The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-08-21
Rich cut glass. Buy 1t at Boyce's.

The Methodist people. of New Lisbor
! will give harvest home in the grove +,
that place on Thursday.
William W. Atkinson and wife left 0
Wednesday for Portland, Maine The
took the journey by boat from New Yorl
Benajah P. Wills, corner of High an,
Ridgway streets, has purchased the hous
in which he resides. and in which he ha
life interest.
While repairing grape arbor, on Tues
day evening, Theodore Campbell, o
Brainard street, fell from ladder an
fractured one of his legs.
By jumping in front of moving ma
chine. shepherd dog belonging to Josepl
Kimble, of Jacksonville, had Que of it
legs cut off. The animal was killed.
Rev. j. j. Neudoerffer, brother of tn
pastor of st. Luke's Lutheran Church
Hainesport will preach, in the German
language, at that church, next Sunday.
The Grand Home of New Jersey will
meet at Camden on Thursday, August 23C
inst. A large delegation from Lady Mar
ion Home, No. 6, of Mount Holly, will
attend.
Eben Berry, who has had a launch al
Rancocas Park lake for two weeks, left
with his boat on Saturday night for Man
ahawken, with the object of participating
in race.
On Saturday evening, between George
d. Worrell's store and 142 East Mill street,
pair of frameless spectacles were lost.
The finder is requested to leave them at
THE News Office.
We are still selling telephone service at
low figure. If you are interested we
will gladly call and explain more fully.
Interstate Telephone Company, 100 Main
street, Mount Holly.
Joshua H. Stevens, living on the Indian
Hill farm, near Jobstown, has located on
the property two land turtles, the shell of
one being plainly marked ''W. E., 1904"
and on the other is "W. B., 1885,
A reunion of the Fisher family, of
Wrightstown, will be held at Rancocas
Park tomorrow, and at the same time and
place four Sunday schools from Columbus
and Jobstown will hold picnic
The Hainesport Baptist Sunday school
will hold a lawn social at the residence of
Robert johnson, at that place, on We'd
nesday, August 49, There will be an in
teresting programme of vocal and instru-
mental music.
The following unclaimed letters remain
uncalled for in the Mount Holly post office
for the week ending August IS: Miss L.
G. Clements, Miss Martha ShalIcross, Miss
Mamie Shaeffer, Miss Ethel Turk, M. Pas
vuale Chianese, Ralph J. Schlos.
Constable Miller H. Hartman, of Cross
wicks, telephoned to the police of Trenton
that man named William Parent had
held up man early Thursday morning
Parent is described as having a sandy
moustache and a bad scar on his right
cheek, with black patch over the scar
When he held the man up he was riding
on bicycle
: When court convenes on Tuesday, Au-
gust %, Detective Ellis II. Parker will
present to Judge Gaskill his resignation
as probation officer of Burlington county.
Constable John Throckmorton, Jr., is one
of the candidates seeking appointment to
fill the vacancy. The names of other gen
tlemen are also mentioned in connection
with the matter.
The farmers who are compelled to use
the Camden and Haddonfield turnpike
are indignant at the manner in which it is
neglected and they decided not to pay
toll. This decision resulted in one or two
small disturbances. In one of which Chas
II. Ellis, of Marlton, was arrested on a
charge of assault and battery on the toll
gate keeper. Ellis was put under bail to
appear at court.
While at the circus on Wednesday
evening, DR.. William C. Parry, of Haines-
port, was called upon to attend his first
Indian patient. The physician found the
red skin in a serious condition, having
been seized with weak spell. He was
prescribed for and made as comfortable as
possible during the continuance of the
show, and felt somewhat relieved when
placed in a car for the night. The other
Indians became very solicitous over the
condition of their companion, who was
attacked with cholera morbus while per-
forming at Long Branch the night before.
A romance developed in connection with
Pawnee Bill's Wild West show at its per-
Torrance at Long Branch. on Tuesday,
when Mildred Fredericks, a comely young
woman, 10 years old, of very good fam
lily, whose father owns two farms at
Sagraugeville, N. Y, was married by a
justice of the peace to Frank Fourhorn,
Sioux Indian connected with the show,
and graduate of the Carlisle school.
The girl fell In love with Frank when the
show was at her home and she followed
him to Long Branch. Frank is splendid
specimen of the red men, his father being
head chief of his tribe and he may succeed
to the same position.
The decapitation of drunken man at
Burlington, on Wednesday, by a Camden
and Trenton trolley car, came near having
a sequel in Mount Holly. While trolley
car was passing up the spur leading to the
gates at the fair ground. those on the front
end of the car saw colored man among
the high weeds sleeping on the track. The
brakes were applied, and motorman Lloyd
Wilson and two or three passengers jump
ed off, ran ahead of the moving car and
pulled the man away from his dangerous
position. So quickly was this act per
formed that all engaged in the rescue fell
to the ground in heap. The man was
Samuel Jones, of Bordentown, and he was
committed to Jail.
As anticipated, the cranberry crop is
seriously damaged. Howard A. Brad
dock. of Medford, visited his Dogs at An
cora, last week, and found at least so per
cent. of the berries decayed. Spencer
Haines, of Vincentown, an extensive
grower, says his entire crop is ruined. Re-
ports from other sections all indicate the
crop badly damaged. The heavy rains
and excessive hot weather has caused the
berries to be affected by what is known as
the ''scald. The early season gave prom
Use of an unusually large yield and pres
ent conditions are decidedly disappoint-
| ing. Joseph Evans, of Marion, partner
of Joshua s. Wills, of Medford, who are