The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-05-28
LOCAL NEWS.

geraniums. Rosbach's, Pemberton.
The public school at Fellowship hs
been closed owing to an outbreak of diph
liberia.
new canning house for r. G. Chance
Sons, is now being added to their plant o.
King street.
An operation has been performed OF
Mrs William Walther, of Hainesport. TO
an abdominal trouble
The Peoples Building and Loan Asso
citation has purchased the property o
Wardell G. Phares, on Pine street.
A tract of land on the Rancocas road
near 'Bucto, belonging to Blanchard H
White, has been sold to John Worth.
The fiye-year- old daughter Of John Ing
ling, of Jobstown, is at the Burlington
County Hospital i'll with appendicitis.
The 10Th anniversary of the birth of j
l.. Anderson was celebrated on Wednes
day. He is well preserved for his years
Japhet B. Joyce, of Mt Laurel, has
sold small property to George F. Har-
bert, steward of the almshouse, for $500.
Influence of the child" was the subject
of an interesting sermon delivered in the
Methodist Church, Sunday evening, by
Rey. George M. Hughes.
At commissioners sale. on Thursday,
George d. Worrell purchased property,
on Cherry street. belonging to the estate
% u lt,p aod 10
200.
A gasoline engine and other appliances
to facilitate his business, have been in
stalled in the wheelwright and black
smith shop of Harry Norcross. on Water
street
The following are the unclaimed letters
remaining in the post office for week end
ing May %: Mrs. DR.. Baylas, A. G.. Han
cock. George johnson, Herbert Shinn, W.
Feldman.
AS the result of walking around the
ruins of the burned Wissahickon building,
Arthur Gaskill, of Risdon street. met with
a painful accident by running a nail
through his foot.
Notwithstanding the signs that were
displayed, last week. some people had
their clothing pretty well smeared by
leaning against the mail boxes which had
been freshly painted.
The Sycamore Tennis Club, OF Borton's
Landing. will hold its formal opening on
June 2. Surrounding the club house. ten
mis- courts, base ball diamond and a golf
course have been laid out and feet of
skiffs and sail boats placed on the Rance.
cas- creek for use of the members, who
occupy the remodeled sanatorium build
ing.
Charged with stealing eggs from VIII
s. Chance and Harry Matlack, three boys
under 10 years of age-Frank Wells, Ed
win Stiles and Stacy Powell, have been
held under $25 bail each for their appear
ance at court. 1t is said that nearly a
dozen other boys are implicated. They
may be placed in charge of William A.
Slaughter, the probation officer. who was
the committing justice.
Being connected with a company which
is to build two glass factories at Pleasant
vile, Ohio, Harry w. Leach, formerly of
Mount Holly, will remove his family to
that place From two new wells there his |
firm is getting $500. 900 cubic feet of ma
tural gas daily. This will be used in the
factories and also for supplying the town.
The people there are kicking over a
rate of 20 cents per thousand cubic feet for
gas.
Charles Lewis and Herbert Brown, who |
were in canoe, on Wednesday, upset
near the King street bridge Lewis got
to land and began to remove his clothing
to rescue Branin, who could not swim,
but who held fast to the boat as it was
being carried down stream. Harry Mat
lack, of Washington street, and George
Linton, went to the assistance of the boy.
They managed to get hold of the canoe
and Branin was pulled from the water
very much exhausted.
Believing that the storehouse in the rear
of their factory was set on fire, Tuesday
night. the Weaver Manufacturing Com
pany has offered reward of $500 for evil
dence that will lead to the arrest and con-
viction of the guilty party. Approaching
the valuable services of the fire depart
ment in saving the building. superin-
tendent George L. Heyer has given the
Relief and Good Intent engine companies
$50 each. and $50 each has been presented
to the America and Union companies
At Philadelphia, on Friday, Pearl Will
liams, colored, who is accused of robbing
many families with whom she obtained
employment for short intervals as a cook,
was arrested by the aid of decoy adver
tisement She was held under $500 bail
for further hearing to morrow. when a
number of victims will appear against
her While in the employ of John G.
Frishmuth, of Riverton, she stole several
articles of value. Leaving that place
Pearl was arrested at Bryn Mawr but she
managed to escape from the Pinkerton
detectives. Later she was apprehended
at Glenside, Pa. by Detective Parker.
while in the employ of former Judge Al
cott
While begging money from people in
Mount Holly, ON Tuesday afternoon,
claiming that he wanted to visit relatives
at Jamesburg, George Challous, an eleven
year-old boy of Riverside, was taken to
the office of Justice Slack. 'You have
been doing something wrong" suggested
the Squire. Haven't you been steal
ing ?" and the lad frankly answered Eyes"
admitting that he had taken money from
his mother and also from q storekeeper.
After committing Challous as disorderly
person, policeman Seyerns was sent to the
home of Judge Horner, the latter
being notified of the arrest. The Judge
recently kept the boy from the reform
school, thinking that perhaps he might be
reformed under parental influence, al
though he had been before the Court
as an incorrigible. The youth, whose case
seems to be quite hopeless. ran away from
home, spending several days at other
places before he reached Mount Holly. 1t
is quite probable that his career Of reform
alton will now begin at Jamesburg.
Thomas Clark and John Burke were ar
rested, on Friday, by Capt Branson and
Constable Gaskill The men entered the
home of George Dennis, at the corner OF
Pine and Church streets, badly soaring
hie wife The intrudere said thew wars