The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-11
STATE NEWS.

-Ex-C Congressman j. N. Pidcock, of
Jersey City, has failed. His liabilities
will be between $500, 900 and 100000 and
bis assets are between 100000 and $780,
600.
"A careless gunner, on Friday evening
shot at bird just as Rev. W. S. Ludlow
and Benjamin Mellor passed by on Broad
way, Camden, on their bicycles. Both
the gentlemen were struck by the shot,
but neither was badly hurt.
The Township Committee of South
Orange has ordered the arrest of Collector
Moses Smith, who has been found to be
$4,000 short in his accounts. Smith has
been taking the township funds and lend
ing them to his friends for twenty years.
William 81. Suydam, of the firm Of
Suydam & Keller, builders. Newark, is
dead of conclusion of the brain. He was
driving on Frelinghuysen avenue last
Saturday when his buggy collided with
another vehicle and he was thrown out
on his head.
Charles A. Southwick, a business man
at OceanvilIe, near Eatontown, was in
stantly killed Saturday morning near
Elberon. He was on his way to Long
Branch in bis carriage. His horses be-
came frightened, and he was hurled head
first from his wagon.
Burglars entered the residence Of Ig-
natz Maciyewski, in Bloomfield, Friday
night, and stole $206, all the money he
had. His wife, Lizzie, is in great distress
over the loss. The husband is a brass
moulder, and is now at the point of death
from blood poisoning.
William Hoofmeister. of Franklin,
entered his barnyard Friday night, hear
ing disturbance. A vicious bull rushed
at him and tossed him into the air. The
bull attempted to trample on Hoofmeis-
ter, but the farmer chung to the ring in
the animals nose. The farm hands Sc
cured it.
Charles Grazier, aged 26 years, of
Camden. was drowned Saturday afternoon
while bathing in Cooper's creek. Grazier
was seized with cramps. and, though ac-
companied by two friends, Charles Rosel
and E. George, the swift current carried
him out Of their reach, and they were
unable to rescue him.
The Rev. Mr.. Mayham, pastor of the
new Second Methodist Episcopal Church,
at Railway, it is alleged, choked and
kicked a boy at work upon the church
building. Walking on the new carpet
with lime soiled shoes was his offense.
The boys parents have sworn out war
rant for his arrest
John RUM, while assisting in repair
ing the tank at the Cohansey Glass
Works, Bridgeton. was fatally injured
last Saturday by large stone weigh
ing halt ton falling on him. He was
attending a derrick, when the rope
slipped and the stone fell oyer on him.
His spine was fractured and he was in
ternally injured.
"A track walker at New Brunswick
on the Pennsylvania Railroad early last
Friday morning found the mangled re-
mains of man beside the track. The
man either fell from a train or was
struck by a locomotive. He had dark
hair, sandy moustache, was about thirty
Eve years of age. There were pawn
tickets in his pocket. and business card
with Thomas W. Rothwell, SO GreenIeaf
street, Boston, house painter, on it.
During thunder storm last Saturday
lightning struck the house of Holmes
Benedict at Fair Haven. One corner
of the building was wrecked. The bolt
first struck chimney. 1t then entered
q bed room on the second floor and
scorched the bed and bedding. The oc-
cupants Of the room had gone down
stairs but few minutes before. Katie
Benedict. IS years of age, daughter of the
owner Of the house, was knocked sense
less. but soon recovered.