West-Jersey pioneer., 1873-08-01

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BITTEN By RATTLEsNAKE.-On Satur-
day, June 28th, Joseph Hulse, wood
chopper of Cornwall. n. Y, was bitten
by rattlesnake While on Storm King
mountain, five miles up, be encountered
serpent, and wanting one for friend
who had rheumatism, (the belief of
many hereabouts being that snake
grease is cure for it) he chased the
snake, which took refuge in wood
pile, and Hulse seized him by the back
Of the neck, but SO far from the head
that it contrived to turn and plant one
! of its fangs in the index finger of the
right hand. Hulse held fast to his
snake nevertheless, stamped his lead
off, and then spent half an hour look
/ ing for white oak leaves, which are be
heved to be an antidote for the poison.
He found none to suit him, however,
and started for Cornwall. He was bit
| ten at seven, and it was eleven o'clock
when he reached the village, and DR..
Beattie was summoned. At this time
the arm and finger were very much
swollen and very gangercus, the action
of the heart bad almost ceased, and
the man seemed like one in state of
intoxication. DR.. Beattie hastily cut
the finger open, and administered two
quarts of whiskey in twenty minutes
laudanum and quinine were also given
in large quantities, and notwithstand-
ing the loss of three half pints of blood
from the finger, the pulse incl eased,
and Hulse became perfectly conscious.
He is, after eleven days, in apparently
good health, with excellent appetite,
but As black as any African in New
/ York. The black is occasionally streak
ed with blue, purple and green; which
appear and disappear alternately. He
is in the hands of Mr. John Brooks,
and may be seen by any physician or
other person who is desirous of making
an inyestigation.-Ne,n York SIN.
AN OLD DEED.-Joseph NJ Cooper,
of Kaighn's Point, has in his possession
the parchment deed, dated 1897, in
which Robert Turner conveyed to Arch
ibald Nickel now A[ickle) 410 acres
OF land lying along the river front,
from Line ditch to Newtown creek.
for f160, on S1.89 per acre. Portions
of the land are now in the market as
building lots and bringing at the rate
of $4,000 per acre There is now liv-
ing but one male descendant of Archi-
bald Mickell-John Mickle, of Phila-
delphia.
A meeting was held in Millville, on The
18th of July, to discuss the feasibility Of
establishing in that city, a house of enter
tainment where no liquor shall be sold. It
was resolved to raise $1,000 by subscription,
for the purpose of assisting any person who
would agree to keep such an establishment
for one year. 1t is necessary that some ar
rangement be speedily made, as on the LIST
of August all of the hotel licenses in that
city expire, and the City Council has refuse
to renew them.
A meeting of the Massachusetts, Republi-
cans opposed to the nomination Of General
Butler for Governor, was held in Boston on
Friday Of last week. among those present
being Henry L. Dawes, f. R. Hoar, George
F. Hoar, H. H. Coolidge and Odin Thayer.
Coolidge presided. An Executive Commit
tee was appointed to carry out the views of
those present, and it was voted to issue an
address to the people of the State.
The Board of Health of New York city,
are engaged in demolishing the numerous
booths and stalls about Fulton street mar
ket. A numerous crowd are witnessing the
destruction of their property, but thus far
no attempt at personal violence has been Off
cred. The question of the rights of the
Board of Health will be tested in the Courts.
CAMP AT SEAvILLE.-A camp meeting
is to be held on the Cape May Agri-
cultural Fair Grounds, at Seaville, com
mencing Monday, August 25th. 1t is
to be Union camp of all the M. f.
Churches in Cape May county.
An interesting address was delivered by
Rev. W. 7. Abbott, of Fairton, on Sunday
afternoon last, at the temperance meeting,
in Grosscup's Hall. In consequence of the
storm, the meeting was not as largely at
tended as is customary.