The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-06-16

of Delanco, who had developed insanit
was removed to the county asylum at Ne
Lisbon.
It The Epworth League will hold soci
l. on the lawn at the residence Of j. Frar
Scattergood. No 80 Grant street, on Fl
n day evening.
II For sale, desirable, complete, nine-roo
residence on Ridgway street. Bargain
!, immediate purchaser. ]. ]. Fenste
1 macher, 104 Main street.
Roy johnson, the little son of Mr.. an
= Mrs. Joseph johnson, of New EgYp
: broke his right arm above the elbow b
falling from porch at his home.
D Samuel J. Taylor. of Monroe street,
I now ready to make awnings, lay carpe
cover furniture, etc. A telephone ca
will bring him to your house. Bell 37SD.
The annual flower show, under the AZ
spices of the Village Improvement Assc
citation Of Moorestown, will be held in tn
town hall, at that place, on Friday mex
James Trainor. aged "a years, an IN
mate of St. Joseph's Home. at Beverly
fell from a chair while taking mar
breaking his hip bone. His condition
critical.
Carlton, the s-year-old son of Mr.. AM
Mrs. Joseph M. Thompson, of New Egypt
has been dangerously Ill for several days
He is suffering from rheumatism an
chickenpox.
William Ryan and Miss Mary Murphy
both of Bordentown,' were married In st
Mary's Church. at that place, on Wednes
day. The ceremony was performed b.
Rev. ]. G. Duggan.
The hotel property of Story R. Harke
at New Egypt is advertised for sale by
the sheriff of Ocean County to satisf,
the claim of ]. s. Perrine & Son, liquol
dealers, Of Philadelphia.
Mark Laumaster, who has just complet
ed term in the fail at Doylestown, Pa,
and was wanted at Burlington on the
charge of larceny, has been removed &c
the jail in Mount Holly, at which place
he is also wanted for robbery.
The announcement is made of the mar
rage of Miss Jeanette Swift, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Swift, Sr., to
William w. Kerr. son Of Rev. and Mrs
10. A. Kerr, both of Bordentown. They
were married In New York city on Thurs
day.
Governor Fort will deliver the Grafton
at the Fourth of July exercises OF the
Camp Meeting Association at Ocean Grove
this year. The exercises will be held In
the auditorium, when the new organ will
be formally installed. 1t is the largest in
the world.
Gaining entrance into the Friends Acad
envy at Moorestown, thieves secured W
from telephone slot machine and box
in the library. A lot of stationery VAS
taken bearing the name OF the school.
This fact indicates that the robbery was
committed by amateurs.
Budd M. Rigg, of Burlington. and Miss
Elsie Ray Morton, daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Newton Morton, of Florence. were
married in the Baptist Church. at that
place, on Thursday. evening. Ministers
from Washington, D. c., Bridgeton and
Florence assisted in the ceremony.
The Alumni Association of the Mount
Holly High School held meeting on
Tuesday evening and elected the follow
ing officers: President, Howard E. Alcott;
vice president, Morris f. Perinchief; re-
cording secretary, Bessie Anderson; cor
responding secretary, Helen White; treas
urer, May B. Boyce; executive commit
tee, Marion Risdon.
Martin Freck, employed in the railroad
yards at East Burlington, had his scalp
badly lacerated. last week, by cake of
ice that was thoughtlessly kicked from
the platform Of u baggage car as the ex-
press train went speeding by. Freck had
a narrow escape from falling under the
wheels of the car. He was removed to
his home In an unconscious condition, and
for time he was critically Ill.
Due to the efforts of Congressman John
j. Gardner, an appropriation of $1,000
has been authorized by the War Depart
ment at Washington for the removal from
the Delaware river of Bordentown bar.
Congressman Ira W. Wood, of Trenton,
recently had Perriwig bar removed at an
outlay of some $50, 900, and now Borden
town bar is the last serious obstruction to
navigation between Philadelphia and
Trenton.
Samuel Brown, of Mount Holly avenue,
who is a first-class taxidermist. has re-
ceived some beautiful specimens of trout
from Maine and Pennsylvania, which he
will mount. Mr.. Brown wants two nice
pike, for which he will pay reasonable
price. He is preparing large display of
fish. birds and animals for Malcolm Ship
lev. of Philadelphia, who will have
large exhibit In that city at the sports
mems show to be held there next year.
Failing to heed the admonition of his
parents to keep away from the water,
Russell Egley. aged I years, of Button
wood street, came near being drowned on
Wednesday evening. Falling into the
Rancocas creek, near the old pickle house
on Water street. the boys screams at
tracted the attention of colored mar
named Harmon, who jumped In and res
cued the lad as he was sinking for the
third time.
At the quarterly meeting of the Bur
llington County Retail Druggists Asso
citation, held at Mount Holly on Thurs
day. Frank s. Hilliard, of Vincentown
was elected delegate to the convention
of the National Association of Retail
Druggists, which will be held at Atlantic
City In September. Edgar r. Sparks. o
Burlington, was elected as alternate. A
the meeting there was a general discus
sion of the State Food and Drug law Il
its various forms, which will go into effec
} October 1.
! An agent of the State Entomologics
Bureau visited Merchantville, on Wed
nesday. and Investigated the condition
that might encourage the propagation 9
. mosquitoes At the two last meetings
5 the Board of Health there were discus
| sions as to the best means of Kidding tn
: town of the Jersey Birds" which hav
e become such a nuisance. Residents hay
e been requested to pour oil on the larvs
s breeding ponds, and employees of tt
: Board of Health will make regular tou