The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-05-19
LOCAL NEWS.
Buy 1t at Boyce's.

of typhoid fever.
Plants for the flower and vegetabl
garden In all desirable varieties, at Rol
bach's, Pemberton.
The Bell Telephone Company has bee
building a new trunk line from Mour
Holly to Pemberton.
Richard Wilson, of Vincentown, die
on Thursday. He was carrier of rurs
delivery route No. /.
Because of an increase In the receipt Q
orders, the curtain factory on King stree
is now running on full time.
The laying of concrete sidewalks at Sc
Side Park is now engaging the attentio
of Stacy Atkinson, of Mount Holly.
BY the slipping of draw knife whicl
he was using last week, Louis Steel, o
Delanco, nearly severed one of his fingers
The season for catching bass and pix
will begin tomorrow. Many anglers hav
their fishing tackle ready for an earll
start.
Members of the grand jury and board
of freeholders will make an inspection o.
the county insane asylum on Tuesday
June 2.
A delegation of the Shepherds of Beth
lehem, of Medford, came to Mount Holly
and paid visit to the local lodge on Fri
day night.
The ffty-ffth anniversary of the Ju
nior Mechanics of New Jersey was appro
priately observed in many sections on Sun
day evening.
E. w. Esham has been awarded con
tract to erect two houses for Mrs E. L.
Prickett, on Garden street. Elwood Stead
will do the plumbing, etc.
Mount Holly souvenir post cards in
colors. 81 views, Q for s cts, % cts.
dozen. For sale here and at Jones
Pharmacy. L. S. Boyce. stationer.
Samuel s. Heller, of West Washington
street, is recovering from mishap which
he received at the Hainesport foundry.
BY dropping a ladle Of iron he had his
foot burned.
Walter Coombs. of Burlington, and
Miss Ella P. Simons, of Beverly, were
married at the former place. Saturday af-
ternoon, by Rev Frank Lukens, pastor of
the Presbyterian Church.
Having arrested three night providers at
Riverside, last week, Officer Borton, not
having any lookup at his disposal, kept
his prisoners confined until morning in
the office of DR.. Weller.
Wei Council, Jr. o. U. A. NJ. of MARI
ton, will initiate several candidates to-
morrow evening. The floor work will be
performed by the guards of Mcclellan
Council, of Haddonfield.
The office adjoining that of Morris 81.
Keller, recently vacated by the Inter
State Telephone Company, has been rent
ed by James s. Davis, Of Vincentown.
who will practice law In Mount Holly.
The graduating exercises of the Med
ford High School will be held In Odd
Fellows hall. at that place, tomorrow
evening. The programme will include an
address by Prof. T. D. Sensor. The grad
yates are Chrissie FL. Cotton. Hobart N.
Henderson and Irene Garwood.
The funeral of John Longstreet, of
West Washington street, occurred on Sat
nrday morning, interment being made
at Beverly. The deceased, who was In
his s5th year, had held public Office in
Mount Holly, and he was charter
member of Marion Circle, No. Q, Brother
hood of America.
One or two of the dogs that were bitten
two weeks ago by the alleged mad dog
that ran unmolested about town,
died on Saturday from what resembled
hydrophobia OF the number of other
dogs that were bitten at the same time
some are permitted to run at large when
they should be fastened up.
George W. Bowker, who is well
preserved for his years, received post
card card shower, on Thursday, in honor
of his seventy seventh birthday, to cele-
brate which relatives had fatted turkey
killed and served an excellent dinner at
his home on Bispham street. Daddy"
as he is known by many people. also
received a number of handsome presents.
Farmers in the vicinity of Tabernacle
are giving much consideration to the start
ing of an automobile freight line to run
Tohn nj ~ nj aA
Lion, Medford, Marion and Ellisburg.
1t was shown by manufacturer at a re-
cent meeting to discuss the subject, that
a six ron truck would carry three hundred
baskets of produce or over two hundred
crates.
A ceremony of interest that occurred In
Mount Holly. last Monday evening, was
the baptism of the infant child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Damask, which was perform
ed according to the ritual of the Greek
church by priest from Philadelphia.
This ceremony is quite different from all
forms of christian baptism in that the
candidate is immersed three times. A
service of this character is quite unusual
In this section.
Howard Hall, colored lad of Burling
ton, while engaged in cleaning an old
revolver Wednesday afternoon, the
cartridge in one of the chambers exploded
On account of the rusty condition of the
weapon the shell was driven back by the
force of the combustion, striking him in
the forehead just over the eye. infiicting a
deep wound. The injury was treated by
q physician. Beyond leaving scar the
young man will make complete recovery.
The sequel of the attack which Thomas
Carey, of Hartford, recently made on one of
his tenants, Mrs. Louisa Arnold, and
was acquitted at court trial, has
brought trouble to the home of
constable Charles Gilbert. as the events
of that occurrence, have caused his sister,
Mrs Ida Clayton, to become temporarily
insane She is being attended by DIR.
Prickitt, who says the womsn's talk
relates to the assault. She saw Carey
strike Mrs. Arnold with shovel, the
sight of which further impaired her ner
vous trouble.
Charles Rigg, deputy surrogate, was
given surprise supper Wednesday eve
ming, at his home on East Broad street
Burlington, by a number of friends. Mr.
Rigg was entirely unaware of any prepa
Ito Io;rc x,,ada for tt,o avont and uaj