The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-24

DiaACA TIC department.. L ne 1remen
will hold their parade next week, and it is
charged that Woolley, Incorporating as a
member of the department, collected near
ly 5000,
Colonel Robert G. Smith, of the
Fourth Regiment, of Jersey City, has
brought suit for divorce from his wife,
charging her with infdelity and naming
two we'll known men about town as core
spondents. About six years ago the cou-
pie separated. Colonel Smith took with
him the six children born to them.
Mrs. Damon, one of the best known
leaders of society in Crawford, has been
openly charged by Mrs. Watkins, another
of the fashionable set, with having pur-
chased prizes for progressive euchre CON
test at the Country Club for less than the
amount intrusted to her and appropriating
the difference. 1t is probable that libel
case will be the outcome of the affair.
-Applejack is evidently declining in
public favor. Ofthe threescore distiller-
les in Sussex county and the bordering
county of Orange, only one, at Warwick,
will start up this season. Dealers say
this is on account of the limitations which
have been placed on the market at low
expense. Local retail dealers report a
falling off in the demand for appleiack.
"A wild and nude negro is said to be
running through the farming districts
bordering the villages of Englishtown and
Tennent. He has held up men on lonely
roads, and women and children are afraid
to leave their homes. Once captured by
an armed posse he demolished the wood
shed in which he was Gagged and regained
his liberty. The farmers are still cunning
for him.
An unknown woman, heavily yelled,
made two unsuccessful attempts at suicide
Wednesday afternoon from ferryboat of
the Atlantic City Railroad Company at
Camden. A number of passengers saw
her get upon the rail but they intercepted
her from jumping over She was taken
in charge by deck hand and was sent
back to Philadelphia, and it was stated
she was handed over to the police authori-
ties.
Fifteen thousand persons sat in dark
ness on Monday in the greet auditorium
of Ocean Grove during unique emoti onal
religious service. There was only one
CLEAN of light. 1t came from the illumi-
mated head of Christ standing out from
purple draperies on the altar. The audi
ence was full of emotion. Wierd echo
choruses and unique musical effects
aroused fervor to camp meeting pitch.
While workmen were busy on We'd
nesday uncovering an old water main on
George street, New Brunswick, which is
to be replaced by a new main, break
occurred in the main. The rush was so
sudden and of such volume that the
trench was filed in a few minutes. 1t
was ten feet deep, and several workmen
had difficulty in scrambling out. All
were ducked and there were several mar
row escapes from drowning The water
washed out section of track of the troll
ley line.
The Ocean City Railroad has settled
with its creditors, and the work of con-
struction on the road-bed will be resumed
at once. A small army of workmen will
soon be engaged in making solid the
road-bed, and trains will probably be run
ming before the end of the month. The
Ocean City Railroad is operated by the
South Jersey Railroad, and it is proposed
to make the run from Philadelphia in
eighty minutes. A modern station will
be erected during the Autumn
Harry Barker, resident of Belmar,
became violently insane on Tuesday, and
with an axe in hand went into the public
road threatening to behead any one who
did not pay him toll. Several neighbors
came in and attempted to pacify the man,
but they were frightened out by his threats
A crowd collected, and while some one
attracted his attention several persons ap-
preached him from the rear, and after
strapping him securely placed him in a
wagon and took him to Camden, the par
ty arriving there at 2 O'Clock Wednesday
morning Overseer of the Poor Watson
was notified and secured the necessary
papers for Bankers commitment to the
asylum at Trenton.
"A seven-year-old boy toddled into the
Tax Receivers Office, in Paterson, on
Thursday afternoon, and going up to Tax
Receiver High, asked what taxes were
due on certain lots, the numbers of which
the boy gave. The Receiver didn't real
ize exactly what the little fellow was driv-
ing at, but mechanically looked up the
assessments and gave the desired informa-
ton, telling the youngster that there was
$234.So due on the property. The little
fellow said, Receipt the bill, please, mis-
ter" and pulled three one-hundred dol
lar bills from his pocket, explaining that
his mother had instructed him to come
and pay the tax bill. The tiny taxpayer
received the receipted bill, pocketed the
change and toddled away.
The Cuban insurgents have been re-
ceiving succor from Atlantic City for the
past four months, and so carefully has the
movement been engineered that no ink
ling of any such enterprise leaked out un
til Wednesday night. Since April no less
than five flibustering expeditions have
started from the inlet, and all have been
eminently successful. The Spanish au-
thorities suspected that some such move
ment was in progress, but they had been
unable to secure proof. The expeditions
got off under the very eyes of the Spanish
agents and horde of private detectives.
Large amounts of ammunition and pro-
visions have been safely put aboard wait
ing steamers. The last affair of this kind
occurred on Tuesday at high water.
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