The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-10-07
State News.

-f1Shermen say the terrapln, for which
the Delaware river and its tributaries
have always been famous, are growing
more and more scarce each year, notwith-
standing that the law has been in force
three years prohibiting their catching, and
when the law expires this Novembe it
will not be profitable to catch them for a
| living
james and Daniel Barrett, Cleveland
boilermakers, were sentenced by Judge
Strong, in the Middlesex court, to. eight
cen months in state prison for stealing
$50 worth of copper wire from the Rari
tan Traction company at Perth Amboy.
Such depredations the judge held, should
cease, and this accounted for the severe
sentence
Because he did not have enough mon
ey to buy ton of coal, Henry Knemal
Ter. 45 years old, of Hoboken. tried to end
his life by drinking two ounces of carbolic
acid. He was found writhing on the floor
OF his bedroom by young daughter. who
called the police and had him taken to
hospital, where it was said he would re-
cover.
An official circular has been issued
by Assistant General Superintendent
Gilpin, of the Erie railroad, at Jersey
City, that all conductors and trainmen in
the employ of the company are to be vac
cinated IS promptly as possible. An
| 0f noll 1 IN lie
along the line of this road in certain parts
of Ohio.
Several weeks ago Mrs Jarad Noa-
ker, of Camden, while washing, scratched
her hand with pin. Little attention was
paid to what was supposed to be only
very slight injury until two weeks later.
when the finger started to swell and the
pain became unbearable. Blood poison
ing was threatened, and physicians ampu
tated the fingers to save the hand.
In order to set at rest the reports that
Samuel Greenage. the murderer of Con
stable Harry Buck, had been shot by some
one else, and his body thrown into the
millpond. near Vineland. Greensge's body
was exhumed Monday from the Potter's
field at the almshouse and a postmortem
examination made by County Physician
Diament 1t was found that Greenage
shot himself in the mouth, the ball lodg-
ing near his left eye.
-Passaic boasts the youngest two hunt
ers in the state of New Jersey They are
Arthur Luques and Wallace McMullen
The former is II years old aud the latter
IA. They have just returned from several
months stay in the Adirondacks. While
there they were taken to the woods to
hunt one day last week. and killed one
deer each. The young marksmen are re-
ceiving compliments on their work with
rifles
-HarrylVan Devender is seriously i'll
at his home in Camden, suffering from
blood poisoning, caused by a mosquito
bite. He paid no attention to what was
supposed to be an ordinary mosquito bite
several week ago until his hand began to
swell A week later he was again bitten
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place. This time the poison. entered the
blood and passed through the entire sys-
tenn. Although somewhat improved,
Devender is still seriously i'll.
"A bronze tablet will be placed upon
the old Hancock house, at Hancock's
Bridge, Salem county, to commemorate the
massacre Of the American troops there
during the Revolutionary war. This
tablet is to be provided by the ladies com
posing the Oak Tree Chapter, Daughters
Of the American Revolution, and they
raised the funds by giving loan exhibit
ton. at which were exhibited some cur
ious old swords, firearms and plates which
have been in Salem county since Colonial
times.
The prevailing weather is too warm
for oysters. They spoil after fattening
up on the floats. Is the present mild
weather continues there will be but few
good oysters. After the oysters are
caught in Maurice river cove they are
taken into Bivalve and Greenwich piers
and put on floats. This is done to fat
ten them. They are left there generally
while two tides pass over them They
drink this water, which fattens them
for market With warm weather when
they are taken from the floats they are
apt to be in an extremely poor condi
ton.
Cornelius Post, boy, aged IS, resid-
ing in Passaic, was badly burned while
sitting on log near the Consumers Match
factory, on Central avenue He was ait
ing for the pay envelope for his uncle,
who was formerly engineer in the works
In some way his clothing took FIRE, and
before he could extinguish the flames all
one side, his hands and part Of his face
were horribly burned. The boy was an
conscious when taken to the hospital and
his injuries are considered serious. 1t Is
thought that he had lot of matches In
one of his pockets and that they took fire.
igniting his clothing.
Scattered about the tracks of the Cen
trail railroad at Hampton Junction. were
found the mutilated remains of a man.
They were picked up in fragments and
placed In large basket, but no one was
able to identify them until relative of
Daniel Stack, who had been missing from
his home at Hampton, found the missing
mans watch in the basket. The watch
was still ticking. Stack had been spend
ing couple of hours at the ouse of
friend and was on his way home, walk
ing on the track, when he was run down
and ground to pieces under the car wheels.
Odd things are coming to light In
connection with the coal famine and the
tragedy of it all is queerly mixed with
bits of humor Its scarcity and high
price have forced the Hudson County
Gas Company to take special precautions
to prevent the theft of coal from wagons
which convey 1t in the yards at Bayonne
to the gas houses in Jersey City. A novel
method is adopted. AS each wagon is
filled with coal a layer of whitewash is |
applied to the top of the load This
makes 1t impossible for any one to take |
coal from the wagon without the fact be-
coming known. Since this plan has been |
followed NO GhOrfa pes In cInnlioe nhinoad |