The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-04-11
Burlington,

Burlington.
Lumber has been conveyed to Burling
ton Island, and work Is now in progress
Of building the barns that were destroyed
by the recent cyclone.
Found on the streets of Burlington suf
fering severely with rheumatism, on Wed
nesday night, John Durken was cared fol
and later removed to the almshouse. He
claimed to have lived in Florence off and
on for several years.
While on his way to Atlantic City, on
Saturday, former Governor Lounsbery, Of
Connecticut, who is now president of the
Merchants Exchange Bank, of New York
city, stopped over at Burlington for a
short time to renew his acquaintance with
l. Snowden Haines, cashier of the Me-
chanics' National Bank.
Former Sheriff John j. Norcross has
been awarded a contract to make decided
improvements to the Exchange Hotel, at
Burlington, recently vacated by George
L. Garwood, of Mount Holly. John Craft,
the well known carriage builder, has
boarded at that hotel for oyer forty years,
and during that time there have been four
or five different proprietors. Mr.. Craft
who is well advanced in years has been
the most conspicuous figure at that hosiery
during the past half century.
Pro6ting by his long experience In deal
Ing with crooks, Detective George Tate, of
Philadelphia, assisted by Claude Sell, a
Pennsylvania Railroad detective, were
successful In preventing robberies at Bur
lington, on Wednesday. Several thieves
went to that city to work the crowd of
people present at the Democratic demon
stration, but their hopes were not realiz-
ed. During the day these officers discov-
cred the presence of six professional
pickpockets. Four of them were driven
from town and two were taken back to
Philadelphia.
The temporary Injunction which had
been issued against the Burlington Sewer
age Company, preventing it from laying
sewer pipe In front of the Samuel B. Tay-
lor property on the west side of Washing
ton avenue, south of the London bridge,
has been dismissed by the Vice Chancellor
at Atlantic City. Since then part of the
$50 feet of pipe which is to be placed in
front of the property has been laid. AL
together 1850 feet of pipe will be laid be-
tween the Silk Mill and the Junction of
Federal street and Washington avenue.
Part of ,e pipe will be of terra Gotta and
the other portion of cast iron. Ali of the
pipe will be eight inches in diameter.
A large, enthusiastic and successful
demonstration was held at Burlington on
Wednesday night In honor of Thomas
Jefferson. The affair was under the au-
spices of the Democratic club of Burling-
ton county. Many noted men were present.
There was banquet at the Auditorium
hotel, with about 200 seated at the tables.
Thomas H. Birch presided at monster
meeting held Ia the theatre at eigh
o'clock. The speakers were William ].
Bryan, Senator MARITIME, Frank s. Katzen-
bach and Governor Wilson. The last
named attracted the most attention. He
delivered an able address on good citizen
ship, good government and the necessity
for reform. After the meeting there was
a reception at the residence of Mr.. Birch.
Among those present, in addition to the
speakers, were Mrs. Wilson, the Misses
Wilson, Joseph Tumulty, secretary to the
Governor; AssemblYman Walsh, of Mer-
Ger county; General and Mrs. E. Burd
Grub, Mrs. Frank s. Katzenbach and
Rev. ]. W. Hoag, of Trenton, who
officiated as chaplain of the meeting
The case of Worth against Watts, ex-
ecutor of the Firman Dubel estate, was
opened in the United States District
Court at Trenton on Thursday. This is
the second suit between these parties. In
the first Worth claimed that he had made
a contract with Dubel, before the latter's
death, to buF certain real estate at price
agreed upon, and produced receipts to
show payments made on account of the
dBFccmCubs uC cAcCuLOIs w dLtS, refused
to transfer the real estate to Worth upon
tender of the balance due under the agree
ment. claiming fraud; that no such agree
ment existed and that the receipts were
obtained by Worth under false pretences.
The court held that the alleged agree
ment was invalid, the principal reason for
the decision being the extremely low
price at which Worth claimed the property
had been bought. After this decision
Worth brought suit to recover 81, 300, the
amount he alleged he paid to Dube on
account of the purchase of the properties
This the estate resists on the ground that
the money was not paid, and, If so, not
for the purpose named. The case is to be
concluded this week. Eckard p. Budd
and Joseph H. Gaskill represent the ex-
ecutor; V. Claude Palmer the plaintiff,
Worth