The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-27


on High street, is now in progress
It Washington street is TO be similarly
treated.
n The Anlxokas canoe club has laid out
# tennis ground adjoining those built by
the public school pupils on the courl
!, house lot.
Announcement has been OF the en-
gagement of Miss Nina May Kiner, Of
. Mount Holly. and Nolan MaeL. Killian,
: of Delanco.
i The Relief Fire Company's fire police
were sworn in as special police last night
, to serve this week during the carnival
on the lot on Grant street.
: Rev. Richard H. Baker, former pas
tor of the Mount Holly Baptist church,
a will conduct the services at that church
on Sunday morning and evening next.
Miss Sterling, of Palmyra. is playing
the organ at the Baptist church, during
the absence of Miss Eckman, who, with
her brother, is touring through the great
lakes region.
Floyd E. Scattergood leaned against
the window of s. Earl Assays stationery
store too hard on Saturday evening and
accidentally broke the glass. A new
pane was put in yesterday.
Martin Burton, a Lumberton farmer,
while passing through Moorestown, on
Saturday, fell from his wagon while he
was asleep and one wheel passed over
his right arm, breaking it.
Albert vanHall, of Philadelphia, who
recently purchased the Barclay Nippins
property on the Jobstown road, has
bought the Estilow tract of thirteen acres
adjoining.
Frank L. Pratt, Jr., employed as a
shoemaker at the Burlington county
shoe company's shop, will enter Taylor
University, Upland, Indiana, in Sep
tember, to prepare for religious work.
Frank Curran, Philadelphia con-
tractor, who recently bought bunga-
low at Oakdale, has purchased from A.
A. Anderson half interest in the I'M
sold part of Oakdale, and will assist in
selling the building lots on this tract.
Cephar Harmon got little risky yes
terday and started in to clean Washing
ton street. He began on 'Brose Johnson,
and that was as far as he got as 'Brose
went before a justice of the peace and
had Harmon bound oyer to appear at
court.
Rev. Joseph L. Surtees delivered an
address at the 25th anniversary Of the
Columbus w. C. t. U. last evening. |
Mrs. Surtees. Mrs. Charles Harker and
Mrs. Charles I'll. Warner were in attend
ance at the meeting. The trip to Col
umbus was made in an automobile.
The cannon that was used as fender
at the corner of the old grist mill pro- |
perty on mill street is to be placed in the
court house yard, on brick base that
has been erected by Washington Camp,
P. o. s. of A., of Mount Holly. The can
non was used in the revolutionary war,
which facts are stated on a tablet |
set in the base upon which the weapon
is to placed.
The Geological Survey announces
that it has recently ordered published
1.-THE Geology of New jersey" under
the joint authorship of J. V. Lewis, Pro-
lessor Of Geology, Rutgers College and
III. b. Kummel, State Geologist. The
work is gotten up in nontechnical way
and it's Introductory chapter explains
how the various kinds of rocks have
been formed.
Rev. Edward Braislin, D. D., at one
time pastor of the Mount Holly Baptist
Church, died at Pasadena, Cal, on
Thursday. He was So years of age. His
last pastorate was at Boston, but few
years ago he gave up all work on
account of i'll health. For some time he
lived near Burlington, but, believing
that he would recuperate better. in the
western climate, he went to California.
DR.. Braislin was pulpit orator of I'M
usual ability.
John Genther and Charles G. Keeling,
two farm hands employed by Edward
NJ. Comfort, near Masonville, got into
fight, on Saturday, about loading po-
tatoes in a field. Genther struck his
companion and knocked him down.
Keeling jumped up, drew knife, and
cut two ugly gashes across Genther's
stomach and face. Genther was taken
to the Burlington County hospital.
Keeling was arrested by Detective
Parker and taken to Jail.
Edward d. Stokes and wife, who were
spending the summer in Maine, arrived |
home, on Friday, in response to letter |
from servant, stating that their house |
had been ransacked and robbed. The |
residence had been closed but was visited |
occasionally by the servant, who dis
covered the robbery the Tuesday pre-
vious. Entrance had been made through |
a window in the rear of the house. |
Clothing, iewelry, relics, ETC., amounting
stolen. The thieves evidently spent
considerable time in making thorough
search OF the house. Just when the
robbery took place is not known.
The driver of one of the teams that is
carting stone for the new roads had
trouble on Brainard street Thursday
afternoon. He had been hauling very
heavy loads and on one of his trips his
horses were unable to pull the wagon
and despite the beatings given the team
one of the horses fell. This aroused the
wrath of some of the women on the street
and recorder Herbert was appealed to.
He gave the driver warning that he
must not put SO much stone on for q
load and told him what he might expect
if he did not heed the warning. In the
meantime another pair Of horses was
secured and was attached to the team
already struggling with the load and the
trouble for the time was settled.
James T. Lewis, alias Lands, fugi-
tive from Burlington county on charges
of desertion and non-support of his
family at Moorestown, was located by
Detective Parker to be in Philadelphia.
The detective telephoned to the police
} in that city, on Saturday, stating where
the man worked, and two officers were
; sent out to find Lewis. They located
, him in the neighborhood of Third and
/ Cumberland streets, arrested him, and