The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-07-13

Barclay Haines, of Vincentown. wa
overcome with the heat on Tuesday
Rev. J. II. Durham visited his parents
who are summering at Asbury Park, las
week.
Prof. Loos' carriage was wrecked OIL
Main street, Wednesday, by his hors'
running away.
A contract has been made to sink al
artesian we'll at Smithville, to supply thu
town with drinking water.
John D. Clevenger will conduct the ser
vice at the hospital on Sunday afternoon
at 4.15. The public is invited.
Harry Murphy, a shoe cutter. has beer
annoyed for some time with case O.
leather poisoning that affected his ears
Experiments are being made at Smith
vile with a newly-invented gas engine
which will be manufactured there if it il
successful
Frank J. Bond, son-in-Iaw of Woodrow
Hughes, of Camden, died on Thursday
aged rs years. His wife died just one
month ago.
Phil Karg, on King street, has only
first-class groceries and provisions and
his prices are extremely low Also dry
goods at city prices.
William Wilkinson started last week
for New York state on his bicycle, and be-
fore be returns he expects to go several
hundred miles awheel.
The attachment suit of Charles A. King
against Alexander E. Colkitt, it being a
claim for right of property, was compro-
missed and settled on Friday.
Mira Christian Stemmer, who resides
near Rancocas, fell down stairs Thursday
afternoon. She struck on her head and
neck and was seriously injured.
The suit of Samuel E. Chambers VS..
John Fuller, of Chester township, was
tried before Justice Clevenger, on Friday,
and judgment given plaintiff for $143.11.
DIR. William Lamb, who has been prac-
ticing dentistry at Bermuda returned to
Mount Holly yesterday He will spend
the summer on Block Island, off the coast
of Maine.
By reason OF the 40 train for New
York being late at Burlington on We'd
nesday morning, the passengers were car
ried to the metropolis from Trenton on a
special train.
Harry E. Elder arrived home from Cali
fornia on Wednesday afternoon. He says
he prefers Mount Holly for residence in
preference to any place In which he has
ever been.
Rev. G. H. PendletoD, of the Baptist
Church, preached an excellent sermon in
the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morn
ing. He exchanged pulpits with Rev. ].
Fl. Durham.
William Wills, a farmer living near
Medford, broke an ankle and cut his head,
on Thursday, by jumping from load of
hay that was upsetting. He jumped
to avoid being caught under the load
Jerome B. Grigg and Ernest D. Hole
man rode on their bicycles from Burling-
ton to Mount Holly, on Wednesday af-
ternoon, at lively gait and probably
broke the record. They covered the dis
tance in twenty MINUTES.
The warm weather of the past week
has greatly improved the condition of
corn, and it afforded fine opportunity
for farmers to gather and store away their
crops. The harvest season arrived one
week earlier this year than usual
John Throckmorton has about master
ed the mysteries of the bicycle and he is
happy. "By jocks, the old man can now
get around as lively as the young critters"
he was heard to remark, when about to
take spin on the South Pemberton road
When Justice Laumaster went to his
Office on Friday morning, he was some
what surprised to find diphtheria card
tackled on the door, which had been
placed there by some joker the night pre-
vious.
A we'll filled with decayed animal and
vegetable matter under the barn floor on
the Cox farm, near Evesboro, has caused
the death of three horses from cerebro
spinal meningitis 1t was thought that
some one was using poison, until post
norton was made.
Letters testamentary have been granted
at the Surrogate's Office to Samuel D.
Proud and William H. Hurff for the es-
tate of Samuel Proud, deceased, of Moores-
town. Also to DIR George B. L. Clay for
the estate of Susan w. Hewlings, de-
ceased, of Moorestown.
On Tuesday evening, D. D. G. A. Mau-
rice Rowan installed the following Off
GERS of Nonpareil Lodge, No. %, I. o. NJ,
of Mount Holly S. M, F. Carlton Dali
ton +; w. NJ, J. Howard Applegate Jr.
NJ, John A. Tice; Chaplain, Frank Den
mis-; Con-, Samuel Worlin; I. s., Benja-
min G. Gauntt; 0. s., George H. Peak.
The New Jersey League of Republican
Clubs will be represented at the tenth an
nual convention of the National Republi-
can League at Detroit this week. The
delegates from the Second Congressional
district are Thomas II. Marter, of Moores-
town; David o. Parker, of TONG River !;
M. L. jackson, Hammonton E A. Will
son, Absecon
Mrs. Hattie M. Krumbower. daughter
of Benjamin Gauntt, who was married
two weeks ago by Justice Slack, tried to
end her woes last week by the suicide
method. She obtained a bottle of lau-
danum, and after taking large dose lay
down to die. Friends found her uncon-
scious, and after being taken home she
was brought around all right.
Henry B. Phillips, salesman in the
employ of George R. Dannenhower &
Son, of Camden, was arrested by Justice
Schmitz on warrant issued by Justice
Rhodes, of Riverside, on Wednesday,
charged with the embezzIement of $43.4I.
He was committed to the Mount Holly
Jail in default of $500 bail. Phillips, it is
charged, collected the money from GUS
toners in Burlington.
On Wednesday afternoon Alfred ].
Reynolds, engineer on the Nellie Bly,"
in taking his train from Jersey City to
Camden, which includes his part of the
run to Atlantic City. found himself be-
hind time at New Brunswick by reason
of stop or two that had to be made. In
order to reach Trenton on time, he open
ed the throttle and covered the distance