The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-24
Rev. Louis Heb preached in the M. E.

Gu W DC CRITICALLY Ill.
f New postal cards. Mount Holly stree
scenes Boyce's of curse.
The South Jersey farmers picnic will b,
held at Washington Park on August 10.
There will be dancing at the Pine Mill
: hotel, Browns Mills. every Saturday even
3 ing this summer.
Unlimited service on the Inter State
Telephone lines at less than five cents pei
( day. Further information at the office
| 100 High Street, Mount Holly.
During the heavy shower which passed
over Mount Holly. about 2 o'clock this
, morning. lightning struck the barn on the
J farm of William F. Lippincott, on the
outskirts of the town. The building and
its contents were destroyed, but the dwell
ing house was saved. No cattle were
burned
AS his children sat busy playing in the
yard at their home In New Gretna Sun.
day, Joseph Hickman was Mortified to see
a big rattlesnake working its way toward
them. He uttered no warning, but quiet.
ly got club and killed the snake before
the little ones were aware of their peril.
The RATHER was four feet long.
When Isaac w. Anderson, of Pember-
ton township, visited friend in Jail, Sat-
urday night, he was cautioned not to give
him anything but tobacco. AS Anderson
was detected In passing bottle of whisky
to his friend, he was arrested by Turnkey
Samuel K. Gaskill, and fined S. and costs
by Justice Krayer. The money was paid
in lieu of thirty days sentence.
D. Clifford Haines, of Vincentown, is
nursing some bad bruises and few lace
rations. On Sunday he was called to the
almshouse to attend to some patients.
Reaching Pemberton on the return trip,
his horse became frightened at motor
cycle and ran away. The top of the car
riage was broken off and the vehicle bad
ly damaged. Although the lines got fas-
tened in some part of the harness, the
doctor held on and was dragged over the
stone road for distance of several hun.
dred feet When the horse was brought
to standstill it was found that the ply
stefan had sustained no serious injury,
and in about an hour he was able to pro
coed home. A large crowd was attracted
by the accident.
The Epworth Leagues of Burlington
county have arranged for grand rally at
Browns Mills. on Thursday, August 8,
which will be one of the greatest religious
gatherings in the history of this well
known pine resort That there will be a
large crowd present is evident from the
fact that the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany is now giving excellent service to
that place, which has sharpened interest
among Epworthians, who for a number of
years were unable to meet there because
of lack of railroad facilities. Among
the ministers prominent in the New Jer-
sey Conference who will speak are Rev.
L. G. Fourier, who will appear in the af-
ternoon. In the evening there will be an
address by Rev. G. W. Ridout, president
of the Fletcher Grove Camp Meeting As
sociation.
The News is receiving many complaints
about the railroad timetable on the first
page. Some complain that it is incom.
plete, that it does not give any time for
returning trains. Others say 1t is inaccu-
rate because it does not have all the trains
in. To all these criticisms we have to
say that the railroad company pays for
publishing the timetable and we follow
the copy sent us. One man made bet
last week that there were three trains to
Medford each weekday, his opponent de-
claring there were but two, taking the
timetable in THE News for his guidance.
He lost, for there are three trains, but for
some reason only two are mentioned. An
other man was about to wager ON the time
he could get to Pemberton, but before he
did so he consulted large timetable and
discovered that there are trains to South
Pemberton but they are not in the table
in the newspapers. Perhaps the railroad
officials have seen the station at South
Pemberton and do not feel like giving
time for that beautiful structure. The
timetable is all right so far as it goes, but
it does not go far enough.
Several kinds of hard luck have befallen
Captain ]. N. Lane, a well-to-do retired
skipper, who for many years commanded
large steamship which ran on the Pa
cific coast to the Klondike, and who re
Gently moved his family from San Fran.
cisco to Toms River. They had just got
nicely located when their house was
burned to the ground and the family
barely escaped by climbing out of al
second story window to grape arbor and
jumping to the ground In their night
clothes. The fire destroyed several thou
sand dollars worth Of. valuable relics,
which the captain had gathered from all
parts of the globe. Captain Lane had
just finished beautiful new home and
had been in it but few days when, on
Saturday night, during thunder storm,
lightning struck it and damaged 1t to the
extent of several hundred dollars. The
bolt ran down the chimney and tore to
pieces an open fireplace in the parlor,
where only few minutes before the cap
tains wife and little boy had been sitting.
They were slightly stunned. Sunday
night neighbours house was mysterious
ly burned, and the captain says the neigh
borhood is hoodooed, and he will move
back to California and take chances with
the earthquakes.
Personal.