The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-08
STATE NEWS.

George Lambert, the ten-montns-old
SON of George R. Lambert, of New Bruins
wick, fell into pail of boiling water at
his home Friday and was so badly scald-
ed that his eyesight and hearing we're de-
stroyed.
Michael Dolan, hay and feed dealer
at Whippany, Morris county, has lost two
horses by the fiendish work of some mis-
creant. On Friday some one forced an en-
trance into his stable and mixed guam
tity of arsenic in some oats which were
given to his five horses. Before nightfall
two of his horses were dead, and the
three others are not expected to live.
A party of unknown jewellers took
the locomotive of the Lodi Branch rail-
road from its house at Lodi on Friday
night and ran it to the junction of the
New Jersey and New York road, mile
south of Hackensack, where it was de.
rallied by safety switch. The boiler was
saved from blowing up by the blowing
out of the soft plug in the crown sheet
This also put out the fire. 1t is said tie
drunken men had been attending pri-
mary at Lodi.
james /. Black, the Asbury Park for
ger, who has been in the county Jail for
nearly four years, has retractej his plea
of not guilty and pleaded guilty to thirty
nine indictments. Black was Uriah
Whites ook-keeper and forged his en-
ployer's name. The grand jury found
forty indictments against him. He was
tried in 1898 and found guilty. He APP
pealed to the higher courts and decision
has not yet been reached. Black prom
ises to have his case brought before the
court of Pardons.
DIR. B. L. Dickerson recently died in
Flanders, Morris county. The admins
traitor of his estate, in searching the
house, found a closet, the door of which
was SO securely nailed that it took nearly
a day to effect an entrance. In it 81 300
in 500 gold pieces. 81 200 in other money
and 5000 in United States government
bonds were found. II is supposed that a
loss sustained by the doctor by bank
failure some years ago in Newark, caused
him to lose faith in banks as safe deposit
tories for money.
William M. Burdick, the son of Isaac
N. Burdick. was playing With Jay Henry,
son of Lewis B. Henry, and number of
other boys in the yard of Mr.. Henry's
house at Orange, Saturday afternoon,
shooting at mark with Flobert rife.
The target was placed on the side of a
barn. After several shots had been fired
cry was heard in the barn and Oliver
Thomas, colored man employed on the
place, ran out with bullet in his neck.
He was taken to the Memorial hospital,
where it was found that the wound was a
serious one. Young Burdick was held to
await the result of the injuries.
The condition of the miners at Oxford
Furnace is growing worse, and the outlook
is growing darker and darker. A short
time ago the company employed 700 OF
800 men, but now there are not over sew
enty-five men at work. These are en-
ployed in and around the mines, and will
be discharged April LIST and the mines
closed, so the superintendent says, II
things do not take a change for the better
All the foremen OF the different depart
ments were laid off the first day of the
month. something which has never hap
pened before, and the clerks in the stores
with the exception of four. were also laid
of. The superintendent told them he
had orders from the company to close the
store, but had assumed the responsibility
of running 1t until April lst.
--Judson H. Hammond, assistant super
intendent of mails in Newark, was arrest
ed Saturday morning and locked up for