The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-11-28
STATE NEWS.


One of party of friends of r. L. Nc
Dowell, of Cranbury, with whom be was
cunning on Wednesday of last week, acct
dentally shot him in the face. He may
lose the sight of one eye.
The pottery clay which was found
few days ago while digging cellar at
Paulsboro' has proved to be the very best
article, and several tests are being made
of 1t. 1t is fl lied with aluminium.
City Councilman James R. Nolan and
Frederick Rubenstein, manager of the
Home Brewing Company, of Newark,
were seriously injured in runaway acct
dent at Perth Amboy on Wednesday.
Under a decision of the Court of
Errors and Appeals, Middlesex county
will have to pay the entire cost of con-
structing road in Madison township be-
cause the petition for the road was drawn
up illegally.
County Physician James has granted
certificate of death from commissions in
the case OF Alice Webb, IL years old, OF
Port Republic. There was no evidence
produced to show that the girl had COM
mitted suicide.
"A committee of lawyers appointedsby
the Essex County Republican Committee
to draft bills to be endorsed in the Legis-
lature have agreed that the judges of the
Circuit and Common Pleas courts and the
police judges shall be elected by the peo-
pie A bill for that purpose will be draft
ed.
The New Jersey Supreme Court has
appointed Professor Alfred A. Ellsworth,
of Middlesex county; George M. Frech, of
Hunterdon county, and Augustus W. Cut
Ter, of Morris county, commissioners to
ascertain and divide the county line be-
tween the counties of Morris and Somer-
SET
-Mann's tissue paper mill, at Lambert
vile, mysteriously caught fire Wednesday
afternoon in the cutting room. A girl
stopped over to get some paper when fire
suddenly blazed up in her face. The girls
in the mill hardly had time to get out
Hundreds of dollars worth of paper was
destroyed. The building was not much
damaged.
AT the Worlds Fair, Henry Hales, of
Ridgewood, took five first prizes for Silver
Grey Dorklngs, and second for colored
Dorkings This was the English class,
and contained some of the finest Dork-
ings in this country. Mr.. Hales' pen was
purchased by the Commissioner of San
Salvador at large figure.
Harry Gibson, of Mullica Hill, who
was murderously assaulted by a gang of
drunken ruffans on Saturday night last,
at Paulsboro', is said to be suffering from
fractured skull, and his recovery is
doubtful His assailants were released
from custody on Tuesday, but will be ar
rested again should Gibson's injuries
prove fatal.
-Gunners in the vicinity of Woods
town have recently been startled by run
ming across nearly nude colored woman
in the swamps near Bushtown. On We'd
nesday, while two men from that place
were in the woods near YORKTOWN, they
surprised her crouching under a thicket.
When spoken to, the woman fed. She is
thought to be crazy.
Artist J. c. Thorn of Atlantic High
lands, is completing medallion bust of
Hon. James A Bradley in clay. 1t is a
little larger than life size and an accurate
likeness of the founder. 1t is surrounded
with wreath of laurels, and the word
Monmouth" is at the base of the work.
After the cast is completed it can be easily
reproduced in bronze or terra Gotta.
Collector of Internal Revenue Butcher
of the first New Jersey district, announced
on Wednesday the appointments of Will
liam J. Caspar, of Salem, and Wilson
Jones. of Franklinyille, as Deputy Collect
ors. Jones is assigned the counties of
Camden, Gloucester and Atlantic and
Caspar will act in a similar capacity for
the counties of Salem, Cumberland and
Cape May.
Andrew Wheland, an employee of the
New Jersey Consolidated Traction Com
pany, was killed on Thursday by falling
from trolley pole, which he was paint
ing, at the corner of Grand street and
Arlington avenue, Jersey City Heights.
He was perched twenty feet from the
ground, when he started to light his pipe
and lost his balance. He landed head
foremost on the sidewalk and broke his
skull. He died within few minutes.
In some peculiar and unexplained
manner barrel of oil caught fire in the
basement of Jacob Ringle's hardware
factory, at Jersey City, Thursday morn
ing, and exploded. The entire basement
was soon in a mass of flames, and the en-
tire building was threatened with des-
truction. Jacob Wagner an employee,
rushed into the cellar to extinguish the
flames. Before he could escape he wa.
terribly burned about the head, face and
body. He inhaled the flames, and will
undoubtedly die.
Lieutenant G. H. Mcclellan, of the
Life-Saving Service, has just completed
his first round of inspection of the sta
tions on the New Jersey coast since his
return from the Worlds Fair. There is a
desire on the part of some of the officers
of the Revenue Marine to have Mcclellan
sent to sea, his place being coveted by
others, but the move is opposed by Su-
perintendent Kimball, who is reluctant
to losing the services of so efficient an
officer. He was kept at his present post
of duty once before, when there was
stir to transfer him, by request of the
State government that he should not be
disturbed.
"A glassblower, named Jones, work
ing in one of the factories at Glassboro,
was arrested on Thursday and placed I'M
der bail by Magistrate Pierce for terrible
cruelty to his tending boy. Jones, for
some reason, became angry at the lad,
and taking his blowpipe full of molten
glass, he wound bracelets of liquid fire
hTOuuu bue WiiobS vi tho youtu. lho
molten glass rapidly burned into the
| boys flesh, and his screams of agony
could be heard for some distance. Be-
fore help arrived Jones had brutally
knocked the lad down. The other work
men dressed the awful burns ON the
boys arms, and had not Jones been
promptly arrested he would have been
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