Jan. 7, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 21, Whole No. 1854
A Newark Tragedy
A murder was perpetrated in Newark late on Thursday night last. It was in a saloon at 67
Jackson street, kept by John Murphy, who with his wife lived in the building. Mrs. Murphy's
mother Mrs. Mary Ann Kane, aged about forty-five years, was visiting the family of her
son-in-law on New Year's Day and had remained at the house, intending to return to the home
of her own parents in River street on Wednesday last.... Murphy ... began to quarrel with his
wife. They final engaged in a scuffle, and Murphy struck her one blow. Mrs. Kane stood by,
taking no part in the fight, but Murphy, after knocking his wife down, turned with great
ferocity upon his mother-in-law. He struck her with an iron stove-lifter... Murphy repeated his
deadly blows with the iron, and crushed in her skull and face.... Murphy fled.
Job Baldwin died at his residence near Whippany, Morris county, last week, at the advance
age of 90 years, eleven months and sixteen days... His ancestors have been traced back to the
landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, afterward exiled with Roger Williams to Rhode
Island...
Mr. John Hagemen, a well known resident of New Brunswick, dropped dead in his dining
room on Thursday morning. He was nearly 70 years old, never married and leave a fortune
estimated at $300,000...
Marriages
Dec. 24, at Sydney, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, Christian Wilhelm West, of Copenhagen,
Denmark, and Hanna Gunda Emilie Hansen, of Christiania, Norway.
Dec. 31, at Sydney, by the same, Wilson Leonard and Matilda Dilts, both of Franklin
township.
At Samuel Hummer's near Kingwood, Dec. 24, by John C. Soule, Tenbrook Fisher to Mary
Appleton.
On the 25th inst., by Rev. Robeson Hyde, Joseph Carrell of Delaware, to Mary Eliza Rupell,
of Kingwood.
At Stockton, Dec. 31, by Rev. A. Cauldwell, Winfield Broadhurst to Hannah Butterfoss.
Deaths
Dec. 25, in Clinton, Barbara Baran, aged 88 years, 5 months and 16 days.
At the residence of her son, near Copper Hill, Dec. 30, Mrs. Ann Rockafellow, relict of Peter
Rockafellow, in the 83d year of her age.
Jan. 14, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 22, Whole No. 1855
At Moravia, N.Y., on Sunday, John Hillsman shot his wife and Wm. J. N. Sheppard, killing
both instantly and then committed suicide by shooting himself.... Sheppard leaves a wife and
three daughters....
At Washington, on Wednesday afternoon, while Edward Farrow, an old soldier at the
Soldiers' Home, was herding cattle, he was gored in the neck by a bull, and so badly injured -
the larynx, being didied - that he died in a few hours.
Local Affairs
Sudden Death
On Sunday, the 5th inst., Mrs. John Lair, of Kingwood township, stepped out of the house
and soon after was heard to utter an unusual sound. The family came to her assistance, but
before they could realize what was going on, she expired. She was a daughter of Mr. Edmund
P. Hann, and had been married but a few months.
Suicide
The citizens of Everittstown were startled on the morning of the 30th ult., by the
announcement that Mr. Nathaniel Rittenhouse, a resident of that place, was dead. Upon
investigation it was found that he had committed suicide by shooting himself ... His age was
about 75 years.
Sad Fatality
On Wednesday morning last a child of Mr. Amos Grooms, of Lambertsville, while playing
round the stove was so badly burned that it died in a few hours thereafter. The child was about
eighteen months old.
Marriages
Jan. 4, at Sydney, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, Landis Dalrymple and Lizzie S. Young both of
Union township.
Jan. 8, at Annandale, by the same, David Smith of Union and Susan Wyckoff of Annandale.
By Rev. G. S. Mott, Jan. 8, A. Judson Fleming to Hannah, daughter of Andrew J. Lawrence
all of Flemington.
At the residence of John Horner, in Kingwood township, Dec. 25th, by Rev. C. Clark, Peter A.
Fisher to Kate Bloom both of Kingwood.
At the same time and place, by the same, Enoch Creamer of Clinton township, to Mary C.
Horner, of Frenchtown.
Deaths
Thursday, Jan. 8, in Flemington, John Callis, in the 26th year of his age.
Dec. 15th, 1872 near Flemington, after a long illness, Mahlon P. Case, aged 42 years, 8
months and 21 days.
Jan. 21, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 23, Whole No. 1856
Nellie Magernie, a native of Pittsfield, Mass., a young woman of extraordinary beauty, died of
starvation and poison at St. Paul, Minn., last week, at the age of 27 years...
Marriages
By Rev. G. S. Mott, Jan. 15, George C. Higgins to Mary A. Marsh, daughter of Isaac G. Marsh.
Also, by the same, Jan. 15, at the Parsonage, James F. Holcombe to Miss Annie M. Force,
both of Flemington.
In Flemington, by Rev. C. E. Young, Jan. 15, Aaron L. Mattis, of Jersey City, and Miss Hattie
A., youngest daughter of William S. Rockafellow.
In this village, Jan. 8, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, William Miller to Aletia A. Cronce.
Jan. 9, by same, Wesley Servis, of Wertsville, to Margaretta Hoagland, of Readington.
By Rev. Robeson Hyde, Jan. 8, Asher D. Gary to Lavina L. Welch, all of Hunterdon county.
Jan. 16, in Cherryville, by Rev. C. E. Young, Urbanus Sheets, of Quakertown and Amy Lavina
Cook of Littletown.
Jan. 15, by Rev. Israel Poulson, John Servis to Mary S. Horn, all of Delaware.
By Rev. I. Poulson, Jan. 8, 1873, George Carroll of Headquarters, to Elizabeth Fauss, of
Sandy Ridge.
Nov. 24, 1872, by Rev. Israel Poulson, Asa Robbins, of Sand Brook, to Hannah R. Poulson, of
Head Quarters.
Deaths
At Bloomsbury, Jan. 12, 1873, Anna, daughter of Moses Robbins, in the 5th year of her age,
of scarlet rash.
Near Frenchtown, on Monday, Jan. 13, 1873, John, infant son of John and Elizabeth
Kugler, aged about six months.
Jan. 28, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 24, Whole No. 1855
A New York Tragedy
Clarence Lockwood, a printer, was mortally shot on last Monday evening by Marshall
McGruder, in the house 144 Madison street, where both boarded...
Sudden Death
On Monday evening last, John Depoldt, aged about 80 years, died very suddenly at Three
Bridges. He was in the employ of John J. Van Fleet, cabinet maker at that place, and not
coming in to tea as usual, some one went to ascertain the cause, when he was found lying with
his head under the bench on which he had been working, dead.... He was buried at
Readington.
Death of the Last Slave
Isaac Miller, or better known as "Old Ike", of Green Village, Morris County, died in
Madison a few days ago, at the advanced age of 86. He was the slave of Samuel Roberts, Sen.,
who died several years ago, and he belonged to that small class whom the State of New Jersey
refused to liberate on account of their age when it abolished slavery....
Marriages
Dec. 25, 1872, by Rev. W. S. Emery, Newbury Fretz of Frenchtown, to Mary Jane Dunlap of
Kintnerville, Pa.
At Phillipsburg, Nov. 13, 1872, by Rev. Wm. N. Searles, Elisha W. Kline of Raven Rock to Mrs.
Elizabeth Fisher, of Kingwood township.
On Jan. 22, by Rev. G. S. Winans, George Mellick, of Belvidere to Eliza, daughter of William
Applegate, of Flemington, N.J.
Deaths
Nov. 11, 1872, George William, son of William H. and Willamina Southard, aged 3 years, 8
months and 13 days.
Jan. 21, at her residence in Annandale, N.J., Jane Little, wife of Abm. W. Young, aged 53
years.
Feb 4, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 25, Whole No. 1856
Sudden Death - The Lambertville Beacon says:
On Tuesday morning last, about seven o'clock, Mrs. Mary Ely, mother-in-law of Mr. Smith
Huselton, was found dead in bed.... She was about 64 years of age.
Last Sunday evening a little daughter of Mr. George Tippenhauer, a resident of Moorestown,
was so badly burned by the explosion of a coal oil lamp which she was carrying at the time, that
she died within a few hours.
Marriages
In the Church of the Redeemer, Morristown, Jan. 16, George H. Ross to Madeline, daughter
of Col. John C. Rafferty.
Feb 11, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 26, Whole No. 1856
John Flanders, a farmer residing near Brocton, N.Y., was murdered Sunday morning by a
German tramp named Dietzel, who called at his house and asked for breakfast.... Flanders was
sixty-five years old, had a grown-up family, and was generally respected by the community.
Local Affairs
Little May Ramsey, an account of whose fearful burning was given in our last, died from the
effects of her injuries on Monday night.
