The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-03
LOCAL NEWS.

LOOAL NEWS.
Samuel s. Bower has arranged to cor
vert his residence property on Mill stree
into two houses.
Charles Gray, one of the Arcade hote
bartenders, is now employed at tn
Madison house.
The ]. s. Rogers Co., of Moorestown
is rebuilding the structures recently de
stroyed by fire at the Birmingham sant
plant.
]. Bernstein, of Lumberton, is super
yising the installation of testing equip
ment for the Russian government a
Petewawa Camp, Ontario.
George harrington fell from the roof o
his barn near Maple Shade, last week
and broke his right arm and fractured {
rib. He was found unconscious by hi
wife.
The Burlington Distilling Company
which was organized to distill alcoho
from farm products, Vas sold at public
sale, on Thursday. tor $45,0 900, to George
M. Hillman, who represented number
of the stockholders.
Edward Hack is making extensive i'm.
proyements to the interior OF his Mill
street residence, among them being the
addition. on the first floor, OF wash
room with all conveniences, for the use
Of lady patrons Of his canoe livery.
Mrs. and Miss Galbraith, Of New
York, who lived at Jobstown number
of years ago, have rented the residence
on Garden street adjoining the Baptist
parsonage, and win occupy it as soon as
some improvements are completed.
The United States district court has
ordered Harold B. Wells, Of Borden
town, receiver for the Florence Iron
Works, to operate the plant until Sept
tember 7, at which time it will be decid-
ed whether the plant shall be sold OF
operated further.
The annual picnic Of Pomona Grange
will be held at Rancocus Park on August
II and IS. There will be exhibits oil
farm products, machinery, women's
fancy work, etc., and speaking by
prominent men. There also will be base
ball games and athletic events.
Following is the list Of unclaimed mail
remaining in the post Office forsthe week
ending July 31st: H. Norman Thorn,
Miss Mary Aldrson. Miss Anna West,
George Nixon. Mrs. Joseph Reed, Tony
Trio, Mrs. Guiseppina Schitiro, Perry
Bolgan, H. w. Burr. J. Simpson.
A large number attended the lecture
Of the Rev. William r. A. Palmer,
minister Of st. Paul's M. E. church, at
the Second Baptist church last Thurs
day evening. The subject was THE
Wiles of the Devil" A committee Of
ladies served refreshments. A unani-
NOUS vote of thanks was given the
lecturer.
The Ladies' Aid OF the g. A. r
elected the following officers on Tuesday
night; President. Mrs. Charles Gale;
junior vice president, Miss Mary Sooy;
senior vice president, Miss Mary Briggs;
secretary, Miss Lorena Bates; treasurer,
Mrs. C. Henry Warner; conductress.
Mrs. Edgar Armstrong; guard, Mrs.
Josephine Stanton; chaplain, Mrs. Jen-
ME Brown.
Harry Pheil. stranger, attempted to
rob Harry o. Pullen's store at Cooks
town early on Friday morning. William
A. Comfort, a hotel keeper next door,
heard noise made by breaking glass.
He summoned Constable Henry Powell
and George Parker and the trio captured
the robber in the store after struggle in
which Powell lost two teeth. Pheil 10
now in Jail.
Joseph T. Rogers, of Burlington. on
Thursday. fled voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in the United States District
Court at Trenton. His liabilities are
put at $2l. 701.56 and his assets at $4, u.s.
The matter was referred to Samuel D..
Oliphant. referee in bankruptcy, for a
hearing in Mount Holly, August II. Mr..
Rogers was formerly engaged in the
grocery business, having been member
of the firm of Cramer & Rogers Com
pany, now bankrupt.
Theodore d. Bunting, of Merchant
Vile, q former resident of this county,
died Wednesday. He was a retired en-
gineer of the Camden and Amboy
division Of the p. r. r. The funeral
was held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
and members of Parker Grubb Post No
16, G. A. R.; Brotherhood of Railroad
Engineers and Firemen, Mt. Moriah
Lodge No. %, f. & A. NJ, Of Borden
town, attended. Interment was made
in Mount Holly cemetery, Masonic SER
vices being conducted by the local lodge.
Harry Bowker, formerly Of Brown
Mills, called at the Jail, on Tuesday, to
inquire if his sister was locked up there.
He was recognized at once by Detective
Parker and Deputy Sheriff Fleetwood as
being the man wanted in Warren county
for assaulting and robbing a farmer
named Emanuel Markle on July oath.
information about the crime, together
with photograph of the criminal, had
been received here on Monday. Bowker
was taken to the Belvidere jail on We'd
nesday.- He is an old offender, having
served terms in the Jail here, in the state
prison and the Railway reformatory.
A picnic advertised to take place last
Sunday at Sylvan lakes park, near Bur
hngton, was interfered with by Prosecu-
tor Kelsey on complaint of large mum
Der of church people of Burlington. The
programme called for dancing to begin
at $50 q. m. and continue all day, and il
was also advertised that positively nj
Intoxicating liquor will be sold" Itwa.
claimed, however, by some of the re
monstrants, that pretzels would be solo
and the purchaser given glass of bee
ON the side. At the request of the
Prosecutor, Sheriff Stecher and officers
were on the ground all day to see tina
the law was not violated.
The advertisement of the special ex
.cursions to Long Branch do not give tn
time of departure OF trains from Noun
Holly and as there has been mucl
inquiry on that point we PRINT the infor
nation. On Sundays the train leave
Mount Holly at sos, A. M, coming b,
way of Moorestown. On Thursdays
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