The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-19

David Roberts has commenced what
promises to be the finest house in Moores-
town, at Chester and Maple avenues. 1t
will be principally of frame.
The Water Company of this town has
abandoned the project of securing water
from artesan wells because it is too
strongly impregnated with iron. The
supply is to be taken from local stream.
Walter P Stokes is adding to his green
houses ON Chester avenue. The Moores-
town Electric Light Company is building
16.foot addition to the station to accom-
modate 200 horsepower Corliss engine,
and other improvem ents are contem-
plated.
By the discontinuance of the Stanwick
train, and the removal of its crew to the
Bordentown train, has caused Stanwick to
lose five families from among its residents.
They are Daniel Blizzard, conductor !:
Curtis West, baggage MASTER Joseph
Allen, brakeman; William Riley, engi-
neer, and William Riley, Jr., fireman.
They will all remove to Camden with
their families.
A. ]. Foster is building a two-and-a-
half-story double frame cottage on South
Church avenue. One side will be occu-
pied by himself Bartholomew Sutton is
building house on similar plans. imme-
diately adjoining William Mortland is
building nice cottage on Second street,
to cost about So, 800. Elmer Names is
building cottage on South Church ave
nue., and his father, George Names, is
building a residence on West Main
street.
The Township Committee of Chester
township, Burlington county, has fixed
the tax rate for township purposes at 20
cents In addition to this rate the county
and State school tax is SO cents and the
special school tax will be about u cents
and special fire tax about cents, max
ing total of 81 AZ, which is cents higher
than that OF 1891. The township rate has
not been increased, despite the fact that
the interest on stone road bonds, amount
ing to $500 per annum, must be provided
for this year.
One of the incest weddings ever solem
nized IN the Baptist Church took place on
Tuesday when Francis Flagg, of New
York, led to the altar Miss Mary Adele
Burr The bride was given away by her
father, Aaron E. Burr. Rev. M. T. S.
Lumbar, pastor of the church, officiated.
Miss Bessie Burr, sister of the bride,
acted as bridesmaid, and Frank Wood
ward, of Plainfield, was best man. The
ushers were Chas. Burr. Philadelphia.
John Flagg Hasbrouck; William Leconey,
Moorestown; Harry Gale, Mount Holly
The Goth convention of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union of the
county was held in the M. E. Church, on
Tuesday Mrs. G. S. Crowell dellved the
address of welcome, to which Mrs. L.
Petty, of Florence, responded. In the
evening there was a mass meeting adj
dressed by Mrs. ]. X. Barney. The
IOltOWluk OluCCIS WCIo OICCbOQ. ICbtuOuty
Mrs. H. NJ Hartranft Moorestown; cor
responding secretary Mrs S. r. Sullivan,
Moorestown recording secretary, Mrs. f.
v. Street, Beverly; Miss Kate Peters,
Beverly.
Elmer Hunter, twenty-six years old,
and son of Emanuel Hunter, of our town,
was killed by locomotive at Long Cut
crossing, east of Lenola station, about 4.SO
Tuesday morning. He worked for Ben
iamin Middleton, at Lenola, and was on
his way back from Philadelphia, where he
had taken load of truck, when the &C
cident occurred. The horses had evident
ly gotten over the track, as they went
home alone, which was only about half
of a mile away. The wagon and driver,
who is supposed to have been asleep, were
thrown some distance. Hunter received
a bad wound in the head and only lived
short time after the accident.