The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-31
STATE NEWS.

Mrs. Jonathan Ogden, an aged woman
living near Mullica Hill, on Tuesday
morning took dose from bottle sup
posed to contain a patent medicine. 1t
held poisonous preparation used in kill
ing insects on chickens. DR. H. H. Clark
was hastily summoned, and he succeeded
in relieving the unfortunate oman. She
is still in serious condition, however
"A meeting of the field, staff and line
officers of the South Jersey Volunteers,
the regiment which Colonel T. c. Moore,
of Merchantville, is organizing, was held
in the hall of w. B. Hatch Post, G. A. R.,
IN Camden, Wednesday night. All the
officers signed communication to be sent
to Governor Voorhees,, officially offering
The services of the regiment for immediate
active service.
"A dispute of long standing between
Lewis Pierson and Theodore Soaring, of
Morristown, has been finally settled in a
good way. The dispute was over strip
of land two inches wide, and which Pier
son claimed belonged to him. The case
has been hanging fire for the past fifteen
years. To settle the trouble, Mr.. Soaring
has hired house mover to move his
house two inches.
Frederick Carl tried to kill himself last
Tuesday evening by jumping into fly
wheel in Renner's desk factory at Newark
where he was employed. He was noticed
acting strangely by the engineer, who
reached him in time to save Carl from a
horrible death 1t was his third attempt
to kill himself Carl would not say any
thing when before Judge Lambert and
was sentenced to one month in jail.
"A terrific and destructive hail and
rain storm struck Hunterdon county Tues
day afternoon, blowing up from the south
west with the speed Of a lightning ex-
press. Reports from all sections of the
county show that great damage was done
by hail and rain, but at Byram, nine miles
above Lambertville on the Belvidere di-
vision of the Pennsylvania railroad, there
was cloudburst, with terrific results.
"A tale of restitution and hardship is
told by John Kehoe, who reached New
Brunswick about a week ago, having
walked from Berlin, N. j., through all
sorts of weather Kehoe has a wife and
four children, who traversed the distance
with him ON foot. The family is now oc-
cupying a basement in Welton street.
While the husband has been endeavoring
to obtain employment the neighbors have
kept the family from starving.
The body of a well built young man
was found early Wednesday morning in
the back yard of Harry Penningtons sa-
loon, in Gloucester City 1t was taken
to Steers morgue, where several hours
later it was identified as that of Pasquer-
ellie Carmelli, prosperous fruit vender.
AS the mans left eye was discolored and
the bridge of his nose bruised, it was at
first supposed that he had fallen in fit
and died where he lay. A little investi-
cation, however, soon led Coroner Lippin-
colt and the officials of Gloucester to sus-
pect that Carmelli was victim of foul
play.
George W. Cadmus, a war veteran of
Bloomfield, has offered reward Of $50
for the arrest of the person who painted
his dog Carley. The animal is great
favorite in the township, but has few
enemies on account of his strong antipa
thy to cats. Monday night Carley re-
turned to his home painted red, white and
blue Mr. Cadmus treated the matter as
good joke and told his friends about it.
Carley was subjected to vigorous scrub
bling with soap and water and the paint
was partly removed On Wednesday
morning Carley appeared at his owners
house painted from head to foot with
coat of green. Mr.. Cadmus is very angry
and swears vengeance on the painter if he
can find him.