The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-13
STATE NEWS.

Camden yards.
Six shad have been caught at Penns-
grove, and the fishermen are looking for
an early run.
-Bridgeton's free soup kitchen has fed
1880 people during the winter, at an ex-
pense of less than $500.
Lodge No. 276, Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order OF Elks, was instituted on
Thursday at Atlantic City.
August 10Th and Both are the days set
for holding the fair of the Cumberland
County Agricultural and Horticultural
Society.
Jeremiah Shovel, of Atlantic City,
on Saturday had needle taken from one
of his toes that had run into his heel four
years ago.
The 81 900 mortgage on Joe Hooker
Post Hall, Atlantic City, was burned
Thursday night, and the building is now
free from debt.
The rumor that the bodies of Henry
Baker and Willard Thompson, the Frank
lin Park murderers, had been stolen from
their graves, is without foundation.
The annual session of the Newark
Methodist Episcopal Conference win open
in St. Luke's Church, Newark on April 4
and Bishop w. X. Ninde will preside.
Florist Andrew Snyder, of Ridge
wood, who raises tulips for the New York
market, has ordered $4,000 bulbs from a
Holland grower for next years forcing.
Postmaster Browning, of Camden,
last week sold the last of the Columbian
stamps he had on hand. The lot was
worth $3.50 and was purchased by one
person for a collection.
Clinton B. Wilson, of Delaware town
ship. Hunterdon county, has sold in one
year, from 100 barred Plymouth Rock
fowls, $349S4 worth of eggs; and from
5 COWS, $331.l1 worth of milk.
Maurice Siegel, of Oceanic, has made
fan of wood, cut entirely by hand,
with a penknife, and it contains % diff
ferent kinds of wood, has 120 ribs, and
when opened measur es two feet from tip
to tip.
The residence of George Butts, at
Manhatten Park, suburb of Newark, was
burned on Friday. Butts had to wrap his
two children in blankets to save them
from being smothered by the smoke.
Loss, $4,000.
Andrew Komack was found dead In a
barn on Saturday at Woodbridge. The
authorities ordered the body buried at
once, as it's appearance indicated that the
mans death had resulted from some con-
tagious disease.
William johnson, of Port Republic,
put some dynamite on a stump, and to
test it's explosive power struck it with an
axe. The dynamite went off all right and
johnson was seriously burned about the
face and hands.
-Strangulation by piece of meat that
lodged in his throat caused the death of
sixteen year-old John Steiet, of Newark,
on Thursday night. The boy, who was a
deaf mute, was sitting at the supper table
with his mother and sisters.
Henry D. Poole, the agent for the
New York Cooperative Mercantile Bank
ing Company, who has been in jail at
Elizabeth for the past two weeks charged
with fraud, was released on payment of
$500 to his alleged victims.
August Dick, French silk weaver,
committed suicide by hanging himself in
the lookup at Paterson, Friday afternoon.
He was arrested an hour before his body
was found dangling In the cell, for
attempting to commit suicide by drown
ing, in the Passaic river, at Lincoln's
Bridge.
Captain John Brewer. the champion
pigeon shot, is badly wanted at Bridge
ton, from which place he recently fed.
He lived there for couple OF years in
modest, semi-sporting style with woman
who was supposed to be his wife but now
says she is not He leaves debts to gro
GERS, butchers, dry goods merchants and
others which, together with borrowed
money, will amount to over $1,000.
Experts are at work on the books of
the New Jersey Mill and Lumber Com
pany, of Long Branch, for which Senator
Harry S. Terhune, of Matawan, was APP
pointed receiver on Friday. James Gun
meen, of Brooklyn. President of the
company, has been arrested, and L. ].
Lipman, the Secretary and Treasurer has
left town. Early last week the company
failed, liabilities being placed at $4,000
and assets $4,000.
/ AT the suggestion of Superintendent
Brown, the Jersey City Fire Commission
ers have decided to provide the fremen
with rubber gloves to protect them from
the dangerous trolley and electric light
wires when they are working at a fire.
These wires have been multiplied so
rapidly recently in the principal thor
oughfares that the fremen are greatly OBJ
structed in their work and run great risk.
DIR. ]. " Robbins died at the Morris
L lAl0s dbyluH Ou Cuuudg. LII. hODDluc
was we'll known throughout Hunterdon
county. He practiced medicine for a
long time at Lambertville, and afterward
at Ringoes. While resident of the lat
ter place he was elected by the Democrats
as member of Assembly. He subse-
quently removed to Pennington and after
ward to Cherryville, where his mind be-
came most affected.
Alfred Rogers, of Gloucester City,
made three unsuccessful attempts at sui
eide on Thursday, in the lookup at that
place. He had been arrested for abusing
bis wife. from whom he is separated, and
on the way to Jail cut Officer Daisy on
the hand. After twice attempting to hang
himself, Rogers was bound with ropes in
his cell. He loosened his bonds, how
ever, and used them for a moose. When
discovered life was nearly extinct. A
guard was then placed over him for the
night.
Many years ago, before her marriage,
Mrs. William Ludlam, of Anglesea. ran
needle in her great toe and it broke off
under the skin. A few days ago the piece
of steel came out from the upper portion
of her thumb. At one time she suffered
greatly from pain in the knee and is con-
fident now that it was caused by the
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