The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08

# den street.
l. Efforts are. being made to have con
bined picnic this year at Rancocas Par
. by the Knights of Pythias Of the County
t Meeting with mysterious and sudde
death, dogs at Bridgeboro belonging t
!. William Hubbs and Constable DENIM
!, are believed to have been poisoned.
The following letters remain In the pos
Office for the week ending June 5: Chai
4 Cole, Mary A. Dickey, Mr.. E. Fesslel
Miss Mamie Harris, Miss jamie Little.
8 Reports from Philadelphia indicate a
o early recovery In the case of William 3
j Wills, of Mount Holly, who submitted t
an operation for appendicitis on Friday.
: Mrs. W. Edward Banner, of Pert
Ontario, Canada, who is making an ez
| tended visit to friends in Philadelphia
spent Sunday with Mount Holly relatives
Aprofitable industry that has been carries
on by Samuel Hubbs, Of Bridgeboro, ha
been brought to an end. as dogs killed tn
remainder of the ducks on Wednesda,
night.
DR.. William @. Parry has been granted
: letters of administration on the estate o
Albert II. Haines, deceased, of Haines
port. The personal estate is valued q
81. 400.
John B. Leeds. of Moorestown, sailed
on the Merton, Saturday morning. HI
will spend several months in Europe
studying social and labor conditions a
first hand.
Picking a handsome dahlia on Mem
orial day, which is quite unusual, Loren
20 Sapp, of Union street, took the flower
to the Mount Holly cemetery and placed
lit, together with others, on his mother'i
grave.
Miss Florence Emlen, daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Emlen, and Samuel @
Brown, of Florence, were united In mar
rage on Wednesday evening. The cere
mony was performed by the Rev. @. v
ID. Conover, pastor of the M. E. Church.
Going up High street. Thursday after
noon. four ladies received an unpleasant
Jolt when hack belonging to Samue
Matthias went down by reason OF a whee
breaking while turning out Of the trolley
track. The passengers got out and walked
to their destination.
Goodwin Donnelley, of Florence, the
president of the Board of Education, has
accepted lucrative position with the
Standard Pipe Foundry, of Bristol, as
foreman of the blacksmiths' shop. and
will soon move his family to the borough
across the river.
The annual commencement exercises OF
the Marlton high school will be held in
the Baptist Church at that place on Fri
day evening. The graduates are Elsie
Verna Atkinson and Maurice Stiles Ven.
mel. The speaker will be Prof. William
w. Brown, of Philadelphia.
Having been q Western Union Tele-
graph operator at Bordentown for year
W. A. Dicken. Of Bordentown, left on
Friday for Onley, Va, to accept
position as manager of an Office for that
company there. An operator from Smith
VILE, named MCGEE, takes his place.
The Epworth League of the Methodist
Church at Bridgeboro, has elected the
following officers: President, ]. Porter
lAshbrook; vice president, Fannie Mitchell,
Jean Mitchell, Fannie Bright, Annie
Mitchell; treasurer, Clarence Wells; organ
ist, Ethel Hubbs; assistant, Agnes B.
Pinkerton.
A published truancy report OF the pub
lie school at Riverside, in which the name
of parent of guardian of the child appears,
shows 663 cases, which is regarded by the
Board of Education as a shameful indif-
ference to the pupils interests. The prop
er remedy must come soon or legal steps to
secure more prompt attendance will be re-
sorted to.
At the East Burlington iron foundry, on
Wednesday. Michael Martin, cupalo
tender, was seriously injured by piece OF
Stag falling and striking him on the wrist.
Five stitches were required to close the
wound. While cleaning pipe In the yard
at the same place, Frank Riley had two
fingers severely crushed by getting them
caught between two large cylinders.
Steps are being taken to correct flaws In
the procedure preliminary to Issuing
sewer commission bonds, at Bordentown.
The bonds have been subscribed for and
issued, but because of the flaw in the en-
actment of the ordinance providing for
the appointment of the sewer commission
the validity of the lien is questioned and
the subscribers to the bonds have refused
to pay for them.
Investigation made by Deputy Sheriff
Fleetwood and County Detective Parker
leads to the conclusion that 1t was sneak
thieves and not professional robbers who
broke into the residence Of W. W. Stokes,
of Moorestown, president of the Burling-
ton County Safe Deposit and Trust Com
pany. The contents Of drawers were
pretty well scattered about in search OF
money, but none was secured. Only 9
small gold chain was taken.
i A bulletin issued by the State Board Of
Agriculture says that although the in.
creasing acreage of potatoes planted
throughout the state runs from Is to 81
per cent higher than last year, it is be-
lieved the loss by rotting will reduce the
acreage to that Of 1908. Corn is extern
sively planted and is coming up fairly
well, but the weather is too cool for the
hay grasses to develop. Wheat is -four
ishing nicely and rye well. The fruit
crop, SO far, is uncertain and full crop II
not in prospect.
Mrs. Mary L. Casino, Of New York
who owns fine property on the Delaware
river front. at Edgewater Park, on Wed
nesday, swore out warrant for the ares
of Samuel M. Roberts. a lawyer, on I
charge of malicious mischief In tearing
down a fence on her property, to which
he had taken offence. Roberts resides
at Edgewater Park, and declared that thu
structure was ''spite fence" erected t.
keep people from the enjoyment of thu
river front and Wednesday morning b
was getting In his work Of removing l
when John Fl. Sinex, came alo nj
and accosted him. Roberts. it is declared
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