The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-07-24
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1t The latest In Post Cards Fine view on
l. Lake at Rancocas Park. At Boyce's, of
course.
l. Wanted to buy a small second hand
d graphophone. Address Graphophone,
News OFFICE.
}, Because Of their inability to get along
= together. George Poole and wife have
agreed to sign articles of separation.
|. Having refused to undergo an opera
J. ton for appendicitis. Herman Krupnick
left the Burlington County Hospital on
d Saturday, his condition being somewhat
e improved.
l. Notwithstanding the rain on Sunday
4 evening, many people went to Rancocas
4 Park and enjoyed the sacred concert Civ
f en- by the Metropolitan Band. An excel
lent programme was rendered.
Fenimore Brothers, who operate hay
press at the Grant street station, took all
j their employees on trip to Barnegat bay,
on Sunday The party had jolly good
time and caught some fine weak fish.
8 The following are the unclaimed letters
remaining In the post Office for the week
ending July 21st: Carter Budd, Daniel
Bryan. Mrs. Smith Champion, Miss Sarah
Lizzie Chester, Miss Myrtle Jackson, G.
, M. Keller. Esq, Mrs. Annie E. Royal, 2.
Mrs. DR.. Gerlach and daughter, who
have been visiting the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs r. ]. B. Slack, are at their
home In Philadelphia. The family will
return to Mount Holly and spend the
month of August here, during which time
the doctor will make daily trips to Phil
adelphia.
Another great game of base ball will be
played at Rancocas Park on Thursday af-
ternoon, between the Burlington County
and Camden and Suburban trolley men.
'Iky" Reeves has arranged with the en-
gineer at the Hainesport power house to
have the booster" in working order. in
case his team should need little invigor-
ating to defeat the Camden sluggers.
While angling for bass at the Silver
Lakes, on Saturday afternoon, two fisher
men had the pleasure of seeing four cranes |
about six feet high. flying around in that
vicinity, where they evidently have nest
of young ones The birds were very large |
and commanded more attention than the
fishing as they walked along the foot path |
skirting the lake.
Mrs. James K. Parker became totally |
blind, on Thursday. For two years she
has not been able to see out of one eye, and |
the sight of the other eye has been gradu-
ally failing. Her trouble is not due to
cataracts, but from internal complications,
| which are likely to make the serious stu
alton permanent one Mrs. Parker has
the sympathy of many friends in her af-
| Fiction.
| Anthrax, one the most virulent diseases
| among cattle, has broken out to an alarm
ing extent in South Jersey. Thomas B.
Rogers, the State Veterinarian, and his
assistants, are inoculating cattle in that
section In the endeavor to stamp out the
disease, which may yet affect the sale of
milk at Bridgeton and other places in the
Philadelphia market DIR. Moody, of
Mount Holly, reports that there are no
cases of the disease in this county.
Wandering from her home Thursday
evening, 6-year- old Mary Malloy of Bever-
ly strayed upon the tracks of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, down which she walked
until she came to the trestle over the troll
ley cut at Edgewater Park. There she
stopped and began to cry. She was seen
by Fred johnson, operator at the station,
who jumped out and gathered her In his
arms just as freight train whizzed by.
The little girl was taken home.
Sportsmen say that the outlook for q
great hunting season next fall is very
bright. Hunters who have taken advant-
age of the July woodcock season have
bagged many birds and found quail num-
erous. Rabbits are 80 plentiful that the
farmers are wishing that there was no law
to protect them. The sportsmen attribute
the abundance of game to the fact that the
winter was so mild as to cause no loss of
bird life, while all the birds liberated from
the State supply found plenty of food
Farmers and fruit growers who have
carefully observed and studied the ravages
Of the San Jose scale In this county make
the cheerful announcement that there is a
perceptible decline in the destruction and
that the reign of this remarkable pest is
probably nearly over. Many trees that
showed considerable effect of scales last
summer have recovered and appear to be
very promising 1t is the earnest desire
that the hopeful indications may continue
and that the predictions may be verified.
While riding to Philadelphia on late
night train from Burlington, John "
Haffner, of Florence, was startled by be-
ing struck In the head by gray, feathery
object, which hurtled through an open
window. After recovering from his sur
prise and the shock Haffner picked che
thing up and found that it was a full
grown gray owl. The bird had apparently
been blinded by the light from the cars
and blown into the train. 1t was killed
by the force of the blow, although Haffner
was not injured. Haffner will have the
owl mounted.
Miss Mabel Rossell, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Alonzo Rossell, of Bordentown,
and Leon A. Chsfsy. of Trenton, were unit
ed In marriage at the home of the brides
parents on Willow street Wednesday after
noon. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. James II. Durham, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, Mount Holly. Miss
Amy Rossell, sister of the bride, was
bridesmaid, and George Mcdonald, of
Mount Holly, best man. The wedding
was quiet one, only the relatives of the
contracting parties being present Mrs.
L. A. Butterfield presided at the piano and
played the wedding march.
Troubles of his own engaged the atten
ton of HI. Vansciver, of Riverside, one |
day last week. He is clerk In grocery |
store and started in by cutting his thumb |
severely with butcher knife. After the |
wound had been dressed he was called |
upon to chloroform a cat. Whether pussy |
was buried or not makes no difference, as |
the cat came back. In his next experience |
the delivery horse stepped on Vsnscivers
foot and mashed toe. The young man
went to the home of his sister, Nellie, to
have his second wound dressed. As she
was going down the cellar steps wash
boiler fell from nail, cutting cash in
her scalp. AS these mishaps had put them