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

frightened at an animal which came at
her out of dense darkness, Mrs. John
Stuckey fell as she ran across an open lot,
wednesday night, and badly lacerated her
face and arms. The terrible" animal was
peaceful cow
A big black snake broke up children's
dinner party on the lawn OF Frank
Beider's residence on the Camden pike on
Sunday afternoon. Sammy Beider, who
is not quite a year old and unable to
walk, was left while others ran. Mrs.
Beider dispatched the reptile with a
shovel. 1t was six feet long.
james Hymes. aged rs years, tripped
over a wire In his yard. and was thrown
heavily to the ground, fracturing his ankle
and breaking his leg. Considering the ad-
vanced age of the patient. 1t is feared that
he may not be able to walk again.
Two nights during the past week the
family of Ezra B. Stevenson, Justice of
the peace, have been nearly asphyxiated
by gas escaping from burner on the
lower floor. On both occasions Mrs.
Stevenson awoke. and with difficulty
aroused the other members of the house.
hold. Gas was found escaping from a
burner. The mystery caused the family
great uneasiness. Early Saturday morn
ing, as the justice was going down stairs,
he heard scampering of what he believes
were rats. Upon investigation, Mr.. Stew
enson arrived at the conclusion that rats
had climbed about the gas light and
accidentally struck the loose burner and
turned on che gas.
The Board of Health Is after the CITY
Council because of the unsanitary condi
ton OF a number of the streets. AL
though Council has deferred action on the
plea of scarcity of money, the health au-
thorities have made point blank demand.
The improvements asked for will cost
thousands of dollars, and Council is in
quandary, as the money necessary can be
raised only by issuing bonds, causing an
increase in taxes. The property owners
protest against an increase In taxation.
Most of the Councilmen believe that a
complete sewerage system would even
tually be the cheaper course, and this
scheme, although defeated last Novem-
Der, is meeting with renewed energy. Par
ticularlY anxious Is the Board of Health
to remedy the absence of drainage on
Broad street to carry off the great amount
of waste water. Nearly 10000 gallons of
waste water daily flow from the dive
houses of the Beverly underwear factory.
This water lying in the street becomes
stagnant.
A neighborly feud between the families
of Harry Sewers and William Austin, who
i've in the fashionable part of Broad
street, which has created excitement for
the last two months and has involved the
city officials and the board of health. had an
airing in Justice of the Peace Ziegler's
court, at Riverside, on Thursday, when
Austin sued DR.. George T. Tracey, in
spector of the health board, for 5000 dam
age for burning carpet. Mr.. Sewers com
planned to the health board that Austin
had placed dirty carpet on his fence
and In spite beat 1t so vigorously that the
dust from 1t settled upon row of freshly
pared tomatoes, which Mrs, Sewers had
cut and laid on the window sill. The
health inspector examined the carpet, and
declaring 1t to be infectious, burned it.
At the trial DR.. Tracey, who was his own
counsel, said he was acting In his capacity
as inspector Of the health board. Austin
asserted he would have destroyed the car
pet had he been requested to do SO. Aus
tin was allowed only s. for the carpet.
This amount the inspector refused to pay,
and will carry the case to higher court.