The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-08-30

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L. s. Boyce, stationer. >
The Riverside cornet band will hold |
first annual picnic at Kiessling's Grove
September s.
George j. Leconey, Of Delanco, is
candidate for coroner, to succeed coron
Bisbing, of Riverside.
John Knight, of Bridgeboro, is suffe
Ing from injuries which he received /
being struck by team in Philadelphia.
Having been adjudged insane, Edwai
Quigg, of Burlington, was committed |
the county asylum at New Lisbon, c
Tuesday.
Before Justice of the peace in Camdel
on Monday, August %, occurred the ma
riage of Samuel Epslein, of Moorestowr
and Miss Weinstein. of Philadelphia,
Russell Smith is a patient In the Bul
lington County Hospital, suffering fror
typhoid fever. The young man is a so
OF Mrs. Kate Smith, of Church street.
1t was ON the same day, last week. tina
George T. Durand and Morris K. Perrin
chief were kept busy accepting con
CALCULATIONS on events of the same nature
The Florence fife and drum corps ha
been engaged to furnish music for tn
Remington firemen on the occasion of tn
parade at Lambertville on Saturday next
Mrs. Mary E. Berry, of Water street
while visiting her daughter at South Am
boy, received severe injuries by fallin!
down the cellar steps. She was painful.
bruised and had wrist fractured.
The reed and rail bird season in thi
state will open on Thursday, Septembe
/. The slaughter should not begin Unit
at least fifteen days later, as they will no
be in condition for eating before that time
Charged with stealing watermelons from
patch belonging to Joseph Potts, neal
Chesterfield, John Golf, young man liv
ing at Bordentown has been committed tc
the county jail owing to his inability tc
pay a fine.
Preferring to be employed In Mount
Holly, Miss Edna Parker, who recently
accepted position with the Neidich Pro.
cess Company. at Burlington. has resigned
and returned to the store of William G.
Wetherill.
The. engagement is announced of DR..
Calvin D. Christ. of Orlando, Florida, and
Miss Elizabeth Abbott, Of Moorestown
The latter's father has a cottage at Or
lando, where the bride-elect has been
spending the winters.
In order to better acquaint himself with
the work In which he is engaged, Otis B.
Read, of Mount Holly, secretary of the
county Y. M. G. A., was at Lake George,
N. T., last week, attending county
work institute that was held there.
Pete" whose surname was unknown,
farm hand working for Pearl Zelley,
near 6tanwick, was buried last week. The
man was found lying dead on the floor in
the corn crib. He was 40 years old and
had been on the place for some time.
Growing weaker from her recent stroke
Of paralysis, and also suffering from
iBright's disease, the condition Of Mrs.
William B. Ogburn has been serious for
several days. 1t is said that should Mrs.
Ogburn survive, she will be permanently
crippled.
Harry Logue, employed at the black
smith shop of Harry Norcross, on Water
street, met with painful accident on
Wednesday morning. While engaged
shoeing horse, the slipping of hammer
which he was using, caused by the horse
kicking, sent nail through Logue's right
hand, severing an artery.
Missing for over month and believed
by his friends to have met an untimely
death. Walter G. Schwartz, a popular
young man of Beverly, and member of
the local militia, who left for work one
and was not heard from. sur
prised his acquaintance Tuesday night
when he walked in and shouted hello,
fellows
Following is the list of unclaimed mail
remaining In the post Office for last week:
Letters, Miss Lizzie Groves, Mrs. Mary
Grant, ]. A. Matlack, Mrs. Coma Wassel,
postals; Harry Armstrong. j. s. Alexan-
der, Mrs. Lizzie Britton, Miss Amy
Bordens, 2; Miss Belle Boyd, F. Trotter 2;
Mrs. Alma Rumsper. F. Stanford, Miss
Mary t. Walshe.
The best players from Mount Holly and
Burlington contested their skill In the
quot. pitching contests which were on the
of aInusements that furnished
a part of the entertainment at the fourth
annual clam bake of the Hope Steam Fire
Company, at the Locust Grove club house,
near Burlington, on Thursday. Despite
other interesting attractions on that day,
there was large attendance.
Claiming that his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Marion Hates, interfered with his do
nestle tranquility and was always COM
planning about the meals served. Ruel
Kiple, of Beverly, boxed her ears and
then wanted to have her arrested as a
nuisance Tuesday night Instead, Justice
censured him for ungentlemanly
conduct and held him under bail for Court
on q charge of assault and battery.
Verna Norcross, the two year old daugh-
ter of William Norcross, of Shreve street,
was severely scalded about the breast,
neck snd right ear, on Friday afternoon,
as result of leaning on the table where
her mother had just placed a pot
of boiling tea. Mr. Norcross was pre-
pairing dinner and had taken the boiling
tea from the stove and placed it on a table
nearby. and as Verna leaned against the
table the leaf suddenly dropped. knocking
her to the floor and the boiling tea falling
on her.
For the second time within a year the
auto license held by former Sheriff Thomas
II. Thropp. of Trenton, has been revoked.
This license will not be renewed again
while Commissioner J. B. r. Smith re-
mains In charge of this department. The
revocation was the result of the recent
automobile accident when the party mis-
took the railroad track for the Burlington
road at long crossing. Albert Hammer,
who was guest of the joy-riding party,
has not yet recovered from the injuries
which he received.