Death of Philadelphia Merchant
Mr. Robert J. Riddell, who a few years since was a very prominent citizen of the city of
Philadelphia, died at his country residence in Lambertville on Wednesday morning last after
quite a short illness, being forty-six years of age.
State Notes
Charles Henry Martin, of Piscataway, died very suddenly on Wednesday. He had been out
with his father and on his return, while sitting on a chair he fell forward and expired.
Deceased was about 20 years old.
An old woman, known in New Brunswick by the name of "Crazy Mary", was found frozen to
death in her room, on Friday. Deceased was the widow of a Union soldier, and drew a pension
regularly.
On the 29th ult., two children, a boy and a girl, of Thomas Johnson, of Bushtown, Salem
county, while the family were at church, drew some live coals from the stove, setting the little
girls clothing on fire. The boy tried to smother the flames, but did not succeed until the little
girl was so badly burned that she died the next day.
Marriages
Jan. 30, 1873, at the Parsonage of the Rev. I. Poulson, Frank P. Wagoner, of Oakdale, to
Syvilla Reading, of Sandy Ridge.
In Lambertville, Feb. 6, 1873, by Rev. J. D. Randolph, Abel B. Haring, of Frenchtown to
Jennie, daughter of Henry Voorhees, of Lambertville.
Feb. 5, 1873, at the residence of the brides' parents, by Rev. Israel Poulson, Jacob Nevius, of
New York, to Nettie, daughter of J. C. Durham, Esq., of Ringoes.
Tuesday, Feb. 4, 1873, by Rev. John B. Kugler, at the residence of the brides' father, Jacob
B. Rinehart, Esq., Lewis Brands of Portland, Pa., to Chattie C. Rinehart, of Asbury, N.J.
By the same, on the 6th inst., at the residence of the brides' father, John S. Prall, George C.
Apgar to Hattie Prall, both of New Hampton, N.J.
Deaths
Near Frenchtown, Feb. 2, 1873, Thomas Pursell, aged 68 years.
In Rutland, Vt., Feb. 5, 1873, of Pneumonia, John C. Smith, aged 54 years, 3 months and 7
days. Interred at Bloomsbury N.J.
Near Sergeantsville, Dec. 15, 1872, Asher A. Trimmer, aged 57 years, 8 months and 15 days.
Feb 18, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 27, Whole No. 1857
Local Affairs
Samuel B. Hudnit, mayor of Borough of Frenchtown, and a man of consider-prominence in
the county, died at his residence on Wednesday last.
Fatal Case of Scalding
On Thursday morning last, a three year old child of Mr. George Gethard, of Mettler's Mills,
was so severely burned by falling into a pail of hot water that it died the following morning.
Marriages
Feb. 12, at Neshanic, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, William H. Merrill, M.D., of Branchville, to
Rebecca C. Higgins, of Neshanic.
Deaths
In Flemington, Feb. 2, 1873, Freddy, infant son of Edward and Viann Dinsmore, aged about
8 months.
In Frenchtown, Feb. 11, 1873, Samuel B. Hudnit, aged about 52 years.
At Stocktown, N.J., Feb. 7, 1873, after a long and painful illness, Francis T. Heath, aged 58
years, 8 months and 5 days.
Feb 25, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 28, Whole No. 1858
Marriages
On the 19th inst., by Rev. Samuel Harrison, at Ringoes, James Bacon to Rebecca J. Britton,
all of Ringoes.
Feb. 13, 1873, by Rev. T. Hellig, John Bellis to Emma Jane Zearfoss, all of Hunterdon
county.
Deaths
At Bloomsbury, 12th inst., Lucinda Sinclair, widow of Benjamin Sinclair, in the fifty-first
year of her age.
Suicide - The Lambertville Record says:
On Saturday morning, 15th inst., Mr. John Wilson, of this city, was found suspended by
the neck, dead, in the loft of a frame building adjoining the paper mill of the Lambertville Paper
Manufacturing Co..... He was between fifty and sixty years of age..
Local Affairs
Attempted Suicide
On Monday morning last, Mr. John Salter, near Rosemont, an old man of 83 years,
attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a shoemaker's knife. ... He died on
Saturday form the effects of his injuries.
By the Warren Democrat we notice the death of Adam D. Runkle, which occurred at the
residence of his son-in-law, Edward F. Stewart, Esq., in Easton, Pa., on the 14th inst. Deceased
was born near Asbury, December 20th, 1789, and was consequently in the eighty-fourth year
of his age at the time of his death....
Mar. 4, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 29, Whole No. 1859
Marriages
At the New Hampton Parsonage, on the 26th inst., by Rev. John B. Kugler, Ralph A.
Martenis, of Clarksville, to Mary E. Shurts, of Charleston, N.J.
Feb. 22, at Sydney, by Rev. J. G. Williamson, John Creveling, of Bethlehem, N.J. and Isabel
Anderson, of Cherryville.
Deaths
Jan. 28, 1873, at the residence of his son-in-law, Amos Bowman, in Delaware township,
Joseph West, aged about 83 years.
Feb. 18, near Sergeantsville, Elizabeth Reading, widow of Wm. Reading, aged 80 years, 1
month, 10 days.
To Whom it My Concern
Take notice, that my wife Caroline Sutton, has left my bed and board without cause or
provocation; therefore, I hereby forbid any person or persons to trust her on my account, for I
will pay no debts or bills contracted by her whatever. Feb. 25, 1873. Amos Sutton.
Insolvent Estate
Notice is hereby given that David Van Fleet, Administrator of David Sutton, deceased, will
make report of the several claims and demands which have been exhibited against the said
estate, and of the amount of the estate of said deceased in and to the Orphans Court to be held
at Flemington in the county of Hunterdon, on Monday, the Fifith day of May, in the April Term
of 1873, at ten o'clock in the forenoon; and also, that his final account will be presented for
settlement and allowance.
Robert J. Killgore, Surrogate. March 3, 1873.
Mar. 11, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 29, Whole No. 1860
Mr. Ralph Priestly, a soldier of the war of 1812, fell dead in the street in Elizabeth on
Thursday last. He was 82 years of age, and a native of New Brunswick.
Local Affairs
Rev. Joseph J. Sleeper died February 27th, 1873, in Burlington county. He was pastor of
the M.E. Church at Everittstown, about 18 years ago. About 12 years ago he was elected
Secretary of the Senate of this State and filled the position one year. He was 81 years of age.
Sudden Death
William Moore, a well known and highly respected citizen of Head Quarters, Delaware
township, fell dead in the road near his dwelling on Friday morning last.
Quite as sudden and unexpected was the death of Henry Shurts, which occurred at his
residence in Readington township, last Saturday evening. Mr. Shurts was a good citizen, and
had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. He was well advanced in years.
Marriages
In Flemington, March 8th, by Rev. G. H. Winans, Samuel Robinson of Kingwood to Abigal E.,
daughter of Joseph Sheets, of Stanton.
In Frenchtown, March 5th, by the Rev. W. H. Shermer, William C. Butler of Clinton, to Anna
Jane, daughter of David Stryker, near Millford.
In Frenchtown, March 5th, by Rev. C. Clark, George S. Heirgesheimer of North Wales, Pa., to
Martha Parks, of Frenchtown.
At Ringoes, March 6th, by Rev. J. D. Hewitt, John Parse, of Flemington, to Sallie E. Servis, of
Ringoes. John is a printer and for several years was a compositor on this paper ..
Deaths
In Kingwood township, March 5th, 1873, Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Lair, aged 68 years.
In Frenchtown, March 7th, 1873, Edward Wright (colored), aged about 30 years.
Near Ringoes, February 11, 1873, Ellen C., wife of Henry Britton, in the 23d year of her age.
Near Mt. Airy, February 21st, 1873, Chrissy C., only son of George W. and Sarah L. Case,
aged 2 years and 3 months.
In Jersey City Heights, March 8th, 1873, Eliza, wife of Col. John Chapman, aged 75 years.
Interment at Flemington, N.J.
Mar. 18 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 30, Whole No. 1861
At Mattoon, Illinois, Mrs. Nancy Laxton, a widow, and her adopted daughter, aged 12 years,
were found dead in bed, On Thursday morning last, with their throats cuts.... A son of Mrs.
Laxton has been arrested on suspicion of having committed the murder.
Hon. E. G. Kilbourn a prominent politician and a highly esteemed citizen, died Friday at this
residence in Anne Arundel county, Md. He was a lawyer by profession and was Speaker of the
House of Delegates in 1860 and presided at the famous extra session held at Frederick City in
1861, when a number of the member were arrested. The deceased was a native of New
England.
Three small children, a son and daughter of Henry Pende and a son of Charles Blake, were
drowned at Orone, near Bangor, Me., on Thursday, by breaking through the ice while at play.
