The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-21
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 81, 1906
LOCAL NEWS.

marriage of a minister living in Philade
phia and Mount Holly widow.
A boarding house for fashionable colore
people is now in operation on the Bidwe
farm, on West Washington street.
John F. Kiner was all smiles on Wee
nesday, when added responsibilities cam
to his home by the arrival of baby.
As protection for the sand which is t
be shipped from Hainesport, large she
is being erected on the new wharf at tina
place
In Mount Holly. on Wednesday, occur
red the interment of daughter of Jane
O'Brien, Of Bristol, Pa. and formerly o
this place.
son born to DIR. and Mrs. c. E. Lor,
will be a week old tomorrow. Congratu
lations have been pouring in on the happ,
parents.
DR.. J. w. Branin, of Washington street
soon recovered from an attack of chilli
and fever, with which he was seized Oh
Wednesday.
As the result of rusty nail running il
his foot, Palmer d. Atkinson, living neal
Smithville, has been suffering much pair
from the injury.
A joint picnic by the Sunday schools Of
the Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist
churches, of Columbus, will be held al
Rancocas Park tomorrow.
Fish and birds are to be slaughtered at
Barnegat City. this week, by George w.
Bowker, Samuel G. Parker and Frank
Let's, who left for that place yesterday.
During an alteration at the Hainesport
iron foundry, Tuesday afternoon, Thomas
Bridge, a pipe cleaner, struck a young
man named Drease with a shovel and
broke his arm.
Because of inability to get dry wood to
operate the factory at Hanover station,
the plant has been closed down for an in
definite period, after making about 175
bales of excelsior.
A.swimming pool is to be built in the
park on the Rancocas stock farm at Jobs
town Some additions are also to be made
to the mansion. w. S. Gale has a con-
tract to do the mason work.
Last week Charles III. Pittman, of Mount
Relief, killed two rattlesnakes. One had
fifteen rattles and button. and the other
had neither, being known as stump tail
Searching the records in the County
Clerks Office at Mount Holly, has for some
time been engaging the attention of Theo-
philus P. Price, state fire warden, of Tuck
erton.
Announcement is made of the marriage
of Isaac w Budd and Mrs Lena Mathis,
both of Pemberton. The ceremony was
performed at Chicago, on August II, by
Rev. DR.. Kelley.
The sum of $4,000 is the price which
Isaac Brown paid for the farm on which
he lives, located ON the North Pemberton
Road, near Unionville. The property was
purchased from Mrs. Cornelia Brown
George Sewers, of Lumberton, an aero
bat high in his profession, has sailed for
Germany, where he will start on the vaude-
vile stage, having signed contract with
a manager for $3.50 per week and expenses.
Through Anderson's real estate agency,
of Mount Holly. tract of 1900 acres of
oak and pine timber, belonging to the
heirs of John Black, deceased, near Chats
worth, has been sold to Brooklyn parties.
The varied interests of the Inter State
Telephone Company were sold by the re-
ceiver at Trenton, on Wednesday, for
$575, 900, to the bond holders, who will re-
organize for an active business campaign.
blacksmith shop, for the exclusive
use of his own work. is beirg erected by
William Madden, adjoining his stable on
Charles street. This will not interfere
with similar business conducted by Mr..
Madden on Washington street.
A large jersey COW, in rather bad shape,
has been impounded by r. Thomas Ken
needy The animal was picked up while
walking over lawns on upper High street,
probably in search of that monster snake,
which may have gone off with the circns.
Herbert Harris, a railroad engineer, who
was unconscious in the Cooper Hospital,
Camden, for several weeks, from injuries
received by being struck by an overhead
bridge at Elberon, has recovered, and is
at Wrightstown, recuperating at the home
OF his brother-in-l law, John W. Croshaw.
Among the business transacted at the
Surrogate's office, last week, was the is
suing of letters of administration to JOS
eph A. Davis, Jr., on the estate of Joseph
A. Davis, Sd, deceased, of Palmyra. The
decedent, who was only three years old,
was killed by the cars. This action was
made necessary because of suit which is
to be brought against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company.
The posts on the various stations in this
section, from which mail bags are taken
while the cars are in motion, have been
moved back six inches as a matter OF
safety. 1t was a crane which failed to
work properly on the post at New Lisbon
that broke the arm of Engineer William
g. Morgan, and one at Birmingham
came near doing injury to Engineer
Charles Cable.
The Burlington county convention of
the o. u A. NJ. was held Wednesday
night in the lodge rooms of Chester Coun-
Gil at Moorestown. Large representations
were present from Mount Holly, Borden
town, Rancocas, Columbus ana Reading.
Addresses were made by State Secretary
Maurice Bowery, of New Brunswick;
State Counsellor Walter Sherman, of
Mount Holly; District Deputy Harvey
Gaskill, of Willingboro; Speaker Samuel
K Robbins, Aaron E, Burr and N. F.
Kitchens, of Moorestown. The following
officers were elected: President, F. b. Ed
wards; secretary, William Grier.
The putting, snorting and blowing of 6
large mogul locomotive, on Tuesday night
awakened many people out of sounu
slumber and put them in bad humor be-
cause of the unpleasant noise which LASTED
entirely too long for comfort. Theltroublt
was caused by the over loaded engine pull
ing a train of cars loaded with sand VI
grade through the cut leading to the fail
grounds, the sand going tol.the filtration
beds in Philadelphia over the Burlington
branch The engineer is said to be re
sponsible for the trouble. While at Birm
ingham, Wednesday morning, he attempt
ed to take more cars of sand than the en-