The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-06-11
LOCAL NEWS.
Friday will be flag day.

storm which passed over this section Wed
nesday afternoon.
1t has been announced that no racing
matinee will be held on the Mount Holll
Fair Grounds on July 4.
A lot of ground belonging to the Haine'
estate, at Hainesport. has been purchased
by Mrs. Ella s. johnson.
Upholstering furniture repairing, car
pet cleaning and awning making. Sam
uel ]. Taylor, 90 Main street.
A Duryea automobile of 1906 pattern
for sale. Fifteen horse power. Price
$3.50. Address 'S," THE News office.
The sum of $22 per ton for hay is the
price which Job G. Shinn received for
three tons which he disposed of In Bur
lfngton.
Spring Lake is now the location of Rev.
Stephen M. Lyons. formerly of Mount
Holly, to which place he has been trans
ferred from Salem.
On Wednesday occurred the death of
William F. Lippincott, a farmer, living
west of Mount Holly. The funeral took
place on Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Charles Horton, formerly of Mount
Holly, has joined her husband in North
Carolina, having recovered from her re-
cent operation in Philadelphia hospital.
Some of the persons who are capturing
catfish in nets and shooting robins, are
likely to discover that they are violating
law to which heavy penalty is attach
ed.
b F. IL. Shreve, of Mount Holly, has
made a success in raising alfalfa on his
farm in Mansfield township. Some fine
specimens of this forage were shown last
week.
Howard Powell who is employed at
Smithville, has purchased the Plummer
property, on Cherry street, which com
missioners recently sold to George d.
Worrell
Services that are being held in the NJ |
E. church, under the auspices of the |
Brotherhood of st. Paul, are very success
full and interesting, and they will come to
a close tomorrow night.
Announcement is made Of the marriage +
of Mary Dolan, formerly of Mount Holly
and John Horn, of Riverside at which
place the nuptial knot was tied by the
Rev. Farther Goth, on May %.
The frame work is up for the building
being erected near the old hammock
factory for the Wissachickon Manufactur-
ing Company The latter firm will soon
be able to resume business again.
An interesting programme is being ar
ranged by the Shepherds of Bethlehem. in ,
anticipation of their tenth anniversary, +.
which will be celebrated in the Gaskill +.
building, on Monday evening, June "a.
Although her foot is still in plaster
cast, as the result of q sprained ankle, .
Mrs Charles Seaman, of Mill street, is +,
able to get about on clutches. She has !
been suffering from this injury for over ;
zen weeks.
G. Monroe Brannan, having resigned as
captain of Good Intent Fire Company, A
Herbert Shade has been chosen as his sue 4
,essor Clarence s. Durand has been )
elected collector, and William FL. Still
veil, director.
In order that it may be In readiness for t,
by the Weaver Manufacturing \
company, the machinery, etc., is being ii
emoved from the building on Grant Y
treet, formerly occupied by the Mount |,
Holly Shoe Company.
1t took five hours to bring Charles @
,ahol, living near Kinkora, back to con- d
ciousness on Tuesday night. The boy, C
who is only five years old, got hold of a v
bottle containing about pint of whisky | Ii
md drank its contents. The child almost r
lied from its effects.
Mabel E., wife of George ii. Small, and t
laughter of Anna Mincer, aged 30 years. |
was buried on Sunday afternoon, from the r
residence of her brother, Charles Mincer, r
on Pine street. The deceased was a mem t
Der of the Daughters of America. and there f
we're services by that order. c
There having been an adjustment of the t
which prevented further action
some time ago, the Bell Telephone Com |
pany. last week, began to extend its con- s
1uit system out Madison avenue, includ- '
ing that portion of the Lumberton turn t
pike recently acquired by Northampton c
township. e
Mrs. William Payne, colored, has de c
cided to apply for divorce from her hus- q
band, as she is tired of the trouble and {
caused about the house when he
Is under the influence of liquor. A war
rant has been issued for the arrest of Will
liam, who became very unruly several
DAYS ago and then left town. IL
As result of serious accident to
Quinton Patchen, after trotting fast
mile at the Fair Grounds, on Tuesday,
the stallion injured itself, necessitating
an operation, which was performed by
Prof. John w. Adams, of the University
of Pennsylvania. Quinton Patchen,
owned by Franklin p. Endicott, is well
known among horsemen. The animal was
to have been purchased the following day
by Richard Lamb
Apparently asleep for two hours, Frank
Young, a baker living at Riverside, sat in
an arm chair at Kiessling's Hotel with his
head resting on his breast. A friend who
had been in the room thought it best to
awake him, and was astonished to find the
man dead, death having occurred over an
hour before Young was big man,
about As years of age and weighed in the |
neighborhood of 225 pounds. He re-
signed his position a few days before, |
stating that he was going to rest up before
starting anew. The deceased leaves a
wife and five children. Coroner DeWorth
was notified and viewed the remains
Thursday morning.
Having been adjudged insane, Garrett
Wright, of Riverton, was taken to the
county Asylum at New Lisbon, Tuesday
afternoon, by constable Charles Borton, of
Riverside. Shortly after being placed in
a cell, Wright managed to tear away the
iron window grating. He jumped to the
ground and ran for liberty. making his es-
cape in the woods, with Superintendent
n Clarence Deacon and Daniel Fenimore
in nursuit Borton, who returned on the
q 30 O'Clock train, was surprised to see the
uuatic get on the car at Pemberton.