The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-09-21

fever.
George Thomas is carrying burden o.
affection, having boil and felon both OF
his left hand.
Andrew Moen, of Pine street, Is Ill witt
: pneumonia, which followed an attack Of
typhoid fever.
a Mrs. Howard Lake, of Moorestown, wai
badly burned on Wednesday by the burst
' ing Of a can of preserves. The hot fruit
, flew all over her hands and face.
See Rodman W. Bowker, real estate and
: insurance agent, and get free excursion
ticket to Sea Side Park Heights. Specia
trains. Ocean front lots at ground floor
prices. Easy terms.
: A meeting of the committee will be held
tomorrow evening at Burlington to make
preparations for this years Halloween
celebration In that city, which has become
an annual event of considerable import
ance.
The cigar factory of Dagger & Bolton. at
Moorestown, was slightly damaged by fire
Thursday morning. The flames were con-
fined to some lumber under stairway
leading to the basement near heater, In
which fire had been started to dry out
some tobacco.
! AS protection to mail carriers, the fol-
lowing regulation has been adopted by
the post Office department.; Carriers are not
required to deliver mail at residences
where vicious dogs are permitted to run
at large. Persons keeping such dogs must
call at the post Office for their mail.
\ A large crowd collected at the Union
bank corner Saturday night to listen to
several Salvation army exhorters. While
a lady was standing there waiting for the
arrival of a trolley car, she had silver
mesh bag stolen. 1t contained a railroad
ticket and So bill.
Six hundred chickens is the loss which
Charles Bishop. living near Moorestown,
has already sustained this season, and his
troubles are not yet ended. His hennery
has been invaded by disease known as
climber neck" which soon causes fowls
to die. Farmers in other sections OF the
county are suffering similar loss.
Announcement is made of the marriage
of Miss Viola p Gaskill. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Gaskill, and Everard
Horner, both of Bridgeboro. on Wednes-
day evening, September LIST. The event
occurred at the Methodist parsonage, at
Beverly. the Rev. .Thos. J j. Wright
officiating. The contracting parties were
attended by Miss Anna Lloyd and Ellwood
Lloyd.
At o'clock on Sunday morning Joseph
W. Colkitt, of Madison avenue, was
awakened by loud noise on his front
porch. Coming down stairs to ascertain
the cause, he opened shutter and saw q
man passing around the north corner of
the house. AS no attempt at robbery was
made, Mr.. Colkitt is of the opinion that
the intruder was intoxicated and became
bewildered.
Following is the list of unclaimed mail
at the post office for the week ending Sep
TENDER 18: Letters, Miss Lottie Ball, Caus
more Ferguson, Mrs. Admiral Melville,
Miss Eva Witcraft, Mrs. Anna Wills, Mrs.
M. Olsen, Mrs. George Dopes, John Rapp,
Esq. Postals. Miss Nina Myers, Ben Lu-
cas-, Miss Mary Bachelor, Miss Margie
Brown, Miss Jessie Burwell, Mrs. Joseph
Mahaney. Mrs. Albert De Moyes Salisbury.
John King and wife, of Cortland, ILL.,,
are visiting the formers sister, Margaret
Goldy, on Garden street. Mr.. King was
New Jersey boy, having lived at Penn
berton until twenty-one years of age.
Fifty-three years ago he went west. He
secured position with the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad. which he retained
for forty years. About six years ago he
retired from active service and now re-
ceives a pension from that company.
As If in retaliation for the recent de-
struction of their home on the upper
creek, opposite Durand's cove, the swarm
of hornets so rudely disturbed at that
point have built another nest at the same
spot on the extended limb of atree from
which their former residence was sus-
pended Another similar nest can be seen
on a tree near the old barn at Psducah.
Those who ply the creek in pleasure boats
should be careful In passing these points
Some one is likely to get stung should the
hornets get busy.
1t was an unpleasant experience which
John W. Powell, of Kresson, had one day
last week. He operates grist mill, and
stopping Of the turbine wheel called for
an investigation. To ascertain the trouble
Powell put his arm down in the wheel
and found it to be clogged. Striking
Shiny substance with his hand, which
indicated the presence of an immense eel,
he pulled it to the surface, only to find
that he had large live water snake. He
held his grip on the reptile until his call
brought assistance, when 1t was killed.
The county committee of the Young
Mems Christian Associations of Burling
ton county is planning to carry on as a
feature of the educational department of
the Association work a lecture course
similar to that given last year from No
vember to May As every one knows,
these lectures are given free of charge.
except the cost of the gas to run the
lantern, which is very slight. These
lectures last winter were blessing In
word and picture to more than eighteen
hundred people in the smaller communi-
ties. The committee is looking for
young man who will give his services in
grand and worthy cause by taking full
charge of running the lantern one night
each week for the entire course. 1t is a
hard, thankless position, but one that offers
opportunity for loyal service in a worthy
cause. Please call on, or write to Otis B.
Read, county secretary, 43 Main street.
Mount Holly.
Refusing for the eleventh time in year
to be given away, sport" half-breed
hound dog. owned by Benjamin Farmer,
of Burlington, has made his way from
Jamesburg, sixty miles distant, and is
again on duty guarding Farmers front
gate. 1t was Sports" ferocious activity
as a watch dog that made Farmer deter
, mined to get rid of him year ago when
, he resided near New Brunswick. sport"
. ESCAPED from the temporary ownership of