The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-04-09

WAO was SAAOWA AlOLA III uCk anu
oyer when the vehicle struck a hole in the
street while responding to an alarm of fire.
1t is expected Prosecutor for Glou-
csster county will be named this eek as
successor to Lewis Starr, who has been ap-
pointed County Law Judge The only
name mentioned in connection with the
appointment is Alexander L. Rogers, who
has been Assistant Prosecutor for sever al
years, and has distinguished himself in
that Office by good work
The upsetting of candle set fire to
altar decorations in st. Francis Church,
Trenton, on Sunday at a service thronged
by many women and children. The Rev.
Father Rathner, the pastor, rushed from
the sacristy and carried the burning deco
rations to a door. Then he seized some
overcoats from pew and beat out the
flames on the the altar. Several women
tainted, but panic was prevented by the
singing of the children's choir.
Mary Lopez pleaded guilty at Bridge
ton on Saturday, to charge of bigamy be-
fore Mayor Hampton when she was con-
fronted by her two husbands. 1t was
shown in the testimony that eight years
ago she was married to Lemuel Loper now
an invalid and an inmate of the Cumber-
land County Almshouse. In January last
she was married to William Hutchinson,
with whom she has been since living
The woman said that Hutchinson knew
that she was married woman, and that
when he pressed her to marry him she de-
clined. Upon the night of the wedding,
she said, she was drugged by Hutchinson
and did not know what she was doing
She was held for court.
-Pickpockets swooped down on Tren-
ton and made away with the wallets of at
least two citizens on Saturday. Captain
E. r. Cook, the local weather observer,
had his wallet in his hip pocket at in the
afternoon. when he went out to take his
usual weather observations. The large
thermometer hangs in front of a State
| street jewelry store, and while he was jot-
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him. When he Strengthened up he dis
covered that his pocketbook was gone
Loss $31. Building Inspector George H.
Stevenson was standing about five feet
away from Mr.. Cook at the same time.
The crowd going to the baseball park was
quite dense Suddenly Mr.. Stevenson felt
something wrong. He reached for his
pocketbook, but the other fellow was a
better and quicker ''reacher" Loss, $53.
Washington Park fshery's two mile
shad seine, which is the largest shad net
on the Delaware River, was given its an
nual tar bath on Saturday, and is being
connected with the ropes. 1t will be
ready to be given its initial dip next Sat-
urday, but it is not likely that it will be
put into commission until the following
week, as tie run of shad will not warrant
it being fished before that time. Captain
| Thomas Bennett, who will look after the
fishery, arrived last Wednesday with his
brother, Joseph Bennett, of Philadelphia,
who has leased the fishery. They started
force of men at work, and no time has
been lost since the huge piece of net was
carried from the long fish cabin. The net
is in fair condition. and if there is a good
run of fish it should catch thousands of
shad this season. The small net is ready
to be fished tomorrow or next day.
-Incensed at the delay on the part of
the pannSuluonio Poi1road
tracks on Atlantic avenue so as to permit
of the paving of the thoroughfare has
aroused the indignation of merchants and
residents of Atlantic City, who have is
sued call for monster indignation mass
meeting at which steps will be taken to
compel the company to comply with its
agreement with the city. The merchants
and citizens will also oppose proposed
arrangement between the railroad and
city engineer whereby it is proposed to
start the work of relaying tracks and paw
ing at two different points Michigan ave-
nue. on the west and Rhode Island avenue
on the east. They argue that such pro-
cedure will necessitate the street being
torn up in several places at the same time,
and that during the summer, when bust
ness is brisk. They want the company
and paving contractors to begin work at
central point and to work either way, so
as to have the street free from obstruc-
ton in the central portion of the city by
the time the rush season arrives.