The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-17

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Lake at Rancocas Park. At Boyce's,
course. .
The members of the Methodist chur'
at Rancocas began their tent meetings
II Saturday.
Wanted to buy small second -har
l. graphophone. Address Graphophon
News OFFIoK. {"
= August Rider, of Riverside, is sufferin
q from blood poisoning, the result of parin
a corn with razor.
The services at the Hsinesport Luthera
church next Sunday will be in German
the morning and English in the evening
A $17 solid oak roll top desk with sid
e drawers and all conveniences, good q
new, will be sold for 50. Particulars 8
! The News OFFIoE.
A lily that is over fifty years old and
psony that is thirty five years old can b
t seen at the residence of Mrs. Harry Gar
LANCER, on Hulme street.
E. E. Cline, wife and daughter, Of Key
port, made the trip to Mount Holly b.
trolley, On Sunday, spending the day witt
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Durand.
} While fishing in the Rancocas creel
near Centreton, on Friday, George Itch
. enor, the Main street photographer, land
catfish weighing nearly three pounds.
Charles Dennis, who has been employed
in the Smithville store for a number o.
years, has resigned and has accepted 4
position in the Roebling store at Kinkora
Mrs. ]. Howard Shinn, of Union street
is arranging for trip to Emmettsburg
Iowa. where she will visit Rev. and Mrs
William G. Meyer. formerly of Mount
Holly.
The marriage is announced OF Elwood
Kelsey, of Pemberton, and Rebecca q.
Bozarth, of Mount Holly. The ceremony
was performed on September 3, 1905, al
Moorestown, by Rev. Churchill Wood.
Lawrence Bullock, Nelson Pumyea and
Norman Harker, three of Mount Holly's
young men, sail for England this week.
On their arrival on the other side they
will tour the country on their bicycles.
Governor Stokes, ON Thursday, an
nounced the members of the Burlington
County Board Of Taxation. They are
George N. Winner, Palmyra; Thomas c.
Shreve, Pemberton; Joseph G. Kingdom,
Mount Holly.
If all the proposed alterations are made
made to the Arcade Hotel, Mount Holly
will have one of the best establishments Of
that kind in the county. The improve
ments decided upon will be rather expen-
sive but their need warrants the expendi-
ture.
At the Burlington County Almshouse,
on Thursday, George Rommell. aged 80
years, fell downstairs and died of his in
juries. The body was claimed by rela-
tives living near Wrightstown. The de-
ceased was former resident of Mount
Holly.
Stacy Wilkins, whose farm is located
between Lumberton and Medford, Is laid
up with serious injuries. Last week
while leading pair of mules into the
barn he fell to the floor and was trsmpled
upon by one of the animals. All the ribs
on one side of his body and both legs
were broken.
Recent graduates from the State Nor
NAL school who have received appoint
ments as teachers are. Marie B. Allen, of
Bordentown. to Lyndhurst; Edith E. Cook,
of Mount Holly. to Irvington; Margaret
NJ Doyle, of Bordentown, to South Am
boy; Meta E. Allen, of Tuckerton, to Bev-
erly; Elsie B. Evaul, to Riverside; John
8. Heron, of Bordentown, to Paterson.
John B. Saltar, of Illinois, who was
boarding in Philadelphia, died suddenly
Wednesday night. He was feeling well
during the day. and conversed with friends
up to late hour. Before retiring he lit
a cigarette, and the next morning he was
found sitting in chair dead, the result of
a stroke of apoplexy. The deceased was
president of the Otto Gas Engine Company,
and the active business partner of Edward
F. Burns, of Mount Holly.
There is probability that in the near
future one of the old landmarks in Mount
Holly will disappear, as Richard Lamb is
considering the project of tearing down
the Washington House and erecting on its
site commodious brick hotel to contain
all modern conveniences. This is matter
that has long been suggested. The fine
location of this hostelry would warrant
the expenditure of the money necessary
to bring about such improvement.
William G. Morgan, of Bispham street,
a Pennsylvania Railroad engineer, is tax
ing an enforced vacation by reason of an
While bringing the shore train from Long
Branch that afternoon, mail crane at
New Lisbon was hanging out of its posi-
ton and while passing the station at a
high rate of speed. it struck Mr.. Morgan,
who was leaning out his cab window,
breaking his right wrist
The large volume of water that passed
down the creek, Thursday morning, could
not be accounted for until word was re-
ceived that portion of the dam at Smith
vile had given way, letting nearly all the
water of the pond and compelling the Fl.
B. Smith Machine Company to resort to
steam power. 1t is said the structure is
not any too strong and may soon have to
be rebuilt. Repairs are being made. The
low water in the pond was taken advan-
tage of by many persons, who waded out
and caught some fine fish.
The members of Company E returned
from their annual encampment at Sea Grit,
on Saturday. The work was full OF en-
joyment and excitement, being a novel
experience to some who helped fill up the
ranks of that organization. There was
disappointment because relatives were moi
permitted to remain in camp during the
outing, and those who went down with
the company made an early return to theil
homes. The object of camp life is mo-
viewed as one of pleasure by the regiment
al officers. who desire strict disciplin.
and compliance with all military regula
tions, but the boys" regard the adven
altogether differently. aud it would re
quire the enforcement of rigid rules indeed
to prevent them from having their usua
quota of fun.
Alleged dependency over the failur
of his crops and other troubles are sal
to be responsible for the death of Georg