The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-26

Announcement has been made Of the en-
gagement of Miss Beatrice Sooy, of Mount
Holly, to Irving Allen Collins, of Moores
town.
Walter E. Borden, of Jacobstown, is
tearing down his old house and will erect
new one on the Site Biddle Davis has
the contract.
Judge James E Otis, of Tuckerton, is
mentioned as candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Congress in the
/ Third District
Riverside's township committee, on
Thursday night, decided to order O,0OC
bushels of oyster shells for rebuilding the
streets of that town.
Three cows belonging to Patrick H.
Murphy, at Mansfield Square, were killed
by lightning on Thursday night. They
were partly insured.
Capt. Doron, of Bristol, owner of the
ferry boat plying to Burlington, will give
the children CT those two cities free ex-
cursion to the Burlington Island Park on
September 6.
A party composed of Joseph R. Gillian
and Harley Shemeley, of Mount Holly,
and Harvey Gillian, Of Bucks county,
Pa, caught forty pike at Browns Mills
on Wednesday.
Wooster Prestige, of Maple Shade, was
given hearing before Justice Hires, OF
Palmyra, on Tuesday, and fined $40 and
costs for allowing his hound dog to run
rabbits out of season.
The first bicycle bridge on the upper
creek, which has been in dangerous
condition for sometime, fell with crash
Sunday morning. 1t is quite an obstruc-
ton to navigation and will be removed
A very largely attended harvest home
was held in Browns grove, at Indian Mills,
on Thursday, the guests having pleasant
time In the exercise of innocent amuse-
ment. Music was furnished by the Vim.
centown band.
William Gordon, the shoemaker who
was recently burned out by fire on Union
street, has been presented with sufficient
money. raised by subscription, to enable
him to resume business on Mount Holly
avenue, near Union street.
Charles Heal, of Riverside, is suffering
from severe attack of blood poisoning as
the result of being bitten by a mosquito
while at the shore few days ago. His
hand. on which he was bitten, and arm are
swollen to an enormous size.
| The bridge committee of the Board of
Freeholders of Camden, has finished a
tour of inspection of the county bridges
which were damaged by storms three
weeks ago. 1t was decided that it would
require about $25, 200 to repair the dam
age.
Albert Clinton, of Beverly township,
will not again allow his hound dog to
chase rabbits out of season 1t cost him
$50 and costs, on Thursday, for that of
fence. Deputy Game Warden Saar made
the complaint, and Justice Hires, of Pal
myra, did the rest.
The following unclaimed letters remain
In the post Office for the week ending Au-
gust %: Miss Emiline Cramer, Mrs. L. A.
Deaton, Marie Engle, Joseph NJ. Yost.
Mrs. VIM. H.. Holt, John Seymour, Mrs.
Friedrich Shaw, Emidio Magazine, Mas
sinino Modug, LAHORE Miro
Deputy F. P. Fowle, of Irvington, will
make an official visit to Good Will Lodge,
No. IA, Ancient Order United Workmen
on Tuesday evening, September 49, Ow-
ing to the removal from town Of William
A. Norcross, his position in the lodge has
been declared vacant, and Edward p.
Holeman has been elected and installed as
foreman.
William G. Thornburg, of Philadelphia,
died at Pitman Grove on Thursday of
paralysis of the brain. and was buried in
the Mount Holly cemetery yesterday. He
lived in Mount Holly about 40 years ago.
His wife. now dead, was Mary Haines, of
Mount Holly He was in the 10th year of
his age. Delegations from the G. A. r.
and the Masonic order, of both of which
he was a member, attended the funeral.
The chestnut crop in New Jersey will
be very large this year, it is said, and ac-
cording to experts the nuts will be well
developed and free from worms. A bund
ant moisture, cool nights and slow develop
a h l,
and the same weather conditions are favor
able to the full development of walnuts,
hazel nuts, hickory nuts and butter nuts
Chestnuts command from 50 to $3.50 a
bushel.
While the Burlington County Safe De-
posit and Trust Company. Moorestown,
N. j., does not transact surety business
itself, it has completed arrangements with
the principal metropolitan surety com
panies whereby it can furnish their fidel-
| ity bonds to executors, guardians. trus-
tees, etc.. contractors, bank clerks, rural
delivery mail carriers, treasurers of secret
societies, and others holding positions of
trust, at moderate charges.
AS a matter of convenience Martin
Bayersdorfer keeps his ice chest on the
rear porch outside of the house. This
also proved matter of convenience" to
some prowler on Saturday night, for when
Mrs. Bayersdorfer opened the chest Sun
day morning she found there had been a
theft of roast of lamb. a beefsteak and
some cold meat Some chickens on the
bottom of the chest and hidden by some
other articles, were not found by the thief.
The old freight sheds of the Pennsylvan-
ia Railroad. at the foot of Stevens street,
Camden, which have been in use for over
half a century, are being demolished and
the new sheds nearby, which cost $50, DOC
to erect, are being occupied by the big
force of railroad officials. The old sheds
were erected by Isaac Van Horn when
Walter Freeman and William H. Gatzman
were in charge of the freight business Of
the old Camden and Amboy Railroad.
A serious accident occurred on Wednes
day at the home of Harry Albright, OIL
Shreye street, by which his ten year-old
daughter Emily came near losing hel
life. The little girl was playing about
the house while her mother was ironing
aud by going too near an oil stove hel
dress caught fire. Almost instantly she
was enveloped In flames She was plum gee
into tub of water by her mother, which
extinguished the fire. Her back anC