The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-20

Inc lauleS OF the baptlsJ church Will
give strawberry tea on Thursday even.
ing, May 90.
Work was begun yesterday on the new
trolley road between Moorestown and
Mount Holly
Mrs. Kate Parker, of Edgewater Park,
has been granted an absolute divorce
from her husband.
Charles Suffer says Vincentown is toe
dull for him, and he and his wife have re-
turned to Mount Holly.
Lawn mowers sharpened by c. Howard
Taylor, SO White street. Leave orders at
s. P. Cline's hardware store.
]. Harvey Gaskill, well known farm
er on the South Pemberton road, is Sc
riously i'll with Bright's disease
Owing to decided change in her con-
dition, Mrs. Benjamin F. Crozier has
been removed to the county insane asy-
lum.
The progressive euchre party to be given
in aid of the Burlington County Hospital
will be held in the Masonic Temple to-
night
Byron Grigg, of Mount Holly, well
known railroad conductor who had to re-
tire on account of poor health, has again
resumed his old position.
Captain Walter A. Barrows, of Mount
Holly, is very prominent candidate for
the position of Department Commander
of the G. A. r. of New Jersey.
On Friday, while removing some
shingles at his home on Galley avenue,
Thomas Britt, aged 80 years, was seized
with hemorrhage of the lungs and dropped
dead
Joseph Donovan, tramp, who was re-
Gently sent from the jail to the hospital,
was pronounced to be insane, on Friday,
and upon the testimony of two physicians,
he was committed to the county insane
asylum.
Albert Schultz, of Philadelphia, fell
from freight train at Riverton last night
and both his legs were severed by train
following. He died while preparations
were being made to take him to the Coop
er Hospital in Camden
Elwood Mount, of Columbus, was ar
rested in Mount Holly, on Thursday on a
charge of assaulting his brother, Samuel
A. Mount, of Trenton. Justice Clevenger
held him under 800 bail, which was fur
| osoho cd Do LOT - I'll.
The will of William M. Paul, late pres
ident of the Burlington County Safe De
post and Trust Company and of the
Moorestown National Bank, has been ad-
mitted to probate. 1t bequeaths all his
estate to his widow. The inventory has
not been filed.
Complaint was made to Justice eleven
ger, on Friday, that flowers had been
stolen from one or two of the cemeteries
in town. The thefts were traced to two
young girls who, when admonished con-
corning their actions, promised to keep
away from the cemeteries in the future
William Hinkle, employed by Samuel
L. Bullock, while painting at Mrs Alfred
Blacks, at Jobstown, yesterday. fell from
a step ladder and broke his foot For
several years Mr. Hinkle has been Grip
pied from injuries which he received in
an accident at the Foy property on
Church street.
The threatened strike in the United
States Cast Iron Pipe Foundry, in Bur
lington, formerly the McNeal Works, has
been satisfactorily adjusted. Manager
LIE Main showed the men that they were
getting better wages than those of any
other workmen in the same industry, and
they decided to let well enough alone
The Mount Holly Banjo, Mandolin and
Guitar Club will give concert in the
Opera House on Wednesday evening
May 2S, for the benefit of Washington
Camp, No. II, Patriotic Order Sons of
America The programme to be present
ed will be new in every particular. Prof
Emo will render some of his unequalled
banjo solos.
On Sunday W. S. Gale discovered John
Wilson lying in his hut in the rear of
Ridgway street, suffering from stroke of
paralysis. The man was helpless and
alone, and being nearly so years old prac-
tically unable to earn living Complaint
was made and yesterday afternoon Over
seer of the Poor Throckmorton removed
him to the county house.
The funeral of Ethel Dill, daughter of
Mrs. Matte Dill, took place on Saturday
afternoon and was largely attended. The
young lady had large circle of friends,
who were sorely grieved at her unex-
pected death, which occurred shortly after
midnight on Wednesday, Only a few
hours before her death she took supper
with number of friends. Death was due |
to heart failure
Burlington was shocked on Tuesday by |
the report that double tragedy had been |
enacted during the night. Noticing that
the house of Helen Sharp, on High |
street, was not opened for a long time |
after the hour when the inmates generally |
made their appearance, neighbors investi- |
gated by climbing into a window. They |
found two dead bodies, those of Mrs |
Sharp and her son, boy 10 years of age
In the temple of the boy there was hole |
made by bullet from a revolver living at |
the feet of the mother She had cut her
throat with a razor About four months |
since Mr.. Sharp's husband was found |
dead with a bullet in his brain. 1t is |
thought this preyed on the woman's mind
to such an extent as to cause her to be-
come insane and during fit of alteration
took the lives of her son and herself.
Personal.
John Perry, of Riverside, was in Mount
Holly yesterday.
Miss Gertrude Dudley, of Trenton, was
visitor in Mount Holly last week.
William L. Bullock was confined to the
house last week by an attack of grip.
William Stecher, of Riverside, greeted
friends in Mount Holly on Wednesday.
Robert NJ Smith, of Pittsburg, Pa.
spent Sunday in Mount Holly with his
parents
John D. Mason and wife last week en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Naylor,
Jr., of Jersey City.
Master Frederick H. Lee, Jr., gave an