The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-06

were executed yesterday Tor the war vet
Grams.
Charles Suffer and wife have gone t.
Vincentown, where they will remain IN
til fall
Butterine % cents pound at Atkinson s
: Clean and sweet and better than cheaI
butter.
The road scraper did effective servic,
on several of the streets in Mount Holly
last week.
The residence of T. Lacey Atkins, OF
Pine street, is receiving a number of i'm
provements.
At Smithyille, on Thursday, occurred
the death of Caroline, widow of Thomas
s. Collins, of Mount Holly.
Lumberton Council, No. 10, Jr. o. U
A. M, will give strawberry festival on
Saturday evening, May II.
One candidate was reinstated and one
proposition received by the Knights Of
Pythias on Friday evening
Robert NJ Brown, Jr., a shoemaker, who
recently got his hand caught in machine
had one of his fingers amputated on Fri
day.
Letters remain unclaimed in the post
Office for Nathan r. Atkinson, Joseph H.
Baker, Mrs. Emley johnson, William H.
Lingenfelter, g.
A meeting of the W. c. T. U. will be
held at the residence of Mrs Samuel L.
Bullock, Garden street, on Wednesday,
at o'clock P. H.
Wheat is SO poor that many farmers
have plowed up their fields and sowed
other grain. 1t is said there will only be
half crop this year.
The trial of the postponed indictments
from the January term of court. on &C
count of the murder cases. will make the
May term busy one.
The wife of Judge Joseph H. Gaskill,
who has been confined to the house for
several weeks by illness, is gradually re-
covering her former strength.
Emeline s. Nippins has been granted
letters testamentary on the estate of her
husband, John T. Nippins, deceased, of
Mount Holly. She is the sole legatee I'M
der the will.
The Oriental Troubadors will occupy
the town hall at Riverside on Monday
evening, May IL, when an entertainment
will be given for the benefit of the local
fire department.
| Levi Atkinson, father of the Prescott
ing Attorney, was taken suddenly i'll on
Sunday, necessitating the recall of the
Prosecutor, who had gone to Brooklyn
for few days
Judson Gaskill the Garden street car
riage dealer. last week sold two Cortland
wagons to cashier Fred Lee, and Cort-
land runabout to Samuel W. Shinn Mr.
Gaskill is having quite run on these car
riages
A Flag Association has been formed at
Riverton to raise 5000 by popular sub
scription for the purpose of purchasing
flag and pole to be placed in the public
square. 1t is hoped to have it ready to
unfurl by the Fourth of July.
Look for a man named F. o. Barker,
with numerous aliases, who represents
himself as an agent for all the magazines,
which he offers at reduced rates. He col
lects money and hastens away. leaving
victims to squirm in his wake
Articles of incorporation have been
filed in the County Clerks office by the
National Creamery Company, whose au-
thorized capital is 100000. The incor-
porators are Fl. W. Reynolds, of Cam
den; L. J. Gauffe, of Philadelphia. and
A. G. Dunfee, of Marlton.
On Friday George johnson, negro.
was arrested in Mount Holly by Detective
Ellis H. Parker. 1t was thought that the
fellow was wanted for the murder of John
Henson, at Chester, Pa, but Chief of Po-
lice Jeffries of that city came here and
discovered that johnson was not the per-
son sought and he was discharged.
Governor Murphy has appointed the
following to carry into effect the Ocean
county oyster act: Commissioners, Ernest
Worth, of Bayville; former Assembly
John T. Burton, of Tuckerton; Capt.
Daniel Sooy, ST., of Bass River township,
Burlington county; Superintendent, Ed
ward A. Horner, Jr., of Tuckerton.
A ee-for AL fight occurred at the Cur
tbs boarding house on Water street, on
Thursday night, during which it is alleg-
ed one woman received fractured nose
and several persons were punched in a
lively fashion. The participants were
taken before Justice Krayer, but the tes-
timony was so conflicting that the de-
PENDANTS were discharged.
The Dr. Long Comedy show started
business on Friday evening out Green
street on small scale but soon met with
disaster at the hands of the audience. 1t
did not take the crowd long to become
suspicious, and it is alleged that some Of
the spectators assaulted the performers
with over ripe eggs and other missiles
They also clamored for the return of their
money.
A large American eagle was killed by
Frederick Shedaker near Edgewater Park
on Thursday. The bird was attempting
to carry off large duck when first seen,
but its prey was so heavy that Mr.. Sheda
ker was able to get his gun before the bird
was beyond range. 1t measured seven
feet from tip to tip, and is one of the
largest seen in this section of the state for
some years.
Peter Goldman, of Trenton, was found
lying unconscious along the trolley tracks
near Edgewater Park on Thursday morn
ing. He says he was assaulted by the
trolley company's night Waterman, and
denies that he was struck by car, as was
first supposed. He was removed to the
Burlington County Hospital, where it was
found that he was badly injured 1t is
generally believed that while intoxicated
the man fell from the wall down to the
bottom of the subway, a distance of 20
feet
The Burlington County Association for
Insurance held its annual meeting in Med
ford, yesterday. The following directors
were elected Isaac W. Stokes, John E.
Darnell, Henry p Thorn, William Dunn
Rogers, Henry j Trick, Joseph H. Haines,
Japhet Bowker. Joshua S. Wills, Joseph
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