The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-08-09
Burlington.

Under the direction of the national
organization, branch of the volunteer
life-saving service will be established In
this city.
The board of health is making a vigor-
GUS campaign to compel grocery and pro-
vision stores to protect edibles exposed in
exhibition from contamination.
Infantile paralysis has made It's appear
ance In this city, there being six cases.
None of them has so far resulted fatally,
but all the victims are believed to be In
curably crippled.
A Moorestown autoist, his wife and two
small children, narrowly escaped death
when his touring car skldded and hit the
fence surrounding st. Barnabas church,
Broad and st Mary's streets. The car was
badly damaged and the occupants were
severely shaken.
This city is experiencing tramp fam
Inc unparalleled In its history. When two
months ago, when the community was
overrun with nomads, Mayor Farmer an
nounced that under an old law, tramps
would be arrested, put In ball and chain
gang and worked on the streets, street au-
thorities looked forward to having big
gang employed in street improvements
without cost to the city. Before a black
smith could complete the forging OF a
ball and chain, every tramp had disap-
peared. Local policemen have yet to see
their first tramp since the mayor made
his announcement. Usually there was
dozen or more to apply for nights lodg-
ing In the city jail. The jail has been
without roof while alterations are being
made to the city hall, and even that nee.
ca has for eight weeks been trampless.
Magistrate Smith suggests that as the
ball and chains are getting rusty, they
should be vanished and hung up In front
of the new city hall as warning to ho-
boes.
Jumping overheard for cooling swim
five minutes after he had eaten a hearty
dinner, Jasper Rosenbloom. Of Philadel-
phia, was drowned In the Delaware river
in front of his newly-established camp
on Burlington island Tuesday afternoon.
His ten-year-old brother, Nathan, was an
eyewitness to the accident, and, after
vainly trying to shove log toward his
brother, summoned a score of campers,
but Rosenbloom had disappeared. Des-
perate efforts to effect rescue followed.
A passing boat was pressed into service
and graphing irons were procured from
the shore, with the result that within ten
minutes after he had gone down the body
was recovered and every effort at resusci-
tation made, while the speedy boat made
record run to this city. DR.. e. A. Null
ford was rushed back to the camp, where
he worked over the body quarter of an
hour before he pronounced the case hope.
less. The case Is particularly sad In that
the drowning was the third death to oc.
cur In the Rosenbloom family within q
year. Rosenbloom, his brother and Ed
ward Weiss, of Philadelphia, came to the
island In Rosenbloom's launch for q two
weeks outing. They at first camped or
the north shore Of the island, but OF
Tuesday decided to move their camp to
the south shore. They had just completed
their tents and Rosenbloom was overhead
ed when he ate big dinner. The chilling
plunge into the river is believed to hav,
produced fatal cramp.
Asserting that enemies were trying tt
"palm of" husband on her, Mrs. Saral
Flynn created sensation In Magistrate
Smiths court on Thursday evening in {
suit for support she brought against Johl
j. Flynn. She denied to his face tina
George W. Mingen, of Sandville, was.hus
band No. /, and took immediate steps Il
have Mingen and relatives who testifet
to the same effect arrested for perjury
Nov, Sallie, you know that l marie,
you over In front of the old Mount Holl
exhibition grounds over thirty years ago,
pleaded Mingen. you're my first hu
bands cousin, even If your name is tn
same and you look alike" retorted til
woman. my first husband died min
years ago. and my daughter saw hIr
buried at Chairville. left him ten year
before he died." An aunt Of the woman
Mrs. Mary Ann Fischer, of Mount Holly
declared that Mingen ''looked like" th
husband the present Mrs. Flynn had ii
troduced at her home on many occasions
"Well, looks don't count and you can
fool me-" flashed Mrs. Flynn. Declarin
that Flynn had deserted her, his vii
. moved to institute suit for suppo
through the overseer of the poor. Flyn
said he thought she was widow whe
$ they were married last year, but sint
/ found that Mingen was still living, ar
I produced the alleged first husband
Y the hearing. The complexities of the ca
! mystifed the magistrate. who reserv.
bis decision.