The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-19
LOCAL. NEWS.
sit your home store, Boyce's.

your friends. They will all be there.
New gas mains are being installed ON
the western portion of Brainard street.
Richard F. Holeman, son of Ernest ID.
Holeman, IL now a student at stevens In
stitute, Hoboken.
Owing to the sudden drop in tempera-
ture frost appeared in some sections on
Thursday morning.
f. 8. Gaskill, of New Egypt. cut some
corn on his farm last week that stood
fourteen feet high.
Ladies of First Baptist church will hold
q cake, bread and pie sale at the court
house, on Saturday.
By the falling of piece of iron pipe,
Warner s. Smith, of Medford, had one of
his toes badly injured.
Another coat of oil was placed ON the
stone road running from Mount Holly to
Burlington last week.
The postal savings bank at Moorestown
began operations on Tuesday. Miss Ruth
Pierce was the first deposition.
Mrs. Benjamin White, Of Pemberton,
mother of Assemblyman White, of Mount
Holly, ia improving after long illness.
At the Epworth League meeting, Sun
day evening, an interesting address was
made by d. X. Morris, of Maple Shade.
A marriage license has been issued to
Miss Jesne L. Bridge. of Philadelphia,
and ]. Howard Vansciver, of Hainesport.
Richard B. Dickerson has bought from
Walter Allen the east end of the new
double frame dwelling erected on Grant
street.
After being connected with the freight
ONCE in Mount Holly all summer. 81. NJ.
Lukens has resumed his duties as baggage
master at the Moorestown station.
Pemberton Borough held meeting on
Saturday to decide whether the location OF
the new school house should not be
changed. There were "a votes cast-21 in
favor, 8 against.
Joseph H. Blackburn and Miss Ruth
May Borden. of Lenola, were married
ON Tuesday. The ceremony was perform
ed at the Methodist parsonage, Moores-
town. by Rev. Arthur D. Hilton.
l. Edward. Harrison. living near Ja-
cobstown, was badly injured few days
ago. As he attempted to milk COW the
animal kicked him In the face. Two teeth
were knocked out and his jaw fractured.
Simply because they have been trained
to do tricks does not mean that the per
forming leopards that will be at the
Mount Holly Fair, are docile. They are
full of ginger and have to be watched all
the time.
Nelson Jones, colored, of New Egypt,
convicted of a charge of starving his
horse and cows, was fined $50 and costs
by Squire Brown. In default of pay.
ment the defendant was committed to the
county Jail.
The State Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist Church will hold
Q convention at Moorestown tomorrow.
During the evening session an address
viii be delivered by Hobun T. Yokoyoma,
of Shimoda, japan.
A Socialist delivered an address at the
fountain on Friday night. He was good
talker and for while entertained quite
an audience. He urged voters of all par
ties to support those measures which they
thought would benefit the people.
Following her recent graduation at the
Moorestown Academy, Miss Ruth Branin,
daughter of DR.. John w. Branin, of Wash
ington street. has decided to become a
trained nurse. and to that end she is study
ing at the Hahnemann Hospital, Phil
adelphia.
The meeting to vote upon the purchase
Of more land for the new school building
will be held In the court house tomorrow
night. 1t is hoped there will be good
attendance. The proposition is to trans.
fer portion of the money already appro-
priated and not to increase the amount.
While illegally fishing in the Delaware
river on Wednesday. Howard Wills. Of
Fish House. bumped up against Game
Warden Charles G. Morton, of Mount
Holly. The latter arrested the offender
and Squire Zeigler. of Riverside, Inn
posed fine OF 800 aud cost.
The recent Illness Of John N. Austin
of Madison avenue, railroad engineer
who was found helpless from pain by the
side of his engine al Perth Amboy, wher
1t was thought he was suffering from
acute indigestion. is beloved to haye beer
caused by ptomsIne poisoning. the resul
Of eating canned clam chowder. He wa,
removed to Mount Holly on cot.
The United States Civil Service Com
mission will hold an examination a
Browns Mills on Saturday. October 18th
to examine eligibility of candidates TO
the position of postmaster at Hsnoye
Farms, where 1t is contemplated to open
new post s.f1ce. Persons desiring to tax
the examinations can get blanks from tn
postmasiers of Browns Mills or Ne,
Lisbon.
There were two funerals In Mount Hol
ly Saturday, the interment being made |
the Baptist burYing ground. The d
ceased were Mrs. Sarah Baillie, of Can
den, and her niece, Mrs. Mary Ridgway
Of Mount Holly. Both women died o
Wednesday, one at O'Clock In the morr
ing, the other at IL. Mrs. Ridgway wa
the widow of Captain John L. Ridgway
who died 10 the service of the Unite
States In the war of the Rebellion. Car
tain Ridgway enlisted in April, 1851, an
was the first man In New Jersey equippe
for the country's service. He broke dow
under the strain of army life and died |
November. 1864.
The Local Option campaign was opene
on Saturday night, when meeting W,
held at the corner of High and Gsrde
streets. Addresses on the home rule eau
of that party's platform were made
Rev. George T. Harris. of Mount Holl
Rev. Arthur D. Hilton, of Moorestow
and Harold B. Wells, of Bordentow
The efforts to be made to nominate the
candidate for the Assembly. Herman Or
shaw, of Wrightstown, will include
open air meetings to be held prior to pl
mary election day. The whirlwind to
he Ia In