The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-29

Justice Clevenger yesterday mornin.
: disposed of two actions on contract an(
one landlord and tenant case.
Lost, on Sunday evening, round, golC
Iocket, containing owners initials A lib
eral reward will be paid for its return tc
Martin H. Girven.
AS the result of falling down stairs al
the residence of Charles II. Folwell, Mrs.
Clara Thomas, colored, is suffering from
the injuries which she sustained
While party from Medford were out
after snappers recently, near Indian
Mills, they killed a rattle snake having
twelve rattles and caught young fox.
SMiss Lille Everham has returned from
a three weeks visit to Pittsburgh, Pa
She brought home new style paper hat
that is attracting considerable attention.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety, of Medford NJ. E Church, will hold
an ice cream and cake sale in DIR. Sharp's
hall. Saturday, August 2, from 5 to 10 P. NJ.
Mrs. Martin Bayersdorfer will go to
Atlantic City tomorrow for summer
outing. Martin starts on a business trip
to New York, joining Mrs Bayersdorfer
the latter part of the week.
While going to work yesterday morn
ing, Fred Parker found Isaac L. Shinn
lying on the sidewalk of Mrs. Daniel SUIT
ter, on Garden street, suffering from
illness. He was removed to his home
Miss A. Gertrude johnson, daughter of
Albert A. johnson, of Brainard street,
was married to Fred r. Taylor last even
ing Rev. N. ]. Wright officiated Grace
johnson, sister of the bride, was flower
girl, and Miss Tillie Assay was bridesmaid
Charles Pearce acted as best man.
Wesley C. Thomas, aged 40 years, of
Stanwick, while in a somnambulistic state,
on Saturday morning, fell out the second
story window of his home. He was taken
to Cooper Hospital, Camden, where it
was found that several of his ribs were
fractured and he was otherwise injured
internally.
William Briggs, of Mount Holly, had
an unpleasant experience while at Balti-
more on Sunday week. He was there |
visiting his son when the terrible cyclone |
appeared, doing millions of dollars worth
of damage. The house in which Mr.. |
Briggs was stopping at the time had the
roof blown off and the side wall fell in.
Dogs in Westampton township have
put Miss Sue Mather out of the turkey
business. Recently she had thirty killed
by dogs, and on Saturday setting hen
was also killed and all the eggs destroyed
1t will cost that township over 800 to
pay for the turkeys which have been
killed in this manner during the present
month.
David Green was arrested in Camden,
last week, for stabbing boy. Green was
in our Jail not long since on a serious
charge, but the evidence was not sufficient
to hold him. Since his incarceration in
Camden the West Chester, Pa, authori-
ties have begun an investigation on the
suspicion that he was implicated in the
murder of girl there about three years
ago.
A three-year-old child of Mrs. George
Wedell, of Edgewater Park, narrowly
escaped death under trolley car of the
Camden and Trenton line Thursday The
trolley was running at high rate of
speed and it was impossible for the motor
nan to stop, so he instantly dropped the
lender, which picked up the child without
injury.
Mrs. Ida T. House, of Cherry street,
who recently went to Philadelphia to re-
;eive treatment for cancer by the X-ray
process, died in that city on Saturday, at /
he age of 4S years. The remains were
brought to Mount Holly, on Sunday, and
his morning they were taken to Pember
on for interment. The services were con- /
iucted by Rev. Percy Perinchief, of
Trenton.
The lodges of the o. U. A. M. of the t
county formed county organization on ]
AutSudy W NC kuOWu as Jue county CON
vention Of the o. U. A. NJ The meeting q
vas held in Mount Holly and about 100 I
members were present. W. W. Sherman, {
# Mount Holly, was elected president t
md William l. Greer, of Moorestown, sec S
etary and treasurer. A vice president
vas named from each council in the 4
ounty. The next meeting will be held Z
It Moorestown on August 90. 4
Col Rooney, of Beverly, and David c
ditchell of Burlington, were in Mount v
Holly yesterday, in the interest of Charles g
Mitchell, young man 10 years of age, a
Who is confined in jail charged jointly s
With Benjamin Clinton and Harry Assay
With assaulting and attempting to commit I
highway robbery. the victim being Max /
'opkin, peddler, of Trenton. Clinton, '
Who turned states evidence, is out under /
800 bail. Since his confinement Young
1itchell has. had three hemorrhages. He s
) the younger of the party and is said to t