The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-05-24

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Jacobstown will hold strawberry fest
val next Thursday evening.
Members of the Marlton Grange wi
hold a strawberry festival in Endicott'
hall on Saturday evening, June IL.
There will be private sale of furniture
carpet and rugs at the residence of W
Frank Eddleman, 81 Budd street, Noun
Holly.
A derby Stetson hat and an umbrella
found by policeman G. Howard Curtis
awaits an owner at the Office of Justic
Slack.
Dahlia plants-fifty named and bes
varieties are now ready-mail orders re
ceive prompt attention. Rosbach's. Penn
berton.
Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Smith return
thanks to the friends who were so kind t.
them in their bereavement on the deatl
of their daughter.
Cooper Hospital, Camden, N. j., de
sires limited number of pupil nurses
must have frst-class recommendations
Apply to Superintendent of Nurses.
Some of the Mount Holly anglers who
enjoyed the opening day of the bass and
pike season had fair luck, and report the
presence of an unusually large number OF
snakes.
Thomas Cottrell, of White Hill, died
Thursday night at St. Francis Hospital,
Trenton, to which institution he was taken
after being struck by trolley car near
Bordentown.
Competent persons living at Cookstown
report that about two-thirds of the buck
leberry crop has been ruined by frost, and
that cranberries suffered where boys were
not under water.
Gen. A. E. Shiras Post will attend SER
vice at the M. E. church next Sunday
evening. On Monday, Memorial day, the
Post will visit the cemeteries and decorate
the graves of soldiers
G. W. Stead, of Crosswicks, is confined
to his home suffering from Commissions of
the body and head, the result of being
thrown from his carriage when his horse
ran away Saturday evening.
State officers and delegations from near
by councils were present last night at a
meeting of the Junior Mechanics at Vim
centown, which was followed by an en-
and refreshments.
Company G, Third Regiment. of Bev.
erly, has closed very successful dancing
season. The members will spend the pro-
ceeds at their encampment at Gettysburg
with the regular army during the sum-
mer.
Nearly two hundred foreigners, who
are digging trench for bigger main
pipe from Beverly to Riverside for the
Beverly City Water Company, are all
housed in one room in building along
the river. The Board of Health has no.
tilted the contractor of the unsanitary
conditions existing.
An italian employed at the Florence
Iron Works was struck by an engine on
the branch road which runs into the works
about ten o'clock Friday morning. One
Of the legs of the man was almost totally
stripped of flesh and 1t is feared that am
putation may be necessary. He was taken
to the Burlington County Hospital for
treatment.
Marshal Stuckey, of Beverly, has re-
ceived word from the Federal authorities
1T Washington. D. c., that they can find
no record of James Scott, who gave him
self up to the Marshal, claiming that he
had been a deserter since last March.
Scott said he was marine from the bat
,leship Ohio. Whether the man was an
mposter and boarding at the expense of
he city, remains to be seen.
William Neville, of Beverly, who does
lot know much about seeds, and who
with his family recently moved from
Philadelphia, sowed his lawn with grass
iced as he thought. AS he was looking
at his lawn Thursday evening he thought
the sprouting grass had peculiar appear
ance, and nearly collapsed when a rura
resident complimented him on his fine
crop of white turnips.
Members of the Methodist Church at
Beverly have effected an organization to
be known as the Church Improvement
Society. The purpose of the organiza-
ton is to provide funds for church i'm
Many persons have taken
up enthusiastically with the new idea,
and it is thought that by this means
enough money can be raised each year
for improvements without special public
George Senneff, of Hartford, met with
q sudden death on Friday afternoon
While working in the gravel pit of Chas.
Horner, between Masonville and Centre
ton, an embankment caved In and Senneff
was crushed under tons of dirt. Com
panions worked with greatspeed to dig him
out, and when recovered the unconscious
form denoted that life was still existing
The unfortunate man, who was single,
was placed in wagon and rushed to the
Burlington County Hospital, but he died
before reaching that institution.
An unidentified assailant, who late Sun
day night attacked George Pittman, of
Burlington, chose novel method of open
ing hostilities. Leaping from behind
tree, he landed with both feet on Pitt
mans toes, and the said toes having sey-
eral pet corns, Pittman gave a cry and
nearly collapsed from the pain. Then,
taking advantage of Pittman's confusion,
the assailant struck him several blows on
the face and head, knocking him down.
Pittman says the fellow tried to rob his
pockets, but was frightened off by his
cries for help. Patrolman Shinn made a
search for the assailant, but found no trace
of him.
When George Swanson, of Beverly, at
tempted to do up Constable Austin and
Justice of the Peace Stevenson, before
whom he was given hearing on charge
of stealing money from his boarding mis-
tress, something happened quite sudden
ly, and Swanson is now meditating over
the matter In the county jail, to which in
stitution he was committed for thirty
days. Swanson was under the influence
of liquor when arrested, and as soon as