The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-07-30

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STATE NEWS.
-Abram Honeyman, of White House
Station, was probably the first peach
grower in Hunterdon county to make
shipment. On July 18th. he picked and
shipped eighteen baskets of pretty fair
peaches to the New York market.
chancellor Alexander T. McGill has
arranged for months vacation, which he
will spend in Europe. Accompanied by
Mrs. McGill, he will sail to-day, returning
about September LIST. 1t is practically the
first vacation the Chancellor has had in
eight years.
AS the Somerset County Agricultural
Society had decided not to hold fair this
year, meeting of citizens of Somerville
was held last week to organize company
to rent the grounds for year and hold a
fair some time in September or October
No gambling will be allowed on the
grounds. W. V. Steele was chosen presi-
dent, and A. P. Sutphen, secretary.
James Burns was driving cart load
ed with heavy stone through Summit
avenue. Jersey City, Tuesday afternoon,
when little Robert Virgins, aged nine,
asked him for ride. Burns took him up
on the seat. AS the cart turned out of
Summit avenue into side street one of
the wheels struck stone. Young Wig
gins, who was leaning forward. lost his
seat and was thrown into the street. He
rolled under the cart and the wheels
passed over his body, crushing him to
death.
Mrs. Henry G. Knox, wife of the
cashier of the Paterson National Bank,
was seriously injured Tuesday night while
riding bicycle on Broadway, within a
block OF her home. A careless wheel
man ran into her rear wheel and threw
her to the ground. In the fall she frac-
tured her leg She was removed to her
home IN an ambulance. She called the
wheelman to assist her. saying she had
broken her leg, but he mounted his wheel
and rode off as fast as he could.
An old horse dealer of Morristown re-.
lated a curious story recently, in account
ing for the introduction of the Virginia
thistle into Sussex and Morris counties.
Several years ago William Scott went to
Virginia and purchased load of farm
mules which he brought to Hardyston.
in Sussex county. 1t was in the Fall of
the year, and it is supposed that the
seeds of the thistle we're in the names
and tails of the mules, for the next Sum-
mer all up and down the Vernon valley
the troublesome thistles grew and thrived.
in every instance being traceable to one
Of these Virginia mules. To-day there is
scarcely section in the county where it
cannot be found.
John s. Collins, the negro who shot
and killed Student Frederick Oil at
Princeton last June, has received a SEN
tence of twenty years at hard labor in the
State Prison. Before the sentence he was
required to plead to the indictment for
atroclous assault upon Garrett Cochran,
another student. whom he shot at the
same time, and his counsel entered plea
of non vult contendere. Upon this plea
Collins was sentenced to ten years more,
but Justice Gummere announced that he,
with his associates, had decided to allow
the sentences to run concurrently, thus
making the term only twenty years al
together.
William Hayes is dangerously i'll at
his home, in Roselle. from the effects of
bite of spider. While walking along the
street Wednesday Hayes noticed spider
hanging from the limb of tree. A sud-
den gust of wind blew the insect against
Hayes upper lip, and when he attempted
to brush it off it bit him. In few min
utes the lip began to swell, and the tiny
wound became extremely painful. Hayes
consulted a physician. but despite the
heroic treatment applied he has continu-
ously grown worse until the doctors think
blood poisoning has set in. They have
little hope of saving his life.
The rain storm Saturday night dam
aged some of the books and records in the
offices of the County Clerk and Register
of Deeds Office of Camden county. Car
penters have been at work for several
days tearing off the roof of the county
building, in order to add another story.
The work had progressed so far Saturday
that the interior of the building was some
what exposed to the elements. When
the rain storm came up Register of Deeds
Sickler hurried to his Office and removed
from seventy-ive to q hundred of his
record books to safe place. County
Clerk Barber and his assistants, however,
we're out of the city. and it is feared that
many of the valuable records in his Office
have been damaged.
Minnie Williams, domestic en-
ployed by DR.. Walter Freeman, of Phil
lipsburg was cleaning the windows. last
Saturday morning, with paper saturated
with gasoline. Suddenly, she discovered
that her clothing was ahame. In her
frenzy the girl ran from one part of the
house to the other, the flames, mean
while, enveloping her, and causing her
to scream out in agony and terror. Her
cries brought Mrs. Freeman, who, also,
had her clothing nearly burned off, in
trying to save her. Others came to her
assistance, but by this time she was 80
badly burned she died, in great agony,
that night. There are two theories as
to the cause of the fire. One is that the
friction in cleaning the windows caused
the vapor to ignite, and another is that
the unfortunate girl threw the paper into
stove, and applied a match, which
caused her dress to take fire. The build
ing was set on fire, and damaged to the
extent of $4,000.
David Hugh and two other men,
claiming to be Sailors were landed on the
beach Wednesday night, opposite to Cape
May Court House, and cared for by some
fishermen. They said they were part
of the crew of steamer called the Cor
inthian. which blew up on July 18th be-
tween the island of Trinidad and Per-
nambuco. They were picked up the same
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