The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1891-12-29


waiting its four tracks through Elizabeth,
distance of two miles. The tracks will
be laid on an embankment running the
entire length of the city. Most of the
streets will be arched over with stone at a
cost of over million dollars. Strong OBJ
iections are made by property holders on
some of the streets.
The New York and New Jersey
Bridge company announces that the first
real work on the gigantic enterprise will
take place at IL o'clock on Thursday,
when ground will be broken on the New
Jersey side on property purchased by the
company. President Green, Vice Presi-
dent Cryder and Secretary Swain will IN
vite large number of guests The place
where the ceremoniess will take place is
on the Bergenline road.
Andrew D. Jennings, of Plainfield,
received a bullet in his ear on Monday
night at the hands of his son, boy
scarcely ten years old Mr.. Jennings had
Just presented a toy rife to the boy, when
the youngster pointed the muzzle of the
It'll shoot you. He followed up the re-
mark by pulling the trigger, and his aim
was so true that the parents ear was per-
forated. The ball tore away portion of
the ear.
William Meyer was sent to Jail at
Newark for ninety days by Justice Preisel
He had been arrested Tuesday evening
for acting in disorderly manner in the
streets and attempting to steal Christ
mas tree. 1t took three policemen to
force him into cell. He was not long in
it sbefore he attempted to hang himself
with his suspenders. About midnight he
tore his shirt into strips, and made a
moose of them and tried to hang himself
with that. Early in the morning he at
tempted to hang himself with his shoe
strings. but third time he was prevent
ed
j. H. Baton, q school teacher, and
w. L. Twitchell, storekeeper, both OF
Springfield, Ark, were arrested at Jersey
City, on Tuesday. as they were about to
start for home on the Central railroad.
They were carefully guarding box of
green paper, for which they had paid
S225. They thought the paper was coun-
terfeit money and expected to circulate
it among their friends and neighbors dur
ing the holiday season. 1t was explained
to them that they had been victimized by
green goods men, and they were sent on
their way to their far-off home sorrow
ing.
David Krause, of Ocean avenue, Jer-
sey City, went to Germany some time ago
to visit his relatives. He was immedia-
tely arrested for not serving his time in
the army and fined 600 marks. This he
paid and was released, but before he
could leave the country he was again ar
rested and fined similar amount He
refused to pay second time and commu-
nicated with friends in this country. He
is prominent member of the Hudson
County Suabian Society, and the organi-
cation will appeal to Secretary Blaine to
secure Krause's release, as he has been
for many years an American citizen.
james Conway, 80 years old, was
killed Thursday morning in the Marshall
fax mill on Passaic avenue, Kearny. Con-
way was wheeling bundles of fax from
one end of the factory to another on a
platform about nine feet high. He missed
his footing and fell from the platform. He
was picked up in an unconscious condi-
ton by some of his companions. A ply
stefan was summoned, but the unfortu-
nate man was dead before he arrived.
The only mark on Conway's body was a
scratch along his right lower jaw. Depu-
ty County Physician Rothe visited the
factory and examined the body. He said
that Conway's neck had been broken by
the fall.
Leah Davis, a pretty, fair-haired girl,
has been making anxious inquiries for the
last two or three days at the Jersey City
court house for Herman Fischer, her
lover. Fischer was to have married Leah
within the next few days, but he disap- |
peared. She discovered at the end of her
Ruthless search that his family had had
him committed to the Morris Plains asy-
um Miss Davis believes that this was
lone only to prevent the coming mar
.iage. The family say. however, that
young Hermann had been incarcerated in
IN asylum at Martinsburg, West Virginia.
he was sent home as an incura-
Die.
The three-year-old son Of John Hen
~, of Plalnfeld, was seized with serious
illness while walking along the street on
Friday evening, and was carried uncon-
scious into drug store. His father said
he child had been eating highly colored
Christmas candy and there was every ev-
dence of poisoning Physicians said that
he boy was in a critical condition. They
ried to reach the poison by emetics, but
he case seemed too far advanced. There
we're suspicious that the boy had drank
peer In addition to eating the cheap can
lies. and the Society for the Prevention of