The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-24

Robert L. Ayers and wife, of Freehold
have been visiting at the residence Of
George Hall. on Union street.
Relief Fire Company. of Mount Holly
was among the organizations in the parade
in Philadelphia last night in honor of the
Athletic base ball club.
The Ladies' Aid of the NJ. E. church will
hold supper in Masonic Temple, Mount
Holly, on November II and IS.
Elizabeth K. ]. Colkitt was married to
Harry ]. Nippins on Wednesday. Rev.
K. II. Baker performed the ceremony.
Mount Holly Forest, No. 2, Tall Ce
dars of Lebanon, will meet in the Masonic
Temple, on Thursday evening, and confer
its degree.
prano soloist, of Philadelphia, and Ernest
9. Atkinson, the pianist, will be among
the performers at the entertainment at
the Brainard School this evening. The
proceeds are for the Old Ladies' Home, at
Burlington
Woman against Woman" beautiful
comedy drama, will appear at the Mount
Holly opera house on Saturday night.
This company and play are of better
class than have been visiting here for
some time Good specialties are intro
duced. Seats are on sale at Jamisons.
Seven men from Philadelphia were
drowned in the Delaware river, opposite
Beverly, on Sunday night, by the upset
ting of a naphtha launch named Edwards
The boat was returning from a trip up
Neshaminy creek. When entering the
Delaware river the launch met the tug
Bristol with several barges in tow. The
launch passed the tug in safety but the
barges were unperceived in the darkness
and the hawser by which they were drawn
upset the Edwards. Three of the party
were rescued, the other seven were drown
ed.
Jonathan Fisher, who lives with his SIS
ter, Amanda Thomas. on Grant street,
met with fatal accident about 2 O'Clock
this morning, when he fell down stairs
and was killed. The noise awoke the &C.
cupants in the double frame house, and
when assistance arrived the unfortunate
man was dead. He was badly cut about
the face and head. Coroner Grobler has
charge of the case. The deceased had
been in poor health, and he was probably
seized with heart failure when about to
go down stairs. He had charge of the
pump house at the railroad station. AS
veteran of the civil war, Jonathan Fisher
suffered untold agonies during his long
confinement in Andersonville prison, from
which he emerged in starving condition
Rev. William G. Meyer, retiring pastor
of the Mount Holly M. E. church, was
rendered reception on Tuesday evening
at which time his many friends called to
bid him farewell, and to tender their good
wishes for success in his new field of labor |
The Ladies Aid Society presented Mr. !
Meyer with purse of $61. the Epworth
League gave purse of $25, the Ushers'
Union presented a carving set, and the |
Brotherhood. an association of boys and |
young men, gave purse OF So. Mr. |
Meyer left Mount Holly on the 655 train
Wednesday morning and on reaching Phil |
adelphia went directly to the NJ E. church, |
corner of Broad and Christian streets, where |
he was married to Miss Mary F. Cramer,
of Mount Holly. The ceremony was per-
formed by Bishop Foss, assisted by the
Presiding Elder of this district and the |
no tor nE flr nI~w
Meyers friends from Mount Holly wit |
messed the ceremony. Immediately after |
the wedding, Mr.. and Mrs. Mover took a |
train for the west.
A representative of the Bell Telephone |
Company is in town trying to secure per- |
mission to put their wires under the side |
walks of Washington and High streets. |
T he reception given him is not the most |
cordial, there being much objection to |
having pavements torn up even with a |
promise to put them back in good shape |
All along the line there are the new cement |
sidewalks and it will hardly be possible to |
get the owners to agree to have them torn |
up after being put down at great expense. |
There is not great deal of enthusiasm |
over the endeavor of the Bell people to |
get into town. The taxpayers think the |
franchise was granted without giving |
tnem cnance TO be heard, and wonder |
why it was that, while public meetings |
have been held to discuss other franchises, |
this one was apparently pushed through |
secretly. One of the inducements held |
out for the privilege was free phone in |
the public schools and one in each fire |
house, but when the contract was signed |
1t was found there was big string on |
this offer and the instruments were to be |
used for township purposes in the town
only. 1t is quite safe to say that phone
will not go in the school house under any
such agreement.