The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-03

The store OF Martin Bayersdorfer Will
be kept open every evening this week.
William H. Stewart and wife, of Mill
vile, are visiting Mount Holly relatives.
Rev. John w. Lynch and family,
of Millville, are visiting in Mount Holly.
Mrs. Margaret Manwaring, of Detroit,
Mich, is visiting relatives In Mount
Holly
Detective Parker ended nice little crap
game which he found in operation at the
fair grounds Sunday afternoon.
Charles Fort, of Mount Holly avenue,
after spending about five weeks at New |
Egypt. returned home on Saturday.
Jacob Haag and wife, who have been
farming in South Jersey during the sum-
mer, contemplate removing back to Mount
Holly.
Statesmen wanted to look after our in
terest in Burlington and adjacent counties. |
Salary or commission. Address Harvey |
Oil Co., Cleveland. o.
A red wooden shawl was dropped from |
carriage, on Sunday evening between
the fountain and Davis hotel on Mill street.
The finder will please leave it at THE
News Office.
George and James Tate, of Philadelphia,
and Detective Parker, of Mount Holly, |
will be on the lookout during the present
week for thieves who may desire to oper-
ate at the fair.
Capt. Walter A. Barrows, of Mount
Holly. who owns considerable land at
Riverside, has sold number of building |
lots to Theophilus Eur Bruegg. of that
place. for 8, $50.
Chester L. Appleton has accepted po-
sition in the civil engineering department
of the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford railroad, with headquarters at the
South Terminal Station, Boston, Mass
The Woman's League will hold its
annual meeting for the election of officers
and the transaction of important business
on tuesday afternoon, October 10. in the
Friends meeting house on Buttonwood
street.
An attempt was made Friday night to
rob the James Gregory residence on Wa
ter street. A man, discovered in the act
of forcing an entrance from the side
porch, was shot at, which caused him to |
beat hasty retreat.
An attempt was made to enter the house
of Samuel Brown, ON Mount Holly avenue,
on Thursday night. Sammy had his gun
ready and the intruder escaped being shot |
by keeping in the shadows and getting |
away from the place as quickly as possible. |
The fall meeting of the Women's |
League will be held on Tuesday, October
10, at $50 in the afternoon, in the Friends
meeting house. on Buttonwood street
A full attendance of the members, and |
many desiring to become members, is
hoped for.
Joseph p. Richard, of Lumberton town |
ship, was arrested by Constable Throck- |
morton, on Sunday. and liberated by fur
nishing $500 cash bail. He will be tried
before Justice Slack. on October 16, on a
serious charge preferred against him by
lady acquaintance.
Because of illness, Rev NJ H. Pog-
son was unable to occupy the pulpit
of the Baptist church, Sunday morning. |
He represents the Baptist Ministers Home
Society, of New York, and it was his pur-
pose to lay its claim before the Baptist
congregation here.
A Lodge of Elks was instituted at Bur-
lington on Wednesday night. The exer-
cises took place in the opera house there,
and were in charge of Camden Lodge. A
short parade took place before the Ger
emonies. Mount Holly was represented
by large delegation accompanied by Jen-
nings' band of Camden.
Frank Phillips, who started the season
as manager of the Birmingham Inn, and
later took charge of hotel near Atlantic |
City, was arrested yesterday afternoon
aud brought to Mount Holly. He fur
nished bail for his appearance at court |
Phillips is charged with larceny by his |
former partner, William II. Cole.
Motorman James Stills, of Mount Holly |
trolley line, met with painful accident
Saturday morning, when the front doors
of the car closed on the fingers of his left |
hand. badly crushing the end of one finger
and lancerating several other finger tips. |
While suffering severely from the hurt the
popular little motorman stuck to his post
of duty.
Rev. A. F. A. Neudoerffer, pastor of
the German Lutheran church. returned
last week from his vacation, which was
spent at Neustadt, Ontario. His sister
came with him and will keep house for
him. On Friday evening Mr.. Neudoerffer
and his sister were given reception in the
rectory on West Washington street. On
Sunday anniversary exercises were held
In the church and were largely attended.
James Morrison, an old soldier died on
the farm of Benjamin Powell Jr., on
Tuesday. He had been living in hut
on the place for some time and few DAYS
prior to his death he was stricken with
paralysis Mrs. Powell attended to his
wants, and on Tuesday found him dead.
The disease had probably caused delirium
and the man had cut his bedding and had
Scratched his face, which was sufficient to
give rise to the story that he was found
in ''pools Of blood
The train which leaves Mount Holly at
TAT struck man who was walking on
the second railroad bridge above the
Mount Holly station this morning John
Downs, the engineer, tried in vain to stop
the train and he struck the man and threw
him into the creek. Downs sprang into
the water and brought the man to the
shore. He was still living and he was
hurried to the Burlington County Hospi-
tai where he died in less than an hour.
The man is supposed to be a tramp who
had been working on the cranberry boys.
He was So years of age.
John Kane. an old resident of the Gran
berry boys above .Medford, was found
dead on Saturday. He had made his home
in hut on the boys for some time and
was seen the day before his death in ap-
parently good health. Heart disease
caused his death He was IS years of age
A peculiar incident in connection with
this case is the fact that it is the fifth case
of sudden death that Coroner Grobler has
been called upon to view In this neighbor-