The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-03-19
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

quite Ill, is on the road to recovery.
Seed potatoes by the carload have bee
ARRIVING for farmers In this section durin
the past week.
James 81. Anderson has succeede
Harry W. Phares as assistant in Super
visor Wainwrights Office.
Extra seating capacity is to be secures
In the Opera House by the installation o
collapsible revolving chairs on the lowe
floor.
As soon as his condition will warrant tn
undertaking, an operation will be per
formed on Harley g. Brown, of Bisphan
street
High water In the upper creek Wednes
day night cut the embankment at Ander
son & Dennis ice pond and washed on
many loads of dirt.
new man, employed by Nelson Carly
the fountain square baker, was badly in
jured last week by getting his hand caugh
In dough mixing machine.
Letters for T. E. Bradley, J. F. Brown
co. Miss Celia Kisuer. Rev. D. Lorentz
and a postal for Mrs. Edna Wells, is thu
mail remaining at the post office.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Sara E. Evans. daughtel
of Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Willen, of Moores
town. and Thomas Conway, Jr., of Riv
erton.
With record of 1888 points out of q
possible 200 to his credit, James Nixon
leads in the rifle contest for prizes which
10 being engaged in by members Of Com
pany E.
There will be q public sale of horse,
cows, carriages, hay, farm machinery. etc.,
ct the late residence of DR.. WilliamC. Parry,
deceased, Hainesport, on Wednesday af-
ternoon, April 8.
The annual meeting Of the Mount Holly
Cemetery Company will be held In the
Court House, on Tuesday evening, March
%, for the election of officers and tran
saction of business.
William NJ. Broom and Phineas Atkin-
son, former residents of Mount Holly,
met each other for the first time In sixty
years after they had entered the Soldiers
Home at Vineland.
Operated on at the German hospital.
Philadelphia, recently, for appendicitis,
Albert Griffith, of Florence, must have
enjoyed his experience. as he came out of
the influence of ether singing.
AS she was about to enter the house to
spend the day with Mrs. Daniel Lippin-
colt, on Clifton avenue, Wednesday morn
ing, Mrs Emma Shinn fell from the step
and broke her arm. She is past 80 years
of age.
Former Surrogate William p. Lippin-
colt, of Hartford, has sold seven acres of
land on the Medford road to Rev. l. D.
Moore, of Columbus 1t is the purpose
of the latter to erect bungalow and raise
chickens there.
With partial recovery from his recent
operation at the Hahnemann hospital,
Philadelphia, Daniel B. Smith has return
ed to his home on Mill street. 1t will be
some time before his condition will permit
him to get out.
Samuel Stackhouse, of Juliustown, who
conducted an eating saloon in Mount Hol-
~ about twenty years ago, and who has
been afflicted with paralysis has been re-
moved to the insane asylum at New Lis
bon It Is said that his condition will
never be any better.
Charles G. Morton. fish and game war
den. is arranging to give protection to the
colony of beavers which have located
on the creek near Kirby's Mills. He will
visit the place this week. and while there
post notices forbidding any person to kill
these animals under penalty of 800 for
each offence
There was an alarm of fire on Thursday
morning. The trouble was at the boarding
house of Mrs. Samuel Finch, on Washing
ton street. and was caused by a defective
fue. The fire burned between the partitions
In the rear portion of the house, and was
extinguished with the chemical engine
with but small loss.
The Farmers Trust Company of Mount
oily has recently added new tier of
safe deposit boxes in its up to date fire
and burglar proof vault This Company
is equipped with one of the best vaults in
South Jersey. 1t is surrounded by steel
armor plate encased In massive concrete
walls reinforced with Bessemer steel rails
A probable restoration of the lake and
other proposed improvements are being
considered for a revival of interest at
Rancccas Park in order to make that re-
sort more popular than ever Plans with
this result In view may be contaminated
by the Rsncocas Park Company, which
has been organized and the following off
GERS elected: President and general man
ager. Samuel Browne; secretary. Harry
w. Phares; treasurer, John S. Gilbert.
There was considerable surprise In
Mount Holly, on Wednesday, when 1t
was learned that Clement Einchman fell
dead as he was about to start his train from
Long Branch to Philadelphia. Deceased
was popular conductor and had been in
the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company for many years. He formerly
lived In Mount Holly. The funeral took
place Saturday afternoon, from the resi-.
dence of Ross W Quicksall. on Madison
avenue. Interment was made In the
Mount Holly cemetery.
The residence of Mr.. and Mrs Alexan
der Dubell. corner OF High and Washing
ton streets. was the scene of pretty wed
ding on Thursday evening at o'clock
when Mrs. Dubelps niece, Miss Mildred
Lippincott, was married to Palmer G. Gas
kill, son of Mr.. and mrs. Joseph Gaskill
corner of Mill and Cherry streets. TIL,
ceremony was performed by Rev R 81
Baker, pastor of the Baptist Church. IL
the presence of the immediate familie,
and few guests. The happy couple re
ceived many beautiful presents. Afte
enjoying wedding dinner. the nuptia
party left for their honeymoon. The,
will take up their residence on the Evan
81. Tomlinson farm, located on the roal
leading from Mount Holly to Rancocas
recently purchased for them by th
groom's parents.
The home of Miss Ellen G. Curtis, o.
High street, was entered by burglars o.
Wednesday night. She was away at tn
time looking after a sick friend, whic