The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-05-30
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who stabbed Jennings, but had nothing
to do with the affair. He claims that the
attack was prompted bp jealousy.
In digging well on the property o.
William v. Layton, at Pennsgrove, char
coal was found at a depth of ninety feet
Al Simons, of Hammonton, who LOST
portion of his brain recently by Sc
rious accident. is in fair was to recov
cry.
Twenty EIGHT sturgeon, caught at one
haul by Captain John Smith, of Lower
Alloway. netted him $3.50. This beats all
previous records.
"A movement has been started to give
Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Cape May and
other Cape May county resorts a telephone
service.
Christian Hammell, a butcher OF
Camden, died on Friday of lockjaw,
which resulted from injuries received two
weeks ago, when he was thrown from his
wagon.
Charlie Jan. an insane Chinaman OF
Newark, was taken on Saturday to the
county insane asylum. Jan imagines
that he will be driven out of the country
by the Geary law.
The price of gas has gone down at Bay
onne. The Greenville Gas Company, on
Friday, announced reduction of twen-
ty-five cents per 1000 cubic feet, with a
five per cent. rebate for prompt payment.
Heretofore the price has been So per 1000
feet.
George King, of Hammonton, was on
Friday awarded a verdict of $1,614.67
against the Order of Iron Hall. King was
certificate holder in the order, and be-
fore the appointment of Thomas 2. Cur
ley, of Camden. as receiver. attached the
money in the hands of the treasurer of
the Hammonton branch.
Harry Jaynes, one OF the richest men
at Long Branch, was severely injured
while crossing the asphalt road Saturday
afternoon. He was run into by bicycle.
His hand was crushed and he was rem
deled unconscious. He was taken to the
Monmouth Memorial Hospital, and it is
expected that his hand will have to be
amputated.
After many years of effort the citi-
zens of New Brunswick have succeeded
IN raising sufficient money to erect mon
ument to the soldiers and sailors of the
civil war. There is now $500 on hand
and the contract will soon be awarded.
The monument will cost over 5000, and
the entire amount has been subscribed.
Thomas Stout, Young man of Pater
son, started out on Friday morning last
with his two hunting dogs to give them a
little exercise. He went out toward
Boonton when he was suddenly taken III
and died alone with his dogs in patch Of
wood. He did not return home at his
usual time in the afternoon, and on search
being made his body was found being
faithfully guarded by the two dogs that lay
each side of the body. The dogs would
not allow any one to approach the body
until member of the family put in an
appearance.
An interesting civil suit which had oc
cupied the attention of the Union County
Court for two weeks, ended Tuesday. The
plaintiff, Elijah B. Cornell, who owns
large orange groves in Florida, sued ths
Blymer Ice Machine Company, of Cincin-
natl, for $4,000 damages for the failure of
machine which he purchased from the
company for s35, 200 paying $4,000 on &C
count, was to produce % tons of ice daily,
but only turned out 20 tons. The ties
timony was mainly of an expert nature
The jury brought in verdict of SIG .05t
for the plaintiff.
I'm the Essex courts on Thursday
Justice of the Peace Philip Sommel
pleaded guilty to second indictment fol
extortion. He was placed on trial on still
another Indictment for extortion and as
sault and battery, the complainant being
Max Feldman. living in Commerce street.
who alleged that Sommer unjustly com
mitted him to Jail and took $50 from him
on a charge of which he was innocent
The defense was that the money had
been given TO Feldman's counsel Som
mer was convicted.
During the heavy lightning storm
Tuesday night the large hay press owned
by Little Brothers at Flagtown, was
struck and burned to the ground. The
building stood within twenty feet of tht
tracks of the Central Railroad of New
Jersey. Fifty tons of baled hay, besides
large quantity of loose hay, was de
stroyed. Loss. 5000. Several box carr
standing near caught fire but were saved
During the storm no less than five fires
were seen within radius of ten mileI
| from S0merville. They all proved to be
either barns or outbuildings of some sort
Twenty years at hard labor was this
sentence imposed Saturday on George
Morris, the Camden colored man who
murdered his mistress. Ella Ford. Su
preme Court Justice Garrison admins
tered the full penalty Of the law for muir
der In the second degree. Morris was SO
happy at having escaped the eallows that
the sentence had no terror for him. Nor
rrs is now 81 years old. Deducting three
years and four months which he can get
taken off by good behavior, bis term will
expire in January, 1910, when he will be
6S years old.
George Eohaeffer, II years old, died
on Thursday. after short illness. II Is