The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-08-14


forty five feet long. erected between her
property, on Broak street, one of the most
important thoroughfares in town, and
sharp's dairy, adjoining.
"A big bear from Bostock's Zoo broke
out of its cage in the Reading Railroad
station at Atlantic City Tuesday afternoon
and caused panic among the employees
of the express company, which had con-
tracted to transport the animal to Willow
Grove. His keeper, Pierre Dupree. was
scratched about the body and bitten on
the hand. The animal was harnessed and
shipped in lions cage.
The shirtwaist fad has friends in Pas
sale. Friday night twelve young men of
the town met at the Passaic County Hotel
and organized society which has for its
sole purpose the uniting of young men
who will wear the new shirtwaist in pub
ment to appear in public wearing the
waist as often as the weather would per-
NIT, and decided to march in a body
through the principal streets.
Founder Bradley, of Asbury Park,
has had notices posted on the beach,
warning all men bathers that their suits
must conform to the rules laid down gov
erning decency. He is particularly in
censed at the action of number young
men who wear jersey suits that show
more of their ribs than they cover. The
Founder says that the practice of wearing
suits cut low under the arms is vulgar.
The beach police have received particular
instructions to see that the new order is
enforced.
Councilman Edward S. Lee. of Atlantic
City, insists vigorously that the guess"
weighing machines, located on the board
walk, be suppressed, under the general
order for the removal of all machines
which have gambling devices. The at
tendant of the machines bets the patron,
male or female. that he can tell their
weight within a pound or two, and if he
fails there is no charge for the weighing.
The attendant feels the general outlines of
the body before venturing to announce
the weight. The city fathers will take up
the matter later.
Nelson Brown, of Bayonne, while OH
visit to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary
Falcon, of Jersey City, took dose of
carbo1ic acid by mistake and died shortly
afterward in great agony John Falcon,
his father-in-law, cut his hand while shaw
and procured carbolic acid which he used
for bathing the cut. He put the bottle OIL
shelf where Brown saw it. Thinking it
contained whiskey he took large swallow.
my God, Pm burning up p he cried, as
he fell to the floor. DIR. Valentine was
summoned but before he arrived Brown
was dead. He leaves a wife and two
children.
The Hotel Albion, of Atlantic City,
was sold on Saturday by Sheriff Johnson,
under foreclosure proceedings, and was
bought by the mortgage, w. S. P.
Shields, of Philadelphia, for $40, 700. The
furniture, which when new cost $cS. 900,
was bought for $1,000 Under arrange
ments with those interested in the prop
erty, Sheriff johnson Immediately opened
the hotel, and is running it on the Euro
pean plan with deputies in charge, acting
as managers and clerks. Later in the day
papers were served on Mr.. Shields, suing
for $4,000 damages, by the late lessee,
w. Richardson. When the hotel closed
there were I72 guests in the house.
st. Luke's M. E Church, of Long
Branch, and George w. Baxter, a contract
or, were sued for $4,000 damages, Tues
day. by the Misses Longstreet, whose
brother, Alonzo Longstreet, was killed on
March 18th in the church by the breaking
of scaffold. Longstreet, with helper,
was at work putting on metal ceiling
when the scaffold gave way. He died of
injuries at the hospital. Frank
who was with him, had his leg
broken. Baxter was the contractor who
built the scaffold for the Trustees. The
Longstreet sisters claim that their brother
was their sole support.
Anna Turner, colored laundress, en-
oloyed at the Hotel Jefferson, Atlantic
City, was fatally burned early Tuesday
morning by her clothing catching fire
rom lighted piece of paper she had
brown upon the floor. The woman ran
nto the street with her clothes blazing
md her shrieks as she rolled on the
ground caused panic in the hotel. A
lumber of women tainted, and many of
he guests, who could not be convinced |
hat the hotel was not burning, rushed |
nto the street in their night robes, max
ng picturesque sight t midnight A
ire alarm brought half do zen engines to
-isitors on the avenue, who number 1000
or more.
1t is estimated that 10, 900 people were |
n Pitman Grove Saturday night, and of
his number nearly 9 900 found shelter in
he cottages or in surrounding towns. A
lumber of men, who failed to find shelter
Elsewhere, slept on straw on the floor
# the Tabernacle. Evangelist Strousse
another TRADE of abuse
saturday afternoon. The youthful evan
-elist complains that he doesn't get the
due man of his importance.
he altar services Saturday afternoon and
gening were of the old time sortl
Women screamed and men Rugged each
ther in their ecstasy of religious fervor.
similar scenes were witnessed at Evange-
ist's Hyde's Young Peoples meeting,
1here. with disheveled hair, men and We
1en jumped and shouted in their emotion
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