The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-18

on for Asbury Parks baby parade.
Cranberry growers report that there
will not be more than half crop in New
Jersey.
"A man supposed to be Jancey Vines
of Harrison, was killed on the railroad
near Albany. on Saturday.
The Cape May County Board of AS
SCISSORS report the total valuation of pro
perty in the county at 5000, 200.
"A slight earthquake shock was felt a
Brightport and Pedricktown Friday after
noon. 1t lasted about two minutes.
Fletcher Allison Haines. the son of {
New York lawyer, has been indicted fol
bigamy by the Hudson county Crane
Jury.
Miss Sallie Hewitt, daughter of Hon
Abram S. Hewitt, holds the Office of Road
Overseer in Ringwood township. Passait
county.
Seventeen members of Asbury Parks
military company have been court-mar.
tailed and fined So each for absence from
parade.
Frank Woolley, q thirteen-year-old
boy of Matswan, was recently bitten by
black ant. He is now suffering from
blood poisoning.
The Second Presbyterian Church, of
Camden. has called Rev. J. c. Russell, of
Households, N. Y, as pastor, at salary
of 81. 800 year.
Lightning recently struck the chicken
coop of John Hoffman, at Midtown,
Middlesex county, and killed twenty-four
chickens and the house dog.
"A large building at Millville, former
ly occupied by soap factory by Captain
F. Hess. was destroyed by fire on Friday
night. The loss is 5000.
George W. Savage, of Railway, re-
Gently appointed Consul to Dundee, Scot
land. sailed from New York on Saturday,
with his wife and son. on the Arizona.
"A Long Branch man who has several
times been arrested and fined for Sunday
has learned a new trick
He has arranged to be sent home in a
hack when he becomes unable to walk
straight His hack fare is so cents, and
as his fine has usually Deen IS he figures
that he saves $3.50 each Sunday.
Deputy Sheriff Sell, of Camden, on
Friday, served papers on Sarah 6. Bag
hurst, of Kirkwood. in a suit tor divorce,
brought against her by her husband. Geo.
A. Baghurst. The suit was brought by
Baghurst in Oklohoma Territory, on the
grounds Of desertion, owing to the refusal
of his wife to accompany him there when
Oklohoma was opened to settlers.
--Matron Moran, of the Hudson county
Almshouse. at Snake Hill, is said to treat
the inmates of her own faith with every
possible consideration. while other female
are neglected. Miss Moran is a
Catholic. The complaints are made by
Mrs. Mary Marshall, widow, who alleges
that she was recently forced to leave the
because of the treatment she
received.
--Adolph Fesser. eyed 45 years, of New
ark, attempted suicide by shooting him
self in the head with small revolver
late Thursday night. He has not inn
proved since he was taken to the hos
pital His condition Saturday night was
regarded as critical. The ball entered
his mouth and has not been found. Fes-
ser has been acting strangely for two
weeks.
Jesse Wilson. Bridgeton scissor
grinder, made an attempt to commit sui
eide by throwing himself beneath an ad-
yancing shifting engine in the West Jer-
sey Railroad yard at that place on Thurs
day afternoon. He was intoxicated, and
suddenly dropped upon his hands and
knees and placed his head on the track
when the engine was but few feet away.
Frank B. Milford. coal merchant,
sprang from his coal shed and snstched
the would-be suicide away just in time to
save him.
Charles Frelger. of Jersey City,
dreamed early on Thursday morning that
he heard his horse prancing on the roof.
When he awoke he heard the fancied
noises still ringing in his ears. He arose
and went TO his stable. The door stood
open, and his white horse was gone. Run
ming to the street he saw the animal
walking away with man in red shirt.
Just then a policeman appeared, and
Frsiger pointed out the red shirt man and
horse. Thief and horse were soon cap
tured.
Surveyors are again at work on q
new branch of the Central Railroad,
which is to be built from Perth Amboy to
Bound Brook. They are now in the vi
cinity of Martins dock, and are working
toward New Brunswick. The new road,
according to the best information, will
run on the east side of the Raritan river
and will not pass through New Bruins
wick. The Central will thus be able tc
compete with the Lehigh Valley, fol-
whom they have no friendship now thai
the Reading combine has been broken.
The trouble between the proprietor
of the Coleman, Grand Central, Surf anc
Curlew Houses. at Asbury Park, and the
owners of the 'Razzle-dazzle," on Second
and Ocean avenues, was settled Tues
day, by the owners of the machine &C
cepting an offer of 81 900 from the hote
people to remove their Objectionable ap
paratus Sometime ago the hotel mer
secured temporary injunction restrain
ing the owners of the 'Razzle-dazzle'
from operating it. The hotel men claim
ed the music was of such nature as b
drive guests from their houses.
While adjusting rope on windlas
over a well at Paterson, John Guzav,
lost his footing and fell % feet to the bot
tom. Two workmen, who assisted Gu
zave in blasting and hosting. ran ava,
when they saw their companion fall
Andrew Hopper fastened to the well
secured rope, tied 1t to pulley an,
lowered himself to the bottom and foun,
Guzave standing on his head in tire
inches of water. He was unable to extri
cate himself. as his head was wedged be
tween the rock and the bucket. AL
though severely injured, 1t is though
Guzave will recover.
Something of sensation was create,
| in Railway on Saturday. hv the navy