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

An addition is being made to the hom,
of Admiral John J. Read, on High street
The report comes from the country dis
trict that there will be short crop of hal
this year.
Mrs. Ernest D. Holeman would appre
ciate the return of scarf pin which sh,
lost last week.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Morris A. Linton and Miss Har
riet R. Coles, both of Moorestown.
Saturday was tag day at Bordentown
when quite sum of money was secured
for the children's play ground fund.
Franklin B. Lewis spent last week a
Portland, Maine. He was delegate tt
the Episcopal Church Club Congress.
Henry Warren, of Bordentown, is re
covering from serious injuries which hi
sustained by falling from cherry tree.
The season for the lawful catching o.
bass, pike. perch, pickerel and trout II
the Delaware river will open tomorrow
While shoeing horse at his shop OF
Water street, Tuesday morning, Harry
Norcross was kicked on the knee ani
painfully injured.
The contracting parties to wedding
that will take place on Branch street, or
Thursday evening, will be Howard Moore
or1 HEsa, Edf+h u Walle
Russell Bennett, aged IS years, holds
the record for picking 1873 quarts of straw
berries in seven hoursin a patch at Spring
dale, near Moorestown.
The local bowling alley on Mill street
has been opened to the free use of ladies
every afternoon In the week. excepting
Saturday, until further notice.
The annual convention for the election
of chief engineer and two assistants for
the Bordentown fire department, will be
held on Tuesday evening, July 10.
As the result of an axe slipping while
he was trimming heavy piece of timber,
George Turtles, of Bordentown. cut Sc
we're cash In his foot
Rev. Edmund L. Grayatt, former pas
tor of the Baptist Church at Bordentown,
has retired from the ministry and opened
an Office at Clarksburg, West Virginia,
for the practice of law.
Caught in the act of trying to pick the
pocket of John Parcel, of Bordentown,
while under the influence of liquor. WILL
liam Swope, of Riverside. was sent to the
county jail for thirty days.
John R. Howell enjoyed carriage rid
ing last week, being glad to get out in the
open air. For several weeks he was con-
fined with blood poisoning, which at one
time became very threatening.
Five new and beautiful upper creek
views Just received. Printed in eight
colors, resembling oil paintings Your
friends will certainly appreciate these new
post cards. L. s. Boyce, Stationer.
Ground was broken at Roebling, on
Tuesday, for the erection of 104 brick
dwellings for the John A. Roebling's Sons
Company. The contract calls for the COM
pletion of the houses by March 10, 1911.
Isaac Rubart, an old resident of Flor
ence, died Thursday morning. He went
to that place when the iron works there
was removed from Hanover, and was en-
ployed by the company over forty years.
nLo~o ill bo .a~u{oan a., +I.o nobA,,n
Memorial Chapel. on Pine street, next
Sunday afternoon at o'clock. These
meetings will be continued for some time
under the auspices of st. Andrews Broth
erhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry M. Thomson, of
Pine street. last week entertained Mrs.
George Harrison and daughter. of Avon
by-the-Sea. The latter graduated this
year from the Trenton State Normal
School.
When Mrs. Jennie Reinear, of Borden
town, came down stairs Tuesday morning
to prepare breakfast, she stepped on some
object which threw her to the floor at the
foot of the stairs. Obtaining a light she
was Mortified to find that the object was
the corpse of Oliver Stevens. young
boarder. He was partly dressed and Is
supposed to have been taken Ill and fallen
In an effort to leave the house.
An accident which might have been at
tended with more serious results occurred
on Friday afternoon. While men were
engaged tearing down the brick portion
of the old Washington House, part
of the second-story floor gave way. VIII
liam Parker and Fred Lippincott fell to
the first floor and were covered with de-
bris. They were badly shaken up but es-
capped serious injury. The noise of the
crash soon caused a large crowd to col
lect, and there were many inquiries as &c
the nature of the trouble.
A dazed man. entirely nude, was found
wandering near Merchantville Tuesday
afternoon. He startled party In an au-
tomobile on Cove road by darting from
behind clump of trees and running like
frightened hare across field. The au-
tomobilists notified Chief of Police Lin
derman, who found the man hiding In a
small wood. He gave his name as Fred.
erick King, So years old, of Providence,
r.. 1. His recollections of where he had
been or what he had done were vague
but he said he spent Monday in Camden
where he thought some one hypnotizeC
him. He remembered having some mon
ey. His clothing could not be found, no
did he remember what became of It. HI
was committed to the county jail by May
or Longstreth.
George 81. Craige, newspaper maj
living at Beverly. started on Wednesda..
from Philadelphia to beat his way acros
the Continent to San Francisco, In orde
that he may be in at the finish of tn
.Jeffries-J ohnson bout on July 4. Craige'
primary object, however, Is not to view
the fight, but to study hobo conditions
which interest him from literary and sc
Geological standpoints. Craige thinks ther
will be more tramps gathered in the Cal
fornia city at that time than there ha
been anywhere at one time since the Oh
.cago fair. He anticipates three week
Journey, but says he can make the trip O
car bumpers in much shorter time. Viii
on the way he expects to meet with
i.-~o char Of hohoaa and cull rrn