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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-18

The colonel in command of these troops was re-
y 0ued to the cleverest officers who at that
me the Queens uniform in South Africa So 1t
mas not to be wondered at that young stofel was
lay aghly gratihed when his chief, having singled him
T., ut from number sharpshooers gave him verbal
= sommlsson "snipe" the colonel with the utmost
dispatch consistent with his own safety,
tSr this way pass that on the evening OF
sSnly 81 1900 young stoel found himself inside the
avn limits and within easy 'snping distance of the
p,lonels Headquarters. Full OF Yedt craft and re-
v,urce young Boer had selected his hiding place
j i an orchard with the greatest nerve and cunning
h Imaginable He knew the colonel by sight, as we'll as
BE- ~ reputation. a of the highest personal
isaaracter, and his fighter went hand In
esand with the enyiabe reputation of being one OF
nn he kndes hearted genest hammered men in the
r. ervice At the same time the colonels proverbial
Eood luck and some his queer pranks and eccen-
Fticlties gave rise to stories in which he
gured sometimes a hero, and sometimes as
pnort of bufioon.
L,, But war is war and stofTel was we'll that
nper had time to spend In thinking about the
rtues OF his intended victim The moon was begin
ming Itself the hilltops Stofel busied
himself watching a number of faint figures that
lppeared every in while the veranda of a
ssiesidence which he took to be the cooners head
bis quarters.
1t sutry evening and Stoffel concluded the
olonel receiving his callers out of doors the
,azza So intent the young Boer In watching the
movements of these shadowy figures that for some
lime he remained unaware of the arrival Of strange
Nocturnal vstant over tho northern horizon there
M sIuvered up in the darkness ong trembling stream
n light which peered hither and thither in nerv-
lus inquisitlve that almost human.
AN The great beam appeared to linger in one place
ust long enough to make note of its discoveries, and
bn bhen with sudden jerk it up and away some
LA ther mission.
C From his hiding place StofTel watched It lodging
Fnh and out among the kloofs. then 1t swung around
nd he could see dark figures on the hillside opposite
x nally 1t dropped plumb among the houses that he
% 'ras watching.
/, ~ For second or two the young Boer dunn
ds7 ounded. Right In front of him, the Yeranda
4she fun glare of the searchlight stood q who
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-18

. TOFFEL BOTHA, a young Boer, lay flat and
motionless in the long withered grass that
y waved among the bowlders 1t was almost
~ dark In the hollow before him in dim out
line Law the town of Rustenburg, garrsoned
by British soldiers.
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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-23
old Veterans Receive visit,

Alfred Atkins, Post %, Department
! Commander of the Grand Army of thu
Republic, of Elizabeth, and members Of
his staff, paid an official visit to Gen. A
E. Shiras Post, No. 26, on Friday evening
The guests were met by delegation Of
the old veterans and escorted to theil
room on Main street, where, from
to ~ o'clock P. NJ, the battles of the civil
war were all fought over again.
In addition to the Department Com
mander, speeches were made by Capt
Walter A Barrows, Capt. Charles EVAN
Merritt and others.
The exercises closed with banquet and
camp fire, in which the pork and
beans were eliminated, and during the
feast there were many interesting war re.
citals
Gen. A. E. Shiras Post, No. g. was in
stituted on July II, 1879. 1t now has 81
members in good standing with $500 in
the treasury and no outstanding debts
The officers are: Commander, Franklin
Armstrong; senior vice commander, Ben
jamin McKelvey; junior vice commander
David Sooy; sergeant, Gus V onForeinger;
officer of the day, Ridgway Rossell; officer
of the guard, Emerson Middleton; chap
lain, Robert M. Brown; quartermaster
John ThrOckmorton, Sr.
Franklin Armstrong, the commander,
was one of the youngest persons connected
with the civil war. entering the service In
the first year of his teens. He was born
in Pemberton on September %, 1913; en-
listed in Company G, N. ]. Volunteers,
July 8, 1862, and was only IA years old on
the following September; was twice
wounded at the battle of Gettysburg on
July 2, 1868; was transferred to Company
Z, Goth Veteran Reserve Corps, with
which organization he served until the
close of the war
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Hedding.

