The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-01-19
STATE NEWS.

Cumberland county's Freeholders are
considering the advisability of building
an asylum for the insane.
-Haddonfield merchants will close
their places of business four nights each
week after February LIST.
In less than a week over $50 persons
have professed conversion in revival
meetings in the M. E. Church at Wash
ington.
Forty applicants for naturalization ap-
ueared before Law Judge Thompson at
Mays Landing on Thursday. Less than
half of them were granted papers, because
they showed lack of understanding of the
duties of citizens.
"A man and boy, at Belmar, caught
LOO frost feb in one evening recently,
in Shark river inlet. They scooped them
up in hand-nets. wagon had to be Sc
cured to carry away their catch, three
barrels of which were shipped to the city
and the rest sailed.
An old house on Clifton avenue, New
ark, within the last few days has been
carried away by Italians and colored resi-
den is of Drift and Boyden streets. There
is nothing left on the spot now but tall
chimney and the stone foundations.
George Grey, burly negro, six feet
in height, attempted to brain his wife
with an axe at Camden on Wednesday.
He struck her heavy blow and she fell
to the floor and feIgned death. He fed In
terror, and she crawled to a neighbours
house and got aid. Officers pursued and
caught Grey, and he was jailed.
Albert Schier, 70 years old, of West
Hoboken, committed suicide on Friday
by hanging himself by his suspenders to
a fence in Jane street, Weehawken.
Shier's wife died five months ago and
since then the old man had been de-
spondent. He lived with married
daughter.
-Haddon Fire Company. No. l., of Had
dontield, on Thursday celebrated the
tenth anniversary of its reorganization,
and good time was enjoyed. The COM
pany Is now in the 133d year of its ex-
istence, having been inaugurated in March,
1854. The curiosity room" of the COM
pany contains many relics, including the
original charter of the company, and
several buckets over 100 years old.
The entire State appropriation for
Cape May county schools, amounting to
$4,000 is "heId up" because the little
borough of South Cape May has not paid
it's quota of State school tax, amounting to
only 1915, and it is probable that. unless
the money is paid at once. the County
Solicitor will take steps to dissolve the
borough, the Board of Freeholders having
ON Thursday given him instructions to
proceed.
The borough ofSouth Cape May, which
has failed to pay its quota of county school
tax, thus tying up the State appropriation,
does not have bona fide winter resident.
The place is left in charge of Mr.. Thomas
Lee, who acts in the capacity of ''ship
keeper" 1t is the opinion of those COM
petent to judge that the place never had
any legal standing if its claims for such
had been subjected to court of law.
An interesting ceremony took place
at Asbury Park, on Saturday evening, in
Salvation Army hall, when an infant
daughter of Adjutant and Mrs. Escott,
who have charge of the branch there, was
dedicated to the work of the Army. Ma
jor Edith Marshal, National Secretary for
the Junior Branch of the Army. came
from New York to officiate at the dedica-
ton. The baby was christened Evange-
line Escott.
Miss Angelina Trainor, of New Bruins
wick, was burned about the hands and
face Wednesday night. After she had