The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-08-10


chased longer than two weeks.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard L. Weeden. of Brainard street,
died last evening at the home of his
grandfather, Amos A. Zelley, Masonville.
I The Board of Education of Westamp-
ton township yesterday awarded the
contract to Winfield S. Gale to built an
addition to the school house at Bunker
Hill.
The Friends quarterly meeting will be
held at the meeting house, corner High
and Garden streets, next Tuesday at
1890 a. m. Isaac Wilson will be pre-
sent.
The following unclaimed letters re-
main in the post Office for the week end
ing August Z: Mrs. Cannon, AL. Aldina,
Mr.. Russell, Mrs. Alyce Thompson,
Mrs. M. Saur, Jim Jackson.
| Lewis Johnson, charged with robbing
Phil Bullock some time ago, and who
was arrested in Philadelphia for the
crime, was brought to the Mount Holly
Jail on Friday by Detective Powell after
requisition papers had been obtained.
A can Of gasoline took fire in the
cellar of Walter K. MiddIeton's residence
at Hainesport, ON Saturday, and it was
feared the house would be destroyed.
The chemical engine of America COM
pany was sent down and extinguished
the fire.
Robert Henvis, farmer living near
Maple Shade, while returning from mar
ket yesterday morning. went to sleep on
the seat of his wagon and rolled off, the
front wheel passing over his body, caus-
ing serious internal injuries.
Lloyd E. Collins and Miss Nellie C.
Shinn were married at the home of the
bride on West Washington street last
Tuesday evening, before number of
friends and relatives. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Joseph L.
Surtees, Of the Methodist church.
The purchase OF the Interstate Tele-
phone Company last week by the Bell
interests probably means the abandon
ment of the formers plant in Mount
Holly. The removal of the poles and
overhead wires of the Interstate Com
pany from the streets, will greatly inn
prove their appearance.
The farmers in the neighborhood of
Mount Holly have reason to feel salts
fed with the fact that we have auto fire
apparatus ready to respond to alarms of
fire day or night. Since the new ma
chine was purchased by America and
the Union was remodeled there have
been thirteen alarms Of fire, eight of
which were outside of the township.
Rev. Edward Haines Kistler, pastor
of the Babcock Memorial Presbyterian
Church of Baltimore, will preach in the
Presbyterian church on Sunday, both
morning and evening The mid-week
prayer-meeting, Wednesday evening,
Aug. IL, will be in charge of MIR. John |
d. Hoffman. Rev. w. p Finney was
the preacher last Sunday,
The original charactersof 1.-THE Hand
writing on the WALL" were exhibited |
Sunday evening at st. Paul's nj. E. |
church, when the pastor, Rev. William
h. A. Palmer, preached on that subject |
in the "Belshazzar's Feast" series of |
sermons. These letters will remain on
exhibition each Sunday evening in Au-
gust, and will be interpreted in the last
discourse. Frank Dillon is the artist |
who did the work for the church.
Frank Hendrickson, of Broad street, |
is quite i'll, being paralyzed from his
waist down. He played base ball on
Saturday week and as it was very hot
day he became quite warm and on
reaching home took cold bath. About
a month ago friend whom he had not |
seen for some time struck him on the |
back when greeting him, causing Frank |
much pain and some nausea. Whether
it was this stroke or the cold bath that |
brought on the sickness has not been
determined. At last reports the young /
man was not growing any worse and it
is hoped he will soon be restored to
health. His mother, who has been in a |
Philadelphia hospital recovering from
recent operation, returned to her home
yesterday.
Bids were opened at the county collec-
tors Office, on Wednesday. for bridge |
work. For placing concrete deck on |
bridge at Whites farm,.on the Pember-
ton and Juliustown road, the bids were |
Abbott & Marles, of Pointville, 1866; l.. |
H. Baumbach, .Lumberton, 1858; Win
field s. Gale, Mount Holly, $493; Med
ford Concrete Company, $40. The con-
tract was given to the Medford COM
pany. For placinga concrete slab on |
bridge between Lewistown and julius
town, the bids were: Abbott & Marles, |
$525; L. IL. Baumbach, $5O7; w. s. Gale,
$4S3; Medford Concrete Company, $3.50. |
The board had limited the expenditure !
on this work to $4O0a and twas necessary
for the committee to reject all bids |
Modified plans will be prepared to keep
the cost below $500.
The bathing ground at the mill dam |
was the scene of five accidents on Sun
day, in which fatal results were pre-
vented only by prompt action on the |
part of the township officer and other
bathers. The water was unusually high |
and the current swift and great care had |
to be exercised by weak swimmers to
keep from being swept out into deep
water. Two OF the accidents occurred I
in the morning before the regular bath
hour, one of them the most serious of |
the day. A boy named Taylor, living !
on Monroe street, dived into the upper |
creek just above the wheel pits and was
caught by the current, which jammed |
his body against the iron grating which !
prevents objects from being drawn into
the wheels. and held it there. He was
extricated with great difficulty, and was
found to have been badly bruised about |
the body, and his chest cut. Another |
young man and three girls got beyond |
their depth later in the day, but their
distress was Immediately seen, and they |
were rescued by life guard Quigley and
nearby swimmers. The water was SO |
high Sunday that power boats could |
come up the lower creek as far as
the mill dam, which has not been posi- |,
bic for long time.
The newiy-organized state Department