Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-07-08
DoINGS IN NEW JERSEY.

OnaHery young girl or this city, died
yesterday at the home of relatives in
Kearney, N. j., as the result of an ac-
cident at the display of fireworks at
Newark Monday night, when rocket
struck her.
Atlantic City, July 7.-Lewis Smith,
blacksmith, was killed yesterday at
English Creek, this county, in a runa-
way accident. He was driving load
Of iron to his shop, when the horse be-
came unmanageable. He fell beneath
the wheels, and his head was crushed.
Passaio, July 3.-John Smith Rice, a
wealthy broker, who was stopping with
his wife at the house of his sister-in-
law, Mrs. ]. P. Hardenberg, in this
city, disappeared on May 4 last, and
has not since been heard from. Rice
drew $1,000 from his banker on the day
he vanished. Today Surrogate Fitz-
gerald appointed Mrs Eloise Rice adj
ministrator of the estate of her hus-
band. She furnished bond for
5000, 900.
New Brunswick, July 3.-While Sc
we're electric storm was in progress at
Cranbury yesterday afternoon the par
sonage of the Presbyterian church was
struck, and Mrs. Joseph E. Curry, the
wife of the minister, was stunned 1t
was two hours before she recovered.
A clothes line in the back yard was
twisted in all sorts of shapes. Build
ings on the property of Frank Cham
berlain and Mrs. Ellen Jobs were
struck by lightning. A COW on the
farm of Edward Peter was killed in
stantly
Mt Holly, N. J., July Henry Lem
on, who was recently discharged from
state prison, fatally stabbed his broth
er Charles Monday night at Medford.
The latter had stolen the affections of
his best girl during Henry's sojourn
in prison. When the men met quar-
rel ensued, during which Henry drew
a knife and stabbed his brother seven
times about the body, and then fled.
He has not yet been recaptured. The
injured man cannot recover, as any one
of the wounds is sufficient to cause
death.
Atlantic City, July 6.-WhiIe bathing
in the surf at Longport yesterday Stan
ley Barkhouse, aged 16 years, a son of
QltuS DOL d wealthy ISIlI0O
merchant of Louisville, KY, was
drowned. The young man had gone
into the water with friend named
Jackson, and went beyond his depth,
and although Jackson went to his res
cue he sank and was drowned. The
drowning youth grabbed Jackson about
the waist. who had to shake him off
to save himself. The Barkhouse fam
lily had just arrived to spend the sum-
mer.
Railway, N. J., July 7.-Conrad Davis
corpse was picked up ON the Pennsyl-
vania railroad tracks here yesterday
morning. Monday night Davis, who
was a New York cobbler, visited his
sister, Mrs. Henry Warneke, whom ne
had not seen for year. He was in a
truculent mood all day, and in the
evening, without any apparent provo
cation, attempted to kill his sister and
her daughter, the latter 10 years of age,
firing several shots from a revolver at
them. He then fled, and it is supposed
threw himself beneath the wheels of a
railway train.
Glassboro. N. j., July 3.-The glass
factories throughout South Jersey, with
very few exceptions, closed down on
Wednesday for the summer vacation.
The season has been very prosperous
one as a whole, and the trade is in a
very satisfactory condition. At the big
Whitney plant, in this place, all four
of the factories have been running al
most continuously during the season,
and a good portion of the time night
force has been kept busy on two of the
big continuous tank furnaces. This
company will keep one of it's factories
for some time yet, probably all of July
Extensive improvements will be made
to the works during the summer.
Glassboro, July 3.-The trial of about
a dozen ci liens of Glassboro, charged
with disorderly conduct, which was to
have taken place before Justice Paulin
yesterday morning failed to material
lie The complaint was made by John
Kirchner some days ago. and the trial
was set for last Tuesday. The cyclers
were on hand, but the complainant in
the case failed to appear. The trial
was again fixed for Tuesday, but
wheelmen claim that they are being
prosecuted. and there is talk of bring
ing Kirsehner to account by having
him brought to trial under charge of
false arrest nv the cyclers.
London, July IA dispatch to the
Daily Mall from Bombay says that a
plague of locusts in North India threat
ems to aggravate greatly the sufferings
from famine.