The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-14
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The engagement is announced of Vim
cent Pepper and Miss Bessie Reeves, both
I of Chatsworth.
The township roller and scraper have
made quite an improvement to the appear
( ance of several streets about town.
. The Columbus snapper soup club has
arranged to hold its annual picnic in
; Townsend's woods on Tuesday, July %.
: For being disorderly at Beverly. John
Healy. a former manufacturer of Cam
iden, was committed to the county jail on
! Friday.
Having come east to spend the summer,
Charles w. Heisler is now occupying a
cottage at Beach Haven. He was former
ly deputy surrogate Of this county.
A rattlesnake, having twenty one rat
ties and button, and said to be about %
years old, was recently shot by Robert
Smith on his fathers farm near Marion.
Mrs. Ella Monroe, of Mount Holly, who
has been living with her father, Thomas
Sherman, at Beverly, was taken to hos
pital in Philadelphia, on Friday, for treat
ment.
William Randall. of Broad street, who
is an expert boat builder, has turned out
another handsome canoe which will soon
see service on the upper creek. 1t is a
beauty.
William Atkinson, of Mount Holly, and
his brother, Charles, of Burlington, to-
gether with their families, have taken
possession of their houseboat at Beach
Haven.
By the breaking of board on the slip
lin the rear of his sons livery stable, on
Washington street, Friday afternoon, Geo.
W. Bowker, the veteran angler, was given
an unexpected bath in the creek.
The proposed meeting to reorganize the
Mount Holly Boat Club will be held at
the Burtis boat house, on Charles street,
on Thursday evening, at 7.30 o'clock.
There should be a good attendance.
The ice water barrels on Garden and
Washington streets, placed there by the
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
are of much convenience to automobiles
as well as others passing through town.
While there are complaints concerning
the manner in which boys and young men
conduct themselves while bathing at GER
tain points within the township limits, no
effort has yet svailed to compel an OBJ
servance of the laws of decency.
| AT the next term of court will be tried
the issue between John B. Goodher, of
Columbus, and Mrs. Lillian Livingston.
owner of the Rancocas stock farm at
Jobstown, to recover $500 for carpenter
work done on buildings at the farm.
PAYMENT has been refused. ON the. ground
that the work was not properly done.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G.. Thorn. who
were recently married, and who are board |
ing at the residence of Samuel Elbertson
during the completion Of their new home
ON Garden street, were rendered sur
prise kitchen shower on Tuesday evening. |
The happy couple were taken unawares
by friends, who left useful articles for the
cookery.
Farmers wishing buckwheat free can
obtain the same from Game Warden |
Howard Mathis, If they will sow it where
there is known to be covey of quail. 1t
is an excellent feed for these birds, and
will hold them in sections where it is to
be found. The giving away of buckwheat |
for this purpose has been authorized by |
the State Fish and Game Commission.
The "Citizens' Club" has been organized
by colored voters of the Third Ward.
Meetings will be held on Thursday nights
In the Knights of Pythiss hall on West
Washington street. Following are the
officers: President. John Wesley Mscklin;
vice presidents, William Brinson and Hor-
ace Gaines; treasurer. Charles Willis; Sec
rotary, Morris r. Games; executive COM
mittee, Robert Street, Albert Jackson,
Edward Ross and Walter Moore.
Sometime after IL o'clock, on Saturday
night, thieves broke into the general store
of w. Il. Roberts & Son, at Marlton. In
a wagon they carried away so pairs of
shoes, 500 cigars, a lot of cutlery, ladies'
shirt waists and a quantity of other gar
ments, valued at about $500. The rob-
berry was not discovered until Sunday |
morning, which gave the robbers an OPP
portunity to get away After sending out |
telephone messages to various points. De-
tective Parker went to Marlton to make |
an investigation.
Since July a new order has been issued |
with reference to railroad fares to stations |
between Mount Holly and Pemberton.
The single fare is about az cents per
mile. To Smithvllle, seven cents; Penn
berton, IS cents. All excursion tickets to |
these places are sold good until used, but
there is no round trip rate, double the sim
gle fare being charged. Family tickets,
good for any member of the family. in
Guiding servants, are sold between Penn
berton and Mount Holly-a distance of
six miles-for So for so rides The same
kind of ticket, between Merchantville and
Philadelphia, same distance, costs 81.
On Tuesday evening Constable Throck-
morton served warrant on DR.. J. @. Still.
of Madison avenue. He appeared before
Justice Risdon and was fined S. aud costs,
which he paid. He was charged with
shooting recklessly on the street and en-
dangering the lives of neighbors. A gun
was used in the endeavor to kill dog
that was running at large. AS the animal
passed the physicians house he pulled the
trigger. The dog was not killed and 1t
ran away wounded. CHANGING shot on the
sidewalk went across the street and stung
ladies sitting on porch opposite. One
of these was Mrs Herbert L. Townsend,
whose arm was pierced by shot.
Anticipating an early restoration of
former conditions on the upper Rancocas
creek, Edward Hack is rebuilding his
wharf and getting things in shape to
place his feet of boats in the water. Mr.
Hack and force of men will clear OBJ
structions from the stream for the benefit
of pleasure seekers. He has arranged to
care for about twenty canoes belonging to
parties living at Philadelphia. German
town. Moorestown and Mount Holly.
Owing to the late date at which water
will be diverted into the raceway, making
the season a short one, Mr.. Hack will de
far roakinrsanv extensive improvements