city, several
years ago, and served four years in the
State prison for the crime.
Last Tour to Old Point Comfort, Richmond
and Washington Under Personal Escort.
The last six-day personal1y-conduct-
ed tour to Old Point Comfort, Richmond,
and Washington via the Pennsylvania
Railroad will leave New York and Phila-
delphia on Saturday, April 20.
Tickets, including transportation, meals
en- route in both directions, transfers of
passengers and baggage, hotel accommo-
dations at Old Point Comfort. Richmond.
and Washington, and carriage ride about
Richmond will be sold at rate of $34.oo
from New York, Brooklyn and Newark !:
$3.50 from Trenton; $3I.oo from Phila-
delphia, and proportionate rates from
other stations.
OLD POINT COMFORT ONLY.
Tickets to Old Point Comfort only. in
Guiding luncheon on going trip, one and
three-fourths' days board at that place. and
good to return direct by regular trains
within six days, will be sold in connection
with this tour at rate of $500 from New
York $3.50 from Trenton $I2 so from
Philadelphia, and proportionate rates
from other points.
For itineraries and full information ap-
ply to Ticket Agents Tourist Agent, 1895
broadway, N. Y; 789 Broad street, New
ark, N. j.; or Geo. w Boyd, Assistant
General Passenger Agent, Broad Street
Station, Philadelphia.