The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-10
STATE NEWS.

Some small Manasquan boys procur-
ed cartridge from the state camp last
week. They took it home and set match
to it. One of them was struck in the leg
by the ball and wounded quite badly.
Farmer George Mackey, of Asbury,
Warren county, took lighted lantern in
to his haymow to close a window. The
lantern was overturned and Mr. Mackey
had to scramble for his life, and his loss
is said to aggregate $4,000.
Andrew Lynski, years old, Of Jersey
City, and several companions, on We'd
nesday afternoon, went in bathing at the
foot of Green street. He swan out be-
yond his depth and in attempting to re-
turn became exhausted He shouted for
help, but before assistance reached him
he sank and was drowned
Prank, the seven-year-old son of
Lewis Sutton, of Newton, despite repeated
warnings, was addicted to stealing rides
on Lsckawanna trains Friday he at
tempted to jump on an engine at Port
Washington, missed his footing and was
terribly mutilated, but lived half an hour
afterward.
Berries seem to have been profitable
this year. George c. Luyster, one of the
successful strawberry growers of Middle
town township, Monmouth county,
cleared about 5000 on the berries picked
from 3H acres of ground John Movers,
of Morrisville, received Sly from one
weeks picking of blackberries and rasp-
berries from one acre of ground.
Gustav Brandt, P. F. Grant and Rob
ert SINNERS, of Long Branch, are now in
the county Jail awaiting the action of the
grand jury on a charge of arson, upon
which they were recently arrested. A fire
occurred in the Brighton avenue flats, and
Brandt's apartments were found to have
been on fire IN numerous places He car
ries an insurance of $500 on less than
$500 worth of goods
"A deed was filed Tuesday in the Office
of the Middletown County Clerk transfer
ring tract of salt meadow land in ''Rari-
tan Great Meadows. y The deed was made
on March ], 1864, by Lewis Thomas and
his wife. The purchaser was Robert c.
Vail. All lived in Woodbridge township
The witness is Judge Dayton Decker. The
deed is yellow with age, and all the per-
sons it mentions are dead
The body of well-dressed man was
found on Tuesday afternoon lying along
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
near Belle Mead station. County Physi-
clan Wagner made an examinati on, and
found severe bruise ON the left shoulder
Otherwise the man was uninjured. He
arrived at the conclusion that he had been
struck by fast train while walking on
the track. The man was seen in Belle
Mead during the morning, and he seemed
demented
While riding bicycle on a country
road near his home, at Merchantville,
Wednesday evening, Edwin Sheetman, II
years old, took header that resulted ia
tally. He was riding at rapid rate when
his front wheel struck a stone, throwing
him heavily to the ground on his face and
stomach. The youth was carried to a
near by house and a messenger was sent
for his father, who carried him home.
DR.. Jennings, of Merchantville, was sum-
moned, but death relieved the sufferer be-
fore the physician arrived.
Joseph Garabed, known in the Saliva
ton Army as Joe the Turk, received notice
on Tuesday morning from Mayor Codding-
ton, of Bound Brook, that he must leave
town as soon as possible or he would be
locked up. Joe promptly left, although
he was billed to be there until August 9th.
Joe during the day promenaded up and
down the Main street playing his cornet.
He passed certain houses in which lived
men who worked at night, and his music
disturbed their rest. They appealed to
the Mayor, and he gave Joe an order to
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