The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-10
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.


Wednesday, November 1. will be dona
ton day at the Burlington County Hos
pital
Improvements are being made to tn
residence of Richard P. Holeman. on Gar
den street.
The property at Unionville. belonging
to John Rokenbaugh, has been sold t
Walter s. E. Haines for $500.
Rev. Thomas J. Mckay, of Bristol
Pa. has received a call to the Baptis
Church at Medford.
Henry Barry has sold his hotel at New
Egypt for $4,000, and has purchased
Snyder's hotel, Moorestown. for $4,000.
There has been a change in the Penn
sylvania Railroad time table, which will
be found on the second page of TIL
NEWS.
The officers were kept busy last weel
looking after sneak thieves. Several per
sons were seen trying doors and Window
about town.
George @. Rogers and Mary Virgins
Carver, of PENIS Manor, Pa, were mar
ried In Mount Holly, on Wednesday. by
Justice Slack.
Socialistic principles were expounded
at the fountain, on Tuesday evening, In
an address delivered by John B. Leeds, Of
Moorestown.
Unclaimed letters remain In the post
office for George Cole, Mrs. Allen Evans,
Mrs. G. Wilson, Mrs. Annie Sevoir, VIII
Ship, Mrs. L. Pratt.
Nelson Guam. an aged colored man, Of
West Washington street, was removed to
the county insane asylum, last week, by
Constable Throckmorton.
Capt Walter A. Barrows and George
j. Robertson are at Detroit. Michigan, at
tending session Of the Supreme Castle,
Knights of the Golden Eagle.
Walter Holmes, of Hartford, raised 80
acres Of white potatoes this season. He
has sent two loads to market every night
since the first week in July.
John B. Townsend, of Jacksonville,
who has been conducting dairy. will
give up that branch of farming and en-
gage In the manufacture of butter.
Rev. John W. Nicholson. of Medford.
has been making some phenomenal catch
es Of pike at Eayrestown. He recently
caught one there weighing 81 pounds.
Miss Ada Blackburne, of Palmyra. met
with serious accident, last week, by fall
ing down the cellar steps head first. She
was badly bruised about the neck and
back.
Joseph Anderson, of Chairville, while
driving through Mount Holly, on We'd
nesday. had one of the hind wheels of his
carriage broken while trying to get out of
the car tracks.
Cards are out announcing the coming
marriage, ON October IS. of Miss Julia
H., daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel 8.
Butterworth, of Vincentown. to William
Frank Wagner. of Weatheral, Pa.
Announcement is made of the mar
rage Of David H. Gauntt and Harriet
Cathcart, both of Tabernacle township.
The ceremony was performed on August
20, at Pemberton, by Justice White.
Mrs. William Brown. of Pemberton.
lost a black jacket at the West End hotel,
Mount Holly, on Thursday evening. She
will pay 100 reward for its return to her
at.Pemberton or to THE News Office.
Another and much larger Annie L. Van
solver will soon be ready for service on
the Rancocas creek to ply between Haines-
port and Philadelphia. The big steel
craft will be pushed to completion as fast
Is possible.
The character of the weather during
the past two weeks could almost be called
sensational in its beauty and mellowness.
Skies have been brilliant and there has
been an even, pleasant temperature to
mark the passing of Indian summer.
The house occupied by Geo. B. Haines.
at Palmyra. took fire, Friday afternoon.
from sparks that blew from a heap of
rubbish which employees of the railroad
company were burning. Although the
roof was burned the house was savad
from total destruction.
Schemes and devices are being employ
ed by the members of each class of the
Methodist Sunday school, at Medford, to
raise $40, the cost of a new library which
1t 10 proposed to purchase. The scholars
are In friendly contest over the matter.
each class trying to get ahead of the
other.
There was spirited runaway on Wash
ington street, Thursday afternoon, dur
ing which horse nearly plunged off the
iron bridge into the creek. furnishing ex-
element to large crowd. The animal
was In charge of II. A. Parker. of West
Creek. The driver held on to the lines
and brought the horse up at Paxson street
with badly wrecked buggy. Josephine
Peak, who was standing at the White
street corner. had narrow escape. Her
foot was badly sprained while trying to
get out of the way.
Sportsmen report that nearly all the
reed birds have left the meadows along
the Rancocas creek. This is unusually
early for a condition of this kind, and
many attribute it toithe wholesale killing
of the birds on the roost, which has been
established a short distance above Bridge
horo and m uhfoh roint ono mr. fuo u,lu
ners from that vicinity would repair be
fore daylight and slaughter the little fel
lows as they arose In fiocks upon beinl
frightened In this way some $50 birdi
were picked up after three or four shots.
Much anxiety is felt in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Kelly, near Edgewate
Park. over the strange disappearance o
their pretty daughter, Alice Kelly, L
years Of age. The girl left home ten day
ago for Burlington for her mother. Whel
night came she did not return home, Blu
little concern was felt, as she had FIRE
quently remained In Burlington witt
friends Mrs. Kelly took the trolley TO
Burlington to search for her. She faile
to locate her anywhere in Burlington, an
the friends whom she W as In the habit Q
visiting had not seen anything of Mis-
Kelly. The police of the county were q
once notified of her disappearance. Mis-
Kelly is slender, has very dark hair an
eyes. She wore a short brown skirt. Gu
to her knees, and white waist when sh