The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-26

Falper Pottery Company of Pennington,
died suddenly while out driving at New
Egypt on Thursday He was 81 years of
age
! The office of general freight and pas
senger agent on the Tuckerton railroad
has been discontinued, the duties of those
positions being placed under the superin-
/ tendent, ]. c. Price
Alexander Petroff, the Russian Jew who
was arrested on charge of stealing linen
and silver from the Manhassett hotel at
Sea Side Park, has been released from the
Toms River Jail on bail
George w. Holman, Sd, of Bayville,
caught sixfoot pine snake last week and
took it to Toms River on Tuesday and sold
| it to Sautelle's circus which was exhibit
ing there that day. He got SO and tick
cts for the show for it.
G. M. Headley, formerly general freight
and passenger agent of the Tuckerton
railroad, is now employed in the iron
works of Webster & Co., at Camden. He
had been in the employ of the railroad
company for twelve years.
Toms Rivers township committee has
passed an ordinance prohibiting bicycle
riding on the sidewalks or for riding fast
er than twelve miles an hour. The penalty
is quite severe-$10O fine or three months
Imprisonment in the county jail
The New York Herald is authority for
the statement that there is opposition in
Ocean county to the denomination of AS
semblyman George W. Holman this fall.
The article gives as a reason for the oppo-
sition that Mr.. Holman stood by John W.
Griggs for United States Senator last
winter until the last vote was cast
The Odd Fellows lodge is restoring the
old graveyard at Tuckerton, which has
been for years neglected, so much so that
weeds and shrubbery had well high hid
den the many tombstones. The shaft
erected to the memory of Ebenezer Tuck
er, the founder of Tuckerton, and for
whom the town was named, stands in this
cemetery, and bears probably the length
lest inscription of any in the state. His
career is described and his virtues extolled
in many words.
Postmaster James Kelly, of Tuckerton
had an unfortunate accident last week
While leading a COW, the animal attem pit.
ed to run into barn, 1t turned suddenly
through a gateway, the leading rope
going around fence post and fastening
Mr.. Kelly's hand between the rope and
post. The hand was so badly injured that
parts of two fingers had to be amputated.
The Toms River Courier says: Mon
mouth and Middlesex county Democrats
are discussing two Ocean county men as
possible nominees for Congress in the
Third district-Judge Otis, of Tuckerton,
and Freebooter Harrison, of Lakewood
IF former Congressman Jacob A. Gels
senhainer, of New York, land Freehold)
can be induced to open his barrel again,
the Ocean county men will not be called
on, it is said. If he can't see where he is
to get his moneys worth in running
against a sure thing, then the 'next east
est mark" will be selected by Surrogate
Crater to help him out in his fight for re-
election.
Great shoals of big blue fish struck the
Jersey coast last week; and they are still
there. Big catches of big fish have been
made for week past at the inlet, trolling,
and at various times and places off shore,
squidding. On Tuesday at Island Beach
Life saving station the fish ran on the
beach so thick that one surfman shot and
killed five with shot gun. Getting out
their nets which they had not yet got
ready for fall fishing, the surfmen landed
in one haul eleven hundred big blue fish
Fishing smacks from Fulton Market
New York, discovered the fish and have
been netting them by the ton near the
beach the past week.
Sheriff Downey on Tuesday, sold the
Hiawatha hotel at Sea Side Park, for
81, 500. 1t was bid in by the complainant
French estate, represented by the law
firm of Frederic R. Coudert, of New York
The estate of Calvin S. Crowell, of
Moorestown and Sea Side Park, held a
second mortgage, given when the hotel
was bought by Title Dolbey, about three
years ago. The same day the Sheriff sold
four tracts of outlands near Lakewood, be
Westhall being the complainant. Price
averaged about $50 each, and the buyers
were Mr.. Westhall, William Sculthorp,
A. M. Bradshaw and the Bricksburg Land
comnanY