The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-08-31

hundred bushels of grass seed among 1t
members.
Harry Brenning, of Medford, Is suffer
ing from bone felon on the middle finge
of his left hand.
The Burlington quarterly meeting o
the Society of Friends is being held II
Mount Holly to-day.
1t is expected that work will commence
at the factory of the Star Glass Company
of Medford, on September 20.
Members of Pemberton Grange viii
hold peach festival In Red Mems hall a
that place next Saturday evening.
John Allen Harker. of Vincentown
aged SO years. was buried in the Baptis
cemetery at that place on Saturday after
noon.
Mrs. Julia Rapp. of Bridgeboro, is very
Ill at st. Agnes Hospital. Philadelphia
where she underwent a second operation
last week.
A pleasant time will prevail in the
grove at Fox Chase tomorrow, where the
Junior Mechanics of Tabernacle will hold
their annual picnic.
As the result of an accident while oper-
ating cornsheller, John Meirs. of New
Egypt, had the little finger on his right
hand mashed badly on Wednesday.
The Aaron property. corner of Garden
street and Mount Holly avenue, was not
sold by Sheriff Worrell. on Thursday. the
matter having been adjourned for one
week.
| Thrown to the ground with great force
while attempting to ride horse without
bride or saddle, on Thursday, William
Woodruff, of New Egypt, was injured
quite badly.
There are one or two prospective pur-
chasers for A. Lincoln Sailer's launch
Susan IL Should he dispose of the boat,
Mr.. Sailer will build a new one that will
be forty feet long with ten feet beam.
Mount Holly friends were panied to
learn OF the sudden death of Lawrence
Med Jr., formerly Of Smithville.
who was drowned in the Schuylkill river
while canoeing on Tuesday afternoon.
Charles OFT and Miss Lottie SCHUYLER,
both of Kresson, were married on Wed
nesday evening. August 20. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Lewis L. Moore
at the Methodist parsonage In Marlton.
While preparing breakfast at her home
in Beverly on Thursday, Mrs. Reuben P.
Haines was severely burned, leaky valve
In gas range causing an explosion when
she applied match. She was enveloped
| in flames but will recover.
At the annual meeting held in Mount
Holly, on Thursday, the Burlington
County Retail Druggists Association
elected the following officers: President.
Frank s. billiard, Vincentown; vice pres
ident, DR.. John ]. Flynn, Mount Holly;
secretary and treasurer, E. r. Sparks,
Burlington.
The most successful alfalfa grower in
the state is said to be George R. Haines,
who operates a farm near Hainesport.
This honor was conferred on him at New
Brunswick, to which place he took some
fine specimens of alfalfa while attending
the field day at the state experiment
station.
The Local Option and Anti-Saloon
League have secured the services of r. B.
Glenn. Governor of North Carolina, who
will make temperance addresses in New
Jersey, both night and day, beginning in
Gloucester county on September 5, and
continuing until the night before the
prima aries, on the 18th.
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the post Office for the week ending
August %: Mrs Emeline Holloway, Mrs.
]. M. Trevos. Frank Obrine, Mrs. Henry
Warwick; postal cards for Mrs. Robt.
Guile, Mrs. Chas. Stewart, Miss Irene
Rau, Master Frank Whitaker, Thos
Whitaker, Helen Whitaker.
A new church for worship by the Polish
settlement is to be erected on East Pearl
street. Burlington. opposite the house of
the Lakanoo boat club. A large barn pur-
chased for 81, 500 from the Francis Minor
estate, is to be converted into a suitable
building for this purpose. There are now
about IT'S families of this nationality liv-
ing in Burlington.
A pleasant occasion on Tuesday was a
supper given to Alex Dubell In honor of
his birthday. The event took place at
the Early Risers' club house on the upper
creek While chicken and other good
things were being prepared by the ladies
of the party, the male portion of the
gathering busted themselves fishing, and
some nice catches were made.
At the rectory of the Sacred Heart
Church, on Thursday, occurred the mar
rage of Joseph II. Alcott and Miss Nora
r. Gregory, both of Mount Holly. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Peter ].
Hart Miss Bertha Hanson, of Camden,
was the bridesmaid, and Joseph Gregory
acted as best man. The honeymoon con-
sisted of a trip to Washington, d. G..
The Second New Jersey Cavalry, that
many Burlington county boys were men,
bers of, will hold its eighteenth annual
reunion this year of 1909, on Thursday,
September 9. in Camden, at Post 8 Hall,
G. A. R. The president of the association
sincerely hopes all the surviving comrades
of this celebrated regiment will be there
on that day to meet their old friends OF
forty-six years ago.
Mary Munyon recently had tussle
with rattlesnake at Magnolia. where one
or more of these dangerous reptiles have
recently appeared Although handicap
ped by an accident In a laundry, which
necessitated amputation of all her fingers
on one hand, the girl fought desperately
to save her little sister, at whose feet the
snake was coiled ready to strike with its
poisonous fangs. The girl began to beat
the snake with stick, but as this was not
sufficient to produce death, she killed IL
with shovel 1t had twelve ssrattles and
these are being preserved as a reminder of
the bravery of Mary, who is the heroine of
that section.
Captain George Vansciver, of the ILL.,
fated "Shearwater," which sank In the