The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-01-26
STATE NEWS.

dren. Doctors recommend 1t in place of
Castor Oil.
STATE NEWS.
| Fish Commissioner < err, of Kearney,
placed 200 Oswego bass in the South
Branch of the Raritan river, at Clinton,
on Wednesday.
Rev. w. E. Mann, of Dexter, Me-, las
accepted call to the pastorate of the
First Congregational Church, of Vineland.
He takes charge March 9TH.
SO many wells have gone dry in the
vicinity of Mullica Hill that farmers for
miles around are hauling water for house
hold purposes and for stock from the mill
pond.
The Hoboken police now think that
Mrs. Madeline Hoffman WAS murdered by
a boarder, who was deranged, and not her
son Richard. who is under arrest on sus-
picion.
-Hammonton merchants have discov-
cred that a large number of spurious
dimes and nickels are in circulation. The
coins are nearly perfect, and deceive
many.
Superintendent Bradley, of the New
York Railway Mail Service, was in New
ark on Wednesday making arrangements
with the Consolidated Traction Company
for the running of trolley mail cars when
| oouarol cr1h oil az
lished in Newark.
The leather for three fine carriages
that are being built in Chicago for Presi-
dent-elect Mckinley has been ordered
from j. FL. Halsey & Smith, of Newark, of
which firm Senator Smith is a member.
The carriages are to cost $1,000, and each
carriage is for two horses. Halsey &
Smith supply the finest quality of leather
for these vehicles.
Rev. Montgomery Il. Throok, whose
pastoral relations with st. Matthew's P.
E. church in Jersey City were recently
dissolved by Bishop Starkey, proposes to
appeal to the courts for redress. The rea-
sons given by the Bishop for his action
were the inability of the church to pay
rector's salary and of the rector to accom-
modate himself and his conduct to the
emergencies, and the fact that the rela-
tions of the rector and his parish were
not likely to improve.
Chicken thleving was dealt a severe
blow by Judge Snnickson, in the Salem
Criminal Court. Thursday afternoon. For
this offense Joseph Mitchell was SEN
fenced to three years. and Alfred Beckett
to one year in State Prison. For receiy-
ing and attempting to sell the stolen
fowls, Eva Beckett was sent up for six
months. All three are negroes. Charles
Seals, for intimacy with a fourteen-year-
old girl, and George w. Simpkins, for
giving four-year-old child whiskey, were
sentenced to six months each. For big
amy, James E. Green got off with a $50
fine. Mary Kearney, for theft, was sent
up for nine months.
The congregation of the First Presby-
terrain church, Atlantic City, at a special
meeting Wednesday night. unanimously
elected and extended call to Rev Frank
L. Stanley. LII. D.. as pastor. The salary
was fixed at $1,000 year. Rev. DIR.
Stanley for the past two years has been
engaged in the American lecturlng field.
For three years previous to that time,
and following his retirement from a pull
pit in Denver, COL, he held the Professor
ship of English Literature and History in
the University of Toxic, Japan. He is
now on lecturing tour in PENNSYLVANIA.
George Rath, stable attendant for G.
l.. Erb, of Newark. was hurt badly and
narrowly escaped being killed by a vici-
GUS horse on Wednesday. The animal
frequently had shown a disposition to
crowd Rath as he entered the stall, and
on two occasions the man had been al
most crushed. When the attendant ell
tered the stall Wednesday morning the
horse wedged him against the boards, and,
reaching around, fastened his teeth in
Rath's chin, tearing open the flesh and
leaving frightful wound. Rath fell to
the floor and was kicked by the horse
He was unconscious when discovered by
Erb.
"A higher degree than that of any court
has freed Mrs. Jennie V. Wells of matri-
monial bonds. She and her husband,
Robert c. Wells, formerly lived at Plain
field. Both were wealthy. Three years
ago her husband left her, and six months
ago she began suit for divorce on the
ground of desertion. Three weeks ago
Mrs. Wells was notified at Los Angles,
CAL, where she was spending the winter,
that the Commissioner was ready to take
evidence in the CASE She started East
Immediately. While she was on her way
across the continent man had been
blown from the train near Atlantic City,
and mangled SO badly as to be almost IN
recognizable. Some things about his per-
son, however, led to the belief that it was
Wells. An investigation was started by
Judge Demesa, her lawyer, and after
much correspondence assurances were re-
ceived on Wednesday that it was Wells |
who had met sudden death.
"A panic was caused in a fve.story |
tenement house at Hoboken, on Wednes-
day afternoon, by small fire In the hall !
way on the first floor. The house was oc-
cupied by fourteen families. A gasoline
stove, used by plumber in thawing out
a frozen water pipe in the cellar, explod-
ed, setting fire to the surrounding wood
work. The flames spread quickly to the
hallway. When the smoke reached the
upper floors the tenants became frighten-
ed and many of them made hurried exit
from the building. Mary Corrigan. 81
years old, in her anxiety to escape, jump
ed from a third-story window. She struck
the brace of fire-escape, which broke
her fall, and landed in the rear yard. She
was internally injured. Several other
persons were injured. but not seriously.