The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-17

Contributions will be in order for No
vember /, which will be the annual dona
ton day for the Burlington County Hos
pital.
The ladies of the Baptist Church, o
Columbus. gave an oyster supper on Sat
urday night. A large attendance brough
gratifying receipts.
The man who stole horse and was ar
rested in Mount Holly while trying to sci
1t at the Washington House, was taken t.
West Chester, Pa, Thursday, morning
by Sheriff Criswell, of that place.
For several days past Stacy F. Haines
of Vincentown. has been severe suffere
from injuries which he received in run
away accident He was confined to hi
bed. being unable to move. His wife wal
also considerably bruised.
The Delaware and Atlantic Telephone
Company is putting its wires underground
on all the principal streets at Riverton
1t is said that, when completed, 1t will be
the best system of underground wiring in
any small town in the state.
After twenty FIVE years faithful service
as pastor of the Baptist Church at Penn
berton, Rev. ]. G. Buchanan has resigned
because of continued poor health, which
has forced him to vacate the pulpit. He
will take up his residence at Plain6eld
Fourteen of the colored men whom
Officers Conway and Beatty, of Moores-
town, recently surprised while playing
crap on Sunday, have appeared before
Justice Petit and paid a fine of 1915
each as disorderly persons. There are
more yet to follow.
The members of Company E will par
ticipate in battalion drill In the Camden
armory on November 81. Robert Barnes,
new recruit, went ON the company 8
rifle range and demonstrated his ability
as marksman by scoring % out of a
possible % points
The teachers of the public schools at
Riverside, are engaged in raising funds
for the improvement and adornment of
their class rooms. To this end fair and
bazaar were held in the grammar school
building and was great success, being
attended by more than 900 people.
On Thursday Justice Braislin, of Cross
wicks, committed Alexander Mitchell,
colored, to the county jail. The prisoner,
formerly of Macon, Georgia, stands &C.
cused.of serious offence against Eliza
N Dillon, of Bordentown, on October 2.
On behalf of the woman the complaint
was made by Prof. George Gregory, of
the Ironsides Industrial School
Frank Gaskips crop of cranberries this
year, it is reported, will amount to over a
thousand bushels. but Mr.. Gaskill claims
that If he had sprayed the entire bog in
the spring, he would have had crop of
over z, 800 bushels. A party of specialists
from the Department at Washington came
to New Egypt and suggested spraying,
which Mr. Gaskill did at considerable ex-
pense and the results have been excellent.
If the statements of trolleymen can be
accepted, and there is no reason to ques-
ton their veracity, rabbit shooting will
be exceptionally fine this year. The cot
ton tails are reported to be so numerous
that numbers of them are being killed by
the trolley cars. Dead rabbits along the
trolley tracks are frequently found, while
live ones are seen hopping across the rails
night and day. Several large hares have
been seen along the trolley line near
WOODLAND station. and gunners have
them spotted.
Burlington County Railway Company,
after the close of the Fair, posted a
bulletin at his Office for the benefit of his
men. The order thanks the crews for the
manner in which they handled the Mount
Holly Fair crowds, and winds up by say
ing that it was only by every man doing
his duty that the road was able to trans
port the thousands of passengers during
the fair time without a single accident.
The road bed of the line is being ballast
ed with cinders
After search of over two weeks for
Alice Kelly, a 14-Yesr-old girl who disap-
peared from her home at Edgewater Park
nearly three weeks ago, she was accident
ally discovered by the finding Of her
photograph in newspaper. which came
into the home of Mrs Brown, of Fair
view, where the girl was staying, having
applied to Mrs. Brown for homework
The only reason the child gave for her
disappearance is that she became lonely
for playmates, and after she had wander
ed about. fearing that she had done
wrong. stayed away from home.
A pretty home wedding was solemnized
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. William
II. Biedeman, of Haddonfield, Wednes-
day evening, when their daughter, Pearl,
became the bride of Frederick Stanton,
of Mount Holly. Rev. w. G. Meyer, of
the latter place, officiated. The maid of
honor was Miss Anna NJ Smith, of Bur-
lington, and Howard Stanton, brother of
the bridegroom, acted as best man. Miss
Florence M. Beideman of Camden, play
ed the wedding march The ushers were
Charles d. Ledyard. P. Wendell Beide-
man, Richard Wescott and Roy Dumphey.
About one hundred and fifty guests wit
messed the ceremony. The bride was the
recipient of many handsome and valua-
BILE gifts The bride and groom left on
short tour. They will reside In Camden.
The jail authorities feel fortunate that
they got rid of Charles Nichols without
any more trouble than what they had in
effecting his capture when he broke away
from Constable George Hahner while ap-
preaching the jail from a trolley car
Nichols was sized up as being a danger
GUS man at time when it was not known
that he had served several years in state
prison for burglary, and which was the
charge against him at Delanco While
handcuffed to Deputy Sheriff Fleetwood
on the way to Trenton, Nichols made all
sorts of excuses to get out of the car seat
| 'You are not with Hahner now," said
Fleetwood, addressing the prisoner. You
are only looking for chance to escape. .
That's all right. Joe; you're on to my
game proper. replied Nichols, who con-
tinued: II admit that l am a bad man,
but don't care. have been shot three
different times while trying to escape ar
rest, and 1 would be willing to take a
chance at getting shot by you if could
only get loose"
There is plenty of evidence just at the
L nraaant tina that somathinnr ,rrill ho as:.. q