Herbert Hahaney, aged 13 years, employed at 233 State street, was killed on Thursday
afternoon in Boston, by falling through an elevator opening seventy-five feet.
Alois Peters, aged forty-five years, residing at Philadelphia, committed suicide Sunday
morning last by cutting his throat. His wife was at church at the time...
State News
Ann Price a harmless lunatic, who has been in the habit of wandering about the streets of
Jersey City unmolested, was instantly killed last week by a locomotive, on the Newark and New
York Railroad.
On Sunday week Mrs. Hester Shaw, residing in Lumberton, Burlington county, died in that
place, at the advanced age of 104 years.
Mr. Ralph Briestly, a soldier of 1812 who went to draw his pension last week, fell down in a
fit in Elizabeth and died in a few minutes. Mr. Briestly was 81 years of age and was a
well-known and highly respected citizen of New Brunswick, where he had held several
honorable positions.
Marriages
March 4, by Rev. Samuel Harrison, Lemuel Hixson, of Cherokee, Iowa, and Sallie C. Bellis,
near Ringoes.
In Philadelphia, Feb. 25, 1873, by Rev. J. T. Meredith, Morris E. Horner, of Montgomery
county, Pa., to Amy K. Heath, of Kingwood township, Hunterdon county, N.J.
At Barbertown, Feb. 18, by Rev. John C. Soule, George Naylor, of Sergeantsville, and Jennie
Cronce, of Ringoes.
At Frenchtown, March 8, by Rev. John C. Soule, Henry Potts and Matilda Miller, both of
Frenchtown.
Deaths
In West Amwell, on the 1st inst., Mary Emma, daughter of Daniel and Alice Moore, aged 5
months.
Mar. 25, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 31, Whole No. 1862
Hon. Joseph F. Randolph died in Jersey City Friday last, aged 70....
Deaths
At the residence of his brother-in-law, Jacob Wagoner, near Flemington, March 18th, John
Poulson, in the 63d year of his age.
On the 16th inst., William R. Stevenson, son of Thomas C. and Jane Stevenson, of Newark,
N.J., aged 18 years, 5 months and 23 days.
At the residence of George W. Cook, in Stanton, March 17th, Oliver H. Ewing, in the 29th
year of his age.
In Flemington, March 5th, 1873, Maggie Pyatt, in the 25th year of her age. Peculiarly heavy
seems the blow which removed this daughter and sister from the circle of her love, since it is
but little more than a year that a similar bereavement fell upon the home. Mary and Maggie
were twin sisters, beloved in the family, the community, the Church. On both the same
disease early fastened; both solowly wasted; both bore with christian patience ...
At Syracuse, N.Y., on Monday, Albert Keeler, aged 21, killed Ida Spencer, aged 14. The
murderer was first cousin to the girl. He lived in Canada and was visiting his uncle, the girl's
father...
Apr. 1, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 32 Whole No. 1863
Death of a Centenarian
Mary Moneghan, a native of Galway county, Ireland, died on March 22 at her residence in
New York, having reached the age of 102. She came to this country thirty-five years ago, and
not only supported herself, but provided means to pay for the passages of eleven nieces and
nephews to this country....
The death of Rear Admiral John B. Montgomery, at Carlisle, Pa., on the 25th, is announced
by the Navy Department. Deceased was born in New Jersey, and entered the navy in 1812....
His remains will be interred at Washington.
Mrs. Housden, a widow, aged sixty, living nine miles south of Nashville, Tenn., was taken
from her bed on Monday night by unknown persons, carried to the common gallows erected for
dressing hogs, and hanged till she was dead...
Captain John Whalen, of Elizabeth, died at his residence in that city on Thursday night.
Deceased was one of the first to volunteer from New Jersey on the breaking out of the
rebellion. Upon his return home he took an active part in the politics of Union county, being
twice elected to the Assembly on the Democratic ticket. At the time of his death he was acting
as Street Commissioner of Elizabeth.
Local Affairs
Fatal Runaway Accident.
On Wednesday morning last, Mr. Samuel R. Reading, of Delaware Township, was seated
with Mr. Samuel Hartpence, the Rosemont undertaker, on a hearse, and were on their way to
attend a funeral at Locktown. While going along, the young and spirited team they were
driving took fright from the breaking of a spring of the vehicle and ran away, and coming in
contact with a snow bank, both men were thrown from the hearse... Mr. Hartpence escaped
with a few bruises, but Mr. Reading, besides other injuries sustained a fracture of the skull,
from the effects of which he died on Thursday morning....
Rev. John R. Willox
John R. Willox was born in the month of October 1810. His birth-place was not far from
Aberdeen, in Scotland... In the year 1836 he came to this country and by some means found
his way to German Valley, where he was employed in teaching...
Apr. 8, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 33 Whole No. 1864
While John Langly was being lowered into the Borden mine, in Allegheny county, Md.,
Monday morning, with a horse and cart, the horse, becoming restive, kicked the coupling loose,
and all were precipitated to the bottom, a distance of 165 feet. Langly was instantly killed.
Robert Stuart and Emma Kinley were drowned in a creek near Camden, Sunday night. They
were crossing a wire footbridge when the swaying of the bridge caused Miss Kinley to trip. To
save herself, she seized hold of Stuart, and both were prcipitated into the water and drowned.
John and Michael Kane, brothers, quarrelled in Washington on the 26 ult., and Michael
stabbed John with a butcher knife. The wounded man died on Friday night.
Local Affairs
The sudden death of John Moore, a colored citizen of this place, which occurred on Sunday
evening last, occasioned a general feeling of regret throughout the village ... He was sick but a
few days.
Death of Capt. John H. Whelan.
On Friday morning, March 21st, at his home in Elizabeth, after an illness of about two
weeks, died Captain John H. Whelan, a citizen of that place, but who was pretty well known
throughout the State. The Captain was a native of Ireland... He served with distinction in the
volunteer service during the late war, and we need not say was no feather-bed soldier but a
warrior fit to fight under the banner of Brian of Clontorf....
Deaths
In Reaville, March 11th, Mary Stout, aged 64 years.
Near Sergeantsville, March 4, 1873, Esther A. Wilson, aged about 62 years.
Apr. 15, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 34 Whole No. 1865
San Francisco despatches report that on March 11th, Gus. Ewain, John McDonald and
George Taylor were murdered by a large band of Apaches. The savages were overtaken by
troops, under command of Lieutenant Rice, and in the conflict which followed 79 warriors were
killed and 26 women and children captured. Taylor, one of the murdered men, was subjected
to most brutal torture.
Deaths
In Franklin township, March 25, 1873, Mary Ellen, daughter of John and Susan Trimmer,
aged 22 years and 7 mos.
At Oak Grove, March 8, Benjamin Bartholomew, aged 34 years.
Apr. 22, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 35 Whole No. 1866
Marriages
At the residence of the bride's father, March 29th, 1873, by Frederick P. Hoffman, Esq.,
Larison Peer to Catherine Sutton, both of Tewksbury.
Deaths
In Lambertville, April 13, 1873, Charles Lombaert, in the 83 year of his age.
In Lambertville, April 15, 1873, Thomas McCormick, in the 39th year of his age.
Apr. 29, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 36 Whole No. 1867
A Terrible Death
On Wednesday morning the inhabitants of the quiet village of Hartford were startled with
the report that Martin McHugh and his wife had been found drowned in a cistern, and it was
not long before the entire population of the place rushed to the scene of the accident....
Milwaukee Sentinel, April 17.
State News
Hiram Mills, a soldier who fought at Waterloo, died at his residence in Jersey City, on
Sunday. During the late war he was in the Union army, and accompanied General Sherman's
army through Georgia.
Peter Schelp, a native of Germany, living at Bloomfield, Essex county, dropped suddenly
dead, while playing at billiards on Monday night. He was 22 years of age and of temperate and
industrious habits, and his death is supposed, to have been caused by heart disease.
Joseph Cassidy, a laborer, died in Jersey City on Sunday, having been bitten by a dog six
weeks ago.... His son was bitten by the same animal, and died in agony about a fortnight ago.
Cassidy was buried yesterday.
Marriages
April 16, by Rev. R. Vanamburg, John Storr of Hampden to Mrs. Sarah A. Hoffman of
Allentown, Pa.
April 2, 1873, at White House, by Rev. Wm. Bailey, Albert Ammerman to Francis Howell,
both of Pottersville, N.J.
In Lambertville, April 18th, by Rev. A. D. Willifer, Mr. George C. Little, of Frenchtown, to Miss
Mary J. Dalrymple of Everittstown, N.J.
In Lambertville, April 20th, by Rev. A. D. Willifer, Mr. Thomas Akers to Miss Lydia A.
Disbrow, both of Lambertville.
Deaths
At Batavis, Gennesee County, N.Y., Friday, April 18th, Jacob F. Apgar, formerly of
Tewksbury, Hunterdon Co., N.J. at an advance age.
