The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-07-30
At Dreamland, ga Jealous Woman

At Dreamland, "a Jealous Woman
Fathers Quiet Sunday"
Francis D. Perkins, former Councilma
of Beverly, and for fifteen years LEADING
member of the Board of Freeholders
while walking In his yard Friday morn
ing suffered a severe stroke of paralysi
and is in precarious condition.
Bonds for sale.-The Burlington Count,
Safe Deposit and Trust Company, Moores
town, N j., offers for sale (to settle al
estate) Gold Bonds to The Burlington
County Railway Company, first mortgage
per cent, due 1884, interest March anC
September. to yield the purchaser over s.
per cent, clear of all taxes.
Three men, supposed to be tramps. were
successful in getting away from Consta
bles Throckmorton and Myers, last nigh
after 10 o'clock after lively chase across
three fields. A phone message was re-
ceived to the effect that the men were
creating a disturbance at the Children's
Home.
Picnic dates at Rancocas Park for the
week: Sunday schools of the Baptist and
st. Luke's German Churches, Hainesport
to morrow; Brotherhood of America, on
Thursday; Methodist Sunday school, Vim.
centown, Friday; Kresson Friends socie-
ty, Saturday. On Sunday evening Miss
Helen Ware, aged II years, an accomplish
ed violinist, of Philadelphia, will render
selections.
On Wednesday morning stranger en-
Tered the harness shop of L. w. Prickitt,
on High street. The fellow said he had a
saddle to be repaired and that he would
bring 1t in later in the day AS it was
very warm at the time, Prickitt took off
his vest at the suggestion of his caller.
After the latter departed it was discov-
cred that a roll of bills in the vest had
gone too.
The Board of Freeholders will hold a
special meeting in the Court House, on
Tuesday next, at 2 O'Clock in the after
noon, to revise the budget of appropria-
lions for the current year by reducing
some of the amounts appropriated, and
by providing for an issue of road i'm
bonds to the amount of $685.
900, in place of raising said amount by
taxation, and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before said
meeting.
A peculiar suit will soon occupy the
of our courts, and the result
will be watched with interest. Some time
ago property in Florence township was
sold for taxes and was bought in by the
Then it was rented to Fred
Hannum for year. In the meantime the
place was sold under foreclosure proce ed
ings and was purchased by another per-
son. Of course the Sheriff was compelled
to give possession and he did so, Deputy
Sheriff Fleetwood evicting Hannum.
The latter has now sued the Township of
Il
Upwards of $780, 900 worth of riparian
lands Is being reclaimed by the State
Board because of the failure of the own
ers to pay their leases. Among the lands
being taken back are the following: Geo.
5. Adams, 2050 feet in Barnegat bay;
Westray's Point Improvement Company,
1880 feet in Barnegat bay and $500 feet in
Toms River; Murrell Dobbins, 1910 feet
IN the Delaware river; Charles Reeder,
Mary F. Riley, Angelina Thompson and
Joseph L. Vansant, sandbars in the Del
aware river which are said to have disap
,eared; Catherine Barrett, $50 feet, Chas.
Knapp, so feet, David III. Steel, ISL feet,
John Denning, 1877 feet, and Helen Y.
0enning, 80 feet, all in the Rancocas
liver; Richard Lloyd, $50 feet in the Del
ware river: Henry Quigg. 27OO feet in
he Rancocas river; Clifford j. Maxwell,
$50 feet in the Delaware river and 922
eet In Pensauken creek.
As the result of a melee between thirty
white and colored men of Florence, las
light. Big JOB" Jackson, a negro, is at
he point of death. The fight began on
he last trolley, eastbound, from Burling-
ON. 1t is claimed that Big Sob" started
he disturbance by slapping James Christy
he Florence Baseball Club pitcher.
There was general mix up on the
'rolley. After the crowd got off the fight
began again. Although other negroes
we're in the crowd every man seem to
nave it in for Jackson, and after knocking
him down, kicked and numerically
pounded him into insensibility. Jackson's
friends were driven off and beat hasty re-
treat. The screams of the injured ne
gro aroused the whole neighborhood and
the male residents hastily donned their
clothes and ran out and saved Jackson
from being beaten to death. The men
who carried the bleeding and unconscious
Jackson to the negro settlement were set
upon by the inhabitants and were COM
PEELED to flee for their safety.