The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-07
Burlington.

Mrs. Elizabeth Sailer, an old and re-
spected resident of the town, was stricken
with paralysis Thursday,
Bishop Scarborough has appointed May
18th, Sunday after Ascension, for his an
nual visitation to st. Mary's parish to ad-
minister the rite of confirmation.
The directors of the Burlington Electric
Light company met on Friday evening and
elected G.. w. Lewis, Jr., as a director to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of his
father, who was one of the organizers of
the company.
Rebecca, wife of Christopher Rigg, died
on Sunday afternoon, soon after three
o'clock. She had been sick several days
and it was thought necessary to have a
surgical operation performed. A Phila-
delphia physician came to this city, but
the patient died before the operation was
begun.
The funeral of the late Griffith w.
Lewis, Sr., took place on Tuesday. The
pail bearers were selected from the socie-
ties in which Mr.. Lewis held membership.
They were: J.. F. Budd, j. 0. Glasgow,
]. F. Cline, j. A. Shinn, George Shinn
and W. E. Shermerhorn. The honorary
pail bearers were DR.. j. Fl. Pugh, DR..
Franklin Gauntt, Rowland J. Dutton,
Howard Flanders, Col. Nathan Haines
and F. W. Beebe.
Bertha Wedel, the two year-old daugh-
ter of John Wedel, of ~Springside, fell
down the cellar steps Thursday. There
were two feet of water in the cellar.
When the mother came, summoned by
her little son, Bertha was standing in
water up to her arms, shivering and cry
ing ugh, ugh" By instinct the baby
had grasped hold of the stair steps and
thus saved herself from drowning.
William Prickett had a presentiment Of
danger Saturday morning, but scouting
away the probability of accident, went tC
work as usual at the McNeal Pipe anc
Foundry Company's works. He was soor
busy on the cupola of one of the higf
buildings. Before moor he made one mis-
step and fell to the ground, a distance O
sixty feet. He was picked up ~unconsciou.
and taken to his home on Penn street
where he died Sunday night.
The case of Isaac S. Kimble and join
L. Gilbert VS.. the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, which was carried to the Su
preme Court, has been decided favorably
to the railroad. The case was the out
come of the accident which happened t.
Councilman Isaac S. Kimble, Councilman
Samuel w. Semple and Street Commits
sioner John L. Gilbert, in East Burling
ton, more than a year ago. The case wa
%non-suited in the Burlington Count
Courts by Judge Garrison because it wa
brought under the steam car law, wherea
the accident was caused by a trolley car.
Common Council, at its meeting o
Tuesday evening, granted a franchise t
the Monmouth Traction Company. TIL
ordinance provides that the Compan
shall pay one-third of the cost of pawn
East Pearl Streets, 900. On High stree
there will be laid twelve feet of Macadar
2 road, on Federal street, eight feet, and i
| the suburbs the track will be graded eigl
l teen inches on either side with Macadan
or gravel. In the thickly built portion q
the city fiange rails will be used, and I
rails in the suburbs The poles will /
e iron in some sections, octagonal save
pine in others, and round smooth chestnr
in others. The road must be commence
within six months and finished within tw
S years barring litigation.