A surprise party was rendered Alfred
Stratton, Friday evening, by his friends
who were bent on having a pleasant time
in spite of the inclement weather.
Revival services will commence to-mor-
NOW evening, in the M. E. church, under
the leadership of the pastor, Rev. Thomas
Hicks, assisted by Rev. Peter Carly.
Thomas G. Shreve met with an accident
Saturday, that will incapacitate him for
work for a few days. While driving
through gateway with his double team,
he made short turn which caused the
back part of the wagon to strike a post
with such force as to throw the horses to
the ground and Mr.. Shreve out of the wa
gon, rendering him unconscious for short
time. A physician was Immediately
called who pronounced his injuries not so
serious as at first supposed.
1t would certainly be very gratifying to
the patrons of Kinkora post office, if the
fellow who was SO importunate in getting
the post Office transferred would make
strenuous efforts to restore regularity in
the delivery of the mails. AS it is now
we get our mails day late. 1t seems that
| the carriers had orders from the fourth
assistant Post Master General to deliver
from Dobbins, while the postmaster at
Kinkora did not receive similar orders
and still retains the mail at the latter
place, hence the irregularity.
We have remarkable cat in our village
whose front name is Teddy" and for
piety and tenacity he is typical of the man
for whom he was named Of late Teddy
has become regular attendant at prayer
meeting, and Sunday morning, notwith-
standing the clashing of the elements,
Teddy" was to the front to help swell
the congregation when he assigned him
self to an honorable and conspicuous seat
in the pulpit. Methinks the vigorous
gestures and eloquent voice of the preacher
were too much for the timid Tied" as il
was noticed that he departed from his
clerical seat before the service was over,
and scanning the congregation with a
critical eye, finally jumped into layman'
lap from which place he was rescued by
his mistress and banished from the church
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Mrs. Jefferson Davis.

1t may interest some of our readers to
know that the very estimable Christian
woman, Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who died
last week, was descendant of one of our
Burlington County families, namely,
Joseph Burr Jr. Keziah, the mother of
Joseph, Jr., died April 10, 1871, and was
buried in the Friends burying ground in
Mount Holly.
Joseph, Jr., married Mary, daughter of
Edward and Mary Mullen. One of the
eleven children born to them was Keziah-
born November 10, 1858, died in Pittsburg,
August 9, 1S35-who married Richard
Howell, Governor of New Jersey for eight
consecutive years, finally refusing a re-
election on account of sickness which re-
suited in his death April 2S, 1902, at the
early age of As. His son, William Burr
Howell, after the war of 1912, moved to
Mississippi, married there, had daughter,
Varina Howell, who married Jefferson
Davis, who later became the President
of the Southern Confederacy.
Joseph G. Cowgirl, of Mount Holly, has
the following highly-prized letter from
Mrs. Davis:
Beauvoir House, October II, 1885,
Mr. ]. G. Cowgirl,
Dear SIR
/ am the daughter of William
Burr Howell, who married Margaret
Louise Kempe, of Natchez, Miss, and
was married to Mr.. jefferson Davis OF
Goth Feb, 1916. My father and mother
were then living in Natchez, but after
wards moved to New Orleans where the,
lived until the hostilities between tn,
North and South drove them away from
New Orleans. MY father died in Mont
gomery, Alabama.
Will you have the goodness to send me
if entirely convenient, the particular
you have about my greatgrandfather Bur
and his family, as we know little o
nothing of them except that they wer
Friends.
Mr.. Davis gave your letter to me to an
swer, rightly supposing that l would
greatly interested in its contents
Very respectfully,
YAKIMA HOWELL DAVIS
Address
Mrs. Jefferson Davis,
Beauvoir House,
Beauvoir,
Harrison Co.,
Miss.
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DIED.


