The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-05-18

t street, Mount Holly. Teacher of piano
80 cents an hour.
The w. c. T. o. will meet at the hom
!. Mrs. Samuel Elbertson, Garden street
Tuesday afternoon, May %. at thre
p o'clock
|. DR., R. s. Clarke is at Weirs, NeJ
Hampshire, for three days. attending tn
8 Vermont and New Hampshire Dents
v Societies meeting.
A fine lot of horses to be used in rail-
road construction work was shipped t
Reading, Pa, on Wednesday, by Dr. J
Hume Carter.
: Joseph J. White, of New Lisbon, ha
. purchased thirteen acres Of swamp liant
near Mount Misery, from Mrs. W. 2
Melcher. of Mount Holly.
Having arranged to lease the West Emf
Hotel to Frank Brewer, Albert Wolfron
will ask for transfer of his license a
Thursdays session of court
A red light system for police and fir
purposes is to be installed in Mount Hol
lly. The township committee has award
ed contract for that purpose.
John NJ Bowker, one of the Oldest anc
most respected business men of Cooks
town, died Wednesday morning. He wal
an earnest worker in the NJ. E. Church.
A dog belonging to Mary Greib, of Bor
dentown. bit four persons on Sunday
They were Joseph Good, Edward Eek
man, Walter Let's and an unknown col
ored man.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union of Bridgeboro will have a mort.
gage burning at their hall on Thursday.
Other temperance organizations have
been invited to be present
Dr. Frank A. Wright. of Mount Holly,
a veterinary surgeon, is now practicing
at Moorestown. The young man has sue
ceeded to the practice of DR.. Mecray, who
removed to Maple Shade.
Rosbachs, at Pemberton, have fine lot
of hardy plants, such as peonies, phlox,
roses, and many others, ready for imme-
diate planting, and an extra fine lot of
bedding plants for later planting.
Charged with aggravated assault and
battery with intent to kill on a girl and a
child, John Corona, 40 years old, of De-
lair, was sentenced to % years in state
prison by Judge Joline in the Camden
oo,,rf -, Tbrro1au
Anunusually interesting programme has
been arranged for the meeting of the
Epworth League, on Friday evening, in
| the Methodist church. William @. Sulli-
van will deliver an address. At the close
of the programme refreshments will be
served.
Ann Jane Burton will be buried In Phil
adelphia tomorrow. The deceased, who
was in her 81st year, died at the residence
of her daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Appleton,
112 Union street, Mount Holly. on Sun-
day, where the funeral services will be
held at 80 A. M.
1t is said that Robert Hendrickson, of
Medford, will bring suit against DR.. 81.
R. Faringer, to recover for the death of a
valuable red setter dog. 1t is alleged that
the animal was run over and killed by an
automobile while the doctor was on his
way home to Mount Holly.
Philip Bayne, of Burlington, convicted
of larceny and committed to the Railway
reformatory, is again confined in the
county jail, the authorities at Railway
having refused to receive him because he
had been there before. He will be senten
ced to the state prison on Thursday.
africa" will be the subject of an ad-
dress by DIR. Hamill Nassau at the Pres
bYterian church next Sunday evening, to
be illustrated by stereopticon views of
that continent DR.. Nassau will also
preach in the morning, picturing the
mission field, which was his home for
more than forty-fve years.
About three O'Clock on Thursday morn
ing Charles Ramsey, employed by Thos.
B. Denness, was kicked by mare and
had his jaw broken. After the accident
Ramsey covered himself with a blanket,
and it was not until eight o'clock that his
injuries became known. DR.. Parsons was
summoned and he ordered the patient to
be removed to the hospital.
Joseph Mcintosh, fagman at the Wash
ington street railroad crossing, stopped
runaway team Thursday afternoon. The
animals took fright near the court house.
The driver and load of straw slipped
from the shelvings to the ground. While
passing down High street there were sew
eral narrow escapes from collision with
other vehicles.
Robert McHenry, employed on the
farm of John O'LearY, Jr., at Vincen-
town, while in Mount Holly with team
on Thursday, was at the coal yard of
Doughty g. Co., on Pine street As he
was driving off the scales McHenry fell
to the ground, the wheels passing over his
body. He was removed to the Burling
ton County Hospital, where he died the
following day from the injuries he re-
ceived.
Benjamin F. Assay, who has been work.
ing on the farm of Christopher Caspari-
tbs, was arrested yesterday by Constable
Thockmorton At hearing before JUS
tice Risdon the defendant was committed
for court. Assay is charged with stealing
an overcoat from the office of Frank P.
Let's, belonging to Thomas Jordan. The
garment was taken to the West End Ho-
tel and sold to Jerry Still for ten cents
1t was recovered. Assay is alleged TO be
an old offender.
Preparations for the Annual County
Field Meet of the Y. M. G. A, to be held
at Mount Holly Fair Grounds, May 22nd,
are about completed More than seventy
five contestants from different parts of
the County will take part Forty-eight
silver and bronze medals will be given to
the winners. There will be a hot contest
between Florence, Palmyra and Mount
Holly for the silk banner. One of the
most interesting events will be the Inter
Town One Mile Relay. Program will
begin at 1.3O. Admission to Grounds and
Grand Stand 25 cents
The following is the result of shooting
match with the Springfield armory rife,
Hold ~ tho ornoru IF Nonnouv r. in