The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-02

Last week Mrs. Harry Gladfelter ente
tanned her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Georg
PATTERSON, of Tabernacle.
James Mullen, a well-known characte
about town. is quite sick and Is liable t
die at any time. A complication
diseases Is the cause.
Hale and hearty at the age of 50 year,
J. J. Goodenough, of Mount Laurel, ha
decided that in the spring he will visl
Niagara Falls and the west
A farm located in Lumberton and Med
ford townships, belonging to former Sun
rogate Charles B. Ballinger, has been sol
to Robert Il. Ballinger for $1,000.
The ferryboat William E. Doron, ply
| ing between Burlington and Bristol, viii
be withdrawn from March 9th to the Goth
to undergo the annual inspection.
Samuel N. Ellis, who recently removed
from Tabernacle to Lumberton, has beel
appointed sexton and caretaker Of Ever
green cemetery at the latter place.
Martha e. Lippincott died on SUNDAY
at her home at Arney's Mount. The de
ceased, who was in her 10th year, will b.
buried in the Mount Holly cemetery to
morrow afternoon.
A vicious dog attacked little Clifford
Vaughn at New Egypt. on Friday even
ing, knocking the child to the GROUND
and biting him before rescuers interfered
The lad was seriously injured.
Following are the unclaimed letter.
that remain in the post office for the weet
ending February 81: Mrs. Sarah Bovine
Mrs. W. T. Bissell, Otto Kaufman, Mrs
Matilda Lippincott, Paul Roberts, e..
Charles Wicoff. Mitchell Green.
1t is said that v. Claude Palmer, Of
Mount Holly, has been in consultation
with Adolph Bertchey, now under sen
tence of death for murder committed In
Ocean County. Application on writ Of
error will probably be made for a new
trial. l. W. Carmichael, senior counsel
for the defence, is said to have withdrawn
from the case.
Ten four horse teams hauling ten heavy
wagons loaded with groceries of every
description entered the city of Burling
ton. Friday morning, from Philadelphia
for the Acme Tea Company, whose new
store there will open on March 5. This
company has scores of stores in Philadel-
phia and the outlying towns, and branch
will be opened in Mount Holly.
The little daughter of Mrs. Nora Holtz,
OF Mcorestown, while on an errand,
dropped pocketbook containing thirty
cents. A negro picked 1t up, extracted
the money and returned the empty purse
to the child. There was much feeling
over the mean trick when 1t became
known, and a reward of So has been Of
fered for the arrest of the colored man.
With the idea of catching raccoons
Harry Wright, of Medford. deputy game
warden, set two traps in the swamp of
Elwood Evans, placing the bait on the
edge of small stream. When he made
an examination the next day he was sur
prised to find two large long-tailed hawks,
one fastened In each trap. Both are fine
specimens. The birds were killed and
will be mounted.
Samuel Small and family recently re-
moved from MedfOrd to the farm of Ed
ward s. Harmer, near Moorestown. Mrs.
William T. Worrell was assisting at the
time AS she passed an open furnace a
breeze carried her skirts into the fire, and
before she realized her danger she was in
flames from head to foot. She screamed
and rushed to the shed where she had
left two overcoats, and with these Mr..
Small succeeded in putting out the blaze,
but not before nearly all the clothes had
been burned from Mrs. Worrell. whose
right arm was burned. Mr.. Small had
both hands burned.
Herbert L. Townsend, first engineer,
will give test of the new chemical en-
CINE on the lot at the old carpet mill this
evening at 7.45 o'clock. 81 will show the
people what this machine was made for
and what it will do. said Mr.. Townsend.
who thinks that the test made week ago
was too severe. This time a one-story
shanty will be put up and set on fire.
After the match has been applied signal
will be given, and in the ordinary pro-
cedure firemen of the Union Hose Com
pany will rush the chemical to King
street and extinguish the blaze in the
quickest time possible.
Anna D. Thorn, widow of the late State
Senator Barton F. Thorn, died at her
home in Crosswicks Wednesday night.
On the night before Christmas Mrs. Thorn
and her daughter went to Bordentown
from Philadelphia, arriving at the rail-
road station in the evening. The daugh-
ter left the mother there while she went
to nearby livery stable. where their
horse and carriage had been kept, to drive
to their home. While the daughter was
gone the mother started to walk to meet
her, and becoming bewildered got on the
railroad bridge which spans the foot of
Park street. falling through to the road
bed below, g. distance of twenty feet, and
this is believed to have FASTENED her
death.
Frank Lewis. of New Egypt, attempted
suicide at his boarding house Tuesday
morning by drinking carbolic acid. When
Lewis did not come down stairs as usua
his friends thought it best to investigate
Breaking in the door of his room Lewis
was found lying across the bed in semi
unconscious condition with bottle label
ed carbolic acid by his side. A physician
was summoned and after much difficulty
he was revived. Only few days age
Lewis was married to Miss Susie Fentor
and for time appeared to be living hap
PLY with her. but when he returned from
his work Saturday night he found tina
his pretty young wife was not about
After brooding over the matter all nigh
he attempted suicide His wife returned
home to nurse her husband.
A double wedding under romantic cir
cumstances was performed in Burlington
on Wednesday night, when Charles Hen
ry Edge, of Charleston. and Miss Hannal
Reisler. of the Beverly road, who wen
to Burlington as best man and bridesmaid
for two friends, returned home with thei
own wedding certificate. The first cere