BAUGH.-October 10, at Riverside, Lucretia
p, wife of Rudolph n. Baugh, aged SIS years.
BERGEN.-October 81 at Moorestown, Eliza
F., wife of Samuel d. Bergen.
BRooKs.-October ID, at Beverly, William
H. Brooks
CosPER.-Octeber II, at Noun Holly, vii.
liza m r. Cooper.
GILL.-october IS, at Moorestown, Thomas
Gill, in his S7th year.
GRIsCoM.-October 10, at Cropwell, David b.
Griscom, aged 70 years and II months.
Observation-Disclosures Is, at Moorestown, Ellen
A., widow of William B. Hooper.
KENNEDY.-October II, at Mount Holly
Catharine, wife of Richard Thomas Kennedy
aged IS years. Inferred at Gloucester.
MATHIs-October ID, at Delanco Theodors
B., wife of William b. Mathis.
PERRINE.-October 20, at Moorestown, iona
than $. Perrine, aged % years
REIGER.-October 16. at Mount Holly, lose pt
Reiger, step-fatheT of Mrs Clifford S. Van
zannt aged 50 years.
SHARPLEss October 20, at Monrovia, Cal.
Catherine W., wife of Jesse Sharpless, o
Camden, her SD year.
TILDEN.-October g. at Philadelphia, Rebec
ca Tilden formerly of Moorestown, aged 81
years.
WooD.-0ctober 4, at Trenton, James A
Woed, formerly of Crosswfcks, in his 74th yea
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Hallow Fen goods. Buy it at Boyce's.
Had Fight With Thief.

Hearing suspicious noise in the second
story front room of the home of his father
Joseph M. Welsh, of Beverly, early yester.
day morning, w. A. Welsh and E. N. Ell
rott, who was spending the night witt
him, went to investigate.
Welsh, who entered the room first
found burly cOlored man busily engaged
in packing up some valuables taken from
the mantelpiece. Though unarmed, NJ r
Welsh sprang forward and tackled the
burglar, but was knocked unconsc ious
by a single blow from ''black jack. >
Undeterred by his friends discontinue
Elrott, who was close behind, dashed in
ducked the lack" and grappled with the
thief
He found himself no match for the in
truder, however, as the latter had the
muscles of a prize-fghter. For few sec
onds the two swayed about the room, ther
the colored man threw off his lighter oppo
nent, rushed to an open window anC
jumped out feet first.
The distance to the ground is twenty
feet, but the long drop did not phase the
burglar. who was on his feet and in full
fight before Elrott could reach the win
dow
Luckily for Mr. Welsh, the blow from
Inc placKJack was only glanclng one. lie
soon recovered consciousness, and except
for painful lump on the side of his head
was as well as ever few hours later.
Though somewhat shaken by his i'm
promptu wrestling match, Mr.. Elrott fell
no other i'll effects after few hours, sleep
An. examination of the house and
grounds showed that the burglar had
climbed up an electric light wire which is
fastened near the side window of the IL
brary, and so had entered the room. Val
liable articles had been collected from the
lower part of the house, and he was evi
IDENTIFY preparing for hasty departure
when Mr.. Welsh and his friend appeared
Both were sound asleep, and Mr.. Welsh
was aroused by peculiar noise, and it is
supposed the thief dropped some heavy
article, thus causing his own detection.
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Post Cards. Buy it at Boyce's.
Columbus.

