The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-09-22


rious places showed their interest In the
. Mount Holly fair by visiting the grounds
i. on Sunday.
John Anderson, of Cedar Rapids, Mich.
5 after an absence of SO years is visiting his
8 brother, Captain Ellis Anderson, at his
farm home, near Bridgeboro.
. DR.. E. Roberts Richie, of Moorestown,
Republican candidate for coroner, solicits
the support of all voters at the primary
election to-day who are favorable to hav-
ing physician fill this Office.
The public schools will be closed for the
balance of the week beginning this morn
ing. The attendance in past years has
been SO small during Fair week that it
has been a detriment to keep the schools
open.
!. At Lansdowne, Pa. on Wednesday,
occurred the marriage Of William Schen-
able and Miss Helen Westlake, of River
side The ceremony was performed at
the home of the groom, where the couple
will reside.
Henry Darnell, Of Atlantic City, has
sold the automobile which he purchased
of Robert g. Gaskill to Joseph G.. Bower,
of Mount Holly. The machine originally
cost 81, 600, and 1t was secured at great
bargain by its present owner.
The Mount Holly Water Company has
received, from the Chemist Of the State
Board of Health, an analysis ofsyater sent
to that department on the second day of
September. 1t shows very good conditions
and says that colin communis Is absent
In game of baseball. at Beverly, on
Thursday, Walter Fogsrty, an outdelder,
struck Edgar Heisler, the opposing
pitcher, with his fist and rendered him
unconscious for five minutes. Fogarty
was fined $40 and costs by Justice Cramer.
By stepping of the bridge that spans
the creek near the depot at New Egypt.
ON Wednesday, L. Fleishman, Of New
York, fell distance of twenty feet In
his descent he struck one of the large
stringers and was cut about the head and
face.
Willard McCummons, q brakeman on
the Pennsylvania railroad, who had his
right foot crushed while drilling cars at
Yardville three weeks ago. and who was
taken to St. Francis Hospital at Trenton,
has so far recovered as to be able to leave
the hospital and return to Bordentown.
Henry Rosenseld will not have display
~. M. IA hut he mil hoU
some fine bargains at his store on Mil
street, where he will be every day in order
to attend to his customers. He thinks he
can make 1t very advantageous for people |
who want to get some fine goods at low |
prices.
The Burlington County Railway Com |
pany has given the bridge at Hartford a
thorough inspection and has found 1t to
be in better condition than reported to
the Board of Freeholders. To make as
surance doubly sure, however. repairs
were made that render the structure abb |
solutely safe. A new bridge will soon be
built
Miss Madge Perry, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs John Perry, of Riverside, and John
Kirk. of Fremont Pa, were married Tues |
day evening at the home of the bride by |
the Rev. C. H. Barnes, pastor of the First
Methodist Church. The matron of honor |
was Mrs. Clarence Gaskill, of Palmyra,
and the best man was the ReY. Robert
Conover They will reside in Philadel-
phia.
While demanding food from people liv-
ing on Monroe street, on Tuesday, sew
eral drunken tramps insulted women on
that thoroughfare. Owners of truck
patches in the neighborhood of the bog,
where tramps are located, have suffered
loss of vegetables to a considerable ex-
tent, and say that special officer should
be placed in that section to stop these
thefts and preserve better order.
Anticipating the purchase Of chemi-
cal engine by the taxpayers of Northamp-
ton township for the Union Fire Com
pany, the members of that organization
will use the profits to be derived from
their coming fair and festival to purchase
the necessaries for its equipment The
engine will cost more than the appropria-
ton of 81, 200 to be voted on at the fall
election, and the company will hustle In
various ways to raise about $500 more.
The w. G. T. u, of Bridgeboro, at its
last session on Wednesday elected officers
as follows: President, Mrs. Kate Perkins; |
Recording Secretary, Mrs. E. M. Bright;
Corresponding Secretary. Mrs. F. A.
Eckhardt; Treasurer Mrs. 8. E. Newkirk.
The financial secretary stated that the sum
of $19474 had been received and the sum
of $172. SO was expended during the year,
including $50 the payment that entirely
wipes out an old mortgage.
A scientific study at the fair will be
found at the jungle show, where is being
exhibited white chimpanzee, bearing
the name of Sadie, In which there seems
to be no missing link from the human
being, except in the formation OF the
limbs which are extended. In this con-
nection there is shown what is supposed
to be the largest boa constructor In cap
tivity, together with the largest and small
est of monkeys. Their are many other
interesting shows on the ground, includ-
ing the Salome.
The unclaimed letters that remain In the
post office for the week ending September
10, are: Mrs. Abby W. Brown, Mrs. Edith
Bryant Baggette, Miss Rena L. Clark,
Central Drug Co., Miss Martha Eckemode,
Miss G. Fischer, Miss Maize MAR, Carlos
Hoffman, Albert Lippincott, Miss Sarah
| Paga, Miss Annie Perinchief, Mrs.. Fred
rick A. Seitz, Mrs. William Wagner, Miss
Bessie Wilkins. Postals, Mrs Emma
Buzby, Miss Mazda Davidson, Mrs. @.
Fischer, Miss Ruth Gaiger, Mary Hutchin-
son, Mrs Lizzie Hance, 2; Mrs May Shinn'
Mrs. Naomi T. Kingdom celebrated her
Goth birthday at her home In Burlington
on Sunday. She was kindly remembered
by several friends and received many
beautiful floral offerings. Dinner was
served and was enjoyed by her entire fam
ily of children, son-in-law, daughter-in-
law. grandchildren. with husband and
wife of two of them, and her great-grand-
son. Mrs. Kingdom had been quite i'll
during the summer, but is now in fairly
good health and maintains her faculties.
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