The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-29
STATE NEWS.

Charles Early, George Morgan and
John Shearer were caught under falling
embankment at Clayton, on Thursday
afternoon. Shearer was thrown into
pond and was nearly exhausted when
rescued. The other two men escaped
with few bruises.
The recent hailstorm cost Peter b
Hoffman, of Woodglen. Warren county,
over 1000 baskets of peaches. On the
morning of the storm, Mr.. Hoffman and
his son. on most conservative estimate.
placed the number at oyer 1000. After
the storm there wasn't peach.
The store and dwelling of Charles
Corson, at Welchville, Salem county, was
robbed on Wednesday night of about $25
worth of groceries, clothing, silverware
and other articles. After ransacking the
house the thieves went to the barn, har-
messed a horse and drove off with the
stolen goods. A trunk, belonging to Mr.
Corson, was found next morning about
quarter of a mile from the house.
Justice Garrison has granted Solicitor
Alfred Hugo, of the Camden County
Board of Freeholders, an order requiring
ex-County Clerk Burrough to produce his
books at the Office of Supreme Court
Commissioner B. D. Shreve for the in
spection of Eli B. Morgan, who has been
appointed as an expert to examine the
books and determine how much Mr.. Bur
rough owes the county for fees which, II
is alleged, he retained.
During the prevalence of the storm,
early Thursday morning, in Camden, an
incandescent electric light wire was blown
down on Federal street, near Fourth, and
an unknown man, who was on his way to
work, came in contact with it. He was
SO completely stunned by the shock that
he fell to the ground. A policeman, who
was near by, took his rubber coat off, and
wrapping it around his hands, removed
the wire. The man recovered shortly az
forwards and proceeded to Philadelphia.
Mary HarriGan, who lived with her
mother and stepfather, Lawrence Wallace,
in Perth Amboy, was drowned there We'd
nesday evening. Mrs. Wallace had gone
with her three children into the back yard
where she left them playing. Two ofthem
returned to the house, leaving Mary
alone in the yard. 1t is supposed she
lifted the lid of the cistern, and lowering
pail into the water had attempted to
draw it up full While doing SO she must
have lost her balance and fallen in head
long.
The Dundee race track has been sold
to ]. NJ. Pollock, New York, who claims
that he is officially connected with the
Clifton Jockey Club and owns several
newspapers, one of which is located at
Long Branch The price paid was $4O,-
900, and the pink check for the amount
was signed by George f. Engeman, the
millionaire owner of the Clifton track.
For several months these parties have
been anxious to purchase the mile track
at Dundee. Application will soon be
made to the Bergen county Freeholders
for license to hold races.
One of the favorite bathing places
of the boys of Upper Jersey City and
North Hudson is Penn Horn creek, which
empties into the Hackensack river. 1t is
particularly dangerous at ebb tide, as 1t
empties itself in very short time. On
Friday afternoon a dozen boys from the
Heights and adjacent towns went to the
creek to swim. Three of them were
drowned. Two OF them lived in Jersey
City-Dominic Hindes, 8 years old, and
James McNally. 10 years old. The other
lad was about ten years old, but his name
is not known.
"A frightful accident occurred at the
Sterling Zinc Company's shaft, at the
Green Spot, Franklin Furnace, about 2
O'Clock on Sunday morning, by which
Horace Fletcher lost bis life. He was
coming up from the bottom of the new
shaft, which is nearly 900 feet deep. in
company with Danial Root, a fellow
miner. Fletcher had placed some drills
in the bucket, and in the ascent one OF
them caught in an overhanging piece OF
rock The steady strain on the wire rope
from the hosting engine tipped the
bucket, throwing Root inside and cans
ing the fall of Fletcher to the bottom Of
the shaft.
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