In Kingwood township, near Locktown, N.J., March 31st, 1873, of scarlet fever, Sarah A.
Scomp, in the fourth year of her age.
March 29th, 1873, in Frenchtown, Herbert L. Wright, aged 3 years, 11 months, and 25 days.
In Lambertville, April 18th, 1873, Hannah Coryell, widow of Cornelius Coryell, in the 78th
year of her age.
In Clinton, on the 21st inst., Jane B., daughter of Simeon Quick, aged 8 years.
May 6, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 37 Whole No. 1868
Outage and Murder
A Pittsburg, Pa., dispatch, dated Tuesday last, says: "Monday morning Saltsburg, Pa., was
the scene of probably one of the most fiendish murders that has ever occurred in this State.
The victim is Lizzie Kline, an adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kline, and was fourteen years of
age. Her father's name is Mess, and he resides in Ohio, but her mother is dead....
Hon. James Brooks, Representative in Congress from the Eighth New York District, died
Wednesday evening last, in the 63d year of his age.
A Jersey Sailor Cuts Loose His Main Cable
In New Haven on Wednesday last a man named Charles C. Brown, while in the barroom
connected with a sailor's boarding house, kept by Daniel Gunn, on the corner of Warren and
West Water streets, shot himself in the head with a pistol and died immediately..... He is
supposed to have belonged to Elizabethport, N.J.
William C. Vyze, a lad fifteen years of age, was accidently poisoned by his father in Newark,
on Wednesday night, who got up to give the boy medicine and by mistake got hold of a bottle
containing corosive sublimate. A physican was called as soon as the mistake was discovered
but the boy died in great agony.
A man named Johnson died in Jersey City on Thursday from concussion of the brain.
Deceased was in the employ of the gas company, and had been in the cellar of a house to
inspect the metre, and in coming up the stairs he struck his head on a beam, produc
ing injuries which resulted as above stated.
Marriages
In Milford, N.J., April 26 by Rev. J. D. Randolph, Mr. Ralph Hunt to Mrs. Ann Woodruff, all of
Milford.
April 30th, 1873, at the Readington Parsonage, by Rev. Mr. ?. , John J. Hall to Theodocia
Chamberlain, both of Readington township.
In Flemington, May 3d, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, William H. Asay to Miss Sarah J. Housel.
Deaths
In Lambertville, March 30th, Thomas E., only child of Gabriel and Jennie Carkhuff, aged 15
months.
In Lambertville, March 27th, Clara A., daughter of John Schepler, aged 3 years.
In Mechanicsville, on the 27th inst., Anna, infant daughter of Wm. and Lenora Conner, aged
5 days.
April 25th, in Newark, Mattie B., daughter of the late John K. Hill, formerly of Flemington,
aged 28.
In Frenchtown, on the 29th ult., Mrs. Hester Lair, aged 83 years.
In Clinton, on the 19th ult., Alexander Memry, aged about 19 years.
Sudden Death
On Sunday week, Elias Rake, an old man residing about two miles west of this village,
dropped dead on the floor of his dwelling. He was a quiet and peaceable man. It is supposed
that his death was caused by heart disease.
Boy Killed
On Saturday, 26th ult., at about half-past eleven A.M., while using one of the derricks at
the quarries of Kessler & Co., at Prallsville, in this county, one of the guy-ropes broke, striking
Martin Fennel (a son of Martin Fennel, who was killed by lightning at the outlet locks some
years age,) and crushing in his skull, from the effects of which he died at 2 P.M. He was about
16 years of age. - Lambertville Record.
May 13, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 38 Whole No. 1869
Death of Chief Justice Chase
Salmon P. Chase, Chief Justice of the United States, died at the residence of his daughter
in New York, Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock. The health of Judge Chase has been
considerably impaired of late years, but it was not known that a fatal result was apprehended
and the announcement of his death will take the country by surprise.
The deceased was a native of New Hampshire, having been born at Cornish in January
1808...
James L. Orr, formerly Representative in Congress from South Carolina, and Speaker of the
House of Representatives, one of the South Carolina Ambassadors to Washington after the
secession in 1860, elected Governor of that State in 1865, and recently appointed, United
States Minister to Russia, died somewhat suddenly in St. Petersburg on Monday last of
inflammation of the lungs....
A terrible tragedy is reported in Marshall county, Ky. About a year ago James Dougherty
married a girl named Smith, but they lived unhappily, and finally separated. Sunday before
last, Howell Smith, the girl's father, told Dougherty that he could settle the difficulty between
him and his wife, whereupon he was instantly shot dead by his son-in-law. The murderer was
susequently captured and while on the way to jail, a son of the victim, who was one of the
captors, fired upon Dougherty, slightly wounding him. Young Smith then clubbed his gun and
struck Dougherty in the head with the butt end of it, killing him on the spot.
Annual Financial Statement of Tewksbury Township -
Account of Overseer of Poor
James Olmstead, for support of Catherine Sutton's bastard child, $30.00.
Catherine Sutton, for the support of her bastard child, paid by the father, $46.00.
Elizabeth Sutton, for her support, $121.50.
Chosen Freeholder's Report of Expenditures on Bridges -
July 29, Wesley Sutton, five sluice bridges on road from California to Philip Hann's,
$11.75.
Aug 9, Wesley Sutton, three sluice bridges, contract, $9.50.
Fatal Burning Accident
A correspondent sends us the following: On Wednesday evening last the shanty occupied
by David Berry and wife, at Junction, was dicovered to be on fire. The shanty was in two rooms,
one of which was partly filled with straw, used for filling beds. The fire broke out in this room
and after thestraw was consumed the body of Mrs. Berry was found.... "We find that Mary Berry
came to her death by buring of the house of David Berry, her husband."
Deaths
In East Amwell township, Tuesday, May 6th, 1873, wife of Joseph G. Quick, aged almost 70
years.
In Lambertville, May 6, 1873, Miss Annie Bice, aged 14 years and 5 months.
April 27, 1873, in Mechanicsville, Anna, infant daughter of Wm. and Lenora Conner, aged 5
days.
In Clinton, on Thursday, May 1, 1873, Sarah Ann, daughter of Morris and Mary Ader, aged
17 years, 1 month and 8 days.
Near Lebanon, Saturday, May 3, 1873, Martha, wife of Wm. Snyder, aged 52 years and 2
months.
In White House, on Sunday, May 4; Henry Lane, aged about 40 years.
May 20, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 39 Whole No. 1870
Mrs. Mary E. Scott, of Union township, Crawford, Ind., in taking a portion of her head-dress
from a drawer, discharged her husband's revolver, killing herself instantly.
Marriages
May 8, 1873, at Sergeantsville, by Rev. J. F. Dodd, assisted by Rev. G. T. Jackson, Mr.
Jonathan Kitchen of Sandy Ridge, to Miss Sallie E. Green of Sergeantsville.
At Annandale, May 10, by the Rev. R. Van Amburgh; William Knight, M.D. to Tillie Krymer.
On the 27th of April, 1873, by Rev. W. D. C. Rodrock, at his residence in Lexington, Pa., Mr.
John C. Choyce, of Flemington, N.J. to Anna M. White, of Montgomery Square, Pa.
Deaths
At the residence of her son-in-law, Jacob F. Randolph, in Bloomfield, May 9, 1873, Mrs.
Annie Maria Woodruff, relict of Rev. Dr. Vanliew, aged 73 years.
At Readington, Sunday, May 11, 1873, Susannah LaTourettee, wife of Abraham P. Stout,
aged about 35 years.
May 14, 1873, in Lambertville, Mrs. Jane, wife of Joseph W. Mosier, aged 60 years.
May 12, 1873, in Lambertville, Benjamin Sheridan, aged about 35 years.
May 9, 1873, in Lambertville, John W. Conover, aged 22 years.
May 6, 1873, in Lambertville, Laura Kroneburger, aged 1 year 10 months and 11 days.
May 2, 1873 in Frenchtown, Frank, son of Silas S. and Lavinia L. Wright, aged 8 years and 3
months.
May 27, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 40 Whole No. 1871
We notice the death at Zanesville, Ohio, on Sunday last, of Hon. Ezekiel T. Cox, in the 78th
year of his age. This gentleman, the father of Hon. S. S. Cox, was born at Upper Freehold,
Monmouth County; he was a son of General James Cox, a Revolutionary officer...
Local Affairs
Death of the Rail
Mrs. Margaret Dowery, an aged Irishwoman, was struck by a locomotive and instantly
killed while attempting to cross the track of the Central Railroad at Hampton Junction, one
afternoon last week. She was very hard of hearing.
Mrs. Amelia Monks, aged 50 years, a widow, residing on a small farm near Newfoundland,
Morris County, committed suicide on Monday evening by hanging herself in an out-house. The
body was not found until the next day.
