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

N. J.
Miss Mary T. Branin, of Brainard stree
on whom surgical operation was pc
formed on Thursday for appendicitis, di'
e on Sunday.
Miss Bessie Anderson is acting as orga
: ist at the Methodist church during Il
s absence of Miss Evelyn Dobbins, who
enjoying vacation.
l We will buy gooseberries, red raspbe
-. ries, blackberries, lima beans. Bring a
l your fruits and vegetables to our Gamer,
]. L. Anderson & Sons, Mount Holly.
r Rancocas Park has been finally decide
upon instead of Knights Park as tt
| place where the annual Sunday schot
picnic of the Methodist church will b
held on July &c.
/ Through the courtesy of the Pennsy
vania Railroad Company, the inmates G
the Burlington County Children's HON
will enjoy their annual excursion to Sc
Side Park tomorrow.
Sunday evening twilight services ar
now being conducted in the Methods
church and will be continued during Jul,
and August. These services, which ar
from : to 8 O'Clock, are very enjoyable.
THE News has been requested to stat
that Mount Holly Lodge, No. 10, 1. o. o
F., has no idea of holding a public in
stallation of its officers at the regula
meeting to be held tomorrow evening.
A girl baby arrived in the family O
Gen. E. Burd Grubb, at Edgewater Park
on Thursday, The news was telephonet
to the General, who was taken to a hospi
tai about ten days ago for an operation.
Following are the unclaimed letters re
naming in the post Office for the week
ending July 8: Miss Myra Atkinson, R.
G. Grover, Miss Bulah Guise, Mrs. A. G.
McMurray, Mrs. May Lutes, Frank U
Vincent.
The sacred concert given at Rancocas
Park, on Sunday evening, was an attrac-
tion for many people. On Thursday and
Saturday nights of this week there will
be dancing at the Park. Saturday will
be the occasion of the Brotherhood of the
Union picnic.
Smoke issuing from trunk was an I'M
usual sight at the baggage room a few
days ago. Baggagemaster James M.
Smith and his assistant soon made an ex-
animation and found two boxes of parlor
matches burning, which the owner had
placed in the top of the trunk. How they
took fire is not known.
On Wednesday morning bids were open
ed for the construction of stone road
from Mount Holly to Eayrestown, and the
contract was awarded to J. R. Stanley
for $4,000. John H. Hurley, of Tren-
ton, was the lowest bidder for a gravel
road from Red Lion to Tabernacle, his
price being IS, S66.1O.
Trolley visitors to Mount Holly haye
begun to discover the beauties of the
Mount and on Saturdays and Sundays
many strangers can be seen rambling over
its slopes. and enjoying the fragrance of
the noted pine grove. The paths have
been cleared and several new ones opened
through the trees. There are few more
pleasant places in the neighborhood where
cool and delightful afternoon can be
spent than on the historic Mount.
nj oh Of Tta1u rob
somewhat active at Pemberton, securing
entrance to the residences of Theodore
Budd and R. Harry Robbins The thieves
got about 500 In cash and several articles
OF small value. Some Sunday school
money was overlooked in the Robbins
home, from which SO was taken. The
robb' RS became frightened and ran away
before they could get into the residence
of Woolman s. Kirkbride, leaving behind
them a knife and an instrument which
might have served the purpose of jim
my. 1t is believed the work was done by
local talent.
In order that the engineer of the water
works, at Columbus, may be notified when
a large volume of water is needed in case
of fire. telephone system is to be
established there by the Inter State Tele-
phone Company, which has arranged with
the Fire Commissioners for the installa-
ton Of five telephones, which are to be
located at convenient places and used on
ly for the purpose designated. By the
adoption of this method it will not become
nece: sary to embarrass the citizens by ex-
hausting the supply of water in the stand
pipe when there is large. confagration,
as the engineer will pump direct into the
water main. When Riggs mill was re-
Gently destroyed by fire the pumping sta
ton vas also burned, the standpipe emp
tied of its contents, and Columbus was
without water supply for several weeks.
1t has been demonstrated that it takes
more than hook or crook to put Harry
Leary out of business. He is employed
by Atkins & Anderson, the ice dealers On
July 2. in company with other employees,
he went to the butcher shop of William
II. Bozarth. on Church street, to fill the
refrigerator with Ice. In order to reach
the opening in the box Leary stood on a
meat block, which tilted while he was
handling a large cake of ice. In falling
backward he struck rack containing sew.
eral movable hooks. One of these pierced
his body under the left shoulder blade,
penetrating to depth of an inch and q
half, and Leary hung suspended in the
air. But his companions, who were neal
at hand. lifted him down, the hook com
ing at the same time. DR.. Flynn was
summoned, and he treated the wound
Notwithstanding his painful wound, Leary
was at his post of duty the following day
Boys with bare feet were scarce arti
Gle on the streets, last Tuesday. indie
pendence day in Mount Holly was cele
brated with considerable noise, and somt
who participated in the use of fireworks
were less fortunate than others. Perhaps
the worse accident was that to the son o
A. l.. Lippincott, of Garden street, WHIT
was badly burned about the head by tn,
explosion of cannon cracker which b,
held in his hand too long. Norman Gal,
had one of his hands burned by the pre-
mature explosion of some powder. Johl
Baylies was also burned about the face
The fire department was called out t,
subdue blaze on the roof of Schray
shuen's ice house, en- Bispham street
This was soon accomplished. As was an
nounced in THE NEWS. there was dis
play of fireworks by the High street China