The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-11
The picnic of the Brainard school will

s The picnic of the Brainard school vii
d be held at Rancocas Park on Thursday
the Goth instant.
) The scholars of the Baptist Sunday
r school are holding their annual picnic a
Knights Park to day.
t The finder of pair of gold eyeglasses
2 will confer favor on the loser by return
ing them to THE News Office.
A new 1905 Runabout and Tonneau
Auto, for sale cheap. W. s. Rendell, q
King street, or 451 High street, Mount
Holly.
A party from Mount Holly took troll
J ley trip to Trenton, on the Pennsylvania
shore. Sunday afternoon, returning by
boat on the Delaware river.
Professor Lawrence Elberson has re-
signed as organist at st. Andrews church,
and has accepted similar position at the
Presbyterian church. The change will
take place on the first of August.
Carson W. Wright, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Wright, entered the employ of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, We'd
nesday morning, as a draughtsman. He
is stationed in the office at Camden.
A great time may be expected at Ran
cocas Park, next Saturday, at which time
there will be county picnic of the B. of
u, under the auspices of Marion Circle,
No. Q, of Mount Holly. Be sure to at
tend this event.
An exchange says: "The finest potatoes
we have seen this year were raised on the
county farm at New Lisbon by Steward
Harbert. They were of the Irish Cobbler
and Xxx Early varieties, were planted on
March % and dug on July L." Yet some
people are trying to give the idea that the
county farm is mo good"
Walter NJ. Crouch was run into by an
automobile on Saturday evening and
knocked from his bicycle. He was riding
on Broad street and turned out for a
trolley car when an auto, coming at terrific
speed, struck him from the rear. He
received a severe cut on the left hand and
was badly bruised. The chauffeur put on
extra speed and got out of town before his
number could be seen.
At the home of her mother, on Mill
street, yesterday noon, occurred the mar
rage of Miss Edith Rawlings to William
Mills, a sergeant of the mounted police
force of Tacony, Pa. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Richard 81. Baker,
pastor of the Baptist church. The bride
was granted divorce from her former
husband, Michael Ryan, of Philadelphia,
three weeks ago. The happy pair left at
once for Atlantic City.
The officers of Marion Circle, No. 9, |
Brotherhood of the Union. are as follows:
Past Chief Washington, VIM. II. Phares,
Jr.; Chief Washington, Samuel G.. Strad |
ling; Chief jefferson, John W. Wells; |
Chief Franklin, John A. Tice; herald, |
Benjamin T. Phares; scroll keeper, John |
Throckmorton, Jr.; register, Morris L. |
Throckmorton; treasurer. Francis B. Nay |
lor; watch of day, Parvin R. Quigley;
watch of night, Raymond Bowker; trus-
tee. John A. Tice; representative, Parvin
r. Quigley.
State Census Bulletin No. was issued |
at Trenton, on Friday. in which the pop |
ulation of various South Jersey munic-
qualities, with their gains and losses, are
shown as follows: Bordentown township |
534. increase, 40; Evesham township, 1856, |
increase, 70; Burlington township, 1912,
decrease. 49, Riverside township. 1851 in
1900, 1901 in 1905. increase of 720; New |
Hanover township, 1927 in 1900, TAT in |
1905, decrease of 1880; Washington town
ship, 617 in,19OO. 568 in 1905, decrease of
40; Beverly township, 1904 in 1900, 2.1S1 |
in 1905, increase of 377; Westampton |
township, 567 in 1900, 542 in 1906 decrease
of 25; Delran township, 800 in 1900, 1,34O
in 1905, increase of $50.
During the past month Clinton Brugler |
was arrested at Fort Wayne, Indiana and |
when arraigned before Judge Edward |
O'Rourke pleaded guilty to forgery and
obtaining money under false pretenses.
He was sentenced to fourteen years in the |
Reformatory at Jacksonville, to which |
place he was taken by Sheriff Drice |
This is the young Lothario who, after |
three days courtship. married Miss Mar
jorie Parker, of Burlington, deserving |
her ten days later after stealing her money |
and gold watch. At that time the fellow |
was known as Milton G. Young. He has |
six wives who are known to the authori- |
ties, and there are perhaps as many more
Brugler left behind him long string of |
victims from whom he secured money by |
means of forged checks. There are a
number of indictments against Brugler |
and the number of retainers to be lodged |
against him may result in his spending |
the best portion os his life in prison. He
is 81 years old, and recognized as crimi-
nal of the first class. Detective Parker
was very active in the work of running
down this notorious forger and bigamist,
who has worked his fraudulent scheme in
nearly every state in the union.