The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-24

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yet untouched.
Robert Paul, infant son Of Mr.. and Mr.
Harry Paul. of shreve street, died o
; Saturday morning.
The P. o. 9. of A. camps of Burlinf
ton and Mercer counties held rally 9
Bordentown last night.
Former Governor Edward C. Stoke
viii address meeting In Moorestown o
!. the evening of November 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. g. King. of Palmyra
} have announced the engagement of thei
daughter, Elizabeth, to Charles B. Woods
ton. of RIverton.
A calf born without eyes or tail at tn
farm of Frank Carter. of Chesterfield, /
now a month old and thriving as well a
any normal calf on the place.
The Armour w. G. T. q. will meet a
the home of Mrs. Charles Il. Engle. oil
Garden street. this evening at 2. As o'clock
Convention reports will be made.
William Sherman Is having a concrete
sidewalk laid at his property, southeast
corner Of Ridgway and Buttonwoot
streets, which is occupied by A. G. Mayer
While working in blacksmith shop a
New Egypt, on Tuesday, Raymond Kerr
had his right hand badly lacerated wher
that member came in contact with cir.
cular saw.
Harry Cranmer. of New Egypt. is suf
fering from several bad bruises. Will,
riding his bicycle on the street at nigh
he collidei with a wagon. Lights were
not displayed on either vehicle.
There will be a union meeting at the
Baptist Church this evening. when an ad
dress will be delivered by Rev. F. w.
johnson. of Washington, N. j., in the In
terest Of the Lords Day Alliance.
Those who failed to see the automobile
races recently held In Philadelphia. will
havean opportunity to do SO at the Opera
House on Thursday night, when reel
of motion pictures on that event win be
exhibited.
William 81. Heisler, of Pemberton, has
been elected representative to the General
committee on Home Missions of the
Methodist church, which meets In Denver
on November 10.
Daniel r. Rogers. q well-known rail-
road man, died suddenly at his home in
Camden, on Monday of last week. He
was native Of New Egypt and had been
In the employ of the railroad company for
over 40 years.
| Miss Annette Marie Whelan. daughter
Of Mrs. LW. Buck, Burlington, became the
bride of John Luther Wilson, of Beverly,
Saturday afternoon. at q wedding In the
Presbyterian Church. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Arthur Phillips.
On Thursday evening, December 10, a
supper and bazaar viii be held In the Ma
sonic Temple. The event will be given
for the benefit of the Burlington County
Hospital, and Is being arranged by the
managers Of that institution.
Benjamin Jobes has an idea of the so
liditY Of concrete sidewalks. He fell ON
one while walking on Washington street
on Thursday. He stepped on banana
peel that was covered with leaves, and
fell with a force that Jared him badly.
In addition to managing the Opera
House. Edward B. Hulse has decided to
engage in the raiaing of ducks. and 70
that end he has rented the property on
Ridgway street which is equipped for
poultry raising and which has heretofore
been used for that purpose.
It Is said that long-felt want In con-
nection with the county hospital Is to be
supplied by the erection of home for
nurses of the institution. The proposed
building will be of bungalow style, one
story and with ample accommodations for
the purpose.
Mrs. Gussie K. Rigg, of Philadelphia.
formerly Of Burlington, will submit to an
operation for inward trouble of long
standing at the University Hospital. Phil
adelphia, on Thursday. The operation
will be performed by DIR. Beaver, of the
German Hospital.
The new home Of the Y. NJ. c. A., on
Buttonwood street. will be dedicated with
appropriate exercises on Thursday even
ing. November Q. Good speakers will be
present, and the directors have arranged
an interesting programme for that occa-
sion. In order to assist In the work of
the organization q ladies auxili airy is
being formed.
]. Parish Woolman, a merchant and
former Mayor Of Burlington, was arrest-
ed on Thursday night on a wife-beating
charge, and at hearing before Magis-
trate Charles P. Smith was held under
$500 for the grand jury. A score OF men,
the police charge, saw Woolman attack
his wife. throw her into the street and
start TO drag her across the pavement by
the heels. Mrs. Woolman. her face terri
bly, bruised, swore out the warrant for
her husbands arrest. Woolman was al
lowed to go to the court room unattended
by an officer and pleaded that he be allow
ed to settle the case with fine. Magis-
trate Smith declared he had had so many
complaints about the mans alleged cruel
ty to his family, refused to listen to the
plea and held him for court.
The SD annual convention OF the Junior
Order United American Mechanics will
meet at Trenton tomorrow, when Rev.
L. L. Hand. of New Egypt. will be elect
ed state councillor. There will be frater'
nal delegates present from Virginia, New
York and the District of Columbia and
they are to be the special guests of the
board Of managers. William II. Miers,
who has served as secretary for 81 years,
will again be elected for three years. and
Rev. J. Morgan Read will succeed him.
self as treasurer. When Miers was first
elected secretary there were % councils
with membership of 1.413. and worth
$13. 501.44. Now there are 300 councils
with membership of 81, 159, having q
total worth of $1,S11. 512.25.
In saving Salvatore Tacoma, the Italian
convicted of murder In the second degree
from the electric chair. Robert Peacock
of counsel for the prisoner, has received
numerous congratulations for the speecl
he made to the jury in behalf of hi
client. By his effort In that direction thu
/ young man surprised his friends Jacon'
expresses himself as being satisfied will
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