The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-07-06
STATE NEWS.


son of Frank Deering, of New York, was
found drowned in Wesley Lake, at Asbury
Park, Wednesday afternoon. The boy
disappeared from his home on Tuesday,
and it was thought he had wandered away.
-Six-year old Archie McDougall, of
Waterford, was badly burned on Monday
by the explosion of some paper caps in
his pockets His life was saved by his
nine year old brother, Vernon, beating
out the flames with his hands The lat
ter was also slightly burned.
Miss Sadie Mullker collided with
double-team truck wagon while scorching
on the road between DeCosta and Egg
Harbor, Wednesday, Her Wheel struck
one of the wheels and she was thrown
headlong under the horses. The wheels
of the heavy wagon passed over her and
she was seriously injured
James A. Pagan, furniture dealer in
Main street, Paterson, gave his bookkeep-
er, Frank Weber, $40 on Tuesday even
ing at the close of the days business to
put in the safe. Then he went home.
The bookkeeper remained until the store
closed. The next morning the bookkeep-
er and the money were missing.
Prank L. Boericke, a salesman for
Boericke, Fley & Co., of New York City,
was found hanging by rope from the
transom in his room in Kolk's Hotel, at
Long Branch, Wednesday Boericke
went to the hotel about ten days ago. It
is alleged that he tried to commit suicide
by throwing himself off the piers the other
day.
-Alonzo Dace, of Manchester, fireman
of engine No. SIG, known as the Hog"
of which Joseph Truax was engineer, was
run over at the Atlentic Highlands pier,
Wednesday morning, and fatally injured.
Dr. H. A. Hendrickson accompanied the
man to the Long Branch Hospital, where
his larm was amputated. Dace died in
the afternoon.
-Generosa Santa Maria, five years old,
| living at Newark, died Tuesday afternoon
| from the effects of burns. The child was
| playing under the Central Railroad bridge
| fire to his clothing with matches His
mother heard his screams and rushing to
his aid smothered the flames, badly burn
ing her hands.
! After suffering twelve days from in
juries sustained through being run over
by wagon, four-year-old Michaeletta
Saldute died on Tuesday night, at Newark.
The tot was playing in the street in front
of her home on June 18th, when she was
run down. Heller, the driver of the
wagon, was arrested and furnished $500
bail.
The annual inspection of the Life
Guards at Atlantic City took place ON
Tuesday, and hundreds witnessed their ex.
hibitions of swimming, boat handling,
life seaving, and methods of resuscitation.
William Dennis, who still claims the cap
taincy of the force, failed to appear, and,
as consequence, has given grounds for
his dismissal
Edward MCGEE, of Red Bank, for
merly of Dobbs Ferry, shot himself
through the brain, near Hudson Square
Park, Hoboken, on Tuesday. A will
found in the dead mans pocket, be.
queathed his belongings to his wife, Han
nah, of Red Bank. Another paper showed
Lodge of Odd Fellows, of Atlantic High
lands.
"A forest fire broke out at Elwooc
Wednesday morning The fire sweeping
through the cedar swamps did considerable
damage to fruit trees and garden truck
The heat from the fire was so intense thai
it shriveled the leaves on the trees for sew
eral hundred feet from its path as i
passed farm clearings. At times farm
buildings were in danger, but none have
been reached by the fire.
ALI hope has been given up of evel
finding alive Mrs Wilmeta Wilsonsalo
the insane patient, who escaped from the
General Hospital, at Elizabeth, Sunday
night. Ever since the escape hospital at
taches have been securing the great sal
meadows for traces of the woman, bu
they abandoned the search on Wednes
day night. 1t is believed that Mrs. Will
sonsalo either fell into meadow creek OF
wandered into Newark bay and wa
drowned.
"A deed was recorded in the Esse,
County Registers Office, Wednesday, fol
the conveyance of the old Central Pres
byterian Church property in Washington
street to Julius Bernstein, of Newark
At the same time another deed conveying
the property from Bernstein to There's,
Scharlank, was recorded. The price paic
the Church Extension Society was SOS
600 and that named in the second convey
ance was sos. ooo 1t is said that the pro
perry which is now occupied by Balling
ton Booths Volunteers, will be converted
into theatre.