The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-12-28

Mrs Sarah r. Lewis Is suffering with a
8 sprained wrist, the result Of fall on q
slippery sidewalk.
II Owing to the severe storm last week. 1t
l became necessary to postpone the funeral
of George Burns, of Florence.
I Midshipman George Z. stoddard came
home on q ten days leave Of absence to be
with his family over the holidays.
| Fire destroyed Grace Presbyterian
chapel at Beverly, on Sunday night. The
loss Ia estimated at 6, 500, partly insured.
, The w. c. 7. o. will meet at the home
| of Mrs. Armstrong, 102 Water street,
Tuesday afternoon, January 4. at three
. o'clock.
. The wholesale liquor store belonging to
, the estate of Thomas B. Denness, de- |
ceased, will be ready for immediate sale
after his will has been probated this week
Lost. on Pine or Mill streets. Prince |
ton University watch fob, the charm OF
which has the initials P. r. B. on the
back. A reward If returned to Joseph 8.
Shreve.
Benjamin Stiles. of Maple Shade, lost
valuable horse when a team that he was
ldriving with o snowplow to open up
paths for his neighbors fell into an old
we'll and was killed. The other horse was
bruised.
On Saturday. January 1, there will be
services In German at the Lutheran
Church, Hainesport, at 1890 A. N. Un-
til further notice the English services in
this church will be ON the first and third
Sunday In each month.
Rev. Norman v. p Lewis was storm
bound at Moorestown ON Sunday. He took
the morning train from Mount Holly to
Philadelphia, but 1t got no further than
Stanwick, 30 Mr.. Lewis had to remain in
Moorestown and could not fill his pulpit.
Rev. Fred Harris, of Trenton, son of
Rev. George T. Harris, will read 1.-THE
Story of the Other Wise Man." by DR..
Henry Van Dyke, at the watch meeting
to be held In the Methodist church on
Friday evening, commencing at $50 +. M.
Augustus, son of ex-Sherif W. A.
Townsend, of Columbus, and Miss Kath-
ryn Kinsey, Of New Egypt. were married
at the latter place on Dec 10Th. The
young man is telegraph operator at Pal
myra station, In which town the couple
will go to housekeeping.
1t will be some time before horses can
travel with safety with their ordinary 1
shoes. Jsdson Gsskill, corner Of Garden {
and Buttonwood streets, has an experienced
horseshoer who will fix your horses in
the correct way whether 1t be for ice and
snow or for fair weather travel
a. L. Sands, the news-dealer. lost In the
neighborhood of $40 on Sunday, owing to
his papers not getting here. The loss of
money was bad enough but Mr.. Sands
felt very much hurt over the report, which
was without foundation, that the papers
came and he refused to serve them.
For Rent.-A house and six acres of
land suitable for poultry raising. Located
along the railroad and three minutes walk
from the Smithville station. There is q
fine lake or either boating or fishing In
the rear of the property. Apply to P. G.
Stills, 1853 West Washington street, Mount
Holly.
The annual dinner to children, given by
members of Mount Holly Lodge of =
Elks was held in the Masonic Temple on
Christmas day. An excellent turkey
dinner was served to 161 very hungry ur-
chins, and each one also was presented with
a box of candy and an orange. The affair
was a success from every standpoint.
Music wss furnished by the Peerless or +,
free of charge. A prettily decorated
Christmas tree occupied the centre Of the
banquet room.
L. e. Coaxen, of Philadelphia, has !,
brought suit for $50. 900 damages against :
Edward Rigg, Jr., merchant. and Earl
Hammell, clerk, both of Burlington. ;
Coaxen was arrested in Philadelphia In
mistake for Wilbur Beggs, the alleged
pressed steel" man, who proposed erect
ing large plant In Burlington, and who, ,
it is charged. disappeared without paying !
for goods purchased. Mr.. Rigg declared
that neither he nor Mr.. Hsmmell knew ,
anything surrounding the arrest of Coax
en-. n
The State Conservation Commission has i
presented an appeal to Governor Fort to c
urge upon the Legislature the necessity of b
doing something to save the forest and '
shade trees of the state from the ravages t
of the gypsy moth, the brown tail moth t
and other insect pests. Elm trees are G
said to be In special danger. An appro- ,
priation for the use of the State Entomo-
logist is asked Attention is called to the ,
ravages of these pests In New York and
the New England states, from which ]
places they are readily brought here in G
shipments Of goods. etc. q
The grand stand, club house and Office
building of the Interstate fair were de- q
stroyed by fire early Sunday morning The t
buildings are supposed to have caught I
dre by the crossing of electric light wires. !
The Trenton fire department responded
with its auto engine and Its chemical en- /
CINE, but nothing could be done except to
save adjoining buildings, as the fire was /
under too much Roadway when the en-
gines arrived. The loss is estimated at ]
about 100000. partly covered by insur-
ance. The fair association will rebuild
and will probably put up concrete grand
stand.
A storm-belated passenger train on the
Pennsylvania Railroad from Camden, was
running about two and one-half miles
above Bordentown at 100 o'clock on Sun
day morning, when the engineer, Chester
Archer, looked out of his cab window and
his head struck telegraph pole blown
over near the tracks. Archer fell uncon-
scious and badly injured into the cab.
Joshua Mathews, the fireman, caught the
engineer, and, support ing him with one
arm, managed to run the train to Trenton.
Archer was taken to Mercer Hospital,
where he is reported in critical condition.
He resides with his widowed mother in
| Camden.
One of the most handsome Christmas