The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-10-22
LOCAL NEWS.

A concrete pavement is being laid
front of the Good Intent engine house b
w. 8. Gale.
Garfield Brown, of Water street, W.
operated on at the Wills Eye Hospita
Philadelphia, on Tuesday afternoon.
Just after recovering from broken biz
John Hurry, of Beverly, fell while gettin
out of his wagon and sprained his wris
While in Beverly. Wednesday nigh
waiting for trolley car, Miss Mamie No
Closkey, of Burlington, lost her gol
watch.
Eckard P. Budd, of Mount Holly, wa
one of the party that accompanied Cover
nor Stokes to the jamestown Exposition
last week.
Upholstering. carpet laying, furnitur
repairing, floor staining, vanishing AMI
kalsomining. Samuel ]. Taylor, 20 Higl
street. Bell 37s D.
A lot of land at the southeast corner O
Broad street and Mount Holly avenue
owned by Mrs. Fl. E. Elder, has been sole
: to Mrs. G. A. Suffer.
The fair and festival, given three nights
last week by the Union Fire Company
was well attended each evening, and the
event was financial success.
The marriage of Lewis P. Conner anG
Miss Katie Lena Roehrig, of Riverside, Ii
announced to take place on Tuesday, DC
tober 80, at st. Stephens Memorial
Church.
The infant child OF Charles Cameron
of New Lisbon, died about week ago
The father could not attend the funeral
as he is serving term in the county Jail
for larceny.
As the result of his right hand coming
In contact with the point of q meat hook,
William s. Taylor, employed by Sapp &
Son, the Garden street butchers, is suffer-
ing from blood poisoning.
A machine shop In the east end of the
Bickford building. on Washington street,
is to be conducted by Leonard ]. Sparks,
who has given up his position with the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
The township committee still has un-
der consideration the petition presented
to that body protesting against the recent
appointment of Thomas Davis as spe-
cial policeman for the third ward.
The pleasant days of last week were
Enthusiastically those of Indian summer
The singing of locust, on Thursday, in
Dictated that pirate of the cranberry
boys had, perhaps. lost his bearings.
DIR. and Mrs. Joseph Shreve, of Bur-
lington, quietly celebrated the 63d ami
versary of their wedding, ON Thursday
afternoon. They were married in the
old Friends meeting house. October II,
1874.
Complaints are being made of the I'M
lawful business that is being carried on at
Crosswicks from beer wagons, or travel
ing saloons. The guilty parties stand
good to pay 500 if they are summoned
before the court.
While Conrad Adams was moving his
field at Charleston, on Wednesday, one of
his horses suddenly pricked up its ears.
CHANGING toward clump of woods near
by. Mr.. Adams saw TWO young deer frol-
licking in the sunshine. For fifteen min
utes he watched the playful creatures un
til they ran into the dense woods and
were lost to view.
Some time since lot of harness was
stolen from the barn of Nathaniel Dud-
ley. Mount Laurel farmer Detective
Parker located the alleged thief at Will
mington, Delaware, where he was arrest
ed, giving the name of W. Taylor. On
Wednesday Deputy Sheriff Fleetwood
brought the prisoner to Mount Holly. |
The harness was recovered 1t is said that
Taylor will enter plea of guilty at a |
session of court to be held tomorrow.
During fit of insane jealousy. Thurs
day night, John Brooks shot Clara Evans,
of Moorestown, with whom he was living,
and then turned 38-calibre revolver on
himself. The second bullet entered Just
above the right temple and passed through
the brain, causing instant death. The
first struck Miss Evans In the left groin
and she was taken to Cooper Hospital,
Camden. She probably will recover. The
deceased threatened to shoot her several
times, and recently was placed under
bonds to keep tie peace for making such
threats.
For several years the members of the
various councils of the Jr. o. U. A. M, of
the state of New Jersey, have had under
consideration the establishment of q home
for aged and INDECENT members of the or
ganization and the orphans which come
under the protecting wing of this now
national society. Thursday morning Dr.
Grafton E. Day, of Collingswood, who
was last year candidate for state coun-
cillor and will again be a candidate for
the same position when the state council
meets this year, went to Burlington in
company with w. r. Conard, representing
the state home committee, and spent por
siOn "a eHC 10Y AZ COtnPuHf Will "A. w.
Dresser, looking at properties which would
make favorable sites for the home and Sc
curing the prices at which they can be
purchased.
After fighting for more than year
the members of Independent Fire Com
pany No. of Palmyra, have succeeded in
having the proposition placed on the bal
lots for the fall election, paying them $12
year in lieu of the tax exemption allow
ed under the old law, and now they are
not satisfied. When the township COM
mittee decided to place the question on
the ballots they added provision that
places the fire company under the town.
ship control and makes each member an
employee answerable to the committee
The company is now thoroughly indepen-
dent and the members are not inclined to
give up the privilege of governing them
selves. As the last meeting of the town
ship committee before election has been
held the only way the fremen can knock
out the proposition is to fight 1t at the
polls, which will place them in q peculiar
position after asking for the salary sc
long.
County Clerk Watson T. Sooy. of Mount
Holly, who is president of the Sooy Oys
ter Company, owning about one hundred
acres of oyster land on Great Bay at thu
month of Mullica river has decided IA