The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-20
LOCAL NEWS.

A coat OF paint mas been applied 10 the
tin roof on the grand stand at the fair
grounds.
Mount HollY's former dog catcher,
Charles Coles, was locked up in the Jail al
Easton, Pa. last week.
need this Summer. For sale at the Arcade
shoe store, 2O-22 Main street, Mt. Holly.
Fresh strawberries, egg plants, onions
radshes, peas, tomatoes lettuce and all
seasonable vegetables at Cayanaugh's
Tuesday, July II, is the day selected
for the Baptist Sunday school picnic,
which will be held at Knights Park, near
Collingswood.
The Bell Telephone Company, it is al
legged, is getting ready to make another
dash for franchise to operate local
system in Mount Holly.
Herbert Aaronson, of Church street,
having secured position as brakeman on
the Pennsylvania Railroad. has removed
his family TO Camden.
The Junior Mechanics of Lumberton
will hold their annual festival next Satur-
day evening, at which time several spe-
cial attractions will be presented.
A position in the postoffice at Seaside
Park has been accepted for the summer
by Miss Edith Wells, of Mount Holly,
one of the High School graduates.
Jacob Haag left Mount Holly yester-
day. He has accepted the management
of farm located three miles from Port
Republic. The property belongs to his
sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Frank Scattergood, of
Grant street, celebrated the twelfth ami
versary of their marriage, on Thursday
evening. when they entertained number
of guests.
The county property in Mount Holly
could be improved in appearance by re-
moving the long and uneven stretch of
iron fence before the new concrete side
walk is laid.
While wading in the Buttonwood run,
on Tuesday. piece of glass cut the foot
of Ralph Woodington. nearly severiug
the heel Several stitches were required
in dressing the ugly wound
The commencement exercises of the
Brainard school will be held in the opera
house this evening. There are four grad
yates: Misses Almeda Davis, Nellie Stiles,
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One of the large sycamore trees in the
court house yard is dead, the result of
stroke of lightning. The tree had pre-
viously been injured by wrapping wire
around it to support telephone pole.
As the result of coming in contact with
trolley car, on Washington street. Tues
day morning, the fox terrier belonging to
J. Edgar Evan had one of its legs broken.
The fracture was reduced by DR.. J. Hume
Carter.
The organization of Past Councillors
Association of the Junior Mechanics will
be completed this evening at meeting to
be held in Burlington for that purpose.
Delegates from various sections of the
county are expected to be present.
There was an influx of Camdenites in
Mount Holly, on Thursday evening, and
for time ice cream and soda water were
kept on the move. About two hundred
members of Bethany M. E. Church came
here in three chartered trolley cars.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed in the County Clerks office by the
Idle Hour Boat Club, of Riverside. the
objects of which are to maintain boat
house for social and literary purposes
The incorporators are Fritz Eble, Karl F.
Feyhl P. j. Schmidt, Anton Kubler and
Henry Stillnag.
A new lock has been placed on the out
er door of the vault at the works of the
H. B. Smith Machine Company, which
was recently damaged with nitro glyce
rine by five professional robbers. The
work was done by an expert of the Mar
vim Safe Company, of Philadelphia. that
concern having put in the old lock quar-
ter of century ago. The lock is declared
by the firm to be the very best on the
market, and the most difficult for burg
lars to manipulate.
At the present rate it will not be long
before all the shade trees on Broad street,
between Buttonwood and Cherry streets,
are ruined. Several years ago about nine
of them were destroyed. Several are now
dead and others are dying. One of the
prettiest pine trees in town was that in
front of the residence of John Semple. 1t
is also dead, and looks as though it had
passed through a fire. 1t is said that the
sponsible for similar damage done on
Union street.
For the present the idea of the county
purchasing that end of the Camden
turnpike which is the township Of
Chester will have to be abanoned
the State Road Commissioner having
decided that there are not funds
available this year for the purpose
sistance early next year. This will b.
disappointing, but how would it do fo
Chester to follow the example of the
townships in this locality and buy the
road with township funds?
In the matter of collecting the bacl
taxes due Northampton township, Con
stable Mccormick, of Burlington, VIII
was engaged for that purpose, report
that the delinquents are coming up pref
ty good, and that so far he has only bee
compelled to arrest three persons. Tn
last man told the officer he would pa,
when he got ready. THAT suits me,
said Mccormick eff you are going t.
act in that manner | am ready now, S
you must either settle or go to jail" TIL
money was forthcoming at once.
The citizens Of LumbertOn township ar
very DESTROYS of having the stone roa
built from that town to Cross Roads, bU
Commissioner Hutchinson declined to az
prove it until some arrangement had bee
made to have the turnpike converted int
stone road With this end in view
special election will be held soon in Lun
berton township to vote on propositio
to raise money to buy that portion OF tt
turnpike in that township. Northampto
will be asked to purchase this end of tt
road, which can be bought for about $40
There would not seem to be any reasons
hIe ohiection To this nroposition and IL