The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-25

on.
Herr Frederick Krayer, father of Jus
tice Christian ]. Krayer, is IS years oil
to-day.
An artesian well is to be sunk on tn
cranberry bog of Theodore Budd, nea
Pemberton.
A masquerade ball will be one of tn
features at the Birmingham Inn next Sat
urday night
The Bell Telephone Company is ex
tending its long distance line from Noun
Laurel to Medford.
On Wednesday Robert L., the two-year
old child of Frank Nippins, fell dow
stairs and broke his nose.
Steam cars were used on the trolle,
road on Sunday while repairs were being
made at the trolley house
DIR. Leon Goble, of Pemberton, read |
paper last week before the State Denta
Association meeting at Asbury Park.
| Brindle Park had its opening on Thurs
day. It was largely attended. On Sat
urday the Apologize picnic will be helc
in the park.
Civil Engineer RobertP Snowden, who
is one of the most popular men on thu
Amboy Division, has been in poor health
for some time.
| Mrs Mary Gleason, of Water street
aged SO years, who died ON Wednesday,
was buried Saturday morning in the Cath
Ollie cemetery.
A large quantity of weak fish were
brought up from Barnegat pier, on Sun
day, by those who had enjoyed the day
fishing ON the bay.
Charles Sine had a boil cut out of his
arm on Wednesday. In a few days he
will leave for Boston, where he has Sc
cured employment.
On Thursday Mrs. Ellen Craig, of Penn
berton, while visiting Mahlon Emley of
Cookstown, fell and dislocated her shout
der. She is 83 years of age.
A good picture of George ]. Pechin,
together with other officers of Camden
Lodge, No. 293, B. P. O. Elks, appeared
in Sundays Philadelphia Inquirer.
A pipe is being laid from the Masonic
Home to cluster of woods ON nearby
farm where there is an elegant spring,
from which the water can be secured by
gravity.
Albert Fenimore, of Vincentown, a
travelling salesman, arrived in town on
Sunday afternoon, when he was surprised
to learn of the death of his uncle, Isaac
Fenimore.
On Sunday as the steamer John A.
Warner was coming up the Delaware
river log got caught in the wheel house,
and it took an hour and ten minutes to
get rid of it.
Amos Gibbs came up from Atlantic
City, on Friday, but on account of the
hot weather he returned as soon as pos
sible His cottage is being supplied with
fresh vegetables raised in his garden here.
The scholars of the Presbyterian Sun
day school had delightful time at their
annual picnic in the Smithville woods on
Thursday. There was quite a large at
tendance and the day passed off without
any rain.
The colored people of Mount Moriah
Church, on West Washington street, en-
joyed a picnic on Thursday at College
Park, new resort on the Delaware river,
a short distance below Bristol. There
were five or six large wagon loads in the
party.
The Columbus Snapper Soup Club gave
its annual symposium in John Kerlin's
woods on Friday afternoon. The day was
fine and all too short for the excellent
programme that had been prepared by the
committee.
Saturday was an exceedingly warm
day, and humanity sweltered in every
quarter On the porch of William T,
Harding, on Union street. the mercury
marked 1902 degrees. The official record
in Philadelphia was 9s, which was one
degree lower than previous day in June,
The harvest home at Springfield last
week was quite a success, and the enter
tainment given by the Mount Holly Banjo
Club was highly appreciated by all.
Detective Ellis H. Parker. on behalf of
the committee, wishes TO extend thanks to
the club for services rendered on this oc-
cast on.
Counsel for Mary E. Evaul, school
teacher, of Camden, has instituted pro-
ceedings in the Supreme Court against the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company to re-
cover $e5, 900 damages for injuries which
Miss Evaul alleges she received at Pavo-
MIA station as the result of train start
ing while she was alighting from car.
Following is the list of unclaimed let
tiers remaining in the post-offic for week
ending July 20: Mrs Amos Aaronson,
Prof. j. G. Cook, Mr.. Joseph H. Frake,
Mrs. Mary E. Gaskill, Miss Anna Holly,
Mr.. H. n Hurley, Mr.. Kincade, Mrs AL
bert Kelby, Mr.. R. Lee Robinson, Miss
BERTHE Ramsey, s. s. Shreve, Mrs. Albert
Thompson, Mrs. Lille Wills, F. Warner,
Miss Rebecca Miller.
The wedding of Isaiah s. Hatch, of
Camden, and Miss Florence NJ Merrick,
took place on Tuesday in the handsome
residence erected by the groom at Delair.
Rev. Clarence A. Adams of Camden,
offciated. A suit was recently begun in
the New Jersey Supreme Court, it will be
remembered, by Miss Jennie Wallace, of
Palmyra, to recover $4,000 damages
from Mr.. Hatch for breach of promise of
marriage.
j. Fred Kiner reports that almost the
required sum of money has been sub
scribed for the establishment of the new
industry In Mount Holly of which he is
in charge. The building on the site of
the old carpet mill, in the rear of the
Howard Manufacturing Company, has
been engaged. and as soon as the pro-
prietors furnish steam power. the Stand
ard Sewing Machine Company, of Phil
adelphia, will put in the necessary ma
chimes and employment will be given to
nearly fifty people Mr.. Kiner says he
has enough orders on hand now to keep
the factory going for year.
While bathing in the Assiscunk creek,
near Burlington, on Saturday afternoon,
Clarence Forsyth, aged about 10 years,
met with serious accident. He dove