The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-08-26
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John Dltamus, who was injured at the
Brakely canning factory on Wednesday,
died at Trenton hospital on Sunday.
DR.. William H. Ships has sold his
former home on Farnsworth avenue,
where he had his Office, to ID. j. Wright,
of Allentown, n. J. The property is
now rented by Mrs. Edward Hedges.
A man whose name is said to be Michael
Tracey was drowned late Saturday night
by falling overheard near the mouth of
CroSswicks creek. He was about 60 years
of age, was an ex-soldier and is supposed
to have relatives near Pennington. His
body was recovered.
Frank X. Bennett returned home on
Thursday afternoon from visit to his
mother, who resides at Northwold, Eng
Mr.. Bennett sailed from New York for
Liverpool on Thursday, July g. and re-
turned on the steamer Olympic, having
sailed from Southampton on Wednes-
day, the 18th inst. While abroad he
visited Holland to procure bulbs for his
nursery stock.
Johh Mcintyre, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Mcintyre, of Ann street, died at a
sanatarium at White Haven, Pa, from
tuberculosis on Thursday night, aged %
years. He had been at White Haven ten
months. His mother had just returned
home from a visit to him, when she re-
ceived the sad news of his death, which
occurred after she had left him. He was
a nephew of Charles Mcintyre, of Tren-
ton. His body was brought to his home
here.
A trolley car of the Camden and Tren-
ton Traction company which was due to
arrive in Trenton at 1870 o'clock Sun
day, ran into an automobile near the
Bordentown brick yard. The motorman
was unable to bring his car to a stop I'M
til it had passed the auto about twenty
yards. The occupants of the auto, two
men and two women, were badly scared,
but not injured. The chauffeur said his
machine had stalled near the tracks Just
before the trolley came along. The only
damage doue was badly bent mud
guard on the auto.
The electric storm on Monday night
of last week struck several trees in this
neighborhood. A large heavy limb of a
tree at the old home of the late Captain
George B. Raymond, on Park street,
which is rented by the Bordentown
Military Institute, was blown down. fall
ing across the iron fence and crushing
it. The limb was rotten and contained
a considerable number of honey bees
and some honey. An effort was made
to hive them. A barn at the home of
Howell Satterthwaite, near Bordentown,
was slightly damaged by being struck
by lightning. There was no hay in the
barn and it did not take fire. A barn in
the same locality belonging to James
McSorley was also struck by lightning,
with slight damage.
The City Commissioners, on Tuesday
night, refused an offer of S. per pole for
each pole the Public Service Corporation
desires to erect ON city property near
White Horse. The commissioners want
an annual rental instead of fiat price
to be paid in advance Director Kester
stated that he had received notice from
one of the city banks that the institu-
ton hereafter will not pay the city any
interest on its regular account, saving
the balance was frequently small and
they had to loan money TO the city quite
often. After the commission has ascer-
tanned the attitude of the other bank,
some action will be taken looking toward
the securing of interest on monthly bal
ances, as suggested by Harry Goodwin a
few weeks ago.