The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-08-01

on Mill street. has been purchased by
Elwell Gaskill for 81, 500.
Barclay Seeds, the assessor of Pember
! ton township, has suspended his duties i
that direction because of a felon on on
of his fingers.
, John B. Gibbs, former resident o
Columbus, but who has been In Noun
, Holly considerably of late, is now il
charge of the hotel at Woodmansee.
Vincentown is not the only church tina
is having troubles of its own. Recen
events in other localities would indicat
that the devil has not been on vacation
even if the ministers have.
A fire of unknown origin was started
in the nursery of Charles B. Horror
Son, Sunday afternoon, and before thu
flames were extinguished eighty five large
evergreen trees were destroyed.
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the post office for the week ending July
80: Mrs Balm Assey, w. Author Block
ston, Mrs. John Calvin Rice, Paul De-
trick, DR.. W. W. Gardner, Miss Hannah
Wells, Joseph Walton, Mrs. H. Swenson.
s. Budd Norcross has very ugly
wound on the left side of his face, directly
under the eye, which was caused by the
crank handle striking him while in the act
of starting the power on his automobile.
The blow came very near knocking him
off his feet.
A catfish weighing three pounds when
dressed, being five inches across the head
and measuring nineteen and a half inches
in length, was included in string of nine
similar fish which Samuel ]. Painter land
ed at the Delanco bridge, of which he is
the draw tender.
The committee of the Board of Free
holders. having in charge the work of lay
ing the concrete pavement in front of the
county property, on High street. has
laid similar walks leading to the Sur
rogate's office, court house, county col
lector's office and jail.
The Methodist Sunday school scholars
enjoyed their annual picnic at Rancocas
Park on Wednesday. On the return trip
the party filed four trolley cars. Rain
fell for brief period during the after
noon, causing a temporary cessation of
the enjoyment Of those present
Invitations have been issued by the Col
umbus Snapper Soup Club, for it's annual
outing In Townsend's woods, near that
place, on Tuesday, August 8. Those who
attend may be sure of meeting many poll
ticians, especially those who can hear the
buzzing of an Office bee under their hats.
The automobile of Mrs. c. Shillord
Smith, of Edgewater Park, exploded on
Friday afternoon, and Charles Steinman,
a gardener. was nearly burned to death.
He was cleaning the machine when the
explosion occurred. No reason is known
for the explosion, which caused great ex-
citement in the vicinity. Steinman was
removed to the Cooper Hospital, Cam
den.
The Columbus Grange held very sue
cessful picnic at Rancocas Park, on Thurs
day, and very large crowd greeted the
members of the association. An address
was delivered by George Gauntt, of Null
lica Hill. Master of the State Grange
The committee in charge of the events
was composed of Louis Gauntt, Herbert
Deacon and G. Craig Tallman. The sum
of $95 was taken in at the dancing pa
vilior during the evening.
The township committee met on Tues
day evening and gave final passage to or
dinalices regulating the sidewalk grade on
Mill street and Mount Holly avenue. In
this connection there is a general desire
that the township compel enforcement of
the new grade established for High street
above Garden. The walking there, in
some places. was pretty dangerous last
winter. and it begins to look as if
the sumo conditions are to prevail again
during the coming cold season.
On Tuesday last the daily newspapers
print ed story which pictured Miss Lillian
Barnes, owner of the Rancocas stock
farm. as being in the grand stand at
Brighton Beach and sending out wagers
to the book makers by two of her farm
hands, and reporting that she had won
$50. 600 on Gold Braid, one of her own
favorite horses. The story was well writ
ten, and might haye been interesting, had
not Miss Barnes been sitting in her home
at Jobstown at the time. She was not at
the race track at all.
An unknown man probably owes his
life to the keen and watchful eye of Mo-
torman James Stills. On Thursday the
car was on its 1040 P. M. eastbound trip
to Mount Holly, in charge of Conductor
]. P. Reeves, and was just entering the
viaduct at the long crossing. when Stills
saw the body of man lying face upward
across the track, with his head on one
rail. The motorman applied the air pres
sure and brought the car to standstill
within few feet of the apparently life
less body. The crew of the car got hold
of the man and carried him to the side of
the embankment. where he proceeded to
sleep off bad case of booze.
Robert S. Gaskill and his big touring
car were in another accident on Thursday
evening. In the vehicle were Mrs. Gas
kill and other ladies, but none of them
were injured The trouble happened on
the homeward bound trip from Rancocas
Park. When at the Hainesport power
plant Robert was forced to make big de
tour with his car in order to avoid farm
wagon, which kept in the middle of the
road and crowded the auto considerably.
As result the auto was forced to bump
over the railroad track The shock of
this heavy humping broke the rear axle
After it was found that it was impossible
to repair the machine, the party came
home on the trolley, leaving a Waterman
in charge of the broken vehicle.
Chas Taber, an 10 year old German, who
arrived in this country last February,
and secured his first job on the farm of
Thomas Harvey, near Jacksonville, was
uroWneu III Inc Cfeeh db IHdI place WHHc
swimming, on Friday afternoon. The
body was recovered. Coroner DeWorth,
of Bordentown, took charge of it and
issued burial permit. Taber wanted to
take bath before starting for the west.
on Saturday, and he entered the water in
company with companion named John
son. whom the deceased caught hold of
during his death struggles. Because of
his inability to save the man. johnson