The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-09-05
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There are just four weeks remaining In
which to prepare for the Mount Holly fair.
Mrs. Allie Frazier, Of Pearl street, has
built q new greenhouse to accommodate
the increasing demand for violets and
other flowers
The annual meeting of the Northamp-
ton fire department will be held in the
Union Fire Company's house on Friday,
September 10.
Fred L. Owen Is having hard luck. On
Sunday he lost horse from chronic
catarrh, it being the second one he has
lost since May.
Miss Mabel Farr, aged ten years, is a
patient at the Burlington County Hospital
suffering from typhoid fever. Her parents
reside at Moorestown.
The contract for building the new school
house at Pemberton has been awarded to
Day & Sharp, of Camden. for SOS. sOS.
Work will begin at once.
Mrs. Mary Ridgway, an aged lady liv-
Ing on Brainard street, was stricken on
Wednesday night. Her condition has
been serious since that time.
! Prof. VIM. F. Overmau, Of Moores-
town, will deliver an address at the Ep-
worth League meeting in the Methodist
church. on Sunday evening next.
Next Sunday will be rally day In the
Methodist Sunday school. The session
will convene In the afternoon and an
interesting programme has been arranged
| for the occasion.
| New chairs are to be placed In the
gallery at the opera house. Other i'm
proponents to be made there will include
the installation OF portable fire ex-
tinguishers and red lights to denote the
exits.
The relatives of Isaac S. Uncle and
wife, who were killed In a railroad acct
dent, desire to return thanks to many
friends for expressions Of sympathy and
many acts of kindness, and for handsome
flowers sent to the funeral.
The W. G. T. U. will hold Its annual
meeting next Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. 81. l. Budd, when reports of
all officers will be received. An election
Of officers for the coming year will be
held. All members are requested to be
present.
Too much water was the cause of the
collapse Of the tank OF the Water Com.
pany at Wrightstown, on Thursday.
Without a moments warning the tank
suddenly spread apart and the water
gushed out on all sides. The iron hoops
had rusted and were not strong enough to
hold the tank In shape.
A discovery looked upon as important
by entomologists is the fact that In the
grasshopper infected districts in the west
the cricket has an Unsuitable appetite for
grasshopper eggs and is eating them by
the millions. determination Of the grass
hopper, which destroys thousands Of acres
of grain, seems to depend upon the ques-
ton Of providing more crickets
The boarding houses at Hainesport are
filling up as the result of large number
of strangers at that place who are en-
ployed In connection with the steel and
cement bridge which the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company is erecting. 1t is ex-
pected to take Eve months to complete
this structure and straighten the tracks at
that point.
Unclaimed mail at the post office: Let
tiers, Andrew q. Anderson, E. L. Ballard,
Mrs. w. 81. Downs, Miss E. Fell, Mrs. NJ
Ford. William Hagerly, Capt Reynolds;
postals. Mrs. h. G. Barr, Miss Dolethy
Barr. Mrs. Maurice Crosse. Charles Fet-
ter, Miss Irene Hazelton. Master Wilbur
Patterson, G. G. Watson, Frank Montown,
Miss Lizzie Jones, Mrs. Viola johnson.
The large iron safe In the America Hose
house belonging to the township has been
given to Clayton Anderson, who will take
1t away In few days. All efforts made
TO sell 1t were futile. The township COM
mittee received one offer Of quarter of
cent pound from man who was not
willing to remove 1t. The safe was for
merly used by VIM. 8. Brown, deceased,
who kept a iewelry store on High street
Charles Fl. Estill, of Church street, has
handed in his weather report for the month
of August. 1t shows clear all day and
evening, IL; clear and cloudy, 8; rainy
days, z; rainy days with lightning and
thunder, 8; foggy In the morning, clear
all day. 4. Mr.. Estill has received several
Inquiries about the date of the last food
In Mount Holly. 1t began to rain October
9Th, 1908, and continued until the
12th. Mr.. Estill is of the opinion that
more rain fell last week than IL 1908, but
owing to the ground being so very dry 1t
soaked away and did not fill the streams
so rapidly
J. W. tanning, of Trenton. proprietor
Of the Auditorium Theater at Burlington,
10 In bad shape. For eleven weeks he has
been patient at the Mercer County Hos
pital. His right foot is about to drop of
as the result of gangrene. Mr.. tanning
came near dying when his great toe was
recently removed, and physicians at the
hospital declare that no further opera
tions can be performed. Blood tests made
show that other parts of Mr. Lanning's
system are free from the disease. and the
doctors are of the opinion that when the
foot drops of the wound will heal and
the patient recover.
Although the heavy rains Of last week
caused the Rancocas creek to swell con-
siderably. 1t did not reach the danger mark
and passed off without causing food In
this section. The low marsh back of Mon
roe street became inundated, and there
were several small washouts. The swift
current washed away considerable trash
that had collected In the creek and race
way along Mill street. The water at
Smithville reached the floor of the machine
shops, making 1t unpleasant for the men
who work there Cranberry growers suf-
fered loss as q number of bogs were
flooded The fruit became injured when
soaked In their present state of maturity.
When offered fifty cents on Thursday,
it did not take long for Thomas L. Quig-
ley and friend to make up their minds to