The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-10-08
LOCAL NEWS.
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White Legh0rn chickens OF all sizes, Iol
sale at the Mission House, Masonville.
The cabbage crop In this section is sui
fering severely from the ravages of worms
A dance on Saturday evening marked
the closing of Rancocas Park for the sea
son.
Members of the Shepherds of Bethle
hem enjoyed social In the Gaskill build
iyg. last night.
A mum soc or the benefit of the Y
M. q. A. will be given on Tuesday even
ing. October Is.
The house on Mill street, formerly oc
cupied by William II. Mason, has beer
rented by John Worth.
A job as blacksmith with IR. D. Wood
& Co., of Florence, has been accepted by
james d. Flynn. of Mount Holly.
Miss Miriam Oatman, of Mount Holly
is boarding at New Egypt, at which place
she is principal of the high school.
E. B. Jones & Co. want 200 tons OF
pumpkins at their canning factory on
King street. Will pay the highest cash
price.
AS the result of his horse running away,
the wagon was wrecked and Samuel Hunt,
of Crosswicks, was severely cut and
bruised.
The Young Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union will give national sup
per" in the Masonic Temple, on Saturday
evening, October 10.
Having been bitten on the hand by a
spider over two weeks ago, Henry Car
penter, of Vincentown, finds difficulty in
getting the wound to heal.
If reports from the country district can
be relied upon, there will be fine sport for
gunners at the opening of the season, as
quail and rabbits are said to be plentiful.
john Dennis, colored. is serving twenty
days in the county Jail. When arrested
for providing around the home of Miss
Hannah Thomas, of Medford, jimmy
was found In his pocket.
AS side issue DIR. Fl. Benton Young,
theeye specialist, has purchased the green
house on Grant street, where he will raise
chickens His object will be to help sup
ply the demand for broilers.
Beginning on October 80, and continu-
ing for ten days, church congress and
institute on evangelism will be held In the
Methodist Church. A special program is
being prepared for that occasion.
Sealed proposals will be received on
Thursday evening, October 81, by the au-
thorities of Riverside, for the purchase of
the $50, 600 of bonds to be issued for the
construction of a sewer system.
Having resigned his clerkship in the
store of Joseph c. Cowgirl, where he was
employed for long time. Joseph Apple
gate is now working at the plant of the
Victor Talking Machine Company, in
Camden.
Do you know that Pinesalve Carbolized
acts like poultice in drawing out inflam-
nation and poison2 1t is antiseptic. For
cuts, burns, eczema, cracked hands it gives
immediate relief. Sold by II. B. Allen.
druggist.
Considerable loss has resulted to some
farmers in this county by the prevalence
of hog cholera, which has been quite
fatal at Vincentown, where John Brush
wood lost 100 head. Wilson Haines, Jos.
eph Pew and others are losers.
Suffering from q fractured skull, a man
named Ludlow submitted to the trephin
ing operation in the Homeopathic Hospi-
tai, Camden, In order to save his life. He
received his injury while umpiring game
of base ball in this county.
Autumnal day will be observed In the
Methodist Church at Medford next Sun
day, on which occasion the edifce will be
decorated with vegetables, fruit and other
products of the farm. The services will
be of character appropriate to the occa-
sion.
Desiring better facilities to get their
truck to market, farmers living In the vi
cinity of Tabernacle have formed an or
ganization for the purpose of securing
better roads In that section. The matter
will be taken up with the Board of Free
holders.
Alicenia Rigg and George A Atkinson
are the executors of the estate of Edward
Rigg, Jr.. deceased, of Burlington. The
will provides that the widow shall have
the income during her life, and at hel
death the estate is to be divided into three
shares among the children, but the share
of Louis r. Rigg is to be held in trust
The funeral Of James T. Worrell will
take place to-day from the residence Of
his son, County Auditor William w. Wor
rell. on Broad street, where services will
be held at II A. M. There will alao bt
services in the Baptist Church. Vincen
town, at 100 P. M. at which place the
interment will be made. The deceased
who was In his SD year, was wei
known farmer.
Thirty six and half bushels of Gran
berries picked in FIVE days is the record
attained by Miss Florence Braddock, O.
Indian Mills. The picking will soon b,
over, and the Italians who have been en-
gagged in the work will be shipped bacl
to Philadelphia. The crop is about up tt
the expectation for this year. 1t is sale
that grasshoppers did more damage to tn,
harriaa than anvthinU aIca
Voters at the coming election will hav
an opportunity to express their prefer
ence as to whether or notsthe county shall
be governed by a Board Of Freeholders
as at present, or by commission consist
Ing of five members. As petitions bear
ing the required number of signature
have been filed with County Clerk Watso
T. Sooy, that proposition will be printe
on the tickets to be voted at the Noyem
Der election.
The team belonging to Harvey Lippir
colt. of Smithville, which was said
have been stolen from under a shed 6
Pemberton on the night of September q
has been recovered. The wagon. was stant
Ing one hundred yards from the road &
Magnolia. The horse, which had broke
away from the carriage, was found wal
dering on the cranberry bog of Alfre
Davis. Being In famished condition b
Took care of the animal and notified til
owner the following day. There is dout
now as to whether or net the horse VIZ
stolen, or merely wandered away.