The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-11
LOCAL NEWS.

fine street Drldge.
If there is anything in the fruit or veg
etable line you want call at Cavanaugh'
store and get it.
Santelle & Welsh Bros. Circus is booke
to appear in Mount Holly on Tuesday
street.
Thomas B. Denness did not sail fe
Europe, last week. The trip was aban
doned because the conditions were not al
favorable.
When two wagons recently came to
gether, Frank Let's got his hand caugh
between them. and that member wa
painfully mashed.
Albert Hansell, Jr., of Rancocas anc
Miss Elizabeth R. Engle, of Mount Holly
were married by Rev. James H. Durham
on Thursday evening, June 80.
William Conn, one of the foremen al
Roebling's plant at Kinkora. had his left
arm severely injured on the Fourth by the
premature discharge of pistol.
If you are not satisfied with the shoes
you haye. try our line. Enough said. Ar
cade shoe store, 90 and % Main street,
Mount Holly. Shoes for every one.
The new and the old home of the Union
Fire Company, on Washington street,
have been connected by the placing of a
pavement and erecting shed between
them.
Joseph s. Hume, of Mount Holly, has
sold tract of about ten acres of thrifty
young pine timber, on the Browns Mills
stone road, to Blanchard Ii. White, of
Pemberton.
At Ocean City, on Sunday evening,
July 2. occurred the marriage of Harold
B. Allen and Miss Matte B. Roberts The
bride and groom were former residents of
Mount Holly.
Frank Herbert was buried from his late
residence on Paxson street, Thursday af-
ternoon. He died at the county insane
asylum, where he had been patient for
few years.
Stephen English, of Pine street, has
been very ill during the past week from
stroke of paralysis, which he received in
the machine shops at Smithville, where
he is employed.
There will be peach festival and sup
per by the members of Harmony Lodge,
No. 10, at their hall, in Pemberton, on
Saturday, July %. All the delicacies of
the season will be served in abundance.
A few days since DIR. Flynn was called
to dress wound received by Samuel
Clapper. of Pine street, who cut two bad
gashes on the back of his left hand as the
result of an axe slipping while he was
chopping wood.
William Crozier, who is employed by
the Diamond Rubber Company, of New
York city, with his family left Mount
Holly, on Wednesday, for Akron, Ohio,
where he will have full charge of the
western branch of the firms business.
Word has been received that George
Stoddard, of Mount Holly, has passed his
mental examination for admission to the
Naval Academy at Annapolis. The young
man, who is a son of Rev James Stoddard,
has yet to take his physical examination.
The Presbyterian Sunday school will
hold its annual picnic at Rancocas Park
on Thursday. Other picnics there will be
as follows: July Is, Brotherhood of the
Union of the county; July 81, Pomona
Grange and Columbus Grange; August
IL, Red Men of the county.
The Board of Health is to be asked to
cause the removal of the hide and tallow
factory of John Worth. which is located
at the eastern end of the town. The resi-
dents of Green and East Mill streets are
getting signatures to petition in which
they declare the establishment to be a
public nuisance.
The Junior Mechanics, who have moved
into their new quarters in the Mirror
building, lacked one member of having a
quorum on the night of July a, and no
business could be transacted. 1t is hoped
that there will be large attendance at
the meeting to be held this evening, as
five candidates are to be initiated.
A. A. Anderson, of Mount Holly. has re-
tanned Judge John W. Wescott, of Cam
den, to bring suit against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company to recover damages
for injury to his yacht, which had about
10 feet of the mast snapped off while pass
ing through the railroad bridge at Delanco.
The bridgetender, it is claimed, was
derelict in.opening the draw in time to
allow the boat to pass.
The outbuildings on the farm formerly
owned by Thomas Apologize, near Ellis
dale, who was found dead in his barn
few years ago, were destroyed by fire on
Wednesday. Damage $4,000, partly insur-
ed. Frank Slim, a laborer. is serving
sentence of twenty years in State Prison
for causing the death of Apologize. The
property is now owned by Michael Hart
and is occupied by his son, James K.
Hart.
The first meet meeting of the State
Forestry Commission provided for by the
last Legislature to investigate methods for
the preservation of forest lands and to
take action to prevent the devastation by
fire was held at the State House last week.
The Commission is composed of Professor
E. B. Voorhees,, of New Brunswick; Rev.
T. P. Price, of Tuckerton, and former
State Geologist John c. Smock, of Tren.
ton. William H. Chew, Salem news
paper man, was elected secretary. 1t was
decided to search for suitable tract of
land for experiments, preferably In South
Jersey. A cedar tree was made the en-
blem of the commission.
The home of Richard s. Parker. on the
Columbus road, near Burlington, was
broken into while the family were in Bur
lington shopping. The place was thor.
oughly ransacked and about $50 in cash
and several articles of small value were
taken The home of Charles Adams, al
Stevens Station, and three other nearby
farmhouses were visited while the families
were away. The contents of bureaus anc
cupboards were strewn about the floor
and everything in general was topsy
turvey. The robbers. who are believed
to be members of an organized gang. one
night last week broke into the home o
Harry Mattson, in the outskirts OF tina
city. After securing gold watch valued
at $40 belonging to Mrs Mattson ant