G. G.. Kinsley is on the sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N Dobbins are visit
ing relatives at Tuckahoe.
Joseph Ridgway has been appointed
rural delivery agent in place of J. E..
Stevenson, resigned.
The foundation walls for the new NJ. E.
church are being laid under the direction
of William J. Ridgway.
The Board of Education is again short
of funds, and is compelled to borrow
money to pay running expenses
A supper and social will be held in the
Baptist Church, next Thursday evening,
for the benefit of the ladies fund.
A high class moving picture entertain.
ment is to be given this evening in the
M. E. Church by DR.. Haines, of Medford
Don't miss it.
The Columbus Labor Reform Club, al
its meeting last Saturday, voted unani
mously to support Congressman John J
Gardner for reelection.
A firm engaged in the manufacture o.
agricultural implements in Philadelphia i:
negotiating for the purchase of the ole
M. E. Church building, to be used as
warehouse and headquarters for distribut
| ing their wares in this section of tn,
| state.
A brilliant wedding, last Saturday even
ing, was that of John joy, of Yardville
to Miss Carrie Comp, daughter of MT
and Mrs. William Comp, of this place
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
D. Moore, pastor of the Baptist Church
in the presence of forty five guests. MI
and Mrs. Joy will reside at Yardville.
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MARRIED.


AsAY-KING.-January IS, at Fieldsbors by
Rev. William H. Carter, Clarence b. Assay and
Augusta King, both Of Bordentown.
observation-disclosures 49, at Stenton
by Rev. Dr. Halleran, Rev. George II. Der
nasco, of Burlington, and Jennie Lowe, OF
Stenton.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lS, near New
Lisbon, by Friends ceremony, Franklin c.
Chambers and Anna p White, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph J. White.
FARRELL-DoYLE.-Oct IS, at Burling.
ton, by Rev. Henry Russi, William Farrell
Jr., and Miss Lizzie Doyle, both of Burlington
ACCOMPLISHMENTS 49, at Penn
berton, by Rev. Milton Relyea, Joseph Haga-
man ana Mrs. Georgiana Strouse, both OF
Mount Holly.
D-NICKERY.-October 5, at River.
ton, by r. h. Shepherd, Chester ID. Hubbard
of Germantown, and Elizabeth S. Vickery, oil
Riverton.
JoY-CoMP.-October 20 at Columbus by
Rev. |. d. Moore, John JOY, of Yardville, and
Miss Carrie Comp, of Columbus.
SEMPLE-FoLwE LL.-Ostober IL, at Mount
Holly. by Rev. J. HI. Durham, Robert Adams
Semple, Jr., and Miss Maud Howell Folwell,
both of Mount Holly.
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sition, voted for the increase. 1t must
not be forgotten that Mr. Robbins knew
that he would be a candidate for Senator
yet he fearlessly opposed this question. If
he was not serving the people" it is hard
to tell what he was doing.
In what respect is the Republican
party or the affairs of this state so
very bad? Has George Wildes shown
single instance or given one par
ticular where reform is absolutely
necessary? The records shsw that we are
in better shape than for years and there is
no wiping out the fact the Republican
party is entitled to credit for the present
good condition of things. The remarks in
the above TRADE on one of the Judges of
our courts are not a new thing by any
means. Wildes has been at that for wears.
Yet, with all the slurs of a character
similar to that used by him not one man
has ever dared to even insinuate tina
Judge Gaskill has ever been influenced in
the slightest degree by improper motives
in his actions while on the bench He is,
officially and personally far above those
who stab him in the back.
BY his assertions that gang rule"
governed the recent county convention in
which he made such pitiable showing,
Mr. Wildes casts reflections upon gentle
men who are at least his equals in honor
and honorable dealings, men who he well
knows cannot be coerced or influenced to
do wrong deed. We could give the
names of the delegates and there would
appear those of many reputable citizens.
1t comes with very bad grace for George
Wildes, with the 'wail of the lost" to
come up and try to belitte their good
name merely because they could not see
in him the ''Moses to lead them across |
the Red Sea-"
AS said before we fear G gorge Wildes
has been misled and made cats paw Of. |
He first went into the movement with a |
deluded idea and pats on the back have led |
him to continue in the course which will !
lead to his total humiliation No better
instance is needed of this than the letter
OF Spencer Simpson, who, at first one OF
the loudest shouters for reform and one
OF the fellows who urged Wildes to get in,
and now ridiculing him.
The action of George Wildes is in direct
opposition to the speech he made in hich
he eounseled that malice or personal spite
should not be factor in any way Now
he seems to want that to be the entire
factor 1t is only necessary to read hts
letter once to discover venom in every
line We are willing to accept his an
nouncement that perhaps Ibis abilities
were overrated,' and we frankly say that
nothing that has occurred in the past nineI
years has gone to show any special i'm
provement in that direction.
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town. were formally committed to Il

