The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-24

. SPECIAL one thousand new Comic 70
Cards, one cent each. L. s. Boyce, st
toner. .
The remains of Mrs. William H. M
son, Sr., of Cherry street, were burie
on Friday.
Mrs. Harry Cooper, of Madison avenu
has been i'll during the past week, and t.
phoid fever is feared.
Thomas r. Finley, treasurer of the I
B. Smith Machine Company, made bu
mess trip to New York, on Saturday.
A store house 36x6O feet is being erecte
on Water street, in connection with th
canning factory of j. L. Anderson & Som
George w. Craig has been appointe
assessor for Eastampton township, to fl
the vacancy caused by the resignation c
Charles Dennis.
A property on West Washington stree
belonging to the Mount Holly Buildin
and Loan Association. has been purchase
by Alfred Baker for $780,
At Merchantville, on August 81, spe
cial election will be held, when plan
adopted by the borough council for a sew
age system will be voted upon.
Mrs. Mary E. Turner, of Burlington
who has been suffering for some time wit
a complication of diseases, is being treate,
at the Burlington County Hospital.
i George w. Ekings, who has been an in
structor in the Northeast Manual Training
School, in Philadelphia, has been places
in charge of the entire mechanical depart
ment of the school.
At Riverside, on Thursday evening, &C
CURED the marriage of Oscar Moore ant
Miss Reba Gilbert. The ceremony wa
performed by Rev. G. J. Fitzgeorge, o
Beverly.
Because of the completion of building
to their works at the Grant street station
Fenimore Brothers, who operate hay
press, now have very large capacity fol
the storage of hay.
Thursday. August Is, is the date select
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New Egypt. The committee in charge OF
the matter held meeting last night to
further perfect their plans.
Joseph Nippins, who has been patient
at the Burlington County Hospital fol
several months, was returned to the Sol,
diers' Home, at Kearney, on Wednesday,
Inv lohn Throok o.
Having made quite success of life at
farming. John Meany and John Spence,
living near New Egypt. sailed for Ireland,
on Thursday, where they will visit the
scenes of the land of their fathers.
A grade crossing accident occurred at
Palmyra, on Wednesday morning, when
William Boshell. Riverside farmer, was
struck at the Cinnaminson avenue cross
ing by special freight train. The wagon
was demolished. the driver considerably
bruised and one horse injured.
During the storm at Columbus, Tues
day afternoon, lightning struck the house
of ElwoOd Ingling, tearing portion of
the structure into splinters, resulting In
damage to the extent of 5000. A son, who
was reclining on couch at the time, was
thrown to the floor and rendered uncon-
scious
o. H. Atkinson, a machinist, living at
Jobstown, was badly scalded, on Thursday
morning. while repairing an engine for
w. G. VanHise, at Cassville. He had
nearly completed the work, when one of
the valves bursted and the steam and
water rushed over his face and shoulders,
burning and scalding him. He was re-
moved to hotel at New Egypt.
Don't forget the date of the annual pic
mic to be held at Rancocas Park by the
Brotherhood of America. 1t will take
place on Saturday, July %, and an inter-
esting programme has been prepared for
the occasion, which will be one of the
events of the season. After 2 o'clock
there will be half hour balloon ascensions
and varied line of sports.
1t is with some pride that James K.
Parker has been showing photograph of
himself, which was taken in 1868 at Bevt
erly, when the soldiers were ready to star.
for the south. The picture of compan-
ion is also shown, but the latter Is dead
The photo bears no resemblance to Mr.
Parker now, and few are able to pick out
which of the two represents him.
Extensive alterations are now under way
at the Burlington Auditorium in the hotel
part of the building. The improvents
will consist of an elevator to run from the
first floor to the third, passing through the
dining room and the sleeping apartments.
Electric fans have been placed in the cafe
and eight new rooms have been opened on
the third floor for sleeping quarters. The
annual house cleaning is now on at the
Auditorium and from the size of the house
it can be readily guessed that is no trifiing
job.
Word reached Mount Holly, on Satur-
day, that while in Bear Swamp, located a
mile south of New Egypt, George Parker,
who carts logs to the saw mills in that
section, found four small grizzly bears,
the size of young hound dogs. Walter E.
Borden, of Jacobstown, a surveyor. who
is acquainted with every foot:of that terri
tory, was much surprised at the report
He says that bears have no habitation
within twenty miles of the swamp in ques-
ton, which is two miles long and three
hundred feet wide. Some of the deer
liberated by the State Game Commission
are living In that territory, but to his
knowledge no bears have been known to
exist there.
An important opinion has just been rem
dered by Attorney General McCarter to
the effect that the amendments to the elec-
ton law, passed by the Legislature of last
Winter, do not relieve election and registry
officers In districts of cities of less than
80, 900 population from sitting the second
Tuesday in September as under the old
regulations. These same boards will also
sit on the fourth Tuesday of September, al
which time all of the election boards viii
have to be In session for the registering
of voters. Heretofore the impression hal
prevailed that the rural boards as we'll al
the city boards need be in session only OF
the fourth Tuesday of the month. Thi
was evidently the intent of the trainers o
| the amendments to the election law passed
last Winter, but the law does not so des
ignate and the Attorney General rules tina
The rural boards must hold two sessions.
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