The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-08-14
The road from Mount Holly to Jackson

vile is receiving some needed repairs.
. A barber shop has been opened OF
= Washington street by William Chafey
The Baptists of Jobstown, will hold
harvest home on the church grounds Oh
September 5.
r Mrs. Deborah Lippincott, of Jotstown
J was buried on Thursday. Deceased wa
SO years old.
Edward Nippins, who has been ill fol
several weeks with typhoid fever, is get
ting much better.
George Bozarth, of Bozarthtown, los
his horse last week. Heat was the pri
mary cause of death.
The members of the Cookstown Metho
dist Church will hold harvest home to-
morrow in the church yard.
i Joseph B. Carter, of Delanco, has an
nounced his candidacy for the Republi
can nomination for Assembly.
i The contract to build standpipe fol
the asylum has been awarded to the Do
yer Bridge Company, of Morristown, fol
s, 800.
George D. Wetherill has announced
himself as a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Congress from the Second
district.
There is talk of running siding from
the railroad to the Taylor foundry on
Church street, if the right of way can be
secured
All&he churches at Columbus will re-
ceive benefit from the proceeds of an
excursion to Ocean Grove, which will
take place on Thursday.
The picnic given in the Court House
yard on Saturday by members of the Sa-
cred Heart Church, was very pleasant
affair, and there was large attendance.
! Mrs. Hannah Hackney. of Lumberton,
went to the Wills Eye Hospital, in Phil
adelphia, last week, for treatment a
bursted blood vessel having caused some
trouble.
Robert D. Towne, former editor on
the staff of the Philadelphia Call, is now
manager of the Burlington Enterprise
He has had considerable experience in
newspaper work.
Griffith w. Lewis is now sole proprietor
of the large shoe factory of Lewis & Son,
at Burlington, he having purchased from
his mother the interest of his father, who
died over year ago.
DIR. Arthur R. Cobb, a prominent West
Philadelphia physician, and Miss Anna
Virginia Shaw, daughter of Isaac Shaw,
of Hartford, will be married in Trinity
Protestant Episcopal Church, at Moores-
town, tomorrow at noon.
A horse and wagon was stolen from
Richard Satterthwait, near Bordentown,
Thursday 1t was found Saturday night
by Policeman Denness along the road near
Georgetown, where it had been abandon
ed. The thief had taken the fly net, whip
and lines and made his escape.
On Thursday evening Miss Bertha Her
bert gave lawn party at her home on
the Smithville road in honor of the Misses
Rowland, of Princeton, who have been
visiting her during the past week. About
thirty-five guests were present, and
pleasantly passed the evening with games.
Nettie V. Stevens, colored, of Trenton,
who has been acting as domestic in
Mount Holly family, died suddenly on
West Washington street on Sunday night.
She was IS years Of age. A post norton
suited from natural causes. Coroner Seeds
issued the burial permit.
An editor In a nearby district asks for
proposals from the merchants of the town
to furnish him with pair of socks, a
bushel of potatoes and five yards of cali
co, contract to be awarded to the lowest
bidder He says this is the way they do
business with him when they want dol
lars worth of job printing.
The marriage of Miss Edith Vandegrift
Colkitt, of Burlington, and Samuel New
bold Kelley, of Mount Holly, took place
at o'clock Thursday evening at the home
of the brides mother, Mrs. Mary j. Col
kitt on West. Union street. Rev. Albert
Longley, curate of St. Mary's Parish, was
the officiating clergyman. The wedding
was a quiet one, the ceremony being wit
messed only by members of the immediate
families.
During the past week five patients were
admitted to the Burlington County Hos
pital Michael Breen, of Burlington, and
William Connolly, of Medford, had been
affected by the heat William Fox, of
Mount Holly, had leg broken by log
rolling on it. He is in the employ of A.
M. Sutherland, and was engaged in cut
ting poles Thomas Nally, of Vincen-
town, is suffering with intermittent fever.
William Hull, of Wrightstown, was ad-
mitted yesterday, suffering with com
plication of diseases.
Articles of incorporation were filed at
the Clerks office Tuesday morning by the
American Electrical Amusement Com
pany, whose principal office will be at
Riverside. The authorized capital will be
81, 900, O0O divided into 100000 shares, at
par of $40 each. The incorporators are
Edw Schwabenland, of Riverside; Paul
Morris and George Richards, of Philadel-
phia The object of this new concern is
to construct, maintain and operate minia-
ture tramways, or railways, by electricity
or other power, in and about public parks
and sea side resorts.
Lewis Harris, the z year old son of Mrs.
Louis Harris, of Riverside, was struck at
the Main street crossing at Riverton, by
an evening train on Saturday. Mrs. Harris
had sent Lewis and Joseph Reupple across
the railroad after milk. The story as
given by the Reupple boy is that Lewis
wanted him to run across the tracks
ahead of the approaching train. This he
refused, and also endeavored to hold his
companion, but he broke loose and started
to rum The engine was too near and
caught his foot just as he made the last
step, throwing him on his head. rendering
him unconscious. He was taken to Cooper
Hospital, Camden. No bones were broken
in his body, but it was feared that his
skull was fractured.
Dotactive Ellis TT Parker of Wrights-