The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-06-19

pennsylvania railroad, Saturday morning,
delaying travel for over an hour. Passen-
gers had to be transferred between Cam
den and Trenton.
Word was received here Wednesday to
be on the lookout for the body of son of
Robert Justice, aged II years, who was
drowned in the Delaware river at Lam
bertville, while bathing, on Tuesday after
noon, as the body was not recovered.
The fourth annual commencement of
the Priscilla Braislln school took place on
Tuesday. The graduates we're: Edna
Armstrong Camp, Crosswicks Carrie
Maud Dilatush, Newtown Edith May
Day, Unionville, Connecticut; Lucy
Prichard, Catlettsburg, Kentucky; Edith
Julia Simons, New York City, N, ";
Aileen Duffel White, Newtown.
Francis B. Gordon died at his residence
on Park street on Wednesday afternoon,
aged 81 years. Mr. Gordon had retired
from business life several years ago,
after having conducted profitable mer-
camille business. He possessed large
amount of real estate in this city, and was
Director of the Bordentown Bank. He
leaves one daughter.
The Trustees of the Bordentown Gene
terry are at present endeavoring to ferret
out the vandals who have been for long
time despoiIing the graves IN the cemetery.
They have not only plucked flowers, but
uprooted plants from the graves, placed
there by relatives and friends. A strict
watch is now kept at all times to ascer-
tain who the vandals are. The first to
be caught will be severly punished.
While waiting for the Cornell-Pennsyl
vania boat race, which was to have taken
place on the Delaware river, off Torres
dale, on Friday afternoon, q gallant res
cue from drowning of three young men,
from Philadelphia, was made by John
Heron, son of Captain Michael Heron,
and Thomas E. Noon, both of Borden.
town. The young men were in a sailboat,
which capsized. No sooner had the boat
upset before a small boat was landed from
the tug Chesapeake, and manned by the
two young men above mentioned and the
rescue made amid cheers of hundreds on
vessels that lined the river.
In the middle of May last, Mlnard Haz-
card, colored man, committed suicide by
hanging himself in room in the tene-
ment house on farm occupied by Henry
Nixon, his father-in-law, at Ellisdale, a
few miles from here. Since that time
superstitious neighbors claim that the
room in which the deed was enacted is
/ haunted. They go as far as to state that
light is to be seen on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday of each week, between the
hours of II o'clock, midnight, and in
the morning. Old man Nixon still re-
mains in the house alone, as the wife of
the suicide and two single daughters of
Nixon have left and cannot be per-
suaded to return.
The closing exercises of the Bordentown
Military Institute took place on Wednes-
day. The following were graduates !:
George Daniels Arrowsmith, of Jersey
City Lynden Abel Beers, of Rome, New
York Richard Rallston Hunter, Andrew,
Iowa; Ralph Delano Whiting, Bound
Brook. The following are those who re-
ceived prizes Scholarship, Samuel Ket-
chum, Montclair defamation, first prize,
Richard Rallston Hunter; second prize,
Thomas w. Moore, Philadelphia essay,
Monroe Buckley. New York City. Wilks
Bowen, of Mount Washington, Md, re.
ceived the prize in the competitive drill ;
for general excellency throughout the
year, Monroe Buckley; superior marks
manship, Wellington P. Francisco, Mont
clair. Honorable mention was made of
Frank Pitkin, of Yonkers, N. Y. and
Ralph NJ. Mitchell, of Philadelphia. The
prizes were gold medals.