The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-07-09
STATE NEWS.

Schurz, contractor, of West Hoboken,
drank two tablespoonfuls of carbolic acid
out of bottle, which was accidentally
left where he could reach it. He was
found by his mother lying on the floor
writhing in agony. She carried him to
DIR. Whites home. The boy will proba-
bly, die.
j. F. Mclaughlin, of Philadelphia,
was fishing in the ocean off Cape May on
Tuesday. While pulling in his line he
was bitten on the arm by a big beetle. Mr..
McLaughlin's arm began to swell, and
soon was twice its natural size. He was
on the yacht Irene. After being attend
ed by physician he went to his home.
John Owens and Walter Earle, of
Philadelphia, pleaded guilty at Fleming
ton on Saturday, to breaking into the
store of ex-senator William H. Martin
and George W. Eddy & Sons hardware
establishment, at Frenchtown, recently.
Judge 0. P. Chamberlain sentenced them
to serve one year each in the state prison
at Trenton.
Walter E. Colly, 16 years old, of r.
vington, is In serious condition at his
home suffering from injuries sustained
Friday by the explosion of three pounds
of powder which had been accidentally
upset on the stoop of the boys home and
then ignited by spark from q frecrack-
or. Colly's arms, head and face are terri
bly, burned.
Mise Lille Weber, 26 years old, liv-
ing at Newark, is in a critical condition,
the result of injuries received on Thurs
day night. She was walking near her
home when misdirected skyrocket
struck her on the head above the right
eye, making cut several inches in length
and exposing the skull bone. The arte-
ries were also severed.
Thieves on Friday night broke into
the Lutheran Church at Atlantic City
and ransacked the entire building
and stole from the study a silver COM
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to the pastor, Rev. DR.. Kunkleman. by
friends In Philadelphia. The contribu-
ton boxes were also opened and rifled.
Conrad Fink, an employee of Schlim
mer's abattoir, in Kearney, was charged
at the Harrison Police Station, on Friday.
by two fellow workmen, with having at
tempted to commit suicide. He was kept
at the station over night. His fellow
workman said they found him up tree.
with rope, with which, they declared,
he intended to hang himself. Fink de-
MED the allegation, and, after Drs. Alters
and Rothe had examined the man. and
pronounced him sane, he was DISCHARGED
Founder James A. Bradley has re-
leased from the Asbury Park fishing pier
large ocean turtle, which was captured
a few days ago, on the back of which he
has carved the words, "Asbury Park,
July 4. 1896" Mr.. Bradley has published
an offer of $25 reward, to be paid to
any person returning the turtle to him,
at any time and from any place, after it
shall have been liberated for twenty-four
hours. This offer, says Mr.. Bradley,
holds good during his lifetime. The tur-
tie is an old fellow, whose back is COW
cred with barnacles.
What the physicians term a case of
ysnopholya, or false hydrophobia, has de-
veloped in johnson Richards, a Young
farmer of Spotswood. On May 18th a
small dog, affected with rabies, bit Mr.. Rich
ards dog and he shot it. He had a sore
on his hand when he buried the dog and
became possessed of the notion that he
had been affected through the sore.
Richards became melancholy, brooded
over his supposed state and neglected his
farm duties to read up on hydrophobia
symptoms, and he would talk of nothing
else. A week ago the farmer became so
Ill that he was taken to his bed In a de-
lirum. A consultation of physicians de-
cided that Mr.. Richards was actually suf-
ferlng from case of false hydrophobia.
induced by fright. A physician from the
Pasteur Institute, who was summoned,
said Richards was fit subject for treat
ment there and he was taken to that in
stitu ton.