The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-08

home in Newark, on Tuesday. He was
born in Newark thirty-one years ago, and
was graduated from the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons, in New York, and
spent year in Europe.
While James Crosby, of Newark, was
riding horseback through Bank street
Wednesday morning, his horse SHE'D at
the jingling of the bells of a passing sleigh
ing party and threw him. Crosby's skull
was fractured. He will die.
James W. johnson, colored, hanged
himself in the Atlantic City Jail on TIL urs-
day. He was locked up on the charge of
larceny for having stolen from hotel.
He could not obtain bail. He tied two
handkerchiefs together and used them to
kill himself.
Six grocers were fined $Ioo apiece by
Justice Schmitz in Camden. on Thursday,
on charge of selling oleomargarine with
out the markings required by law. Be-
Ieving the grocers were duped into buy
ing the stuff as butter, State Dairy Com
missioner Mcclure will endeavor to haye
their fines RENTED.
Under the direction of the Woodbury.
city council, Collector Redfield is issuing
warrants for the collection of delinquent
taxes under the act of 1890, which pro-
vides for a levy on goods and chattels and
their sale, and if enough is not realized
to cover the demand, the commitment Of
the delinquent to the county Jail.
Mrs. Mary Stewart of Fairhaven, was
bitten on the right hand by pet cat a few
days ago. She thought nothing serious
would result from the bite, which was
hardly more than scratch. Three days
ago blood poisoning set in and her condi-
ton became serious. She was taken to
the Presbyterian hospital in New York
City.
The hypnotic feats of seventeen
year-old boy have astonished the people
of New Brunswick. The young man is
Howard Meseroll. Travelling hypnotists
were there about three months ago, and
Immediately after young Meseroll began
to duplicate their feats He has three boy
friends as subjects, and he controls them
as readily as professional. He gave an
exhibition of his strange powers recently
in public hall.
Mrs. Eugene Heath, wife of Jersey
City policeman, obtained verdict for
81, 900, on Wednesday, against the Con-
solidated Traction Company, in the Hud-
son County Circuit Court. On the even
ing of December 24th, 1896, Mrs. Heath
was riding in one of the company's cars.
The conductor gave the signal to start too
soon, and she was thrown to the ground
and the small bones of her ankle broken.
The intense cold weather of the past
week has wrought havoc among the game
birds in this state, especially quail, which
remained from the last open season.
Many of the birds have been found in the
fields frozen to death, and in other local
tiles true sportsmen are protecting all the
game they can find. Hunters declare that
if the weather does not moderate within a
few days there will hardly be enough
game left for breeding purposes.
Peter Mullen applied to Mayor Apple
gate, of Bridgeton, Wednesday, asking
that his wife, who had become violently
insane, be restrained Policeman Beltz-
ner was sent to the house, and severe
struggle ended in the woman being placed
in the county Jail to await an investiga-
ton as to her sanity. Grief over the death
of child, whom she idolized, unbalanced
Mrs. Mullen's mind. She proposed to her
husband that they scald their children and
themselves to death
"A fierce struggle for supremacy be-
tween two fire companies in Metuchen
threatens to divide the place. Each COM
pany claims that it should be designated
as the official fire company, and friends of
each company declare that if the other
company succeeds in getting the official
recognition which they are clamoring for
they will defeat the appropriation for n.y.
will be worse off than before the water
system was introduced.
/ The Crescent Wheelmen, of Plain
field, at a meeting held Wednesday night,
decided to disband The club had a fine
house, and its track, known as Crescent
Oval, was one of the finest in the state.
1t is said that the club is heavily in debt,
and that the members, seeing no way to
get out of the difficulty, decided to discon-
tinue the existence of the club. The
property will be sold under foreclosure
proceedings to satisfy some of the debts
against the club.
Harry Haney, fisherman, who resided
along the creek front, in Salem, and who
is supposed to have met with foul play in
June last, as man and money disappeared,
while an untouched meal was left on the