The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-10-02

the public schools is being analysed.
!, The condition of Miss Marion Deacon
q who is ill with scarlet fever, is much in
proved.
!. Typhoid and scarlet fever seems to /
quite prevalent throughout Burlingto
/, county.
The Academy boys have organized
foot ball team. Greer Coolidge has bee
made captain.
A very pleasant social was given in s
Mary's Hall, West Washington street, o
Saturday evening.
A contract to paint the Methods
Church at Smithville, has been awarde
to George J. Robertson.
: John P. Jones, of Marlton, has an
nounced his candidacy for the position o
superintendent of the new insane asylum
By the running away of Howard Dan
leys horse at Cookstown. his wife an
her father were thrown out and PAINFUL
injured.
1t is expected that in short time tn
Rancocas creek above Mount Holly will
be stocked with black bass, as applica
ton has been made for them.
Herr Frederick Krayer has been suffer
ing from several painful bruises to hi
face, which he received by falling in hi
bed room during dizzy spell.
Samuel Caminade, a salesman wei
known in this section, died few days
since of neuralgia of the heart. He rep
resented a grocery firm in Trenton.
On Thursday Sheriff Fenton sold q
tract of timber and cranberry land in
Evesham township to John A. Wilson, at
torney for Walter Zimmerman, for $4OO.
There will be distinct meeting in the
room of Mount Holly Lodge No. 10, l. O.
o. F., tomorrow evening, at which the
grand lodge officers and members of other
lodges in the district will be present.
Alfred Doron has purchased the interest
of his son, Dr. John G. Doron, in the
building on High street, which the former
occupied for so many years, and which is
now occupied by ]. Harry Halt, Mr..
Doren's worthy successor.
Percy Mitchell is said to be numbered
among the missing. He is a blacksmith
and formerly worked for Frank L. Hates.
Later he was collector for the Metropol-
itan Insurance Company. His wife is
anxious to learn of his whereabouts.
George J. Robertson went to Norris
town, Pa, last week, as representative
of the Volunteers of America On We'd
nesday evening he was also elected a rep
resentative to the Odd Fellows Home at
Trenton, by Mount Holly Lodge, No. 10.
A state conference of mothers, to be
held in the Presbyterian Church at River
ton, on October 90, has been arranged for
by Mrs. Edward G. Grice, the New Jersey
organizer of the National Congress. of
Mothers and the mothers section of the
Porch Club. A permanent state organi-
cation will be effected.
grounds were destroyed by fire on Thurs
day night, entailing a loss of $4,000. The
Shreve Brothers, of Mount Holly, did
not suffer any loss, as, was reported At
the Allentown fire Fred lost all his har-
ness blankets, etc., and Frank suffered
to the extent of $3.50. The directors of the
Mount Holly Fair will have their stables
rigidly guarded during the progress of the
exhibition.
Notices are to be sent out by the Elec-
trio Light Company to the effect that
meters will be put in at all places where
electricity is being used, and that mini
mum price of $3.50 will be charged Peo-
pie are willing to pay for what light they
use, but this latter stipulation is regarded
as an imposition and is creating much dis
satisfaction among patrons of the com
pany, who are already suggesting the
propriety of the people erecting plant
of their own.
The preparations that have been in pro-
gress for the opening of the fair drew
quite crowd to the grounds on Sunday,
some of whom expressed delight at the
prospect of again being able to see this
institution doing business at the same old
stand. The attendance from Burlington
county to the Trenton fair this year fell
off considerably, which may be taken as
an indication that the people hereabouts
have concluded to give the new Fair As
ISOLATION hearty support, which is the on
ly thing necessary to insure success.
Joseph Darnell, of Garden street, has
been resting somewhat easier during the
past week, but there is much anxiety as
to the probability of his leg ever get
ting any better. Eleven years ago, while
walking down Chestnut street, in Phil
adelphia, Mr.. Darnell suddenly gave a
scream from the pain which appeared in
his legs He was carried into a store and
then sent home. In the course of time
it became necessary to remove toe, and
this was followed later by the amputa-
ton of one of his legs, the bones of which
became porous.
On complaint of John Chambers, of
Springfield township, Justice Slack issued
a warrant on Wednesday evening for the
arrest of Fred Lehr, young man IS years
old, who is accused of stealing $50 from
the complainant and of clipping with his
wife, to whom he has been married some
six months The woman's father lived
with his daughter, and Lehr is said to
have stolen some money from him. The
couple have not been seen since Wednes-
day, when they boarded train at Jobs
town for Philadelphia. Detective Parker
is looking for the fugitive.
Before Justice Smith, of Burlington,
on Tuesday, Thomas T. Buzby, John
Wills and ]. Harrison Coombs, of Will
lingboro' Jacob Raft of Riverside; s.
Budd Perkins, of Beverly; Frank Mar
kowski, of Palmyra; E. S. johnson and
B. H. Deacon, of Mount Holly, were
brought to the front by Deputy Dairy
Commissioner Peter L. Vandegrift. who
alleges that they used formaldehyde to
prevent milk from becoming sour, and
that this was contrary to law The de-
PENDANTS denied the charge, and were rep
resented by counsel, who announced that
the case would be fought to finish, and
lit was adjourned until next Saturday at
the request of the prosecution.