Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-01
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
Friday. June 25.

Fred Bergen went mad in Harvey,
Ills, yesterday and ran amuck, terror
izing the whole village, until brought
down by policeman's bullet.
Two little daughters of Mr.. and Mrs,
Melton, of Bordley, Union county, KY,
were suffocaAed in an old trunk, where
they hid while playing hide and seek.
The work of the United States fish
commission during the past season has
been enormous, hundreds of millions of
fry having been Matched and planted.
Mrs. Mortenson, an aged woman, was
attacked by great golden eagle in her
garden in the suburbs of Honey Creek.
Ia, Tuesday and died from the shock.
Saturday, June GO.
Mrs. King, said to be closely related
to the English nobility, is dying in
poverty in Chicago.
Miss Cecil, heiress of $1,25O,0O0, has
been adjudged insane at Lexington,
starving.
Rev. ]. F. O'Harra, a Catholic priest,
prevented the lynching Of twn negroes
at 6Whitestone, L. l., charged with as
saulting a farmer.
Authority has been granted for the
organization of the First National
bank of Ebensburg, Pa, and the
Nazareth bank of Nazareth, Pa, is au-
thorized to begin business.
Monday, June 80.
Chicago has had 40 cases Of suicide
SO far in June. many caused by the
heat.
Gold, running 500 to the ton, has
been found on the last slope of Pixies
Peak, at 10000 feet elevation.
The big gun factory at Waterville
arsenal. at Troy, N. Y, will be shut
down during July, and ABS men be
thrown out of work.
A trained footpad's dog jumped on
Albert Engman in Chicago, Ills, and
while the latter was batting with the
canine he was robbed by the animals
masters.
Tuesday, June 20.
Judge Brownlee of the Indiana SUI
perior court, disposed of 81 divorce
cases Saturday.
Gertrude Allen, a woman election
Judge in Denver, has been arrested on
a charge of doetoring the returns.
The bitter personal enmity between
the Spaniards and Cubans in Mexico
has spread to all parts of that country.
A Brooklyn boy was fatally burned
yesterday while playing Indians with
some companions and initiating a fire
dance.
Mrs. Stokem saved her two children
from her burning house at Mount Yer
non, N. Y, but was fatally burned in
the rescue.
Wednesday, June 80.
Slight earthquake shocks were felt
in portions of Virginia yesterday
William F. Hoey cold Hoss"), the
well known actor. died in New York.
aged AZ.
Chicago's population is estimated by
the publishers of the city directory to
be 1928. 900.
People of Kansas are worried by an
army Of $1,000 tramps moving westward
in four divisions, following various rail-
way lines.
The plan of consolidating small out
lying postoffices with large adjacent
ones will be pushed vigorously by this
administration
Il. AAs 11dAApHASAts d kOlelke6p6r near
Lancaster, Pa. shot and killed his
hostler. John Bushey, in mistake for
burglar early in the morning.
Thursday. July /.
Five people were drowned at Chicago
Tuesday while in swimming to seek
relief from the excessive heat.
Commissioner Hermann, of the gem
eral land office, has promulgated rules
for the protection Of the forests.
Two Indians at La Pointe agency. in
Wisconsin. have gone blind as a result
of drinking essence Of peppermint.
A guy rope fell across live wire at
Cleveland, eleetrocuting one man, hor-
ribly shocking another, and burning
several more.
A coach was upset at Budd Lake N.
J., and an aged couple were caught
under the vehicle and drowned. -Four
others were injured and one may die.
Pastor Hunter. of the First Baptist
church, Russell. His. stopped a prize
fight Sunday morning. slappfng a Wis.,
consin sheriff and humping together
the heads Of the principals,