The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-09-05
LOCAL NEWS.

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The closing dance of the season
Rancocas Park will be held on Saturd
night.
Mrs. August Kropp died at her hor
on Mill street Tuesday evening, leavi
three-weeks-old baby.
The next regular meeting of the '
c. 7. U. will be held at the g. A.
hall, Tuesday, September 18th, at thr
o'clock.
Andrew ]. Kelley, former owner
hotels at Toms River, Columbus an
other places, has bought hostelry I
Pennington.
The remains of Dorothy Degen, age
years, of Westampton township, wei
interredin Brotherhood cemetery, Noun
Holly, Sunday afternoon.
The annual session of the grand eircl
of the Brotherhood of America of Me-
Jersey is being held at Atlantic City
The session opened yesterday.
Isaac r. Parker, of Mount Holly, an
Miss Judith ]. Sankey, of Camden. WEI
married at Swsdesboro on August 2;
Rev. Joseph l.. Surtees performing tn
ceremony.
George Bozarth, of Hainesport ha
bough from A. A. Anderson lot c
ground on the Lippincott tract on Wash
thereon.
Nobody appeared to take the civil ser
vice examinations for postmastsrs al
Smithville and Rancocas last week
This was the second attempt made tc
secure applicants.
County engineer James Logan has
been appointed by the Florence town.
ship committee as supervisor of the ex
tensive sidewalk Improvements to be
made in that town.
AT the Methodist parsonage on Fri
day evening, Irven Bush, of Newark,
and Miss Verona M. Whitcraft, of
Stewartstown, York county, Pa, were
united in marriage by Rev. Thomas s.
Hammond.
Leonard Fishers bungalow on Shreve
street was slightly. damaged to the sx-
tent of about $25, on Thursday, by q
fire on the roof, near the chimney.
Union Fire Company's chemical engine
extinguished the flames.
Adm Gibbs, aged sixty-five years, son
of the late Charles Gibbs, formerly of
Mount Holly. fell from freight car he
was loading at Trenton. on Wednesday,
and broke his neck. Interment was
made in Mount Holly on Friday.
Louis w. Townsend, former lineman
for the Mount Holly exchange of the
Bell Telephone Company, has been pro-
NOTED to the position of chief OF lines
in this district. He and his wife will
occupy house on Brainard street.
E. Earl Johnson, of Mount Holly, |
died in the Presbyterian hospital, Phila- |
delphia, on Tuesday, where he had I'M
dergone an operation about ten days be- |
fore. His funeral took place on Friday,
from his late residence on Washington
street.
Coroner Gaskill was called ON Sunday
to view the body of dead infant that |
was found along the line of the railroad |
between Marlton and Medford. 1t was
wrapped in copy of the Camden |
Courier of August 80. The coroner had |
the body buried.
Harry. the seven-year-old son of Will
liam Schwinn, near Kresson, died on
Wednesday night from infantile paraly-
sis after an illness Of FIVE days. There
are no other cases in that neighborhood. |
The public schools of Evesham town.
ship have been ordered not to open un-
til further notice.
A pretty wedding took place at the |
Methodist parsonage on Saturday morn
ing when Charles M. Heritage, of New |
ton avenue, Camden, and Miss Lydia |
b. Wilson, of Philadelphia, were united
in matrimony by Rev. Thomas s. Ham
mond. The happy couple journeyed to
Atlantic City to spend their honeymoon.
An interesting meetingof the Burling-
ton County Federation of Patriotic and
Religious Fraternities will be held in
Mount Holly next Monday evening.
The candidates for Governor and the
various county officers have been invited
to attend and make addresses. The
delegates and members of the various
orders OF the county connected with the
Federation will bein attendance in large
numbers.
Walter Cox, machinist at Jones gar
age, had wrist severely cut, on Friday,
while attempting to try out the engine
of ap;automobile belonging to c. w.
Bridegum. of Hainesport, which was
nearly wrecked earlier in the day, along
thesroad from Mount Holly to Haines-
port, when the chauffeur attempted to
drive through sandy road just off the
main road. Mr.. Cox was hurried to
Mount Holly where physician attend
cd to the wound. An artery had been
nearly severed.
The Mount Holly Business Mems AS
ISOLATION held its annual meeting on
Tuesday night, when the following Off
GERS were elected: President, William c.
Wetherill; vice president, Lorenzo L.
Sapp; secretary-treasurer, Herbert S.
Killie; directors, Morris K Perinchief,
Alexander Dubell, T. Lacey Atkins,
Abraham Saltzman, J. Harry Halt,
Philip 8. Irons, Elwood II. Stokes,
Charles LaTour, Harold E. Longsdorf,
Charles E. Rogers, William b. Kumpf
and John C. Garrett.
Henry Pasqualina is in the Burling-
ten County Hospital suffering with a
broken leg. Tony Carly and Calcutta
Cossnfti are in the county Jail with
wounds inflicted by revolver. All the
men hail from Florence. There had
been bad feeling between them for some
timeand when they met ON Sunday, some
words were passed and Pasqualina be
gan firing with his revolver. He shot
Carly in the leg and hip, and put bullets
through finger, arm and shoulder o
Cosenfti. The two men thought it wa!
about time that something was done 81
they jumped ON Pasqualina and tool
his revolver from him and gave him
beating which left him with broker
leg. The fellows who appeared to be de
Tending themselves got in Jail while tn
man who did the shooting is in tn
hospital, but he will go to the prisol
later.