The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-08
State News.

1t was an unusual exhibition of broth
ely affection shown by a Jersey City
Heights youth, who declared in police
court that he had stolen so that his sister
might dress well. There are few thieves
who steal to give their sisters finery, but
there are plenty who inappropriate
things so that some other fellows sister
may be logged out in the height of fash
ion.
Miss Theresa Hervey, of Montclair,
asks 5000 damages from Policeman Thos
Dockery, of that place, as the price of
kiss she says the officer took from her by
force last February. Dockery is mar
ried man. The alleged stealing of the
kiss Miss Hervey says, was committed
one morning when she met Dockery while
she was on her way to work He got her
into hallway, she asserts, and forcibly
Rugged and kissed her.
Jacob Feldmer, postmaster at Wood
bine, has his time largely occupied in act
ing as interpreter to as cosmopolitan lot
of townspeople as may be found in the
state. He writes and speaks in the Eng
lish, German, Hebrew, Russian and the
Polish languages. At mailtime the post
Office resounds with inquiries in the sew
eral tongues, and Feldman has found it
necessary to erect separate building for
mail purposes only, because his store bus
iness has been hampered by seekers of
mail.
When Charles Leonard left Morris
town for the gold fields of Colorado, few
! days ago, he was sane and had $500 in his
pocket. When he returned last week, it
is said, he was demented and had only a
small portion of the money with which he
started out, although he had been only as
far as Pittsburg. He was brought from
Philadelphia by his brother, Coroner Sam
Leonard The man attracted the atten-
ton of the police in Philadelphia by say
ing he had robbed several post offices, in
Guiding those in New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington. He does not
drink
An old man attracted the attention of
Sexton Rollston, of the First Presbyterian
Church, of Elizabeth, few days since.
He was walking around the cemetery, ac-
companied by his daughter, and said he
was looking for his fathers grave, which
he found. The visitor was in his Goth
| year. and proved to be a son of Sheppard
Kollool1 uubo l., 1rrr forndo5 A. NJ
Jersey Journal The old man said he left
Elizabeth in 1882, and had never visited
| it since until now. He was the first news
boy, he said, in the place, and was also a
postboy. He is now living on the banks
of the Shrewsbury river, and is remark
ably well preserved for his advanced age
Edward R. Luke, of Freehold, has a
novel defense to the damage suit brought
against him by Stephen W. Newbury for
overdriving of horse. The suit has al
ready gone through three courts and is
now in the fourth. At each trial, from
the Justices court up, the defendant has
4 lost. The horse was hired for drive to
Pleasure Bay on Sunday. Luke alleges
that, inasmuch as the horse was not hired
to go ION mission of charity or mercy, 4"
as set forth in the statute, the hiring was
illegal, and that, therefore, he is not liable
for the death of the horse, which resulted
from overdriving. The several courts so
far have held that he is responsible for
his wrongful acts. without regard as to
whether they were committed on Sunday
or weekday.
There is apparently a great rivalry
among tombstone dealers for trade Just
about now. E. L. Stafford, of Asbury
Park, has just received communication
from prominent firm of that trade, stat
ing that they had been informed of the
death of his wife. The letter continued
thus: I'VE do not wish to intrude on your
sorrow prematurely, only to express our
sympathy, and say that when the time
comes for you to consider the erection of
a suitable memorial we would be glad to
be kept in mind, and will be ready to call
on you with a line of monumental de-
signs" Stafford handed the letter over
to his wife, who is still living and enjoy
ing good health. She replied, thanking
the firm for their solicitous regard for her
post welfare, and assuring them
that she was in no need of mortuary goods
just now.