town, were formally committed to tht
Burlington County Insane Asylum
In the Orphans Court, on motion Of
John H. Hutchinson, an order of distri-
button was made in the estate of Mary F.
Satterthwait.
On motion of Eckard p Budd, a rule
was granted in the estate of Thomas II.
Wallace, to show cause why lands should
not be sold to pay debts.
An order of court was made to William
D. Lippincott in the insolvent estate of
Eli G. Bowker.
On motion of Samuel w, Shinn, rule
to show cause why lands should not be
sold was granted in the estate of William
s. TAYLOR.
The accounts of the estate of Edward
W. Perkins, as presented by Joshua E.
Borton, were allowed.
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Elk Judge Wills has gone to Virginia for
a brief visit.
Miss Mabel Pease, of New York. was in
Mount Holly, on Wednesday.
Mrs. Horace Q. Pease, of New York, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Edgar A. Alcott
Miss Lucy Perinc hief, of Burlington
visited relatives in Mount Holly last week
Mr.. and Mrs Helmuth Guttman, Of
New York, were visitors in Mount Holly
last week.
Mrs. Phoebe Reeves, of Brainard street
will entertain Miss Pearl Austin during
the winter months.
Mrs. Jerome B. Grigg, of Joplin, Me.
who has been stopping with relatives II
Mount Holly, spent last week in Boston.
Rev s. Harper Lieper, former paste
of the PRESBYTERIAN church, was in Noun
Holly, on Wednesday, attending tn
wedding of Robert A. Semple, Jr. an
Miss Maud Il. Folwell.
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REPUBLICAN MASS MEETINGS,

The Burlington County Republican Ex
ecutive Committee has arranged for
number of meetings to be held in thi
county. The places and dates are a
follows:
Moorestown, October 81, 8 p NJ
Speakers,
Hon. E. c. Stokes, Hon. s. e Robbins
Hon. j. j. Gardner Hon. Alfred Barber
Mount Holly, October 81, 3P M.
Speakers.
Hon. j. j. Gardner, Hon. J. G. Horner,
Hon. Alfred Barber. Hon. s. K. Robbins,
and possibly Governor Stokes.
Bordentown, November 1, 8 P. NJ
Speakers.
Hon. J. ]. Gardner, Hon. A. N. Barber,
Hon. j. G. Horner, Hon. S. K. Robbins.
Riverside, November 3, 8 P. M.
Speakers.
Hon. j. J. Gardner, Hon. s. K. Robbins,
Hon. j. G. Horner, Hon. w. j. Crossley.
Florence, October 90, 8 P. M.
Speakers.
Hon. J. G. Horner, Hon. s. K. Robbins,
Hon. A. N. Barber, Hon. J. j. Gardner.
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Reflections from the Hearth.

The offering at the Mount Holly Opera
House on Thursday evening, October %,
will be the great sensational scenic pre-.
duction reflections from the Hearth. y
This play contains elements strongly ap,
pealing to Americans interested in the de
lineation of native character, in the con.
trasts of the finer and baser product Of
our civilization, and in the class of those
moral attributes, Strengthening the sou
and making for the betterment of mankind
and of those coarser impulses soaring thu
natures of those affect ed by them. Com
edy is supplied in plenty, and there is M
lack of sensation. Nearly car load @
scenery is used in the production, making
=, 1t one of the most pretentious upon tn
road.
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THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER %, 1906

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OF sErTLEMENT.
MATTER OF nErrIE RosENrHAI

MATTER OF IEI7IIh flUshN III Al.
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and stated by the Surrogate and reported for
settlement ana allowance to the Orphans
Court of said county at a term to be held De-
cember l, 1905.
October q, 1906. Assignee.
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