The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-01
Hordentown.

Harry hunzl has gone to the WORLDS
Exposition.
Halle Wharton, II years old, of this
city, was badly bitten on the leg on
Wednesday by dog belonging to Henry
Smith.
George Freeman, of this city, has just
recovered at Belmar, Monmouth county,
horse which strayed away from his
place month ago.
Frank Hopkins, the old man who was
reported to have been missing from his
home at Fieldsboro', has been located at
Philadelphia, to which place he went on
the day he disappeared
Mrs G.. H. Armstrong, residing on one
of Major Woodward's farms, near Ellis
dale, was thrown from carriage by
runaway horse last week. Several ribs
were broken. one penetrating her right
lung. She was taken to a neighboring
house, where she still remains.
E. D. Sturteyant has received an order
for one dozen of his rare aquatic bulbs
from the Earl of AnnesleY, Annesley Lodge.
Regents Park, London. The letter is in
the Earl's own handwriting, and is stamp
ed with his coat-of-arms, He says he
wants the lilies for his place in Ireland.
Annie F. Pearce, daughter of Mrs. An
ME F. Pearce, formerly of Bordentown,
died at Bristol, Pa, last Friday, aged 20
years Her funeral will take place on
Tuesday, at O'Clock. from her mothers
residence at Bristol. Interment at Bristol
cemetery
Mrs. Mary Fitzpatrick, wife of Morris
Fitzpatrick, died here on Wednesday,
aged 81 years. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was
badly burned about the body by her
clothing taking fire from a bonfire which
she had made in her garden on Friday,
March 81, from which she never recovered.
A cutter, finished in mahogany, and
built by ship carpenter Harry Ford
for Henry Jeans, of Philadelphia, was
launched last Saturday. 1t is 40 feet
over all, 20 feet water line, 81 feet beam,
having feet depth of hold and feet
draught of water with tons of iron on
its keel.
w. Fl. Walton, living near Belmar, has
been held to answer at the Monmouth
County Court in the sum of $500 to com
pei him to give a satisfactory account as
to where he procured horse, the proper
ty of George Freeman, of this city, which
myst eriously disappeared from Mr.. Free
mans premises some three months ago.
Joseph Deacon, who, with his wife, re-
Gently returned from the Worlds Column
bian Exposition, says the cold storage
house was burned while he was on the
grounds. So great is the space devoted to
the fair, and so numerous the attractions
that he with thousands of others knew
nothing of the catastrophe until he had
left the exposition and read the report in
newspaper.
Bunting Hankins has been held under
$500 bail for appearance at court on
charge OF perjury preferred by A. D.
Hughes relative to charges recently made
against the latter by Mr.. Hawkins in max
ing a false complaint, charging Hughes
with having threatened to shoot Hankins
in the dispute over manure receptacle
on the formers land which the defend
ant wished removed.
Richard Shipper BuzbY, a middle-aged
resident of Bordentown, was found dead
in bed at the Washington Hotel on Tues
day morning Until this year he had
held a responsible position with the Iron
Steamboat Company of New York. The
cause of his death is thought to have been
apoplexy He belonged to one of the old
est and most respected families in Bor-
dentown.
John Ennis, presser, of the Interna-
tional pottery, Trenton, came very near
losing his life on Thursday night, 1t APP
pears that he and COM anion boarded a
fast freight train at Camden, intending to
train for Trenton. When the train
reached here it did not slacken its speed
and Ennis leaped from it, landing among
ties and rails and injnring hand and
arm. His companion, seeing Ennis fall,
wisely remained on the train and was
taken as far as Monmouth Junction,
Some of the credulous persons of this city
are mourning the loss of small amounts
ranging from ninety cents to $3.50. They
were victims of bogus insurance COM
pany that for six weeks did thriving
business in this vicinity. They also OPP
Grated in Camden, Trenton and Princeton.
The company was called the New Jersey
Life Insurance Society" They offered to
pay $1,000 in case of death and $40 a week
for sick benefits, for the sum of fifteen
cents per week. This being cheaper and
better than the scheme of the reliable in
dustrial insurance companies many sub
scrlbers were secured Several became
sick, so the agents stopped collecting, and
it was discovered that the company was
bogus affair and only existed on paper.