The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-10
STATE NOTES.

STATE NOTES.
j. G. Hurff, farmer living just south
of Bridgeton, has lost four valuable horses
within a month, of spinal meningitis.
The new State street bridge across
Cooper's Creek, Camden, was to have been
ready for traffic on Thursday, but its open
ing will be delayed for several days
The trustees of the First Baptist
Church of Hammonton have been pre-
sented with $500 to assist in the purchase
of parsonage, but the identity of the
donor will not be disclosed.
Chester Carsten, who was recently
paroled from state prison, and who was
since arrested in Bridgeton for theft, has
confessed to robbing four houses in Cedar
vile since he has been at liberty.
New Brunswick friends of Lieutenant
Cashier, who is at the head of the Govern
ment survey in Alaska, are gravely con-
cerned as to his fate, as no word has been
received from him for months. When
last heard from the party was showed up.
Charged with cutting off part of the
nose from her husbands face, Clara Sim
mons, colored, was committed to the Cam
den county jail by Justice Schmitz, on
Thursday John Simmons, the husband,
had just been dismissed by Recorder Now
reg after hearing on charge of assault
ing his wife.
The manufacturing industries of Mill
vile are booming, and from the present
outlook they will run full force until next
summer. Whitall Tatum 6 Co. s green
and flint glass works have many big orders
on hand, and are now employing more
hands than for the past five years. r. D.
Wood 6 Co. 8 iron foundries and bleach
cries are working nights to get out hurry
orders.
Twenty girls employed in the factory
Of the Beacon Lamp Company, in New
Brunswick, went on a strike on Tuesday
morning because the firm had not granted
the request of the hands to pay them off
on Saturday, so that they might have the
use of their money for the holidays. The
strike has caused the factory some incon-
venience, but the places of the strikers
will be filled with new hands.
Before Justice Garrison and jury in
Camden, on Thursday, trial of the dam
age suit of William Ayars against the
Camden and Suburban Railway was had.
Ayars claimed to have been hurt through
the wreck of his wagon by the fright of
his horse from trolley car. The com
pany endeavored to show that the horse
was fractions, but Justice Garrison ruled
that the reputation of horse or other an
imal could not figure in suit at law. The
jury gave Ayars $500 damages.
Rev George r. Herbst has been re-
moved as pastor of St. Paul's German
Lutheran Evangelical Church, of Bay
onne, by a court composed of nineteen
members of the congregation, who charg-
ed him with smoking, with reading news
papers, owing some small bills and Cos
siping at the grocery store. Mr.. Herbst
says he had no notice of his trial and was
almost speechless over the fiimsiness of
the charges
George F, Bente, SO years old, son
of ex-City Treasurer August Bente, of
Hoboken, committed suicide at his home
in that city, on Wednesday, by shooting
himself through the head with a revolver.
To make death certain he turned on three
gas jets in his room before firing the fatal
shot Mr.. Bente was in happy mood,
apparently, when he retired to his room,
at II o'clock on Tuesday night. 1t is be-
lieved that he was in financial difficulties
Bente's wife died two years ago. He had
no children.
AS result of the Camden county
grand jury's investigation of the policy
game in that city, an indictment, it is
said, has been found against the Western
Union Telegraph Company. The bill Is
based upon the Crimes act of 1898, which
prohibits any telegraph, telephone, ex-
press or other transportation company
from transmitting or carrying any sort of
information concerning lottery or gam
bling device. Violation of this law is
made a high misdemeanor, punishable by
fine not exceeding $4,000 or imprison-
ment not exceeding seven years in state
prison. or both, at the discretion of the
court. True bills, it is said, have also
been found against the "backers" and
writers" who were captured in the raid
on their alleged headquarters on Front
street. in November last.