The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-23
TUESDAY, JULY %, 1901.
State News.

State News.
The Gloucester Ferry Company is
compelled to run extra boats at night in
order to accommodate the farmers who
are taking their produce to the Philadel-
phia markets.
In a special car, A. r. Whitney.
Morristown millionaire, started for the
American Exposition on Tuesday
night. He is accompanied by his family
Mr.. Whitney paid 81, 7sO for the round
trip.
Seven year-old Ralph Chew, son of
Motcrman Oliver Chew, of South King
street, Gloucester City, was burned about
the head Tuesday, while pouring coal oil
on fire in the stove at his home. His
hair was also singed. The burns, al
though painful, are not serious.
Falling between two cars Wednesday
at New Brunswick, James Mckinley aged
"a years, a brakeman, was instantly killed.
The body of the unfortunate man was cut
in twain. He lived with his grandmother
and was her sole support. She was al
most overcome when informed of the ac-
cident
Woodbury. Council, No. 81, o. q. A.
NJ, has won the prize offered by the State
Council for the largest increase in mem
bership during the year, and William
Sudd and w. A. Martinez have received
cash prizes for getting the greater mum
Der of names. The number initiated in
the council is ninety eight The prize
was beautiful banner
Having failed in his efforts to obtain
from the county courts an order to COM
pei the city authorities to close saloons on
Sunday, Edward S. Black, attorney foI
Unity Lodge of Good Templars, of New
ark, announced last week that he would
advise the lodge to take criminal proceed
ings against every saloonkeeper against
whom the lodge and its agents have evil
dence.
Wednesday by a workman tearing down
an old building at Jay and Orange streets,
Newark The structure was nearly q
century old The body lay between the
mason work and the laths of the base
ment floor, in such position that it is be-
ieved the animal was strangled to death
while the building was being erected.
John N. Miller, farmer living neal
Mantua, had narrow escape from death
Tuesday night by the explosion of a
double barreled shot gun. Miller was in
the act of shooting a rat, when the gun
exploded with great force. Some of the
flying pieces of the gun stock .struek him
on the arm, infiicting ugly wounds. The
charge of shot passed between his arm
and body, and one of the fragments struck
his foot, cutting through the shoe.
Driven insane by pain and the knowl
edge that she was beyond the help Of
medical aid, Mrs. Emma Luckhardt, OF
145 Malvern street, Newark, Tuesday
night hanged herself at her home The
woman had suffered for years from an in
durable disease. Early in the evening
she left the room where her son was sit
ting and went to the upper part of the
house. After time the boy went in
search of his mother and found her life
less body hanging by strap from rafter
George H. L. Coryell, son of John L.
Coryell, was drowned in Lambertviile
about II o'clock Wednesday morning. He
had been playing ball. and while in ar
overheated condition took off his clothing
put on a bathing suit and jumped into the
water. He did not again come to the sur
face. The body was recovered about
twenty minutes afterward and an attempt
was made to resuscitate the young man,
but without avail. He was II years OF
age and had graduated with the class Of
the high school on the 18th of last June
During the past few days the resi-
dents of Gloucester City have been greatly
annoyed by the troublesome mosquito
which has not only annoyed the people al
night, but in the daytime as well. They
seem to be very large this season, and
their bites are more troublesome than be
fore, and those living in the vicinity OF
the river have found it necessary to sit
indoors at night, while Others have en-
closed their porches with mosquito net
ting. 1t is likely that the board of health
will secure collection of the small in
sects and forward them to Professor
Smith, as it is the opinion of many that
the mosquitoes there this year are as
large, if not larger, than those at the sea
shore resorts.