The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-07-10


trio light plants.
Late cabbage, Flat Dutch and Re
Rock, and celery plants, cheap, at Owe
5 Bros, Madison avenue.
a A dance was given at the Birmingham
Inn Wednesday evening and was attende
by number from Mount Holly.
A regular meeting of the Board Q
Freeholders will be held in the Cou1
House, Mount Holly, tomorrow.
The High street Cinnamon dissappointe
/ large crowd "Wednesday evening b.
emitting their usual display of fireworks
The annual picnic of the Burlington
County Pomona Grange will be held a
the Mount Holly fair grounds on Thurs
day, August 2.
DR.. Raymond s. Clark has decided t.
locate in Mount Holly permanently ant
will practice at the Office of the late DIR
William M. Risdon.
Col. William M. James, who has charge
of the census for this district, was il
Mount Holly last week. He was taking
the report of manufacturers
A son of Robert. Southgate's was run
into by Phillips hack on High street, on
Tuesday afternoon. The lad escaped in
| jury but his bicycle was broken.
Hugh Mccain, of Columbus, has been
committed to jail charged with robbing
Hiram Brown on the public highway,
Just outside of Columbus, of $40.
Miss Susie Eckard, whose father works
on the farm of A. W. Shreve, near Kin
kora, was thrown from horse, on Tues
day, and sustained dislocation and frac-
| ture of the elbow.
OF the original twenty-one charter
members of New Jersey Lodge, No. /,
Knights of Pythias, of Mount Holly,
there are only three survivors: Col. c. M.
Sloan, J. Fred Laumaster and Samuel B.
Gale.
William A. Cox, of Burlington, a mem
Der of Parker Grubb Post, G. A. R., came
to Mount Holly on the Fourth to spend
the day As he has not returned home
since his folks are alarmed over his disap-
pearance.
The wedding of Walter Sherman, of
Mount Holly, and Mrs Ida BONNIE, of
Philadelphia, took place on Saturday, in
the latter city. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. j. W. Sagers, D. D., at
the parsonage of the Methodist Church,
Twentieth and Jefferson streets.
DR. Francis Newton Thorpe, of Mount
Holly, has accepted the newly founded
chair of Political Economy and Constitu
tional Law in the University of Vermont,
at Burlington, VT DIR. Thorpe will re-
move his family to that place the latter
part of this month.
Joseph Cross was rendered banquet on
Saturday evening, by the employees of
the upholstering department of Straw
bridge & Clothier, of which department
he retired as manager after period of
fourteen years service. He was pre-
sented with large and beautifully en-
graved silver loving cup.
While unhitching his horse after drive
Thursday afternoon, William Hulands, of
Rivers ide, was suddenly thrown to the
ground and stamped upon by his horse,
which, looking around, saw the top of the
carriage and became frightened. The iron
shod foot of the animal landed fairly in
the stomach of the Frustrated man.
John Vavasour Noel, of Moorestown,
has been appointed head of the Latin
American Press Bureau in the Depart
ment of Publicity of the Pan American
Exposition, to be held at Buffalo. Though
citizen of the United States, Mr.. Noel
has spent much time abroad and has been
foreign correspondent for most of the
great Latin American dailies
During the shower on Tuesday evening,
lightning struck barn on the farm of
Caleb Wilkins, near Fostertown, and four
barns on the place were consumed by fire.
The horses and cattle were saved but the
entire crops and implements were lost
The building and crops were insured, the
policy for the latter having been written
out on the day previous to the fire. The
loss is about $4,000.
The annual meeting of the New Han
over and Plumstead Sunday school con-
veution will be held in the Sykesville
Presbyterian Church on Thursday even
ing. The devotional exercises will be led
by Rev. B. G. Lippincott, Jr There will
be an address by Rev. M. s. Messler on
the subject: ''Is the international system
of Sunday school instruction the most de-
sirable ~ Rev. W. L. Shaw will also
speak on the subject: ''What should be
the qualifications of Sunday school SUI
perintendent OF teacher p
Richard Gallagher, a prominent Ewes
boro' farmer, was taken into custody on
Friday evening, charged with horse steal
ing. On Wednesday night horse mys-
teriously disappeared from the stable OF
John Dugan, and Detective Burr was en-
gagged to trace the animal. On Friday he
located the horse in Gallagher's stable,
and Immediately got out warrant for his
arrest. Gallagher denied the charge, and
alleged that the animal had strayed into
his yard. At hearing before Justice
Petit, Gallagher was placed under $500
bail for trial at the October term of court.
While standing on Pine street on Satur-
day with load of ladders and paint pots,
the horse of Samuel L. Bullock objected
to the hot weather and started off at a
lively gait for the cool breezes of Tope-
toy. The journey was interrupted, how
ever, at Worrell's corner by the wagon
upsetting. The animal showed his youth
full spirit by turning double somersault
and attempting to climb ladder, but in
this he was not successful. He began to
get real gay, when bystanders caught him
before he had an opportunity to finish the
programme. The horse was handed oyer
to it's owner with few bruises and dis
gusted countenance.
During the past week Morris Fl. Keller
found occasion for the use of baby
coach because of visit of his daughter,
Mrs. Percy Perinchief, of Trenton, and
children, as the mother did not bring her
own with her. Mr.. Keller had in his pos