The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-06-22

81 recently and gold watch and iewelry
lstolen.
III Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Norman w. Armstrong, o
Mount Holly, and Miss Marian W. Xii
y liam, of Delanco.
The Chautauqua tent and other equip
:. ment that were used in Mount Holly
e also the crew in charge, were sent t.
Y Phillipsburg yesterday.
Vice Chancellor Leaning is SUFFERING
from an attack OF lumbago at his home
in Moorestown. Vice Chancellor Backes
: will sit in Camden tomorrow in his
t stead.
; Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson, of the
Burlington road, announce the engage
: ment of their daughter, Miss Matilda
Louise Johnson, to John Lawson, Of
!, Paterson.
While spending the weekend at
Bridgeton, Henry C. Shinn became ill,
and was taken to the hospital in that
city yesterday morning. His condition
Is not considered serious.
Il DR.. J. III. Holmes, platform manager
of Chautauqua entertainments last week.
delivered fine talk at the Friends
Injecting house, corner Main and Garden
streets, on Sunday morning.
Miss Lottie Throckmorton, daughter
of John Throckmorton, Jr., of Church
street, was operated On for appendicitis
at the Burlington county hospital on
Sunday. She is recovering nicely.
A dance will be held at Rancocas Park
tomorrow night for the benefit of the
Ankokas Canoe Club. Simon Gillian,
Harry F. Jones and William C. Wether-
i'll compose the committee in charge.
A tenant house on the farm of E. X.
Clark, on Burr's road, was destroyed by
fire on Saturday evening America
,ompany's chemical engine saved
garage and another valuable building
near by.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abran Saltzman are
very happy over the arrival of son.
The little fellow came to town early
Thursday morning and evened the
family up, as it now consists of two boys
and two girls.
Lawrence g. Gillian, who was one of
the graduates of Rutgers college, last
week, has accepted position at the
state fruit farm that is part of the estate
Of the Vineland training school for feeble
minded children.
George d. Worrell and Harry C. Wor-
rell, accompanied by their wives, will
leave on an automobile trip, on Thurs
lay, to Easton, Stroudsburg, Delaware
Water Gap, Pocono mountains, etc., and
then to Wilkesbarre, Pa, where they
will attend the wedding of relative.
Crime appears to be on the increase
and it is reported that in Philadelphia
alone there has been an increase of
twenty-five per cent in the crime wave. |
Detective Parker says he has been buster |
the last few weeks than he has for long
time. He was called on to investigate |
twenty-four cases last week.
The rebuilt auto chemical engine of |
Union Fire Company has arrived in |
Mount Holly and will be housed next |
Saturday afternoon at two o'clock The |
other fire companies will assist in the |
exercises. Irons band, of Burlington,
has been engaged for the occasion. The |
line of parade will form on Pine street.
Contracting mason J. r. Gillian, Jr.,
met with a painfulinjury Tuesday morn
ing while repairing chimney on the
roof of the Masonic Temple. While he
and an assistant were lifting off the cap
stone, the scaffold on which they were
standing broke, and threw them to the
roof. The heavy stone landed on Gillam's
right leg, badly bruising it and cutting
deep cash.
James f. Cannon, of Delran, who was
indicted for deserving and neglecting his
family and then fled from the state, was
brought to Jail here on Friday from
Dewitt, Iowa, by Sheriff Stecher and
Robert Peacock, who was sworn in as
deputy. Cannon was arrested in Iowa |
at the request of Detective Parker and
requisition papers were obtained there
to bring him to New jersey. Before he |
ran away he drew some money from a |
building and loan association and then |
wrote letter to his wife in which he
stated that he did not intend ever to re-
turn to his family.
Detective Parker was called to Beverly |
Sunday. to take charge of two prisoners |
They were Serafina Oliveta and Jennie |
Pomona. They had been living in |
Beverly for some time and various rob- |
berries were laid at their door, but it was
not until Sunday that the matter was
securely fastened. Then after search |
of the house they occupied lot of plum |
der was found that was stolen from the |
residence of Clarence l.. Hazard and
which was returned to the owner. The
prisoners brought to the Jail with them
a small basket in which were several
pistols, small flashlights, two watches,
razor, mesh bag and other articles. A
detective from Camden came up yester-
day and said he thought the prisoners
were wanted in several places.
The congregation which assembled at
the First Presbyterian Church on Sun
day morning last were privileged to
listen to powerful and soul-st-sing SER
mon on Prayer by the Rev. CHARLES HI.
Yatman, world traveller and noted
evangelist and lecturer. During the
discourse many fearful eyes were to be
seen all over the church and the presence
of the spirit throughout the sermon was
most manifest. 1t was the good fortune
| of the minister of this church, while
studying Social Economi cs in the CITY
| of New York under the auspices of the
Mortified Student Movement twenty
two years ago, to become an assistant of
Mr.. Yatman in his metropolitan meet
ings. The two had not met since until
| Saturday afternoon last when Mr.. Vat
man called at the manSe.
A three days carnival is being held at
| Atlantic City this week, under the man.
agement of the Business Mems Associa-
ton there. Thursday is Automobiles
day, when car owners from this section
Iof New Jersey are invited to visit that
city. Cars will be cared for gratis at the
State garage, and free entertainments
will be given on the steel pier, etc. A
lsilver loving cup will be presented to
some car owner from each of selected
number of towns, the recipient to be de-
termined at a drawing to be held on the
pier that night. The cup for Mount
Holly is on exhibition at Jones' drug
store. Autoists are requested to register
at the State garage upon arrival at At