The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-08-04

Wanted. woman to do house work In {
small family, no washing. Inquire a.
this Office.
J. ]. Fenstermacher, last week, sold the
property No 25 Ridgway street, to Linds
D. Antrim.
1t is said that the justices and officers In
this section propose holding a picnic al
Rancocas Park sometime during the pre-.
sent month.
About twenty lodges of the order of
Shepherds of Bethlehem are interested In
picnic to be held at Rancocas Park on
Tuesday, August IL.
John ClevengeI, of Retreat, died Sun
day morning, from the result of stroke
of paralysis received about five years ago.
He leaves wife and daughter.
The harvest home of the Vincentown
Methodist church, will be held in the
camp woods, near that place, on Thurs
day, August 10. Good speakers will be
present, and there will be music by Gar
recht's band, of Medford.
Having been arrested at Jobstown,
Tuesday night, by Deputy Sheriff Fleet
wood and Detective Parker, on serious
charge preferred by young girl living
at Edgewater Park, Wallace Chamberlain
was committed for court at hearing on
Wednesday morning.
With the exception of through trains
on the Camden and Burlington Branch
railroad (and this probably applies to
other branches) drinking water is furnish
ed only on through trains. This Is said TO
be the result of an investigation by the
State Railroad Commission of the water
tanks on the cars, which were unsani'
tarY to such degree as to cause the order
above mentioned. Another order said to
have been recently issued is that clothing
shall not be brushed off in sleeping car.
Thieves are causing much unrest to
farmers in some sections of the county by
stealing truck and fruit. 1t Is said that in
one case watcher succeeded in putting
shot into the anatomy OF one vandal
George Conover, of Bridgeboro. lost over
fifty watermelons, last week, which
thieves either smashed or plugged In their
hunt for ripe melons. Constable Deer
ing has brought one person to the
county Jail for this crime and others are
expected to follow.
Going home from work at noon, yester-
day, a number of people on King street,
were compelled to flee for their lives, as
an intoxicated stranger threatened to Kill all
who came his way. He brandished large
open knife to put his threatinto execution
as he passed on to the corner of Wash
ington and King streets, where he
was arrested. Detectives Parker and
Dalton soon arrived on the scene. After
a severe struggle the officers put nippers
on both wrists. Although much pressure
was put on them, 1t was not until Parker
caught the man by the chin and gave his
head sudden twist that he concluded to
go along without further trouble. IN
give in" he said, after receiving this sud
den jolt. At the jail the prisoner gave
his name as Daniel Hagerty, of Philadel-
phia. The knife, with the blade still
open, was found on his person. He was
committed for twenty days by Justice
Slack.
The annual picnic of the Burlington
County Pomona Grange, which has a
of about $500, was held at
Rancocas Park, on Thursday, and among
the large number of grangers present
there mingled many friends from the city |
and some politicians of the county. Can
didates for Sheriff and Assembly of
both political parties passed the glad hand
among the agriculturists, to whom was |
given a statement of the political situa-
ton as 1t appeared at the present time, |
with few words of a personal character |
added. Addresses on timely topics were |
made by prominent grange speakers, In
Guiding G. w. F. Gaunt, of Mullica Hill,
who is the State Master and National |
Lecturer Campaglia's orchestra started
dancing at P. NJ, which was continued |
until late in the evening. During the af-
ternoon there were athletic sports, con-
sisting of jumping, pole vaulting. put
ting the shot, etc. This part of the pro-
gramme was In charge of Ezra G. Engle,
Of Masonville. The delightful weather
made the occasion one of social enjoy |
ment The dinner served gave evidence
Of the fact that farmers enjoy the best in
The land. The committee having charge
Of the event consisted of the following:
Charles H. Engle and Henry Brick, Med
ford; II. D. Rue, Wrightstown; s. d.
Proud, Moorestown; William B. Sheda-
ker, Burlington; Howey Rockhill, MARI /
ton; Herbert Deacon, Columbus; W. j.
Mount Holly; DR.. Dye, Cross
wicks; John Evans, Birmingham; Frank
5imons, Vincentown.