A man named Carson, living in Lamberton street, Trenton, married and the father of three
children, eloped a day or two since with a young Miss Banks, living near. He took with him his
youngest child ...
Two Men Drowned in the Delaware
On Sunday morning, 18th inst., an accident occurred near Uhlersville by which two men,
named respectively Charles Hartman and Peter Pierson, lost their lives.... Hartman leaves a
window, but Pierson, a native of Sweden, has no relatives in this country.
Marriages
May 21st, in Flemington, by Rev. G. S. Mott, assisted by Rev. S. M. Studdiford, William H.
Katzenbach, M.D., of New York and Julia, daughter of William P. Emery, Esq., of Flemington.
In Bloomsbury, on the 29th ult., by Rev. H. B. Scott, Jacob H. Wilking, of Easton and Mary F.
Stewart, of Bloomsbury.
Deaths
In Flemington, May 16th, 1873, Clara L. Quick, wife of the late Gideon Quick, aged sixty-four
years.
In Stockton, N.J., May 21, 1873, Lizzie Higgins, in her 15th year.
In Lambertville, on the 15th inst., Sarah G., wife of Watson Van Horn, aged 60 years.
In Ripley township, Huron Co., Ohio, April 29th, 1873, Ann, wife of Christopher Strimple,
aged 65 years, nine months and 2 days, formerly of Hunterdon county, N.J.
In Lambertville, May 16th, Julia Callan, aged 61 years, wife of John Callan.
At the residence of his son, near Cherryville, William Kuhl, Sen., May 15th, 1873, in the
91st year of his age.
At the residence of her son-in-law, Joseph M. Krewson, at Warrington, Pa., May 11, 1873,
Elizabeth Dilts, relict of Amos Dilts, aged about 64 years.
Near Copper Hill, May 18, of Membrane Croup, Stephen H., son of Thomas and Jerusha
Huff, aged seventeen years.
May 21st, 1873, in Raritan township, Hannah, wife of David E. Higgins, aged about 29 years.
May 22, 1873, in Jerseyville, Ill., Charles P. Holcombe, aged about 62 years.
June 3, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 41, Whole No. 1872
A Woman Killed by Her Son
In Brooklyn Sunday night during an altercation between a young man named Geo.
Roderick and James Corcoran, in which the latter was very abusive and struck the former, each
drew pistols. Mrs. Roderick, mother of the former, rushed between them and in the struggle to
prevent her son from firing the pistol it went off, the ball passing through her head, causing
instant death....
On Friday morning last, two little girls, one a daughter of Mr. W. Morgan, the other of Mr.
Wilfring, residing at Shadyside, near Pittsburg, were playing, when one of them applied a
lighted match to the mouth of a can filled with carbon oil. The oil instandly exploded, and both
the children were burned to death.
Local Affairs
Dogs have commenced to worry the sheep. One night last week they tackled a flock
belonging to Mr. Jonas Sutton, near Sand Brook, and killed and maimed a dozen or more
sheep and lambs.
Obituary
Frank P. Walton, late bookkeeper at Mr. Wm. H. Fulper's store in this place, died at the
residence of his father near Carversville, Pa, on Friday last. Frank was taken ill with
pleuro-pneumonia about two months ago, which left him in a very weak state....
A Young girl named Elizabeth Arnold was strangled to death on Monday in Pekin, Ill. She
was climbing out of a window, when the sash fell, pinioning her by the neck in such a manner
that death ensued before she could be extracted.
Marriages
In Lambertville, May 20th, 1873, by the Rev. Geo. H. Larison, John S. Lloyd to Margaret
Aller, daughter of John Aller, Esq., all of Flemington, N.J.
In Cherryville, May 31st, 1873, by Rev. C. E. Young, Richard R. Demott, Readington
township, to R. Jennie Smith, of Flemington.
Deaths
Near Three Bridges, May 18, of Membrane Croup, Stephen H., son of Thomas and Jerusha
Huff, aged seven years.
In Flemington, on Tuesday, May 27th, 1873, Elizabeth Blackwell.
May 24th, 1873, in Lambertville, Elizabeth H. Naylor, wife of Lewis Naylor, aged 54 years.
May 17, 1873, at the residence of G. W. Craft, near Flemington, Catharine Williams, relict of
Jacob Moore, formerly of Mechanicsville, aged 90 years.
June 10, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 42, Whole No. 1873
Sad Accident
The Easton "Argus" contains the following: " On Friday afternoon last, a three-year old boy
of Mr. Jonathan Fly, residing in Palmer township, had a small piece of china, with which he
was playing, to lodge in his throat at the opening of the wind pipe. Mr. Fly as soon as he
discovered what ailed the child, brought it to Easton, in order to have the china taken out. The
unfortunate little one was carried to Dr. Mixsell's office, and several physicians were called to
relieve it, but death came before the china could be removed..
The Financial Report of the Township of Kingwood, for the Year ending April 13th, 1873.
William B. Sutton - $9.00
Local Affairs
Found Dead
Mr. David Alpaugh, a man about forty years of age, was found dead in his barn near
Potterstown, on Wednesday afternoon last. He had been fishing the night before in company
with some neighbors, and returned about 7 o'clock in the morning, when he laid down in the
barn to sleep. He was discovered about 4 o'clock. (Casket)
Evident Murder - The Family Casket is responsible for the following:
Some time last Fall, the wife of Andrew Sheets - who did not live on very peaceable terms
with her husband- suddenly disappeared from their home near High Bridge the husband
reporting that she had gone off with a certain colored man; but facts proved that she had not
been away at all.... to their horror and surprise discovered the bones and hair of a woman,
which a neighbor women is willing to testify is the hair of Mrs. Sheets....
Marriages
May 28th, at the residence of the bride's father, Joseph S. Taylor and Ella Boss, only
daughter of George Boss, Esq., both of Union township.
On the 31st of May, by the Rev. P. A. Studdiford, Mr. Edward Hice of Bloomsbury, N.J., to
Miss Sarah A. Huff, of Lambertville.
May 29th, in Lambertville, by Rev. John S. Heisler, Mr. Alexander Ashton to Miss Emma V.
Fields, both of Lambertville.
In Lambertville, May 3d, by Rev. A. D. Willifer, Mr. William P. Sproat to Miss Rose Porter.
Deaths
May 25th, after an illness of three hours, Anna R., wife of John Young of Union township.
At Pluckamin, June 1st, Isaac Van Duyn, in the 27th year of his age.
June 17, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 43, Whole No. 1874
Murder and Suicide - A Raleigh, N.C., dispatch to the N.Y. Times says:
On Saturday morning last, in Yadkin county, occurred one of the coolest and most
determined murders and suicides ever committed in this State. John Holcombe and
his wife, Julia, who had been married about a year, were the subjects. Julia possessed
uncommon beauty and was suspected of infidelity to her marriage vows. She was on the eve of
leaving home to visit Salisbury and Charlotte. Holcombe having endeavored to dissuade her
from leaving, without success, decided to murder her and commit suicide....
Local Affairs
Mr. John L. Van Fleet, well-known to most of the citizens of this county, died at his
residence in this place on Tuesday last, after a protracted and very painful illness. Mr. Van
Fleet had been engaged in the restaurant business in this place for the past ten or twelve
years and was a very popular man.
Sudden Death
Mr. Jacob H. Holcombe, an old resident of this place, died rather suddenly on Saturday
last. In the morning he started out for Lebanon to visit his son-in-law, and soon after arriving
there he was taken with a fit of epilepsy and died about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. He was
upwards of 80 years old.
Marriages
June 10th, by Rev. G. S. Mott, H. Suydam Crater of Flemington and Georgianna, daughter of
John B. Rockafellow, of Rockafellow's Mills, Raritan township.
On the 2d inst., by Rev. Dr. Richardson, Charles Brearley, Esq. of Trenton and Annie
Burling, daughter of the late William H. Sloan.
June 11, by Rev. G. H. Winans, Lemuel Bellis and Clara, daughter of Mr. Aaron Griggs, both
of Flemington.
Deaths
In Flemington, June 6th, 1873, Mrs. Carrie Wilson, aged about 27 years.
June 14th, 1873, at Lebanon, Jacob H. Holcombe, of Flemington, aged about 78 years.
In Lambertville, N.J., June 12th, 1873, Laura S. Parker, in the 19th year of her age.
In Flemington, June 10th, after a long illness, John L. Van Fleet, aged about 45 years.
At Williamsport, Pa., June 3d, Mrs. Mary A., wife of Mahlon Fisher, aged 62 years.
Suddenly, on the 6th inst., at Annandale, Mrs. Arzilla, wife of Geo. Creveling, aged about 40
years.
June 24, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 44, Whole No. 1875
Horrible Tragedy in Maine.
