The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-10

Lutheran church will hold its picnic at
Rancocas Park tomorrow.
The Jacksonville Council of American
Mechanics will hold its picnic at Rancocas
park. on Tuesday of next week.
Rancocas Park will be open every even
ing this month and August. Dancing
Thursday and Saturday evenings.
The appearance of DR.. R. H. Parsons
residence, on Washington street, has been
greatly improved by coat of paint.
Walter o. Hulme, of Mount Holly, has
voluntarily retired from the United States
navy after twenty-five years service.
A number of building lots at Mason
vile. belonging to William G. Carson,
have been sold to William A. Wright.
A vacation with relatives at Bridgeton
was enjoyed by Harry Smith, telegraph
messenger at the railroad station, last
week.
| Robert s. Smyllie and George w. Hand
will 20 to Trenton, to- morrow, to serve as
| jurymen In the United States District
Court.
| Because Of there being enough hot air
at the present time, practice has been sus-
pended by the Union Cornet Band until
September.
| A wheel on a wagon belonging to Geo.
D. Worrell collapsed on Main street, Fri
day afternoon, giving the occupants
sudden fall.
Constable Samuel K. Gaskill was obliged
to nurse lame back, last week, which he
received as the result of slipping while
about to sit down in chair.
The English service usually held at the
Hainesport Lutheran church on the third
Sunday of the month. has been postponed
this month to Sunday, the ed.
Counterfeit dimes. stamped on tin, are
being circulated in this neighborhood. A
watch is being kept on one person who
has passed some of this spurious coin.
The members of Company E, of Mount
Holly Joined their regiment, on Saturday
and proceeded to Sea Girt, at which place
they will enjoy camp life this week.
The annual picnic of the Columbus
Snapper Soup Club will be held in Town
sends woods, on Thursday, August 2. On
that day the weather will not be too hot
for the political bee to buzz.
The property on Garden street belong
ing to the Burlington County Children's
Home and formerly occupied by them is
offered for sale. Eor particulars apply to
Mr.. Franklin b. Lewis, Mount Holly, N. ].
While bathing in the creek along Water
street, on Tuesday, John Farrell, aged II
years. wade dive into the water and
struck his head on a submerged timber.
The boy was fortunate in escaping with
only bad cash on his scalp.
w. j. Wilder died at Woodstock, VT,
on Saturday, aged So years. He was the
inventor of the coupon ticket now used on
all railroads For the past five years he
was the accountant on Captain Elton A.
Smiths farm near Woodstock.
The members of the Sand Hickney Club
desire it to be known that the intoxicated
men who made their appearance at Ran
cocas Park on Sunday, June l. did not
come from their place, which is located on
the bank of the Rancocas creek
John Dudbridge. of Pemberton. who
received stroke of paralysis about two
years ago, died suddenly on July A. The
deceased came from Pennsylvania. He
married the eldest daughter of Samuel
Cross A wife and one child survive.
While carrying piece of ice down eel
lar at her home in Moorestown, Oh Satur-
day afternoon, Mrs. Harry Mckinney
slipped and fell to the bottom of the steps
She sprained her ankle badly, was severe
ly bruised and, as she Is advanced in
years, it is thought the fall may prove
serious.
The annual meeting of the Board of
Medical Examiners of New Jersey was
held In Trenton on Wednesday, DIR. w.
II. Ships, of Bordentown, was elected
president. Licenses to practice medicine
were dWdluCu W OOAAAOo 1uAAOOhs
Crosswicks and Howard Leon Jameson,
New Egypt.
Asher Kirby, living on the North Penn
berton road, is looking for very large
crop of peaches this year. With force
of men he has made systematic inspec-
ton of his orchard, and from the over
burdened trees they picked four hundred
baskets In order to give the balance of the
fruit an opportunity to properly mature.
MT Kirby spends much time in his orch
ards, and is faithful in spraying them to
prevent injury from the rayages Of in
sects.
| A gentleman from Riverton, who was
visiting in Mount Holly, on Sunday, met
with an experience that was anything but
pleasant. Come and take walk with
me and will give you good drink, "
said stranger The two men sauntered
out High street, and the bottle of liquor
was produced at the car barn. About IL
O'Clock at night the man was found wan
dering down the street in a dazed condi-
| ton and hatless. By the aid of knock
out drops he was robbed of over &c.
Early on Tuesday evening it looked as
though William D. Herbert and his son,
on Church street, had concluded to make
an early start of their celebration of the
Fourth. In the back shed there was rest
ing a four pound package of sulphur and
potash waiting to make its share of noise
} in the observance of Independence day.
1t was exploded with terrific report. and
the volume of smoke that followed led
some people on Mill street to believe that
the house was on fire. And sure enough
it was. but few buckets of water extin
D guished the flames. The premature ex
, plosion was caused by lightning, which
struck the shed and stunned Mrs. Her
bert. There seemed to be pyrotechnics o
various kinds when the crash came.
Two men employed in the sand pits o
Captain Michael BOUCHER, near Lumber
ton. met with an accident while In Noun
u Holly ON Saturday night. AS they wer
driving on Washington street some POI
} ton of the harness broke, which permit
3 ted the wagon to hit the horse. Becom
ing frightened at this the animal ra
It away, throwing both men out at the four
e tain. The owner of the horse was IL
s iured slightly on the head. By gettin
IS the lines wrapped around his foot th
other man was dragged over the pave
), street for nearly hundred feet. Whe