The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-06
Miss Alice Stoddard will sail for Europe
on June Is.

Miss Alice Stoddard will sail for Europ
on June 10.
A diamond ring, found in Mount Holly
awaits an owner at THE News Office.
James Comfy and wife are expected t.
arrive in Mount Holly to-day for tn
summer.
Robert S. Gaskills new 40 horse-powe
automobile arrived in Mount Holly oil
Saturday.
For rent-store and dwelling on Madi
son Avenue, now occupied by William
Schaffer. Apply to Phil Karg.
Only one student appeared at the Cour
House, on Saturday, to take the Rutgers
College examination, and he does moi
care to enter the institution this year.
Frank Ferry, 1S years old, was accident;
ally poisoned at his home at Fieldsbor.
ough, on Wednesday by taking as medi
cine solution of bichloride of mercury in
mistake for nitre. Physicians saved him
| by the use OF emeIlcS,
Winfield S. Gale, of Mount Holly; Har-
ry LaRue, of Georgetown; G. Walter Mil
Ter, of Chesterfield; and Caleb Allen, John
Kenner, Jesse e. Rulon and Lewis P.
Thompson, of Bordentown, are the petit
jurors from this county summoned in the
United States District Court at Trenton.
Job E. Fish, who served term in the
Mount Holly Jail for forgery, and who
was later committed to the Burlington
County Insane Asylum, is again in trou-
BILE. He resides on South Clinton averue,
Trenton, and is now in the Mercer county
jail on the complaint of ]. N. Cubberly,
representing the Trenton Coal Company,
who alleges that Fish, instead of deliver
ing coal, sold it and kept the money.
At meeting of the Epworth League
held Friday evening, the following officers
were elected: President, DR.. A. r. W.
Atwood; first vice president, Howard E.
Alcott; second vice president, Miss Myra
BOUCHER; third vice president. Miss Hazel
Hendrickson; fourth vice president, Miss
Sue NJ Buckley; secretary, Lawrence Bull
lock; treasurer, Miss Title Assay; financial
secretary. Miss Alethia Kempton.
On Thursday committee of the Board
of Freeholders awarded to Elwood Wor
rell, of Moorestown. the contract to build a
culvert in Chester township. The bid of
Walter s. French, for the same work, was
$400 less than that of Mr.. Worrell, and
some persons expressed an opinion that
Mr. French's plans were better than others
shown On this ground Mr.. French ap-
pealed to the courts and Judge Garrison
has granted writ of certiorari to show
cause why the bid should not be awarded
to Mr. French. Gaskill & Gaskill repre-
sent the latter bidder.
The New Jersey census enumerators
began their rounds, Thursday, making a
house toulouse canvass. to ascertain the
population and gather other facts. In the
cities the work must be completed by
June 10, but it is not likely that any re-
suits will be made known before the end
of the month, when all the figures will be
compiled by the Secretary of State,
who is in charge of the work. Anyone
who refuses to answer the questions ask
ed by the enumerators will be subject to
fine of 800, but the supervisors do not
expect to encounter any DIRECTORS. Any
enumerator who divulges any of the in
formation gathered will also be liable to
a heavy penalty, 50 there need not be any
hesitancy in telling your age.
A delegation of Lumberton taxpayers
went to Trenton on Thursday to interview
State Road Commissioner Hutchinson on
the subject of stone road from Lumber
ton to Cross Roads. The Commissioner is
opposed to approving any road that may
be Feeder to a turnpike He agreed,
however, to give his sanction to the road
applied for if the Mount Holly and Lum-
berton turnpike be abandoned or pur-
chased within reasonable space of time.
A movement is now on foot to buy the
road. 1t is reported that the turnpike
company will sell for So, 900. If the cost
were divided according to the roadway in
each township, Lumberton would pay
81, $50 and Northampton share would be
$750-not a very large sum for either
place