At daybreak on Monday morning last, Almond Gordon, a farmer living near Thorndike
stations, in Maine, and his wife and youngest daughter were found murdered in one bed, and
his little son, six years old, who slept in a crib in the same room, fearfully wounded, and the
house set on fire.... A bother of the murdered man is now in custody.
John Gordon, a man of seventy years of age, had recently conveyed to his son, Almond M.
his farm, worth $5,000 taking back a mortgage for life for the support of himself and wife. The
other son, John T., was dissatified with the arrangement, and probably thought that by the
death of his brother and family the property would fall to him.... At the time of the murder the
old people were absent on a visit. The inmates of the house were the murdered man, Almon
M., aged twenty-five; Emma A., his wife, aged twenty-two; their children, Ira B., aged six, a little
girl, aged seventeen months; Anna, a niece, aged nine; John, seven; the brother, and a hired
man....
Montpelier, Vt., June 16
A painful drowning accident occurred at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, in what is
called "Number Ten", in the town of Calais, a dozen miles from this place... Five people were
drowned, viz: Lafayette Techout and wife, aged about fifty years and a daughter aged about 5
years, the widow of Amass McKnight, aged about 28 years, and Lydia A., daughter of W. E.
Tobey, aged 15 years.
A young man named Thomas J. Buckman, aged eighteen years, residing at Wenonah,
Gloucester county, on Monday last, went in to bathe in the mill-pond at that place, and in
diving the back of his head struck on the hard bottom. His neck was partially dislocated. He
lingered until Wednesday when he died.
Marriages
At the residence of the brides' parents, June 11th, by Rev. A. M. Jelly, Stokes Long, Esq., of
Reiglesville, Pa., to Julia, eldest daughter of Col. Wm. Strader, near Washington, N.J.
Deaths
In Flemington, June 23d, William B. Dilts, aged about 47 years.
July 1, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 45, Whole No. 1873
A Deserted Husband's Suicide
James Mattison, aged twenty-one, who hanged himself in his father's yard, 190 Mount
Pleasant avenue, Newark, on Saturday evening last, had been for some time separated from his
wife, who is living in Trenton... Before executing his purpose he handed the following letter to
his younger brother Willie, with instructions to send it to his wife ....
About fifteen minutes afterward he was discovered by his brother and Dr. J. V. Mattison, his
father...
Mangled by a Lightning Stroke
A young lady named Nora Bitenour, during the thunder storm that came up on Sunday
afternoon, in Kansas City, Mo., while promenading in the Exposition grounds, fell dead by a
stroke of lightning.
Christian Smith, aged 55, who has been six months in the New York Tombs for vagrancy,
died suddenly on Tuesday.
Local Affairs:
Theft of Hardware
One night last week theives broke into the distillery of Mr. Jonas Sutton, near Sand
Brook, and spirited away twenty odd gallons of high up apple whiskey.
Some one is evidently trying to worry Mr. Sutton. He drove into town last Friday night, and
tied his horse in front of Force's Hotel. When he got ready to go home about 11 o'clock, his
horse and wagon were both gone...
A most distressing accident took place in the Baker Mine, Morris county, last Tuesday night.
A Cornish miner named John Pollard was engaged in shoveling ore into a bucket at the bottom
of a shaft, several hundred feet in depth, when an ascending bucket struck the end of a plank,
which broke from its position and fell down the shaft from a height of 200 feet, striking poor
Pollard on the back of his head... Pollard's brother stood close by when the accident happened.
The deceased leaves a wife and five children in the old country.
Barney Lane, well known at Newton, on account of his Fourth of July performances,
committed suicide Wednesday morning...
Marriages:
June 26th, 1873 in Flemington, by Rev. G. S. Mott, Edwin A. Taft, of Providence, R.I., to
Addie S. Emery, of Flemington, daughter of the late Peter Emery.
At the residence of the bride's parents, Tuesday, June 24th, by Rev. A. D. Willfer, Joseph H.
Hudson, of Titusville, to Miss Sarah E. Bowdon, of Lambertville.
On the 14th inst., by by Rev. Mr. Denier, Jos. Carkhuff, of Pleasant Run, to Lydia Fisher, of
New Germantown.
Deaths:
In Lambertville, on the 16th ult., Margaret A. Slack, daughter of John J. and Mary A. Slack,
aged thirty-three years, seven months, and six days.
In Franklin Township, June 16th, Eliza R. Bird, aged 68 years.
At his residence, in Union Township, near Clinton, on Sunday evening, June 10, of
apoplexy, Garret Conover, in the 78th year of his age.
In Frenchtown, June 9, 1873, William Search, aged 84 years.
In Frenchtown, June 21, 1873, Samuel H. Hunt, of cancer, aged 45 years.
July 8, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 46, Whole No. 1874
Ex-chancellor A. O. Zabriskie, died suddenly in California, on Friday last, of erysipelas. He
went to California about a month ago in company with Mr. M. F. Knapp, for his health and to
view the wonders of that far off State, and was taken ill last week and died as above stated...
Two Dreadful Suicides
A horrible affair has occurred at Roxbury, Delaware county, New York. A young woman
named Mary Moore has been for some time slightly deranged and her relatives intended soon
to take her to an insane asylum.... Soon after, while the relatives were absent, the young
woman set her clothing on fire and crawled into a bed, also firing the bedding... she died in a
few minutes.
Another case of suicide by a woman, not less horrible, occurred on the railroad at Glen
Rock, York county, Pa., a few days ago.... The woman was about 30 years of age.
Awful Explosion
A terrific giant explosion occurred at Virginia City, Nev., Monday night in a brick
building... Those known to be killed are: W. Lowe, superintendent Silver Hall Mine; General J.
L. Van Bokelen; J. H. Smith, hardware merchant; W. D. Davis, his salesman; Charles Knox, of
Palmor, Knox and Co., San Francisco; E. Mandel, clerk; Mrs. L. P. Conner, Mrs. E. Dean and
children. James Devine - killed by iron shutter blown across street into livery stable.
A Fatal Duel
A New Orleans dispatch, dated July 1, says: A private dispatch form Bay St. Louis states
that a duel was fought near Montgomery Station, this morning, between ex-Judge William H.
Cooley and R.B. Rhett, Jr., of the Picayune, in which Cooley was killed at the second shot....
Hiram Powers, the American sculptor died in Florence, Italy, June 27, after a lingering
illness. He was born in Woodstock, Vt., in 1806....
A Long Island Murder
On Saturday morning the body of Samuel Jones, a wealthy farmer of Queens county, N.Y.,
about 70 years of age was found in the well in rear of his house....
Mrs. Lyster, aged ninety-one, was buried at Graysville, Ind., week before last, in the wedding
garments which she wore seventy-three years ago.
Death of the President's Father
Jesse R. Grant, the father of President Grant, died at his residence, in Covington,
Kentucky, on Sunday evening last, in the 80th year of this age.... He was born in
Westmoreland county, Pa. on the 12th of January 1794. He had five children, four of whom -
two sons and two daughters - survive him.
David Blacklock, aged 40, a well-to-do farmer, living several miles from Baltimore on the
Harford road, was found dead in bed last Friday night from the effects of laudanum, which he is
supposed to have taken with the intention of committing suicide. A few hours afterwards a
sister of deceased went into the room in which he died and committed suicide by hanging
herself to a bed post.
Local Affairs:
Sad Death - The White House Casket says;
The sudden and unexpected death of David Park has cast a gloom over the people of this
neighborhood. He left home on the afternoon of the 19th ult., to sell lumber in Newark. Not
returning on Saturday evening, the family began to feel uneasy. On the Monday following a
search was begun, which resulted in finding his body, on the morning of the 25th in the
Passaic river.... He was about 51 years, and leaves family to mourn his sad fate.
State Notes:
A child of Benjamin Perry, of Anderson, Warren county, died on day last week from eating
some poisonous berries growing in the woods near his father's house.
Peter Gandy, of Millville, with his wife and some friends on Saturday went down the river in a
small sail boat on a pleasure excursion. On their return Mrs. Gandy was knocked overboard by
the boom. The husband jumped to her rescue, when a struggle ensured, and before assistance
could reach them Mr. Gandy was drowned. The wife was finally rescued.
Marriages:
In Flemington, July 5, 1873, by Rev. G. S. Mott, Thomas Van Fleet, of Port Royal, Va., to Mrs.
Jane Gary, of Flemington, N.J.
June 30th, by Rev. G. H. Winans, Leonard K. Cook, of Wertsville, to Anna Gulick, of Ringoes,
N.J.
June 26, in Somerville, at the residence of John Gaddis, by the Rev. David Kline; George
Vosseier, Esq., to Mrs. Mary J. Nunn, both of Warren Co., near Washington, N.J.
