The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-03

Annie Paulley, of Philadelphia, wer
married last week.
Lawrence Murphy and Miss Elizabeth
Coughlin, both of Bordentown, are to b
married next month.
The engagement is announced OF Ever
EFT T. Virgins, of Palmyra, and Miss Ethe
L. Plat, of Centreton.
While chopping in the woods, on Wed
nesday, Walter Miller, of Cookstown, Gu
his foot open with axe.
Thomas Kane, who married Mary Mar
tin at Bordentown nine years ago, is unde
arrest at Trenton for bigamy.
On Monday last Mr.. and Mrs. JOSEPH
Pearce, of Chesterfield, celebrated the65tl
anniversary of their marriage
Henry Grant. of Cookstown, is threaten
ed with blood poison, the result of scratch
ing his hand with rusty nail.
The remains of Mrs. Jehu W. Edwards
living near Smithville. were buried in the
Mount Holly cemetery yesterday after
noon.
William Red6eld, a Riverside butcher
had the misfortune to clip off the end Of
his little finger while cutting meat OF
Tuesday.
At Lumberton, on Saturday, occurred
the death Of James G. Pritchard, In his
63d year. The funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon.
The oyster supper given by the Luther
an church, at Hainesport, on Saturday
evening, was a success. The exact net
result has not yet been figured.
Van Liew Schenck, living on the Jack
sonville road, is able to get out after
suffering from injuries by falling heavily
to the floor in his barn while pulling out
land roller.
At 10. 80 next Sunday morning, at st.
Paul's Lutheran church, Hainesport, will
be celebrated the 425th anniversary of the
birth of DIR. Martin Luther The services
will be in German.
G.. Arber, of Delanco, an engraver at
the Riverside watch case factory, let slip
tool he was using and cut an artery in
right hand. 1t will be some time before
he fully RECEIVERS.
Hettie A. Rhees. widow of the late Rev.
Henry H. Rhees. D. D., died at her home
on Garden street on Friday. She was in
the s4th year of her age. The funeral
took place Yesterday.
Sarah A., widow of Samuel Allen, and
mother of Walter Allen, died at her resi-
dence, Clifton avenue, on Saturday, aged
SO years. The funeral will take place to-
morrow morning at II o'clock. Interment
In Evergreen cemetery, Lumberton.
Bartram Dennis, flagman at the Chester
avenue crossing, at Moorestown, cele-
brated the 25th anniversary of his employ
ment by the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany, on Wednesday, and received a
shower of post cards from his many friends
in honor of the occasion.
Tuesday evening, November 10, has
been selected for the annual roll call of the
members of the Baptist Church, which oc-
casion will be made one of great social
and spiritual blessing, An interesting
program is being prepared and light re-
freshments will be served.
James Stevenson, living about three mile
from Pemberton, drove his family into the
latter town to the Democratic meeting
Saturday night and hitched his team along
the street. When he was ready to go
home he found his team gone and not the
least trace of it could be found
Having served twenty years on the
police force of Mount Holly, Capt.
Brauson is particularly interested in
proposition to be voted on to-day to have
the township take advantage of the new
law enabling it to place members of the
police force on the pension list after a
certain period of service.
At the Washington House, on Thurs
day, the Peter Harvey farm, at Columbus,
was sold at Masters sale to Harry Kester.
The place contains 203 acres and brought
"a. 700. Back taxes amounting to $423. 63
were assumed by the purchaser, who
lives on the Lippincott farm, on the Jack
sonville aud Hedding road.
There was some excitment at Unionville
last Monday, upon the arrival of herd OF
forty-fye COWS to be slaughtered at
Chambers rendering plant. One of the
animals went mad from hydrophobia, and
a posse of citizens was called out to shoot
it. The cows belonged to farmers near
Columbus. and were tuberculosis victims.
Four men while repairing furnace at
the John A. Roebling's Sons plant, near
Kinkora, on Saturday, were badly burned
about their heads and faces by the explos-
ion of gas Those injured were William
Gummere, chief chemist and superinten-
dent of the steel mills; Samuel Blair, a
boss mason, of Roebling; David Martin
and Mr.. Clancy, of Bordentown.
The A. J. Cook Whip company, of
Massachusetts, in suit to recover on a
consignment of whips, tried by Justice
Slack, last Monday, secured a verdict
against John w. Archer for 1885, the
claim being for 1861. Mr.. Archer, in
his defence, claimed that according to
contract the whips were not delivered in
time for the Mount Holly fair of 1907.
On November 10, at P. M, the first of
the High School Alumni Association
lectures will be delivered in the Court
House by j. Duncan Spaeth, Phi. D., pro-
lessor of English in Princeton University.
The subject of the lecture will be Erich.
ard II, the Sentimentalist, and is one OF
course on 'Living Problems in Shakes
peare." This course affords fullest scope
for this brilliant lecturers great powers as
an elocutionist and orator. Everybody
should hear him. Buy tickets at Boyce's
| Suffering from an attack of dependency
on Tuesday, William Broadbent, OF Penn
sylvania, who recently bought the Smirei
farm near Browns Mills, went to the barr
and sent a load of shot into his heart
Getting his gun Broadbent told his wife
that he was to shoot hawks that were aftel
his chickens His wife found the body il
the carriage house. When he came t.
New Jersey the unfortunate man broodeC
over the fact of leaving all his friends
behind, and it became necessary to senC
him to the county asylum. After receiv
ing treatment there he seemed to improv
and was taken home by his wife.