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

an attraction at the Opera House las
week.
I The Burlington County Fair Associs
ton has issued its premium schedules TO
1908.
Members of Rancocas Grange, No. 131
will hold their annual picnic at Rancoca
Park on August 10.
: Scholars of the Jacksonville Sunda.
School will hold their annual picnic II
SCOTS grove on August II.
Mount Holly souvenir post cards. I'm
Very Best" Here and at Jones Phar
macy L. g. BoYce, stationer.
Communion services were held in thu
Methodist church, Sunday morning
There was preaching by Rev. George M
Hughes. the pastor.
Having been arrested on the charge O.
setting fire to his home on Carlton avenue
Philip Bullock was released from Jail OF
Thursday for lack Of evidence.
The scholars Of the Sunday school a
Retreat, and some residents of Wrights
town, enjoyed an outing at Rancocal
Park, on Thursday, in connection will
Pomona grange.
| Griffith w. Lewis makes announcement
that he is candidate for the nomination
of Assemblyman on the Republican ticket
Mr.. Lewis has been AssemblYman two
terms and made good record.
Equal Taxation" was the subject dis
cussed at the mid summer meeting OF the
Burlington County Pomona Grange, held
at Rancocas Park ON Tuesday. Nearly
five hundred grangers were present.
James Henry, employed on the Oscar
Pew farm, fell from wagon loaded with
manure, on Wednesday morning, and was
run over. Suffering from internal In
| juries he was removed to the Burlington
County Hospital.
The township authorities have been
asked by prominent citizen to abate the
tramp nuisance about town. Samuel J..
Tayler says that If he is appointed a
special day officer he will be right on the
job and arrest every tramp found beg
ging.
During the season Amos Poinsett, OF
Paxson street, gave shelter to about
twenty-five pairs of martins. These birds,
he says, migrated early last week. They
60 to Florida and South America. Their
departure at this time is said to indicate
an early fall.
In answer to applications made by
Charles Morton, reply has been re-
ceived from the State Fish and Game
Commission that during the fall guam
tity of black bass and pike will be sent to
Mount Holly for distribution in the
upper Rancocas creek.
Young men from Mount Holly occupied
Parker's bungalow, near Harvey Cedars,
last week. Included In the party were
Harold Worrell, John Elberson, Eugene
F. Haines, Harry F. Jones and William
]. Haines. They returned home on Sat
urday well pleased with their outing.
The Gable property on Bispham street
has been rented by Charles M Atkinson,
Deputy County Clerk. County CLERK
Watson T. Sooy, with whom Mr.. Atkin-
son has been living, will vacate his present
house, on High street, and board dur
ing the remainder of his residence In
Mount Holly.
There is large list of entries in the
stake races at the Mount Holly Fair, to De
held from September % to 20. Only
three entries have been dropped because
of non payments. This will ensure an In
teresting field of fast steppers. On each
day of the fair a 81 900 stake race Will De
one of the attractions.
A Carnegie medal should be given to
Grace Farlee, aged IA years, OF Burning
ton. for bravery in jumping into the AS
siscunk creek and saving the life OF Fred
Schard, aged years. The lad fell from
wharf at the end of Union street. Grace
is quite an athlete and good swimmer.
She also plays cornet.
Harry Cakes, small boy, stopped at
the water barrel on Garden street, this
morning He had been sent on an errand.
He laid fifty cents on the pavement, and
while taking a drink another boy stole the
money. Oakes ran to the jail, and after
telling his story went with Constable Gas
kill to catch the thief.
During the absence of Rev. J. Ii. Dun
ham, who, with his family, will be at New
Boston, In southern New Hampshire. dur
ing August, the pulpit of the Presby-
terrain church will be supplied as follows:
August o, Rev. Joseph E. Curry, Of Gran
bury; August 10. Rev. Frank q. BOssert,
of New Egypt; August %, Rev, =. b.
Austin, of Toms River; August ~, Rev.
N. T. Brown. of PENIS Neck.
Two colored men, living at Moorestown.
while under the influence OF liquor, yester-
day afternoon, took boat ride. when
they reached Centreton Frank Prout fell
out of the boat, but he was pulled in by
his friend, Charles McKim. After taking
3 seat IN LQ6 DOW VI JuS DOdt AONe o6oAh
fell overheard and was drowned. The
matter was investigated by Detective
Parker and found to be purely an accident.
Frank Kelvey, who occupies the John
A. Wilkins farm, near Arney's Mount,
which he recently purchased, and who
suffered loss by fire last Monday, states
that he will build new barn as soon as pos
sible. He has a fine lot of stock, and they
need better protection than the pres
emit conditions are affording. The
anonymous letter which Mr.. Kelvey re-
ceived has been placed In the hands OF his
lawyer 1t contained no threat to burn
him out or do him bodily harm.
While driving on Wednesday with
her little four-year -old son, Mrs. Edward
Ferron. of North Merchantville, was
thrown out of buggy and internally in
jured. Her son was cut about the face
and legs. They were coming down
Centre street at pretty rapid gait and
were going around the end of train that
had stopped at the station when another
wagon came around the other way. The
horse made Jump, throwing the boy out
on the street. Mrs. Ferron pluckily held
on to the lines in an endeavor to stop the
horse and was dragged several yards.
Frank Pagone, prisoner in the Mount
Holly Jail, is believed to be a desperate
criminal Communication had with j.
P. Culbertson, District Attorney, of
Armstrong county, Pa, resulted in Detec-
tive Parker receiving a photograph,
Thursday morning, which establishes the
identity of Pagone as being the man who,
on February 10, 1905, committed muir
der at Kittanning, Pa. Constable Sunder-
meier, Of Beverly, arrested Pagone two
weeks ago for carrying concealed
weapons, and large revolver was taken
from him. At that time other Italians,
who were working on the Ezra Budd
Marter farm, informed Parker that Pagone,
whose right name is said to be Francesca
Calangerra, was wanted for murder In
Pennsylvania.
Apgered because his wife, Apoliona,
wished to go for walk and display the
Merry Widow hat and new dress that
Magistrate Smith had compelled him to
buy for her in order to heal their family
differences, Adam Popiel, of Burlington,
40 wears old, barber, stabbed the woman
last night and In turn was almost lynched
bvan angry mob led by the assailant's own
son. Frank, ~ years old. Constable Will
liam Mccormick arrived In time to pre-
vent the crowd from following the de-
mand of woman neighbors to string Popiel
up to a lamp post. Fighting his way to
the centre of the rioting crowd, Meteor
mick with drawn revolver kept the mob at
bay until the arrival of Patrolman Hayes.
| and together the officers lodged the hus-
band in the city jail The woman, who
| is at the Burlington County Hospital, will
probably recover.