The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-03
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.


Tomorrow the American flag will b
entitled to another star.
The Fletcher Grove camp meetings O
Delanco will close to morrow night.
Miss Alice Page. of Rancocas, is recoy
ering from an attack of appendicitis.
New postal cards, views of Mount Holl
streets, very fine. See them at Boyce's.
William G. Vanhorn has resigned a
chief of the New Egypt Fire Company.
Susan M. Rock has acquired the interes
of John d. Rock in q property on Waite
street.
Recent wind storms in some section
havesmade it difficult for farmers to Gu
their grain.
government pension of % per month
has been granted to Elizabeth Oliver, Of
Mount Holly.
The members of the Hometown Bap
tist church will hold harvest home al
that place on Wednesday, July II.
Next Sunday evening at the n. E.
church, Rev. George NJ. Hughes will
preach on Aaron and Opportunity.
W. Scott Chafey, of New Egypt, has
been appointed commissioner of deeds in
the place of the late Oscar F. Horner.
While huckleberries sold for six cents
per quart at Toms River. on Thursday,
they commanded 25 cents In New York.
A more fitting place is to be selected for
the revolutionary cannon which has been
half buried at the grist mill on Mill street.
The naphtha launch 'Cove, which will
safely carry about twenty people, has
been placed in commission on the Rance
cas- Park lake.
At Pemberton, on July 5, will occur
the marriage of Miss B ernice Budd, of
that place, to G. Brooke Wallace, of
Moorestown.
Robert F. Peacock, the efficient and
popular stenographer in the office of Pros
ecutor Samuel A. Atkinson, has symptoms
of appendicitis.
Eight members of Washington Camp,
No. II, P. O. s. of A., enjoyed visit to
the lodge at Merchantville. on Tuesday
evening.
James West. of Vincentown. a railroad
engineer, is recovering from injuries
which he received by being struck by a
mail catcher at Birmingham.
A trip to Denver, Colorado, is one of
the pleasures to be enjoyed this month by
Thomas B. Denness. who will join the
Camden Lodge of Elks on their western
tour.
The Interstate Telephone Company's
connections with many of the outlying
districts were burned out every Saturday
night during the month OF June by light
ming
The Theodore Campbell farm, on the
Smithville and Jacksonville road, has been
sold to Samuel W. Shinn, of Mount Holly,
through the real estate agency of A. A.
Anderson.
Crap shooters and mosquitoes are quite
busy in Mount Holly. The authorities
should attend to the former while the
Village improvement Association is look
ing after the latter.
Mrs. Bedwell, of Main street, has had
her left foot amputated at the Burlington
County Hospital. Three toes became af-
fected and gangrene set In, making the
operation necessary.
Albert Chafey, of Hornerstown, is re-
covering from laceration to one of his
ears, the injury requiring the services of a
physician. He was driving a colt, and
was thrown backwards when the animal
lunged.
Charles Riley, Jr., of Riverside, re
joices over the assurance that he will not
lose his arm. While working on brass he
injured finger and blood poison followed
For time it was feared that smputation
of the arm would be necessary.
In the explosion of fireworks tomorrow,
children should be very careful not to in
vite disaster, and by all means they should
not use the toy pistol. Caution In this
respect may prevent the day from being
one of sorrow rather the one of enjoyment
Executors give bonds. but these offer
nothing like the security afforded by the
resources of great trust company. The
Burlington County Safe Deposit and
Trust Company, Moorestown. N. j.. re-
sponsibility amounts to over 81, 700, 900. 90.
Fred M. Camp, of New Egypt. has been
appointed United States Post Office In
spector. He was assistant postmaster
during his fathers term of Office at New
Egypt, and of late years he has been en-
ployed as railway clerk between New
York and Philadelphia.
Hugo Markowski. living at Riverside,
has had his right eye removed at the Wills
Eye Hospital In Philadelphia. The in
jury which necessitated the operation was
received in the Memorial day parade. He
was carrying banner and one Of the tas-
sells on the flag struck him in the eye.
The following unclaimed letters remain
In the post Office for the week ending
June 80: Mrs. T. Bryant, Mrs. Debbitt.
Lbld Loo Ukduk6ou aVCAug, Atb
Egan, Charles Flora, Miss Mary L. Knille.
Mrs. M. Murdoch, Franklin Morris. Mrs
Newcourt, G. W. Newall, The Price &
Lee Co., Mrs. West.
While sitting in his doorway, on Friday
night, almost exhausted by the oppressive
heat that sent the mercury to q high fig
ure, business man who was almost in
despair, remarked: 81 would give dol
lar an hour to see it snow" Just then q
pinching bug settled on his ear. but we
cannot publish the conversation which
followed this incident.
The drunken orgies which have gone ON
unmolested in club house on the Haines-
port branch of the Rancocss creek for q
number of Sundays will soon come to an
end, as the authorities are considering d
raid on the place. Some of the intoxicat
ed men from that place created disturb.
ance at Rancocas Park on Sunday night
Detective Parker made them leave on the
first trolley under threat of arrest.
Edward Morris, of Vincentown, was ar
resteu duu eOmmittcu u JAIL, On Iioay
for an assault and battery committed OF
Kelly Sutphin, whom he pounded shame
fully. 1t is said that had it not been fol
the interference of Joseph Leary, the maj
might have been killed. Sutphin was &C
cused of stealing pocketbook, and afte
he had been badly injured, Morris found
his money just where he lost it, Sutphil
being innocent of any theft.