The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-05

when Lena sprang from behind a tree
and struck him twice across the face with
rawhide Schaeffer escaped further
punishment by running away. Lena
said she whipped Schaeffer because he
stated that she climbed a fence to enter
barber shop by the back way at an early
hour in the morning.
Some lads fishing on Thursday morn
ing, three miles off Cold Spring bar. were
startled at the dead body of a sailor in
oil-skin clothing coming to the surface
near them, and then disappearing as if
fast to some object beneath the water.
They did not fancy making the attempt
to bring it on shore. but came in and re-
ported the occurrence. The life saving
crew was out in the afternoon looking for
the body, which is thought to be that of
George Richardson, one of the crew of the
Five Fathom Bank Lightship.
-Muncie Buddensleck, aged 20 years,
son of Charles P. Buddensieck. the build
err, who was imprisoned for putting up
frail brick structures in New York several
years ago, was gored in the side, near
Railway, on Friday, by vicious Jersey
bull which he was driving to the field.
1t took the combined effort of his father,
mother and hired man to chase away
the animal from where it stood over the
young man. The latter was tossed high
into the air when the bull first attacked
him. 1t is thought he will live, al
though be is hurt internally.
Augustus Holcombe, of Mount Airy
Hunterdon county, is dying from the ef-
fects of beating received in the woods,
near his home on Saturday. Holcombe
had horse in the woods some distance
from his home. At noon he started out
to feed it. He did not return and his
family became alarmed. A searching
party met Holcombe staggering through
the woods covered with blood. He
gasped out that he had been attacked by
man with club, and then tainted.
The doctors say be will die. A search of
the woods failed to find any trace of the
assailant.
Later reports regarding the death of
Howard Fletcher, whose fatal fall of 800
feet down the shaft of mine near Frank
lin Furnace, has already been told, state
that the accident was caused by stroke
of lightning. A heavy shower was fall
ing about two o'clock Sunday morning.
when Fletcher and his companion started
to make their descent. They stood on
the edge of the bucket. steadying them
selves by the wire cable used in hosting
and lowering. The lightning struck at
the top of the shaft, and the electric cur
rent followed the cable. Both involun-
tarily loosened their hold. Fletcher fell
to the bottom of the shaft and his COM
panlon fell into the bucket.
The property of the West Jersey Ag
ricultural and Horticultural Association,
of Salem county, which is located at
Woodstown, was seized on Friday by
Sheriff Newell, on judgment entered on
bond of $1,000. held by Charles E.
Allen. one of the executive committee of
the association. The property, it is said,
will scarcely cover the judgment, and the
hundreds of premium winners and other
creditors, whose claims will aggregate
81 800, will not receive a cent for their
efforts. The fair has been deterioratlng
for several years past, but the gate res
ceipts this year were nearly up to the av-
erage. The exhibits and racing we're very
poor, and it was generally conceded that
it would be bad policy to attempt to con-
tinue the exhibition.