The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-07-07

of fireworks on Saturday evening.
Mount Holly guests were present at
: surprise party rendered George E. WI
j. liams, Of Burlington, on Friday night.
e Charles Conover, of Delanco, aged Il
q years, was drowned at that place. on sat
urday, by falling from therailroad bridge
3 J.B. Hilyard has been appointed post
+, master at Rancocas, to fill vacancy
caused by the resignation OF Charles n
johnson.
The scholars of st. Andrews Sunday
school enjoyed delightful day at Ran
cocas Park, on Thursday, where they
held their annual picnic.
A white throated black snake and YAM
per were killed by DR.. ]. w. Branin and
Fred King while coming from Indian
Mills to Mount Holly, on Wednesday.
j Benjamin Haines, assessor of Mt. Lau
rel township. is in a Philadelphia hospi
tai undergoing treatment for appendicitis
He was stricken while working in field
David Brown, colored, of 'Bucto, who
is led by his faithful dog because of blind
ness, walked from Mount Holly to Yard
Vile, last week. He made the journey in
safety.
Having been employed as carpenter
for many years by the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, William c. Randall. Sr.,
of Mount Holly, was last week retired on
a pension.
Reginald Shannon of Mount Holly. has
resigned his position with the Burlington
County Shoe Company, on King Street,
and has accepted position with Harry
Bowen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Heller, of West
Washington street, have been receiving
congratulations ON the birth OF their
seventeenth child. 1t is girl and was
born last week.
The Metropolitan Barsl, Of Burlington,
will give concerts at Rancocas Park on
Sunday afternoons, beginning with next
Sunday. from 200 to $50 and from 90
to 500 o'clock.
While unloading hay on the farm of
George Smith, near Chairville, Jonathan
Fox had his hand and arm fearfully torn
and wrenched by being caught in the
pulleys of hay fork.
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union of Mount Holly, has placed water
barrels on Garden and West Washington
streets, SO as to supply the public with ice
water during the summer.
Unclaimed letters for the week ending
July 4, remain in the post office as fol-
lows: Miss Lena Jarrett, Chas. s. Morley.
Mrs. Frances Sabourin. Postals, Miss
Ethel Mond, Arthur Peirce.
A chimney at the residence of Joseph
Carney, on Shreve street, took fire on
Friday afternoon. The department was
called out but it did not get into service,
the fire being extinguished before the
arrival of the apparatus.
A lawn fete will be held at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Rebecca Prickett. Garden
street, on Saturday evening, July II,
from to 10 o'clock, under the auspices
of the Young Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union. Tickets 10 cents.
William II. Holt, of Delanco, repre-
senting the Burlington Lodge of Elks.
will attend convention of that order to
be held at Dallas, Texas. He will be &C
companied by Thomas s. Mooney. They
will start on their long journey to-mor
row.
Constable George Hahner Of Delanco,
was riding on the rear of "a trolley car and
Internationally grabbed the trolley rope,
which proved to be charged. The officer
was thrown violently to the floor. Medic
al attendance was summoned. and Hahner
although severely shocked, was revived.
Washington w. Watts, of Mount Holly,
engineer ON the Amboy division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, was retired July l.
Mr.. Watts has been in the employ of the
railroad company for forty-three years.
He is So years old and has run some OF
the best passenger trains over the Amboy
division He Is veteran of the Civil War.
George Smith of Beverly, member of
the local Board of Education, escaped
death by narrow margin Thursday after
noon when he was struck by a girder
which fell at the Mill Greek bridge. Asst
was, his arm was fractured and SO badly
crushed that amputation will be necessary
The injured man was experimenting the
unloading of the girders when the accident
occurred.
The Burlington County Railway Com
pany has arranged for additional club car
service to and from Camden. The run
ming time is seventy minutes from the
fountain, Mount Holly to the Camden
ferry. Leave fountain, Mount Holly, at
s. SO, TOO, T. SO, 500, $3.50. 9 O6 a. m. $3.50,
400. 4s6, 500, $50, SOC p. m. Leave
Camden ferry, 700. 1880. 500, 8 80. o 90
a. M, $50, 400, 430, 500, $50. 600 p. m.
Harry s. Ehret, member of the firm
of Warren Ehret. of Philadelphia, and
son of millionaire Michael Ehret, met
with a painful accident at his magnificent
country home, the 'Pine Tops, at Edge
water Park, Saturday evening. Mr.. Ehret
was assisting his two small sons in cele-
brating the Fourth when large cannon
cracker exploded in his face and badly
lacerated his right eye SO that he may
lose the sight.
James Morton, who had been working
in the cranberry district of this county
for ten years, died from apoplexy on the
West Jersey bog. eight miles from Med
ford, on Sunday, June %. The remains
we're taken to the morgue of William
Riley, at Medford, and If not claimed by
this afternoon the body will be buried.
The deceased, who formerly lived at
Pittsburg, Pa, has brother living In
Philadelphia. The man was "a years old,
well educated and good penman.
Morris r. H. Levin, of Beverly, aged 81
wears. a prominent citizen. died Thursday
morning, shortly before ten o'clock. Heart
trouble and rhumatic govt caused his
death. Mr.. Levin was stricken year ago
with paralysis, while assisting in the open
ing of the national bank. He recovered
sufficiently to take an active interest in the
institution and served from that time to
his death as its president. While attend
ing to some duties in the bank he was
stricken and had to be taken to his home
in his automobile.