The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-06-14

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The official board of the Methods
Church at New Egypt has given con
tract for interior improvements to the edi
fce
Dahlia plants-ffty named and bes
varieties are now ready-mail orders re
ceive prompt attention. Rosbach's, Penn
berton.
County Clerk Harry L. Knight, of Med
ford, buried his mother on Wednesday af
ternoon. The interment was made In tn
cemetery at Tabernacle.
The second quarterly conference of tn,
Mount Holly M. E. church was held las
evening. District Superintendent ALFRED
Wagg, of Trenton, presided.
Cooper Hospital, Camden, N. j., de
sires limited number of pupil nurses
must have frst-class recommendations
Apply to Superintendent of Nurses.
James W. tanning, proprietor of the
Auditorium, has been awarded contrac
for the erection of $40. 900 building IL
Burlington, which will be used as sill
mill.
Miss Dobbins, sister of the late Edward
I. Dobbins, of Philadelphia, has presented
new altar that has been placed in tn,
Dobbins Memorial chapel in St. Andrews
burying ground.
The coming races to be held at Belmont
Park will be marked by the appearance Of
some steppers from the Rancocas stoch
farm, carload of horses for that purpose
having been shipped from Jobstown last
week.
Harry Smith, acting as assistant bag
gage master at the railroad station. was
compelled to quit work, on Tuesday, hav.
ing been taken with the measles, which
disease claims number of victims about
town.
A pretty wedding occurred Wednesday
morning at the rectory of the Sacred Heart
Church, Trenton, when Miss Anna M. Nc
Gurk. of that city. and Charles P. Bridge,
of Beverly, were married by Rev. Father
Sheedy.
Harry Kunzi, who has been the city
clerk of Bordentown for the past eight
years, was presented with gold pin set
with diamonds by the members of city
council at the council chamber on We'd
nesday night.
The unclaimed letters that remain in
the post office for the week ending June
18th, are as follows: Mrs. Hadie Beeby, J.
G. Barradaile, Dugald Macdonald, H.
Black Read, Henry Reed, o. Rally.
Mathew Clyde.
Assemblyman Blanchard 81. White, of
Mount Holly, distributed a number of
pamphlets last week containing the fish
and game laws. together with an illus
trated chart relative to the opening and
closing of the seasons.
Having won out In the attendance con-
test which ran for five weeks between the
Presbyterian Sunday schools at Beverly,
Mount Holly and Burlington, a handsome
Christian flag was presented to the latter
school on Sunday afternoon.
Sunday evening twilight services have
been adopted by St. Andrews Church for
the summer. They will be transferred to
the Sunday school room as soon as work
is begun on the proposed interior improve
ments which are to be made to the church.
Children's Day was observed in the
Methodist church last Sunday evening,
the service being in charge Of the Sunday
school, and an excellent programme was
rendered. Although the weather not
being very favorable there was large
audience present.
Dr. Francis Newton Thorpe, of Mount
Holly, has accepted the chair of Consti-
tutionsl History in the Western Pennsyl-
vania University at Pittsburg. Pa. He
will assume his duties there after spend
ing year In Germany, for which country
he and his family will sail next month.
The post Office and general store con-
Quoted by William Walther at Haines-
port, was visited by thieves last Monday
night, who succeeded in getting about &15
worth of stamped envelopes and postal
cards. Before leaving the premises the
intruders helped themselves to the best
line of tobacco and cigars.
A band composed of eighteen pieces
connected with the Moose Lodge at Cam
den, will make its appearance In Mount
Holly tomorrow night in connection with
the second anniversary of E. B. Hultz as
manager of the Opera House, who has
secured some strong attractions for the
entertainment to be given on that occa-
sion.
Rosbach's at Pemberton have for mum.
Der of years supplied the trade with seed
ling asters by judicious selection and cult
walton. They claim to have now the finest
strain Of five different colors in existence
Every purchaser of any plants to the
amount of one dollar or over will be pre-
sented with three plants of each color Of
aster.
On Tuesday evening the 2-year-old son
of Harry Hoffman of Riverside, had 6
narrow escape from drowning. The little
fellow was left In charge of young girl,
who failed to use proper care, and he fell
headfrst into the water. Young Frank
Rider, Jr., and John Kreps, Jr., happened
to be at hand, and they succeeded in get
ting the youngster out safe and sound.
The farm of Richard Haines, between
Medford and Marlton, occupied by Reeve
Hopkins, was the scene of fire on Wed
nesday afternoon. Children playing will
matches caused loss of about 81, 200, OF
which there was an insurance of $500
The property destroyed consisted of
barn, sheep house, hay and grain. MedferC
citizens took their hook and ladder trucl
to the scene and saved the dwelling hous
and some other buildings.
While the young leaves ON low blu
huckleberry bushes were killed by frost
an examination reveals the fact that tn
bloom and berries are unhurt. A tn
present time there is fair prospect for
fair crop of huckleberries, providing 1t
not necessary to wear fur garments whe
time to gather them. Fearing that othe
frosts may yet appear, some of the DO
owners still have their cranberry vine
under water. Apple trees that hay