The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-07-04

n Misses Dora Rhees and Elsie Hughes
J. are spending week at Ocean Grove.
Is Chancellor Magic has appointed Rich
= ard P Eckman, of Mount Holly, Mas
ter in Chancery.
n Arthur Conover, OF Bridgeboro, while
. bathing in the Rancocss creek, cut his
foot badly on broken bottle.
i Widow with one child wishes position
: as housekeeper or Homework In small
family. Address Box s97, Mount Holly,
I'M.
Mr.. and Mrs Jere H. Colkitt and two
children, and Mrs. Thomas r. Finley and
q. daughter, left for Ocean Grove, on Sat
urday.
The horses used in connection with
| Washburn's circus are now in charge OF
William Grimes, former coachman at
Smithville.
Assessor William Anderson, of Delan-
CO, is recovering from a painful bite in
flicted by dog while making his rounds
few days ago.
We will buy gooseberries, red raspber-
ries. blackberries, lima beans. Bring all
your fruits and vegetables to our cannery.
j. L. Anderson & Sons, Mount Holly.
A salad supper and festival, for the
benefit of the stewards of the Methodist
Church, of Rancocas, will be given in the
o. U. A. M. hall, at that place, on Satur-
day evening, July 8.
There will be a balloon ascension, box
ing match, sack race. pig chase and foot
race at Browns Mills. on July a, for the
benefit of the Athletic Association at that
place, under the management of George
Parker.
The Burlington County Safe Deposit
and Trust Company, Moorestown, N. D.,
scrutinize every investment, employing
the most searching and reliable means to
safeguard the interest both of themselves
and their patrons.
An automobile passing up High street,
Saturday morning. knocked the signal
box from its fastenings on the trolley pole
in front of the Friends meeting house.
The red light continued to burn just the
same
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the post Office for the week ending
July 1: Mrs. Birdsall, Mrs. Augustus
Cramer, Miss Edith Faunbroy, Mrs. II.
Masland, Patrick Maloney, Miss Henrietta
Williams, Miss Eva P. Woodward, Mrs.
Anna w. Stevens, Miss Linden Shinn,
Florence Seavers.
At the regular meeting of the Ushers'
Union of the Methodist church on Thurs
day evening, the following officers were
elected: President, L. S. Boyce; vice pres
ident, r. B. Dickerson; secretary, DIR. A.
R. W. Atwood; treasurer, Dallas Pierce;
executive committee, Charles R. Pierce
and Harry Bayles.
Two druggists, Charles E. Martin, of
Palmyra, and Benjamin R. Bear, of De.
lance, were arrested for an alleged viola
ton of the pharmacy laws and taken be-
fore Justice Smith, of Burlington, on Fri
day, charged with conducting drug stores
not in charge of registered pharmacists,
Each was fined 800 and costs.
Application will be made to Judge En-
dicott to have the jury in the case of the
township of Riverside VS.. the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad Company, visit. Riverside to
see the fence concerning which suit has
been brought for its removal, in order that
they may be better qualified to under
stand the testimony of the witnesses
Several candidates who are willing to
run the gauntlet of the big Indians,
will become acquainted with the mysteries
of the order of Red Men on the evening
of July II, at which time Pocahontas
Tribe, No. 49, will have as visitors the de-
gree teams of Leni Lenape and Pottowot-
tonne Tribes, of Camden, who will come
to Mount Holly to confer the degrees.
An unusually large catfish was caught
by small boy opposite the office of the
H. B. Smith Machine Company, at Smith
vile, last week. Since the water in the
| Rancocas creek has resumed its normal
condition for clearness, fish are biting
mueh better than when it was muddy
from the washing of sand at Birmingham.
Prentice Comegys is reported to have CAP
tured several large pike above the Smith
vile bridge.
Prof. Critchlon, of the Spanish depart
ment of Princeton College. and his friend,
Franciscy Nicolas Arammburee, from
Cadiz, Spain, had an experience while
rowing on the lake at New Egypt, last
week. They saw long black snake
swimming on the water, and getting with
in striking distance the Professor hit at
the reptile with an oar, causing the boat
to upset. Fortunately the men could
swim, and they soon pushed the boat
ashore, being only the worse for their
drenching.
At meeting of Washington Camp, No.
II, P. o. s. of A. on Thursday night,
fourteen propositions for membership were
received. and the following officers elect
ed: Past president. Eugene L. Engle;
president, Fred Stanton; vice president.
Harry w. Leach; master of forms, Geo.
M. Sleeper; conductor, Charles H. Glad
felter; inspector, G. c. Cowperthwait;
guard, Geo. w. Hand; trustee, ]. Frank
lin Hunter; representatives, Charles H.
Gladfelter, Herbert Townsend, Fred Stan
ton and Geo. W. Hand.
An unusual experience, one night last
week, was that of Ethel, the ten year-old
daughter of Clifford E. Budd, of Penn
berton, who became seized with somnam-
bulism. Getting out of bed in the middle
of the night. the girl either walked or fell
out of the window, distance of fifteen
feet, receiving injuries which were quite
serious. Ethel was rendered unconscious,
and in this condition she lay for some
time. When she came to she could not
walk, and crawling to the front of the
house she summoned the sleeping inmates
) by ringing the door bell. who is there ?"
was the question asked before opening the
door. "It is Ethel" came the reply, and
the astonished parents soon returned the
sleep walker to her bed room and sum-
moned physician. The girl was fortu-
nate in escaping with only a broken
arm. Ethel is now being closely watch
ed, in order to prevent repetition of her
dangerous experience.
terrihle ira pedv occurred at the bridge