The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-09-17

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A business meeting of the Methods
3 Brotherhood will be held on Thursday
evening at the home Of A. Holmes Howe
n 15S Mill street.
q Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Z. Holloway, o.
Bordentown, celebrated the sixtieth an
A niversary of their wedding on Friday. Mr.
4 Holloway is 80 years old and his wife Is 80
A fire was averted at the stables of Harry
Mullen, on Charles street, Wednesday
night, by the timely discovery of some
:. waste material that was smouldering In
: shed.
. week, occurred the death of brother OF
: Clifton r. Appleton, Of Mount Holly
T Deceased was q visitor here only short
time ago.
At the tenth United Towns Fair. held
at Gibbsboro, on Friday, Mrs. James L.
! Jamison, of Mount Holly, was awarded
first prize on cup and saucer, which was
the Oldest antique exhibited.
A house and lot belonging to George
Lucas, at Arney's Mount. has been sold to
George Jackson, of Philadelphia. The
sale was effected by Fred A. Tracey, local
agent for the e. A. Strout Farm Agency.
For damaging a cement sidewalk on
Madison avenue which W s. Gale laid for
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
Charles Shinn was arrested on Friday
Recorder Herbert held him under bail for
his appearance at the next term of court
Henry E. Hess. employed as chauffeur
by DIR. ]. Hume Carter, was arrested
yesterday and held under 5000 bail for
assaulting William B. Mitchell, one of the
Acme drivers. The trouble arose over
balky mule.
Joseph Baker, of Ysrdville, and Miss
Nellie McGrath, of Bordentown, were
married at the latter place on Wednesday.
The ceremony was performed at the rec
4 tory by Rev. d. ]. Duggan, pastor of st.
Mary's church,
Clarence s. Durand and family, who
have been spending much of their time In
Mount Holly during the summer, are
again In Washington, d. G. Mr. Du-
rand has been reappointed q clerk In
the census department.
Having submitted to an X-ray examina-
tion week ago, 1t was determined that an
operation was necessary In the case of
Rev. Richard H. Baker, pastor of the
Mount Holly Baptist church, and he was
:aken to the University hospital, Phila-
delphia, Yesterday.
| After eating at Bowen's restaurant on
Sunday evening, party from Philadel-
phia returned to their automobile, and as
they were about to resume their journey
their eight-year-old daughter fell out of
the car and received a wound on the side
of the head. The mothers fright was
much greater than the child's injuries
The surviving members of the 37th
Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, will
hold their annual reunion at the Soldiers
| on Lot oV-
ecutive committee desires that all comrades
who served : In the above regiment,
send their snames aud addresses to
William g. Campbell, secretary, 28 Clin-
ton street, Newark.
Application of State Highway Commits
sloner Edwin A. Stevens for permission to
use convicts for road work in Burlington
county has been denied by the board of
prison inspectors. The refusal was made
upon the ground that no appropriation
had been made available by the legislature
and that no authority had been given the
head keeper, who IL sole custodian Of the
prisoners.
A young boy displayed large roll of
bills when he paid his fare on a trolley /
car while riding from Camden to Mount |
Holly on Thursday, and the conductor |
became suspicious. He notified the au- |
thorities and the lad was arrested. At the |
Jail he confessed to stealing the money |
from his grandmother, aud gave the name |
of Jack Lukens, IL years old, son of /
parents were Immediately notified, and the
lad was taken home by his brother.
While sitting In the office of garage at |
Rockland, Maine, q week ago, 3 chauffeur |
ran an auto into that portion of the build |
ing, doing much damage. DR.. Benton II.
Young, of Mount Holly, was present |
at the time, had leg and arm quite badly |
lacerated and barely escaped with his life. |
Since leaving Mount Holly, the eye
specialist has had all kinds of trouble, and
1t Is possible that he will not venture on
his proposed trip to California His ar
rival home is looked for.
Captain William Z. Doron, of Bristol,
Ia giving his annual excursion to the Bur-
lington Island Park to day. 1t Is an &C.
casion when hundreds of children from
Burlington and Bucks counties are his
guests. One of MIR. Doron's houses was
recently robbed of 5000 worth of fixtures.
The arrest of the thieves and their trial
kept him so tied up in court that he was
prevented from arranging this event dur
Ing the school vacation.
On Wednesday evening Sheriff Jordan
received a letter from Mayor Kunzi, of |
Bordentown, asking for the discharge of
George Davis, who was serving ninety |
days In jail. The fellow agreed to COM
ply with tn terms of his release, which |
will prevent him from remaining In this |
county. Davis left the jail on Thursday |
morning and was glad to go.
Alexander Dubell and wife left on Sun
day for St. Louis. Mo-, where they will |
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drug company, of which there are about |
1000 members, and over one-half of them
are expected to be present Special trains
were run from Boston and New York. |
Mr.. and Mrs. Dubell will visit several
other points of interest In the west. They |
will return home In about two weeks
A. A. Anderson, real estate agent an
nounces recent sales as follows House |
and lot at the corner of Union and Cherry |
streets, belonging to Samuel Matthias. TO
Stacy B. Lippiucott; house and lot, 1874
Water street, from Joseph Morton to
Walter Allen, who Immediately resold the |
property to Abram r. Gerber; house and |
lot on King street. belonging to the Elias |
Mitchell heirs, to Lippincott and Allen, |
house and lot on Wall street, from |
Harry Bowker to A. r. Gerber.
The activity of three printers essrs. |
Miller, Sprow and Murdoch, on Wednes- |
day noon, saved the house on Pine street, |
occupied by Harry Claypoole, from being
destroyed by FIRE. While passing the
house at dinner time the men were called, /
and rushing inside found the roof oil a
rear shed blazing lively. The trouble
was soon subdued with buckets of water,
and very little damage was done. The
origin Of the fire Ia unknown, but may
have been caused by some plumbers who
were at work there In the morning.
| While seven ton traction engine be.
longing to Harrison Poinsett was passing
over the bridge at Jones' Mills, near
Cookstown, on Wednesday. the structure
collapsed from the severe strain. The en-
CINE caught on some Of the woodwork and
did not reach the sheeting, being sus-
pended In the air. The machine was
gotten out by Contractor Rogers, of Al
lentown. Word Of the accident was sent
to Mount Holly, and on Thursday morn
ing, 10 the automobile Of Director Dubell,
he took Engineer Logan and committee
of freeholders to the scene to get line on
the situation. Orders were given to VIII
liam Miller. the resident freeholder, to
have the necessary repairs made.
! On Saturday afternoon, September 7th,
occurred the marriage Of Levi Stidfole
and Mrs. Amanda Farr. who lives at the
corner of Mifdln and Green streets. The
ceremony was performed by Recorder
B. o. Herbert. In order that the bride
might escape being arrested for neglect OF
J her five children, she furnished bond to
properly care for her baby and keep her
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