The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-01-07
LOCAL NEWS.

George w. A. French is recovering
from a severe attack of the grip.
samuel Heller was arrested on Tuesday
and held for court on a charge OF assault
~ his wife.
Ellsworth II. Reeves, of Branch street
2 10 minus a horse. which he was SURPRISED
to find dead In the stable one morning.
Rev. William P. Finney, D. D., o
Lincoln University, Pa, will occupy tn
pulpit Of the Presbyterian church mex
Sunday.
Mrs. Joseph Horner, of Tabernacle
who had been suffering from dropsy. fel
dead on Wednesday morning after eating
breakfast.
The Il. B. Smith Machine Company IL
rushed with orders, and the employment
Of night gangs has become necessary In
some OF the departments.
The Burlington County Children's Home
was again placed under quarantine last
week because OF further cases of diph-
iberia developing among the inmates
The girls of the Sophomore class of the
Mount Holly High School were pleasantly
entertained, on Tuesday afternoon. at the
home Of Miss Christine Harker.
Samuel Fryer, clerk in Creedon's
store. is recovering from injuries which
he received by falling through a trap
door in the store while waiting on a Gus
toner.
Miss Lidie Fort, who makes her home
In Mount Holly and teaches school In
Springfield, was recently taken to the
Burlington County Hospital because of
an attack Of appendicitis.
Throat trouble, brought on by exces-
siye smoking of cigarettes and tobacco,
caused the death of Murfel Kennedy, IA
wears old, who was recently buried at
Chatsworth.
The annual luncheon by the Farmers
Trust Company will take place on Tues
day, January IA. from IL to 2SO p. m.
Shareholders and patrons, especially ladies.
are cordially invited.
One indication of the mild winter we
are having is the large amount OF sap run
ming from trees that have been injured. A
cold spell coming suddenly, ag~riculturists
say. would freeze the sap and cause the
trees to split open.
During the fine weather that was a
feature on New Years day. while taking
a walk out Garden street. Alexander Du-
bell saw nearly a dozen large gray squir-
rels celebrating the occasion on the Ash
hurst property.
People In this section. who were in Bur
lington on Tuesday night, were not able
to return to Mount Holly until about one
O'Clock. A trolley car jumped the switch
near the fair grounds and blocked travel
for several hours.
On New Years eve, at Hainesport. oc-
Cured the marriage of Howard Mitch
man, of that place, and Miss Anna May
Jobes, of Mount Holly. The ceremony
was performed In the Lutheran Church
hv 24..S. F. Bornhold.
Two letters and five postals are at the
post Office unclaimed. The letters are for
Mrs. Lolita Ford and Mrs. Geo. Powell.
Postals. Miss Mary Capelli, Abbey Apple
gate, Mr.. and Mrs. T. Gresher. Oscar
Holder and Miss Jeanette Wonderland.
A square tin box, with locks at both
ends. containing seven $40 gold pieces,
an English sovereign dated 1900, and
about $25 in silver. was recently unearthed
by William Smith, of Moorestown, while
digging in the yard of his new home.
Several canoeists padded up the creek
on New Years day and enjoyed a trip
that was made pleasant by the delightful
weather. These conditions were In strik
ing contrast to those which existed q year
ago, when everything was frozen tight.
New Egypt on Thursday morning. War
dell Harker was caught under one of the
heavy pieces Of timber and seriously In
jured. 1t was only q short time later
when there was another accident at the
same mill. George F. Betzler got his
hand caught in the cogs of some machin.
cry, and two fingers were 30 badly mash
ed that he may lose them.
Following are the officers elected on
Tuesday night by Washington Council.
No. 8, JE. o. U. A. M: Junior past coun-
cilor, Charles T. Shreve; councillor, 3.
Albert sleeper; vice councillor. William
M. Cooper; recording secretary, Thomas
G. Alcott; assistant. Philip s. Irons, Jr.;
financial secretary, William j. Haines;
treasurer, Albertus 81. jackson; warden,
Clarence Dunfee; conductor. Thomas K.
Elbertson; inside sentinel, Elmer E.
rTeAest outside sentinel, Jerome q. Har-
ris; representative to Funeral Benefit As
sociation, Albertus II. Jackson.
On New Years day. at the home of DIR.
and Mrs. Hickman, on Cherry street,
with whom they will live, occurred the
marriage OF Miss Bessie M. Talmage, for
merly of Petersburg, Va, and David E.
Lorentz. of Mount Holly, who is assist
ant secretary of the county Y. M. G. A.
The nuptial knot was tied by Rev. Her
bert N. Stanton, of Columbia Univer-
sity, New York city. The bridesmaids
were Miss Elizabeth H. Talmage. of New
ton. and Miss May Salmon, of Stanhope.
Mrs. Otis B. Read, of Mount Holly. was
matron of honor; ReY. James A. Hills.
of Madison, best man; DIR. Hickman and
Otis B. Read, ushers.
The strong wind that prevailed on Fri
day soon Uttered the streets with broken
limbs of trees and walking was made
dangerous. 1t gave plenty of work to tele
phone and other linemen to keep the wires
In order. More thar one tin roof was
torn of. In some cases slamming shut
tiers broke window panes. scattering glass
in all directions. The swaying spire on
Methodist Church steeple was watched
by many people who thought that 1t might
fall. A number of trees were blown down
but no one was injured. 1t is reported
that nineteen telegraph poles were level
ed along the railroad tracks between
Mount Holly and Pemberton, and engi-
neers ran their trains with unusual eau
ton. A large chimney was blown down
at the home of Frank Hancock on Har-