The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-08

; Governor Stokes has accepted an invi
: tation to be present at the lake carniva
to be held at New Egypt on August H.
: A boy, not less than 10 years of age
/ may learn the mercantile business, by ad
r dressing in own handwriting. box 572
Mount Holly.
An additional rural free delivery route
No. 2, has been established from Pember
: ton. Length. 10 miles; area, IA squar
miles; population. 900; number of houses
122.
The W. c. T. U. of Bridgeboro ha
/ forwarded TO the Philippine Islands tire
large boxes of religious papers, maya
zines and books for use of the soldier
there.
While engaged with others, Yesterday
tearing out the old mill dam, George Tom
linson cut the toes on one foot quite badl,
with an axe. 1t is probable that the las
of the old structure will disappear to-day
Failing health and troubles in business
John Brown, of Bridgeboro, to commi
suicide, Saturday afternoon, by hanging
on an apple tree on his farm. The de
ceased was in the commission business il
Philadelphia.
Farmers in the vicinity of Bridgeboro
with loaded guns. are on the watch tt
give warm reception to any person they
might catch stealing their melons Ii
some cases this practice has resulted In
quite loss, as much green fruit is de
stroyed in the search for ripe melons.
Many eyes were turned towards the
spire of the Methodist Church. Saturday
afternoon. watching the movements of a
man who was on the top of the steeple
putting on coat of paint. The workman
was a man who arrived In town a few
days before, coming from Asbury Park
In search of work.
Russian peace ENJOYS to Oyster Bay. is
the vessel which United States Marshal
Thomas j. Alcott, of Mount Helly, seized
In order to protect the interests of the
government. as the manufacturers of the
machinery placed In the war vessel had a
sheriff to levy on their property because
they failed to receive pay for the same
from the ship building company.
Samuel Austin, owner of the Galley
farm, sold the property. on Thursday.
Having engaged to work on the Hankin-
son farm, owned by Capt. Elton A. Smith,
Austin will go to Woodstock, Vermont,
and bring to Smithville forty cows owned
by Mr.. Smith, who will conduct a large
dairy. On this farm two large silos have
been erected. and Mr.. Smith is now buy
ing up fields of green corn to put in them.
This will be the biggest week in the
history of Rancocas Park, where the
Moorestown Cavalry Club will hold forth
on Wednesday, with dancing in the even
ing. There will also be dancing on Thurss
day evening. On Friday the Burlington
County Pomona Grange will hold its an
nual picnic there, and there will be dane
ing during the afternoon and evening.
The same conditions will prevail on Sat
urday. when the Red Men will take pos
session of the grounds. On this occasion
5000 visitors are looked for.
Struck by s.n automobile as he was rid
ing near White Horse Sunday afternoon,
Walter McKakey, young cyclist, Of Bur-
lington, narrowly escaped being killed.
The front wheel of his bicycle was clip
ped off clean and the machine otherwise
wrecked McKakeY was hurled into a
ditch and badly shaken up. 4 big head
light on the automobile was smashed. |
Intead Of stopping to learn If the lad had
been injured the autoists dashed off at in
creased speed. The auto was of the big
"red devil" pattern and was occupied by
one man and three women.
William McIlvain is entertaining some
friends at house party at Oakdale, near
Mount Holly, for ten days. The follow
ing are among the guests: Kresten Scheel, |
New York city; DR.. Edw. Stout, Pierce |
Boyer, Albert Cascaden, Maui Creadick, |
William Homer, Grace Cascaden, Mary |
E. Stout, Charol Stout, Sara Stout, Phil |
adelphia; Robert Louden, Troy. N. Y; |
Robert Miller, Elizabeth Miller, Bridge |
ton; George Hearne, Milford, Del; Har-
riet BOLTON, Trenton; Florence Perkins, |
Beverly; Mary Kemble, Maude Gibbon,
Josephine Perkins. Washing
ton, D. c.; Beatrice Moore, Buffalo, N. |
j.; Edwin McIlvain, Mount Holly.
The copious shower ON Sunday morn
ing interfered with the church service in |
Mount Holly. The rain was greatly need
ed, as produce on many farms has been
for the want of moisture. The
lightning demolished an electric pole in
front of the residence of Charles Evan
Merritt, on High street; cut tree in half
on Buttonwood street, near Rossell; put
a number of telephones out of business;
knocked the cupola off Benjamin II. Dea-
cons barn, on the Burlington road; killed
a COW at Moorestown for Albert Burr,
where the lightning struck three houses
At Hainesport the electric fluid entered
the power house of the Burlington Coun-
ty Railway Company, doing slight dam
age. Several men standing in the build
ing noticed flames shooting up in the office
of Superintendent Gilbert. Rushing to
the place they found the wainscoating on
FIRE. The lightning entered the office, and
q dropping spark set some umbrellas on
fire. A large chestnut tree, not far away,
on the property of George Snyder, has
a spiral mark around it made by the light
ming.