The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-04-04

cry business at 0altZmans.
, Spalding's base ball supplies for 1911
, now await you here. L. s. Boyce, sport
ing goods.
The red light system of police protec-
, ton that has been installed in Mount
Holly is to be adopted at Riverton.
, Letters remain unclaimed at the post
office for the following names: b. O.
Allen, Nathan Frake; postal for Thomas
, King.
The W. c. T. U. will meet at the home
Of Mrs. Frank Armstrong, 108 Water
street, Tuesday afternoon. April 18th, at
three o'clock.
Leroy Bollman, professor of physics
and German In the Bordentown high
schools. has rendered his resignation to
take effect in thirty days.
i David Brewer, weighmaster and the
canal lock tender at Bordentown, had his |
right thumb cut off by getting it caught |
between two canal boats
Weather report for the month of March, |
as presented by Charles d. Estill Clear |
days, 8; clear and cloudy, 8; rainy days,
o; snow, 8; rain. with lightning and thun-
der. 2; rain and hail, q.
By the number of carnations seen on
Saturday, 1t might have been taken by
some people for Mckinley day. The
flowers were souvenir presented to all
who entered the drug store of Alexander
Dubell.
Edward Hack is painting his feet of
boats and they will soon be placed In
commission on the upper Rsncocas creek.
The season will soon be here to enjoy
boating and fishing on that beautiful
stream.
Orders which have been received, gives
promise of renewed activity at the foundry
of the Risdon-Alcott Turbine Company,
on Church street. The period of dullness
which has prevailed there for some time
is now likely to be changed to its former
scene of activity.
George Chase, employed at the factory
of the Burlington County Shoe Company,
on Water street, got his left arm caught
in the cogs of machine yesterday morn
ing and that member was quite badly
lacerated. The young man was removed
to the Burlington County Hospital.
State Road Commissioner Stevens has
appropriated $4,000 of the states auto
mobile money to be spent In resurfacing
Burlington county roads as follows:
Mount Holly and Masonville, $4,000; Null
lica river, $4,000; In Bordentown, $4,000;
Burlington pike, $500; remainder not
specified.
Mrs. Grace Herbert, a former resident
of Mount Holly now living In Camden. is
receiving treatment at hospital In that
city. The young lady Is not recovering
very fast from recent injury which she
received. Sustaining fall she broke her
arm in three places and the bone is not
knitting properly.
Owing to slight mix-up as to the d.
rection they were going to take, team
driven by Capt. Elton A. Smith, of Smith
vile, and the automobile of Lewis H.
Chambers, of Unionville, came together
at the fountain In Mount Holly. on Sat-
urday night, after the power had been
shut off the machine. The total damage
auto.
A large stable and barn, to be used In
connection with the management of the
Madison Avenue Hotel, isnow being erect
cd rx,f ho lof ~ Ill I
garage, on Washington street, by
Robert NJ Snyder. The money which he
has spent in improving recently purchased
property In that section, has greatly
changed the former appearance of that
neighborhood.
Mrs. Henri BONNER, president of the
Dabney H. Maurey Chapter, Daughters of
the Confederacy, died at her country home
at Edgewater Park, on Tuesday, after an
illness of several weeks of Brights' disease
Deceased took an active part In church
work and did much charitable work among
the poor. After services had been held
on Wednesday afternoon. the body was
taken to Richmond. Va, for burial
At the Mount Holly Theatre this even
| ing will be shown a reel of pictures that
will be more interesting than any which
have been shown here for long Time
The subject will be Napoleon, together
with some of the battles In which that
celebrated statesman was engaged in be-
fore he met his Waterloo. This particu.
lar reel is said to be exceedingly interest
ing and was prepared at considerable ex.
pense.
Miss Edythe May Coates. daughter of
Mrs. Margaret McDougal. left Florence
on Thursday, March %, for Portland, Me-,
where she was met at the boat landing by
Herbert F. Wiley, formerly of Burling-
ton. driven to the parsonage of the First
Methodist Episcopal church, and married
| by Rev. William Wilech. Mr. and Mrs.
Wiley will make their home, temporarily,
in Portland. where the groom is now en-
ployed as pipe inspector. but will make
their permanent home In Burlington.
There seems to have been premature
announcement to the effect that George
Otrlcks VI clOrence, udu Deen appointed
a Deputy Fish and Game Warden. He
gave out this information after feeling
confident that he had won out over his
competitors, but his surprise can be well
imagined when he learned that the proper
credential for this position had been is
sued to Harry Bishop, of Florence, and
who got on the job at once. The plum
slipped from the grasp of Strick Just when
he thought he had landed it.
Presence of mind and quick action,
Wednesday afternoon, saved the life of |
William Taylor, of White street. Slip
ping while working on a telephone pole, |
near the gas house, on West Washington |
street, he sayed himself from being hurl- |
ed to the ground by grabbing wire. The
weight of his body cut a cash in the first
finger of his right hand, and one stitch was
required to close the wound. When Taylor
fell on the wires he was using a knife,
which cut deep cash across the palm of
his left hand, which required four
stitches.
i Burglars broke into the blacksmith shop
of William Lippincott, at Masonville. on
Saturday night, and stole some tools with