The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-11
LOCAL NEWS.

dog got in the yard Of Clifford Croi
on King street, Thursday, and kill
fourteen of his young chickens.
A little girl arrived in the family
William H. Frake, on Murrell stree
Monday evening of last week.
A son has arrived in the family
Daniel Sauerwalt, manager of the Mai
street store Of the Acme Tea Compan.
The Burlington County Firemen's Al
ISOLATION will meet at the Union fiji
house, Medford, on Wednesday evening
July IS.
Mrs, Herbert Snyder, whose husban'
is a rural mail carrier from the loca
Office, died at her home in Unionville OF
Wednesday, OF paralysis.
, The Young Friends Association viii
hold a basket picnic on the meeting
house lawn, corner Main and Garder
streets, next Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Engle Haines hav'
announced the engagement of theil
daughter, Emily Elizabeth, to ]. Viii
liam Psnnell, of Merchantville.
Attorneys who qualified in the recent
examinations for counsellors at law were
Ryland E. Lippincott, of Mount Holly,
and Robert E. Steedle, of Riverton.
A series of five dances will be given at
Rancocas Park during July and August
by the Ankokas Canoe Club. The first
of these affairs will take place tonight.
The children's playground in the
court house yard, which has been fitted
up with swings, see-saws, etc., will be
opened for use this morning from to II
o'clock.
A lot OF ground on Garden street, be-
longing to the estate Of Thomas J. Al
colt, has been sold by r. w. Bowker to
Mrs. Julia A. Boyer. A bungalow is to
be built on this lot.
After As years in the service Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Charles VOL
colt, superintendent of the Pavonia car
shops, Camden, was placed on the re-
tired list on Wednesday.
Letters for Miss Margaret 8. Haines
Jack Grey, Mrs. Jennie Hoffman, Mrs.
Henry Reeve, Miss Annie Wilson, re-
main unclaimed in the post Office foi
he week ending July 8.
A civil service examination for the pc
sition of postmaster at Smithville will
be held at Mount Holly on Saturday,
July %. The Office paid 1893 last year.
Charles g. Hatcher is the present in
cumbent.
John Floyd Budden and Miss Ethel
Thomas, both of Mount Holly, were
married at the Methodist parsonage Oh
Saturday evening. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Thomas s. Ham
mOnd.~
Floyd Stockton, who was operated on
for appendicitis at the Burlington Coun-
ty Hospital several weeks since ano
later contracted pneumonia, has re-
covered sufficiently that he returned T..
his home on Pine street on July I'd.
Performing an autopsy on an unregis
tered dog found running game in the
woods in the vicinity of Crosswicks
state game warden Harry M. Loveless
discovered that the stomach Of the ami
NAL contained nine partly digested
young rabbits.
At special masters sale at the court
house ON Thursday afternoon, Senator
H. B. Wells sold the Nider farm, neaI
Tabernacle, formerly the Sooy place. t..
John Nider, on bid of $500, subject t.
mortgage of $3.50 with interest and in
surance premiums.
A rotten tree in front of the residence
Of Jonathan Eastlick, on White street,
was set on fire last Monday afternoon by
exploding fire crackers. Union and
America chemical engines responded to
o still alarm. and the blaze was quenched
by hand extinguishers.
Mrs. Ada z. Goldy, who was recently
appointed a helping teacher" to aid
and direct the teachers of other districts,
will continue as supervising principal OF
the Pemberton public schools, as hereto
fore. Her new position will not inter
fere with her duties as principal.
An order has been issued by the Mo
tor Vehicle Commissioner OF New Jersey,
to the effect that the provisions of the
law with respect to motor cars carrying
mirrors for rear view will be strictly en-
forced. Heretofore it has only been de-
manded Of trucks but now all cars must
be so equipped.
William Wilkins, of Mount Holly,
had leg broken, on Wednesday, while
riding a motorcycle on the Jobstown
road. He collided with an automobile
being driven by Lewis Okeson. Of Plains
boro, Wilkins had just ridden out of a
farm lane, and Okeson thought the
cycle driver intended to turn to the left
and acted accordingly, which caused the
accident.
The lot which the county is to give
to the state OF New Jersey, is situated at
the extreme western end Of the lot on
Grant street, back of the Jail. 1t is 125
feet front and 1877 feet deep. An armory
will be built on this lot The money for
the purpose will not be available until
November ! and then plans must be
submitted to the military department of
the state before any steps can be taken
toward building.
A special car. containing an inspector
and other officials OF the Public Service
Corporation, passed over the tracks of
the Burlington County Railway Com
panv on Thursday. The object of the
trip was to make an inspection of the
roadbed, to see il 1t is in proper condition
to carry the cars OF the corporation. The
local company has been sndeavoring to
have the cars of the Public Service Cor
poration run from the fair ground to
Camden, to prevent passengers being re-
quirsd to change cars at Moorestown
The result of the inspection has not yet
been made public.
The Mount Holly Business Mems As
societion has appointed committee
consisting Of Morris K. Perinchief, JohT
C. Garrett and Abraham Saltzman, tt
make arrangements for the merchants
annual picnic, which is to be held OF
Thursday, August 10. There is SOM
talk OF holding the picnic at the fai
ground, instead of Rancocas PARK, AM