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

OdlhuCA WAOCidAt HAS dCCCpJeu u POSI-
ton with the University of Pennsyl-
vania and will commence his duties
there next month.
William A. Britton, who has been ill
for few days, was removed to ST. Fran
els Hospital, Trenton, suffering from an
attack of typhoid fever.
Mrs. Tacie P. Paul is on an extended
tour of the west with the San Francisco
Exposition as the objective view Her
first stopping place was Chicago.
The many friends of Mrs. Edward
Halleran will be glad to know that she
is very much improved and on the way
to recovery. Mrs. Halleran was taken
sick about two weeks ago and her con-
dition became so serious that she was
removed to the Burlington County Hos
pital at Mount Holly and operated on.
The E. C. Worrell Co. have the con-
tract for large extension to the water
system on the State Game Farm at
Forked River. They are also making
plans for sewer system for Trinidad,
Col, which has population of $1,000.
The handsome stable and garage OF
Mrs. Esther W. Strawbridge Brophy
was considerably damaged by fire on
Tuesday, supposed to have started from
spontaneous combustion in the hay
The roof was badly burned: the lower
part of the building and contents were
damaged by water. The upper part o.
the garage contains the living rooms o.
the colored chauffeur and family Johr
and Polly Hall and their five year ole
daughter Elizabeth. Halls wife was
asleep at the time and in the excitement
threw the child out the window. Late
she descended on a ladder put up by tn,
firemen. Much of the furniture was re
moved before the flames were gotter
under control.
Il An automobile accident occurred a
J Cox's Corner, last week, when Mrs
Esther Strawbridge Brophy's big tour
J ing car, carrying seven passengers, col
lided with Ford, containing Mrs
Halliday and her daughter, of Merchant
Vile. Mrs. Brophy felt her car slippin,
! in the ditch and in pulling the machin
/ into the road it was thrown off it's cours
/ and struck the Ford amidships. Tn
/ Ford turned over in potato field along
: side the road, pinning its occupant
: under the machine. Samuel Stiles, G
Gt,n,,;olr roo,0vod NTrc uoloIox, a ~,
e her daughter to their home in Merchant
t vile, where they are recovering Mrs
5 Brophy's mother, Mrs. Susan Williams
s was cut by broken glass. The member
t of Mrs. Brophy's party were brought
: Moorestown by Elwood Hollinsheac
4 Although the Mrs. Brophy machine wa
much the bigger it was far more badl
i damaged, the windshield being broker
K Ievery spoke torn out of one of the froT
wheels and the axles bent. Strange
;, say when the Ford was righted it VIZ
J, able to get away under it's own power.
While passing along East Main stree
o about nine o'clock, Wednesday nigh
= Miss Esther r. Parsons who was on h
way to her home in Stanwick, was a
costed by colored man in front of Il
furniture repair shop of Bartlett Brotl
= ers near the Borton Landing road and
= alleged to have made an indecent 6
= tempt. The young lady's screams a
tracted the attention of persons neart
and when he realized the game was |
~ made his escape without accomplishil
" his purpose. Chief of police Broadwat
was at once notified and within she
~ time had rounded up Charles Sharp, W
was taken before Magistrate Petit al
&c held under bail of $500 for court. T.
girls father Mahlon Parsons appear
. at the hearing armed with an iron b
and was in such state of mind that
as took three men to hold him and Ike
IL vengeance from being wrought on t
en- prisoner This is the first case of Il
OF kind to be known of in Mooresto'
'e- since the Allison murder in 1907.