The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-08-08

!. road overseer, Pearl street is being macao
amized.
Improvements have been made to til
track at the fair grounds, which has bee
resurfaced with loan.
The Methodist church on West Wssf
ington street will be the scene of law
I fete on Thursday evening.
Amos Aaronson has been troubled wit
boils on his back, which kept him con
q fined to his home on Branch street.
The opening day for the fall term o
court has been changed from the fourtl
= Tuesday In september to the second Tues
day In October.
In order to reduce his business responsi
bilities for the benefit of his health, Philil
Karg has decided to dispose of his mea
market on Mill street
The Episcopal ladies of Lumbertor
will hold their eleventh annual lawn fet,
on Saturday evening next, for the benefi
lof st. Martin s-in-the- Field.
The meetings of the Northampton Boart
Of Education will be held on the thirG
Thursday evening of every month In th,
Brainard street school house and will b
open to the public.
Open air services began at the Second
Baptist church. on Sunday, and will b.
continued until the Goth. Joseph Il
Ackis, the pastor, is being assisted by 9
number Of clergymen.
I Henry Rosenfeld. proprietor Of the Mil
street department store. uses large space
on the first page of The News in describ.
ing the many bargains which he offers to
customers during the month OF August.
The old conduit of the Bell Telephone
Company. confined In bed Of cement "a
hard as q stone has been removed from
under the sidewalk at the northeast corner
OF High and Garden streets by W. s. Gale.
i The township committee placed an
order ten days ago for the installation OF
an electric lamp on Grant street, which
thoroughfare became dark when the arc
lights In the jail yard were dispensed
with.
As number of complaints have been
made, the attention Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will be called to the
fast speed maintained by the milk trains
in passing over the Grant street grade
lcrossing.
The ladies of the Jobstown Baptist
Church will hold harvest home on Au-
gust "a. The date originally set was the
nth, but there is so much doing that day
1t was decided to defer the entertainment
a week later.
The Burlington Distilling Company is
rapidly progressing with the demolition
of the buildings on the st. Mary's and
Pearl street property, Burlington. pre-
patory to the erection of a modern factory
for the manufacture of denatured alcohol
Contractor Williams is in charge of the
work.
When comparison was made with the
past two years, Herman Greenwood, of
Lumberton, proprietor Of an aviary, found
quite a difference in the figures represent
ing his crop of honey. Last year he got
600 pounds from thirty hiyes, but this
year he secured only $50 pounds from
ffty hives.
| Rev. A. F. A. Neudoerffer, of the
Hainesport church, has returned from his
vacation sooner than he intended, being
called home by the death of one of his
practitioners, Services will be resumed at
the church next Sunday, when they will
be In German. English services will be
held every first and third Sunday In the
month.
Howard W. VanSciver. Of Hainesport,
and Miss Edna v. Wagner. of Maryland.
were married at No. 2211 South Broad
street. Philadelphia, on July %, by Rev.
Mr.. Buckley. Miss Ethel VanSciver acted
as bridesmaid, and Lewis " Davis, of
Mount Holly. was best man. On return
| ing from visit to the brides parents, the
happy couple will reside In Philadelphia.
DR.. Lewis L. Sharp, of Palmyra, was
buried In the Morgan cemetery at that
place on Saturday afternoon. Death oc-
CURED on his forty birthday. On
Tuesday deceased decided to return from
Stone Harbor, where he had summer
home. He had to run to catch train,
and as he boarded the car he collapsed
completely and became unconscious. In
this condition he died while another
| physician was trying to revive him. Dr.
Sharp, who was graduate OF Hahnemann
Medical College, was member of several
secret societies.
Petty thievery Is going on by the whole
sale at Delanco. People who have plant
ed little gardens are were just about to
look for returns for their labors are being
very much disappointed by finding the
vegetables much desired have been taken
In the night On several occasions every
thing eatable In the gardens has been
taken. Homes have also been entered
and that the intruders were looking for.
money Is evident as nothing else was dis
turbed that would amount to very much
The township committee has appointed
three more special police in order to help
the regular force to find the culprits.
| After several reports that have failed to
be confirmed 1t now looks as II something
Is to be done In the way of Strengthening
the curve in the railroad at Hainesrort.
A force Of men, with engines. beams, rails
and other paraphernalia, are on the ground
and work has begun. 1t is said there Is
to be a new bridge Of concrete and steel
several feet below the present structure.
The new bridge will be of sufficient height
to allow boats pass under without using a
draw. The station at Hainesport will be
set back and the track will begin at about
the Lumberton road and run In almost q
straight line until It reaches the main line
below the Mount Laurel road.
u With baby in her arms and three
other small children in the carriage, Mrs.
Stuart, wife of DR.. James Stuart, veteri-
nary surgeon, with one freed hand sub.
dued spirited horse which ran up the
pike at break-neck speed, at Beverly, on
Tuesday after collision with a shelving
wagon, the driver Of which was asleep.
Her heroic act, probably saved the little
ones from being thrown out and killed
The heavy wagon veered into the lighter
one, crashing In the side and breaking q
wheel. After run of mile she was un.
able to subdue the animal. and In order to