On Monday evening, June 23, at the residence of and by the Rev. John Chambers, of
Philadelphia, Dr. E. C. Rice, of Lambertville, N.J., to Tillie F., daughter of Samuel Hall, of
Doylestown, Bucks county, Pa.
Deaths:
In Franklin Township, June 16th, Elijah R. Bird, aged 68 years.
At Centre Bridge, June 9, Sally A. Black, wife of Ezra Black, aged 39 years.
In Stockton, June 25th, Susan, wife of John A. Laubenstine, aged 27 years.
July 15, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 47, Whole No. 1875
John C. Ridgeway, Jr., of Burlington county, was found dead in the road on Saturday week,
with a pile of grain bags upon him. He started for mill the night before and is supposed was
thrown out by accident and smothered to death.
Singular Death of a Clergyman
On Saturday afternoon last, during the terrible storm that prevailed, the Rev. Edward
Synder, who lives near Millport, this county, was struck and killed by lightning.... (Mauch
Chunk Gazette).
Tragic End of an Elopement
The story of John Elliot and Margaret Rollinston, who were carried over Niagara Falls last
week in a small boat, has about it many of the elements of a romance. He was nineteen years
of age and his true name was John Emmerson. The name of Elliot he assumed to avoid
pursuit. His father lives about six miles east of Cleveland. Miss Rollinston's parents about a
year since moved from Canada to the same neighborhood and were employed upon a farm....
Local Affairs:
Sad Fatality
A young man named William Gess met with a terrible death near Middle Valley on the
26th ult., by a team running away while hauling lumber.... He lived but a few hours after being
taken from the wagon.
The young ladies, teachers in the Sabbath School of the First Presbyterian Church, at
Belvidere, were entertaining several young girls, members of their classes, by a picnic at the
base od a high hill near the Delaware river, on Tuesday, when from some unknown cause a
stone came bounding down the hill, several hundred feet, striking Carrie Bunderman, age 15
years, causing instant death.
Marriages:
July 2, by Rev. R. Van Amburg, Chauncey Dexter, of New York, to Lizzie M. Boeman, of
Annandale, this county.
July 5, by Elder Robeson Hyde, Samuel Magargel to Emma C. Gary, both of Flemington.
On 2nd inst., at Asbury, by Rev. J. B. Kugler, J. S. Sutphin, of Bloomsbury, to Gertie
Bowlby, of Asbury.
July 7, by Rev. T. E. Vassar, William Barrass to Mrs. Maria C. Smith, both of Flemington.
June 18, at the Musconetcong Valley Church, by the Rev. Alfred Yeomans, assisted by the
Revs. J. A. Blauvelt and J.H. Scofield, Rev. J. B. Kugler to Annie E. Cramer.
Deaths:
In Franklin township, June 16, 1873, Elisha R. Bird, aged 86 years.
In Lambertville, N.J., July 9, 1873, John Hull, in the 40th year of his age.
At an advanced age, at her residence in Delaware township, July 2, Ruth Bray, relict of John
Bray.
At the residence of Wm. Bird, Esq., near Clinton, July 7, Peter Shurts, in the 70th year of his
age.
July 22, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 48, Whole No. 1876
Murder in Jersey City
John Stevenson, a U.S. Deputy Marshal, was brutally murdered in Jersey City on Friday
last by a Russian sailor named, Pritt, who had deserted his ship and whom the Marshal was
attempting to arrest....
Died, Aged 122 Years
On Sunday Aunt Hager, a colored woman, died in the country near Alexandria. She was
probably the oldest person in the United States, being 122 years old, having been born on the
21st of March 1751. She was native of Virgina, and was brought to Kentucky at an early day of
its settlement by Lewis Wilcoxen, whose wife was a sister of Ben Beall the elder, grandfather of
Ben Beall, the present Circuit Clerk of Campbell county.
State Notes:
Mrs. Rambo and her son, aged about 9 years, were drowned on Monday afternoon, in a
branch of the Rancocas creek, near Vincentown.... Mrs. Rambo resided at Pemberton, but was
at Vincentown on a visit to her brother.
Marriages:
On Monday, July 14th, by N. Lance, Esq., John W. Farley to Ann Farley, of White Hall.
At the M.E. Parsonage, in Frenchtown, July 7, 1873, by Rev. C. Clark, Jos. Johnson, of
Newark to Emma Martin, of Kingwood.
Deaths:
In Lambertville, N.J., June 30th, 1873, John Hoagland, aged 86 years.
In Trenton, on the 9th inst., Bennet, son of Bennet and Mary E. Vansyckle, aged 6 months
and 7 days.
In Baptistown, July 13, 1873, Sarah Snyder, in the 53d year of her age.
Near Sergeantsville, July 12, 1873, Rebecca Curtis, in the 68th (?) year of her age.
In Lambertville, July 17th, 1873, Hester, daughter of Vincent R. Mathews, aged 3 months.
In Lambertville, July 9th, 1873, John Mernan, in the 48th year of his age.
In Lambertville, N.J., July 11th, Kate B., daughter of Girard M. and Mary M. Worthington,
aged 3 months and 14 days.
In Lambertville, July 13th, 1873, William, son of Henry and Anna M. Albrayt, aged 3 months
and 7 days.
In Lambertville, July 18, 1873, Benjamin, son of George and Charlotte A. Reed, aged 5
months and 2 days.
In Raritan township, July 4th, 1873, Charles, son of C. Kuhl Kline, aged 5 years and 4
months.
July 29, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 49, Whole No. 1877
Shocking Affair
A frightful murder occurred in a hay field in Linden township, Union county, Monday.
The murderer and the victim were employed on the farm of Nash Noe, on what is known as the
Forty-acre road, about half way between the Pennsylvania Railroad and St. George's avenue,
the main thoroughfare between Rahway and Elizabeth. The men, Michael Kearen, alias Doran,
and Isaac Logan, the latter of whom was stabbed twice by the former with a pitchfork and then
tramped on and beaten.... His (Kearen) antecedents are unknown, but he is thirty years of age,
says he is unmarried and is heavily built and short. Isaac Logan came brom Brook- was a
widower, and has three children residing in Middletown, Orange county, N.Y....
A Woman Murdered
A terrible outrage, ending in murder was committed near Excelsior Grove, Hudson county,
N.J., on Sunday last, the facts of which came to light on Friday. On the evening of that day a
woman named Delia Cockran, who has been employed for some time past as a cook by Mr. B.L.
Davis, proprietor of Excelsior Grove, ...She was about thirty years of age ...
Local Affairs:
Tuesday morning a young man named Harry Waterbury, aged 19 years, a resident of New
Haven, Conn., but lately on a visit to some relatives at Reiglesville, where his father, N.
Waterbury, formerly kept store, took the 10:30 train on the Belvider Delaware road, on his way
to Phillipsburg... his head came in contact with a telegraph pole, and he was whirled down the
embankment, a distance of twenty-five or thirty feet. When picked up he was still alive but
expired in a short time.
Suicide
Miss Elisabeth Dilley, residing near Everittstown, committed suicide by hanging herself in
the garret of Mr. George W. Hoff's house, on Monday last. She had lived in the family of the
late Col. Cornelius Hoff for many years and was very highly respected by all who knew her. No
cause is assigned for the rash deed.
Mr. John N. Roberson, a native and former resident of Kingwood township, died in
Philadelphia on Tuesday last. He was a brother to Mr. Ogden Roberson, of this place.
State Notes:
Stephen Conkling, a fireman, of Raritan, while on his way to the fire in Somerville on
Monday, was knocked down and run over by the engine and sustained injuries which resulted
in death on Tuesday morning.
A resident of Camden, Thos. M. Daisy, committed suicide by swallowing poison yesterday....
Deceased was 37 years of age. A few months ago he buried his wife, the loss of whom greatly
grieved him. This, together with the loss of his four children within two years, is supposed to
have caused his suicide.
Married:
At M.E. Manse in Junction, on the 19th inst., by the Rev. W. J. Henderson, assisted by Rev.
Henry Bice, James W. Shepherd and Ellen A. Smith, both of this county.
Deaths:
At Washington, D.C., July 20th, 1873, Nathaniel Wilson, formerly of Flemington, and lately
of New York.
In Alexandria Township, July 21, 1873, Elizabeth, daughter of the late William Dilly, aged 43
years and 4 months.
At Philadelphia, July 21st, John N. Roberson, aged 59 years.
At Three Bridges, July 23d, Rebecca Rowe, wife of Theodore Huff, aged 29 years and 24 days.
Aug 5, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 50, Whole No. 1878
A Horrible Murder
One of the most shocking murders that ever occurred in this city took place at No. 17
Beacon street last night, when James Birrell was stabbed and almost instantly killed by his
brother, Alexander.... (Newark Advertiser, Wednesday).
Horrible Murder and Suicide
About eight o'clock on Wednesday night last Edward Shusternichter, a German worker in
steel, stabbed and killed his wife Mary, at the residence of her step-father, Mr. Herring, No.
