The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-02-13

Citizens of South Seayille are looking
for a new name for their town.
Charles H. Harrington, of Camden,
has been elected secretary of the State Y.
M. C. A.
Rev. S. Y. Lum has resigned as pastor
of the Mays Landing Presbyterian
Church.
-Ephraim Davis, of Deerfeld, has
lived on the same farm continuously for
slxty-six years
The shad fishermen of Paulsboro',
Bridgeport and Pennsgrove are fixing up
their nets for an early run of shad.
Thieves entered the residence of
John Gugh, of Newark, and stole about
$50, overlooking $4,000 in a bureau
drawer.
The band of Faith Curists at Eliza
beth have had plans prepared for the erec-
ton of wooden temple in that city to
cost 81. 900.
Miss Lizzie Ridgway, of Alloway,
while going home from church, stubbed
her toe, and falling on board, ran nail
through her chin which tore out two of
her teeth.
-Ex-P Postmaster w. H. Loppy, in tenn
porary charge of the Vineland postoffice,
still continues to draw the salary while
the Democratic factions are waging war
oyer the appointment of his successor.
Philip Keith, colored, porter 40
years of age, tried to commit suicide at
Jersey City, on Saturday, by jumping out
of second story window. Dependency
and drink are said to have prompted the
rash act He is seriously injured.
Mystery surrounds the death of an
unidentified man, whose body was found
on the Browertown road. near Little
Falls, Passaic county, on Thursday morn
ing, with a bullet hole in the head. A
revolver was found at his side. The body
was taken to Paterson. The man was
about 5 feet "A inches high, probably %
years old. had smooth face and light
brown hair. cut short. 1t Is believed to
be case of suicide.
Mrs E. B. Doolittle, of Hackensack,
was found dead on Thursday at the foot
of the steps leading from the kitchen to
the back yard. She had evidently been
shaking a piece of carpet, which was
found near,s and slipped on the ice. A
large bruise was on her forehead, but DIR.
Armstrong says that was not sufficient In
itself to cause death MIt is thought that
Mrs. Doollttle died from heart trouble,
and fell as result of the sudden attack
! j. E. Adams who has "a shop at Red
Bank, is the inventor of fan improvement
in mechanical movement which is mar
vel of power and simplicity combined.
The invention consists of an ingeniously-
devised trip, working upon loose pulley
and gripping the face of large driving
wheel, the motive power being supplied
by common treadle. He has machine
in his shop, on which a circular saw will
cut hemlock or poplar plank two inches
thick, at the rate of a foot in three
seconds. He says that in tests recently
made. fully eight horse power was de-
veloped by treadle.
The annual encampment of the De-
partment of New Jersey, Grand Army of
the Republic, closed late Friday afternoon
after the election of officers. The election
of officers occupied the better part of the
day. There were four candidates for De-
partment Commander, but the honor
came to John Shields, of Pennington, who
received 227 votes out of the 446. w. N.
Branson, of Railway, was elected Senior
Vice Commander; E. P. Brainard, of
Newark, the Junior Vice Commander !;
Rev. Charles E. Hill, of Red Bank, was
reelected Chaplain, without any opposi-
ton. DIR. John Younglove. of Elizabeth,
received 1897 votes for Medical Director.
The Council of Administration will con-
sist of the following men: M. V. Ken
nelly, of Jersey City; George W. Moore,
Plainfeld; A. A. Meseroll, Trenton;
George w. Price, New Brunswick Isaac
Townsend, Newark. The nine delegates
to the National Encampment are E. C.
Stahl. Trenton G. H. Benson, Jersey
City John A. Rodrigo, Newark; S. S.
Weaver, Camden; Charles Edwards,
Newark; w. F. Gaul, Camden; W. J.
Buckley, Paterson Samuel B. Foster.
Trenton, and Joel HIATT, Orange.