The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-06-05


10, after the poorest in many years.
Wanted.-White girl for general hous
work, 81 Union street, Mount Holly. =
DR.. Seymour, of Philadelphia, occupi'
the pulpit of the Baptist Church on Su
day.
}. Marion Circle. No. 8. Brotherhood
America, will hold its annual picnic
It Rancocas Park on Saturday, July %.
An automobile going out Pine street
e high rate of speed, on Sunday, ran I'M
u the bridge, doing damage only to the ca
An eight pound snapper is the pri,
r which Benjamin Costill, living mel
Y Hainesport, found In his sweet potato b.
bed, on Wednesday.
d Children's day will be observed next SUI
l day At the Methodist Church there wi
be communion and the ordinance Of Bal
tism will be administered.
Al The unclaimed letters remaining In th
post office are for the following personi
Mrs. Cornell. C. 8. Handy, Mrs. Oscar F
} Lewis. VIM. LaBlanch. Mrs. Sara Smith.
The half hour schedule of the Camde
and Trenton Railway Company went int
| effect on Saturday. This extra service wa
made possible by the arrival of severs
new cars.
The pre-summer meeting of st. An
drew's Chapter, No. IS, Brotherhood o
St. Andrew, will be held tomorrow even
ing at 6. 45 o'clock. All members are re
iquested to attend.
Announcements are made of the en-
gagements Of Miss Mary Casey to Jos
eph McHeron, of Riverside, and Miss FL
sic Kohlmere, of Riverside, to Clarenc'
Gamble, of Delanco.
On Thursday night Bert Dill left hi
Dalsimer bicycle standing in front of ths
Office of the Public Service Corporation
Not being taken in when the place wal
closed some one stole it.
G. Craig Tallman, Freeholder from
Springfield township, received yesterday
two fine imported Jersey COWS and one
bull calf, which he purchased at Frank G.
Wards sale, at Montclair, N. ].
The opening of Rancocas Park, on Me-
mortal day, drew hundreds of people to
that resort, which Is fast gaining in popu-
larity. The way the trolley cars were
packed showed that some people took dan
gerous chances In getting there.
Chester township has agreed to pay ten
per cent, of the cost disbanding the
Moorestown and Camden turnpike road
and the State Road Commissioner has
approved the proceedings and steps will
now be taken to make the road public.
Tylee B. Engle is occupying the new
residence on his farm, near Centreton.
which was erected to replace the one de-
stroyed by fire. His new barn will soon
be, completed. Mr.. Engle has had his
share of fires, and he would now like to
rest In peace.
Mrs James Z. Parker, of Broad street.
whose eyesight is impaired, had a mishap
last week. While answering call she
failed to notice that the vestibule door was
closed, and she ran into 1t with considera
BILE force, breaking the glass and narrowly
escaping a broken nose. She was injured
quite badly.
While T. ]. Warren, of Wrightstown,
was sowing grass seed he found coin
dated either 100 or 1900. with the letters
&c. V. L. l. E. L. NJ. V. s. T. E. A. T. l.
" g." on one side. On the other side all
that can be seen is mia" Some eight
years ago he also found an English coin
dated 1926, in good condition, in the same
field.
Capt. E. II. Kirkbride and Thomas ].
Alcott went to Gettysburg. last week, to
look at the many monuments there To-
gether with Gen. E. Burd Grub they are
members of the commission appointed by
Governor Stokes to select a design and
have made a monument to be erected at
Salem Church. Va, gift from the state
to the Twenty Third Regiment Volun-
teers.
Captain James Slocum, of Riverton,
charged with asssulting the ten-year-old
daughter of Charles A. Wright, of that
place, is still confined In the county jail,
being unable to secure bail, which Judge
Gaskill has placed at 81, 600. The son has
been making unsuccessful efforts to Sc
cure the release of his father, who may
have to remain in confinement until the
September term of court. The accused
man insists that he Is innocent, and says
that In the end everything will come out
all right.
Howard Cheeseman, Newman and Rus
sell Collins, the three Medford boys who
are confined in the county jail charged
with burglary and arson, seem to enjoy
themselves. notwithstanding their gloomy
surroundings. Mrs. William B. Abbey,
of Mount Holly, representative of the
State Board of Charities, made sppli-
cation to Judge Gaskill for possession Of
the boys, the desire being to keep them
from going to the reform school, but the
Judge refused to accede to the request.
At the annual meeting of the Alumni
Association of the Mount Holly High
School, held on Thursday evening. in the
Buttonwood street building, four new
members were admitted and the following
officers elected for the ensuing year: Pres
ident, Richard B. Eckman; vice presi
dent, Mark L. Durand; recording secre
tary. Edna Tomlinson; corresponding sec
Rotary. Mrs Thomas R. Finley; treasurer
Harry G. Bullock; member of executive,
committee for three years, Elizabeth A
Atkinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Moore celebrated
their Golden Wedding at their home Q
New Egypt on Decoration Day, giving a
the same time family reunion, at whicl
there were present every child ant
grandchild of the aged couple. The tots
number present was 43. They were G
Frank Moore and family; Joseph B. Evan
and wife; Harry B. Moore, and d.
Lowry and wife OF Philadelphia; Williar
N Moore and family of Columbus, Hal
vey N. Moore and family of New Egyp
DR.. Joseph G. Moore of Baltimore, Tho'
r. Moore and family of Riverton, Addiso
u Moore, and w. c. Moore and famil
. Of New Egypt. Mr. and Mrs. Moore r.
l ceived many valuable gifts, and the da
was spent very pleasantly by all.
On Thursday afternoon Prosecutor A
kinson made known the names Of thol
i persons to whom he had paid the $500 r.