606, South Second street, Philadelphia.
It seemed that the couple had only been married last May...... Beneath a chair, near where
the body of the husband was found, there was discovered a bottle which contained poison - a
portion which the murderer had swallowed, causing his own death..
William Kenzie's little child, two years age, while playing in a room on the the third floor of
221 Springfield street, Newark, climbed into a chair near the window and pushed against the
shutters. The shutters being insecurely fastened, suddenly opened and the child was
precipated to the pavement below. Its skull was crushed.
Local Affairs:
Suicide
The wife of Peter Eick, a farmer residing on the road from New Germantown to
Potterstown, committed suicide on Sunday morning last, by fastening a towel in the fireplace
and then throwing her neck across it. She was found about 4 o'clock, by her husband, was
cold when found. She had been partially deranged for some time, and had required
watching... She leave a husband and children, (we do not know how many) some of whom are
married, ...
Accident
At Bloomsbury on Thursday some men were completing an arch for the Easton and Amboy
Railroad, and while placing the arch-key the structure gave way, sending the laborers about
twenty feet to the creek below, killing James Gannon and wounding Arthur McKenna, Thomas
Morgan and - McMinium.
State Notes:
A young man named, Joseph Shield, a resident of Washington, Warren county, was drowned
while bathing in the Lehigh river, a few days ago.
Michael Martin, aged 25 years was instantly killed on the Packer road, at Bound Brook, on
Saturday morning. The accident was caused by a dirt car jumping the track and resulted in a
general smash of fifteen cars.
A little three year old child of Henry Croad of Jersey City, fell from a third story window on
Thursday and was impaled on the broken upright of a chair back..
Deaths:
Near Everittstown, July 26, 1873, Frazier Moore.
At Lambertville, July 29, 1873, infant son of Rachel and Virginia Opdycke.
At Clinton, July 27, 1873, infant son of Edward and Mary A. Barrass.
Aug 12, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 50, Whole No. 1878
Daisy Breeze killed his brother Daniel near Hazelwood, Alexander County, Ill., last Thursday
night...
John Flatherty and Frederick Fulrod were killed and two others badly injured by an
explosion of ?rerdamp in the Diamond coal mine at Wilkesbarre.
Deaths:
Aug. 5, 1873, at Stockton, Mrs. Catherine, wife of John B. Mason, aged about 40 years.
In Frenchtown, Aug. 8, 1873, Gabriel W. Aller, in the 69th year of his age.
At Stockton, Aug. 6, Eddie, infant son of Joseph B. and Emma Kinney, aged about 2 years.
Aug 19, 1873, Vol. XXXV, No. 52, Whole No. 1879
Elizabeth Smith, of Newark, was fatally burned on Thursday afternoon. She attempted to
kindle a fire by pouring keroscene oil on the wood, when the flames leaped up into her breast
and face and the injury was done before help arrived.
Wm. Dodd, a prominent resident of Newark, died on Saturday evening.
Clamity at Scranton
A terrible casualty occurred near Scraton, Pa., on Tuesday last, about 1 o'clock. A large
number of women and girls were on the mountain gathering berries, when a terrific
thunderstorm arose.... Two women, Mrs. Mary Klein and Miss Caroline Schunck, were instantly
killed...
Simulaneous Death of Two Sisters
The family of Mr. John A. McDowell of Wilmington, Del., were sadly afflicted on
Wednesday, 6th inst., two of his daughters dying at nearly the same time.... About Christmas
time of last year, Esther, was attacked with the heart disease, which proved fatal at twelve
o'clock Wednesday. Jennie, the younger sister, having about three weeks ago been attacked
with the typhoid fever... breathed her last twenty minutes after the death of her sister.
Edmund D. Scudder, a son of Judge E. W. Scudder of the Supreme Court, living in Trenton,
died at Point Pleasant, on Thursday last, from congestion of the brain, brought on by the heat
and excitment of a game of base ball. Deceased was a graduate of Princeton, class of '70, and a
young lawyer of considerable promise. He was married four months ago to a daughter of
Senator Hewitt, with whose family he was spending the summer vacation.
Marriages:
In Flemington, August 10th, Rev. G. H. Winans, Mr. George Valentine and Miss Abbie D.
Halstead, both of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Deaths:
Near White House, Aug. 9, 1873, Freddie E., infant son of Garret and Christiana Conover,
aged 10 months.
In Flemington, Aug. 12, Willie, only child of Lewis M. and Sarah Davis, aged 5 months and
28 days.
Hunterdon County Surrogate Office
Order to Limit Creditors - Upon application of George N. Alpaugh, the Acting Executor of the
estate of Isaac Sutton, deceased..... Robert J. Killgore, Surrogate, Dated Surrogate's Office,
Aug. 13, 1873.
Aug 26, 1873, Vol. XXXVI, No. 1, Whole No. 1880
State Notes:
A few weeks ago, the death of William Coleman, of Millville, by drowning, was recorded. He
left a widow and two children. Since then the scarlet fever has carried off both children, leaving
the widow greatly prostrated by her bereavements.
A few days ago, Isaac C. Dilks, a well known citizen of Glouster county, was taken suddently
ill and died in two hours. On Tuesday of last week, Job S. Chew, a life-long resident of the
same county, was throwing sheaves for a threshing machine in his son's barn, when the grain
ceasing to fall, the son ascended the mow to learn the cause and there found his father dying.
The circumstances of his death were repeated in the presence of Ira Brown, at Glassboro, when
he fell from his chair and instantly expired.
Marriages:
July 20, at Frenchtown, by John C. Soule, Wm. K. Rockafellow and Mary E. Neeld.
Deaths:
Near White House, on the 9th inst., Freddie E., infant son of Garret and Christiana Conover,
aged 19 months.
Near White House, on the 13th inst., Arietia, daughter of Isaac and Mary Van Doren, aged
about 11 years.
Sep 2, 1873, Vol. XXXVI, No. 2, Whole No. 1881
Strange Fatality in a Family
George M. Moulton, brother of C. C. Moulton, of this city, was run over by a wagon at
Feeding Hills, Saturday afternoon last, and so injured that he died within an hour... He was 46
years old and unmarried.... (Springfield Republican)
Marriages:
Aug. 23, 1873, by Rev. I. Poulson, George Dalrymple to Emma Britton, both of Ringoes.
Deaths:
In Kingwood Township, Aug. 25, 1873, Mary, wife of James Stout, aged 86 years.
In Flemington, Aug. 20, 1873, Deborah Atchley, aged about 70 years.
Sep 9, 1873, Vol. XXXVI, No. 3, Whole No. 1882
Death of a Jersey Editor - Ex-Judge David Burnett, died at his residence in Ward street,
Paterson, N.J., on Thursday last. He was born in Springfield, N.J., in 1800. When about 18
years old he went to New York and learned the printing and about Dec. 27th, 1822, he went to
Paterson and worked for nearly three years as a journeyman printer....
The Reverend Dr. Gardiner Spring died in New York city on the 18th of August, in the 89th
year of his age...
Local Affairs:
Runaway and Smash Up
On Thursday afternoon last, while Mr. Jonas Sutton, of Sandbrook, was unloading
peaches at the South Branch depot in this place, his horse which was being held by his young
grandson, took fright and started off furiously, throwing both Mr. S. and the boy out of the
wagon, injuring the latter quite severly in one shoulder. He was taken into the residence of
Moses K. Everitt, Esq., where he was properly cared for, and towards evening was taken home.
The horse brought up against a neighboring tie-post, where he badly wrecked the wagon. Mr.
Sutton escaped injury.
Suicide
Mr. John Voorhees, living between Reaville and Clover Hill, committed suicide by hanging
on Tuesday last. It is said that he purchased the farm whereon he resided, last Spring, since
which time he had worried a good deal, thinking he had paid too much for it. He was aged
about 50 years.
State Notes:
Mary Nemis, of Jersey City, lay down upon a lounge in her room on Sunday night, and
though she did not complain of feeling ill, was soon afterward found dead by an inmate of the
house. A post mortem examination revealed the fact that she died of heart disease.
The Fatal Termination of a Drunken Spree
George Beddalph, the captain of a Morris Canal boat arrived in Jersey City Tuesday and in
the evening he and a party of friends got on a spree on board the boat... Towards morning the
watcher fell asleep, and when he awoke again he was horrified to discover that Beddalph was
dead.
Sep 16, 1873, Vol. XXXVI, No. 4, Whole No. 1883
A Family Tragedy
Kentucky papers give an account of a deadly enmity which has existed between two
brothers, named Jasper and Clay Wadkins, for a year or two past, and has resulted in the
murder of the latter by the wife of the former. The Burksville Courier of the 5th inst., says that
Clay was badly wounded on the 27th ult., and continued:...
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