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

ngned as one of the agents Of the loo
Prudential agency.
Isaac Gaines. colored, of Mount Holl,
died suddenly on Wednesday while on
visit to his sister in Maryland.
Miss Mamie Coles was successful
operated upon for appendicitis at tt
Burlington County Hospital last weel
Joseph Perinchief was taken to th
Burlington County Hospital yesterda
suffering with appendicitis for which b
was successfully operated upon and
now In very good condition.
Announcement is made of the er
gagement of Eugene F. Haines, {
Mount Holly, and Miss Anna l.. Tovey
of Camden.
Armour Union will hold social at th
nome OF Mrs. Charles H. Crammer OF
Thursday evening. All members ar
requested to be present.
Edward d. Stokes is having a concret,
retaining wall built along the lane
which he recently purchased adjoining
ms residence on the mount.
A Robertson canoe has arrived at Hack ),
wharf for Floyd and Howard Karg. i
Is one of the best hooking, light weight
canoes on the creek.
The brick front OF the Slack building
opposite the post Office, recently con
demned as being unsafe, is being torn
down and will be rebuilt. w. s. Gale is
doing the work.
All the children of the town are in.
vited to meet at the court house grounds
on Wednesday morning between and II
O'Clock to form permanent organiza.
ton of the Children Chautauqua.
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus J. Never, who
have been living at the Arcade Hotel.
have rented the High street residence of
former Judge Joseph H. GaskiIl. FIJI.
Dillingham; and family, the former ten
ants, have moved to New York.
Rev. c. w. living, of st. Stephen
Protestant Episcopal church, Riverside.
has been appointed delegate to repre-
sent the diocese of New JERSEY at the
summer conference ON religion and
education at Geneva, July to 10.
Unclaimed mail remains at the post
Office for H. s. Nelson. Miss Emma L.
Sutton, Mrs. Wiley, Mrs. Lizzie Sharp.
Mrs. Moxly, Mrs. A. M. Palmer, Mrs.
George Youster, w. ]. Learner, Mrs. Fl.
q. 8. Shaw, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l..
Spencer, Robert Zulauf.
The dam on the Rancocas creek at
New Lisbon broke during the heavy
shower of Tuesday afternoon. If it is
not repaired canoeing between Browns
Mills and New Lisbon will come to
stop as the creek in many places will
be nothing but ditch.
Two hours after he left Philadelphia
hospital on Saturday, after a sufferer
from fracture of the right leg for nine
weeks, Harry ogle, 40 years old, of Flor
ence, fell over curbing in Camden and
broke the same leg in the same place.
He was taken to the Homeopathic Hos
pital, Camden.
The number of guarantors for the
Mount Holly Chautauqua next year has
been increased from six to fifty. This
was done for the purpose of lessening the
liability of the small number of gentle
men who have heretofore guaranteed the
losses, if any, and also to have a larger
number Of people interested in boosting
this annual feature in Mount Holly.
On Friday evening. under the auspices
OF the w. c. T. u, Miss Florence Leech,
of Montana, will deliver an address in
the interest of woman suffrage at an
open air meeting on the Friends meet
ing house lawn, corner of Main and
Garden streets. Miss Leech will also
address woman's meeting in the after
noon at o'clock in the G.. A. r. hall, to
which all women are cordially invited.
Charles ]. Galen, of Pine street, died
suddenly on Tuesday night from acute
indigestion. He had attended the Chau-
tauqua entertainment during the even
ing, and eaten some ice cream before
going home. He was smoking cigar
when the attack came. Mr.. Galen was
a printer. For many years he was en-
ployed by the Mirror, but had worked
in Philadelphia for the last six years.
The establishment of a sub-experi-
ment station in South Jersey has been
decided upon by the managers of the
station at New Brunswick. The Legis-
iature at its last session appropriated
$25, 600 and the purchase of the land and
other details are in the hands of a COM
mittee composed of former Assembly
man E. T. Gill, of Haddonfield; DIR. ].
G. Lipman, of New Brunswick; George
Seabrook, of Bridgeton, and J. T.
Allison. of Yardville.
A stranger who claimed to be civil
engineer and had work to do in this
neighborhood, applied for board at the
house of Mrs. Samuel Harris, on Main
street, last week. He stated that three
assistants would join him the next day
and that the four men would remain
some time. He asked Mrs. Harris the
price per week of board for the party and
was told $24. He gave check for $50
and received S. change from the lady.
Later, after the man had skipped, the
check was found to be no good.
A large concourse of relatives and
friends gathered to pay their last tribute
of respect to the late Isaac Henry Gaines
at st. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church,
Sunday afternoon. Robert Street read
an interesting biographical sketch of the
deceased. The choir rendered very APP
propriate selections, especially the solos
of Mrs. Robert Street and William Brad
ley. 1.-THE Midnight City" was the
subject of the minister's discourse. The
g. A. R. resolution was read by Comrade
Morris Gaines. The remains were in
tered in Mount Moriah cemetery.
The upper creek carnival and regatta,
which has been the Fourth of July event
in Mount Holly for four years, will moi
be held this season. Many expressions
Of disappointment are heard over this
decision. but it is thought that the best
thing to do is to omit the celebration for
a time. While the interest of the towns
people in the event has increased every
year, the canoe owners have gradually
lost their enthusiasm, and last year the
majority of local canoeists preferred