The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-07-16
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, JULY l6, 1912
LOCAL NEWS.

Saturday morning.
Rev DIR. Barnes, Phi. D., of Brooklyn
N. Y, will preach at the Baptist churc
next Sunday morning and evening.
Well attended services were held in th
Friends meeting house, Buttonwoo
street, on Sunday afternoon.
The annual picnic of st. Andrew
church, Jobstown, will be held In Meanyl
grove at that place on Tuesday. July oV
Yesterday was st. Swithian's day, ant
ss no rain fell we may look for dry
spell of 40 days, according to an old lie
gend.
son of Howard Russ, of Delanco, Il
recovering from an appendicitis operation
that was performed at the Burlington
County Hospital.
The Luther League will hold lawr
social at the residence of William Walther
Hainesport. on Thursday, July 18th. Thu
public is invited.
No clue has yet been obtained of thu
thieves who recently robbed the post oflc'
at Marlton. They secured few pennies
and over 1000 postal cards.
Having resigned his position at DubelfI
drug store, Frank Sleeper Is now assisting
his brother, Benjamin A. Sleeper. who II
engineer OF Northampton township.
The township committee has ordered ths
police to visit the mill dam each afternoon
90 that order may be preserved for thu
benefit of both sexes during the bathing
hours.
Friday, July 26th. and Friday, August
End, haye been reserved at Rancocas park
by private parties and the grounds will
closed to the general public on those
dates.
There are several typhoid fever patients
being treated at the Burlington county
hospital, only four of which are from
Mount Holly. The others are from Penn
berton, Mooreetown and other places.
Members of the Royle band made a
short street parade on Friday evening.
Banners were carried to encourage good
attendance at the base ball game that took
place ON the High street grounds on Sat
urday.
The Lutheran Sunday school, near
Hainesport, will hold its annual picnica
Rancocas Park on Wednesday, July oath.
A number of inmates of the Orphans
Home, Germantown. will attend the
picnic.
A sneak thief and not an expert is sus-
pected of committing numerous robberies
which have been annoying residents OF
Florence recently. The authorities are
making rigid investigation in order to
put stop to this work.
The oyIePikington Company are
having dynamo to furnish $50 electric
lights Installed at their factory, located
along the railroad west OF Holeman street
The work is being done by William
Taylor, an electrical engineer.
The inmates of the Burlington County
Children's Home were guests at the an
nual picnic of the First-day school that
was held on the lawn of the Friends
meeting house, corner of High and Garden
streets. on Saturday afternoon.
The former residence of Henry J. Sher
man. on Union street. is now occupied by
J. o. Quicker, of Pittsburgh. Pa, who
recently came to Mount Holly to succeed
Isaac a. Wainwright as supervisor of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
On Thursday William Rossell, of Carl
ton avenue, found hens egg of extra
ordinary size In one of his nests. 1t weigh
ed very close to five ounces. An ordin-
airy egg of average size will weigh about
one ounce and five and one-half drachms.
Mrs. Fred E. Colder has been removed
from the Burlington County Hospital to
the home of her father, Philip q. Irons.
The operation necessary in her case
will not be performed until cold weather
II 1t can be postponed for that length of
time.
The members of Company E left Mount
Holly early yesterday morning for Cam
den, where they joined the Third Regi-
ment and started for Mount Gretna, Pa,
where they will enjoy camp life under
army regulations until Wednesday, July
Gath.
The unclaimed letters that remain In
the post Office together with postals for
the week ending July IS, are as. follows:
Foster Seed Co., Mrs. E. 8. Walter, w.
w. Twadden, letters. Mrs. r. Broncknen,
g. R. Hopkins. Miss Mary D. Emerson.
Miss Marion Lest postals.
Members Of the Mount Holly gun club
are now sharply contesting at their regular
monthly meet for valuable silver cup,
which prize. with his name and average
engraved On, will be presented to the one
scoring the highest number of points dur
ing the remainder of the year.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the Junior Mechanics picnic, which
will be held at Rsncocas Park on Satur-
day, July 9th. AS this outing will be
given under the auspices of all the coun-
ellis of the county. good time and large
attendance may be looked for.
The annual picnic of the Baptist Sun
day school was held 10 the woods at Vim
centown on Thursday. and pleasant
time prevailed. Rsncocas park had pref
erence for this event by the older people,
but they yielded to the wishes of the
younger set, who wanted to enjoy q ride
In shelvings.
Wednesday was one of the hottest days
of the year A horse at New Egypt,
driven by Trenton salesman and belong
ing to livery at Bordentown, dropped
dead from the excessive heat. Three meu
unloading stones from cars at Hsinespori
were overcome and taken home. The
humidity was very high.
The ladies of the New Lisbon M E.
Church, win hold harvest home In the
pavilion adjoining the lake at that place
on Thursday. August LIST. Hot chicken
dinner will be served at ~ noon and p
IA. There will be refreshments on sale
There will be base ball games both morn
ing and afternoon, and plenty of music.
Rudolph Sewers, of Mount Holly, Is re
covering from serious injuries which b
recently received. While working In tn,
peak of Joseph Britton's new barn install