The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-18
All kinds of toilet articles at Barring

Candy toys, IL cents per h., at Matiac
& Sons.
: The best Christmas gift, Kodak, ,
Barrington's.
The pond at Smithville afforded goo
skating on Saturday.
I. Hubert DcCamp expects to put me-
hack line in service this week.
= Nothing can please your lady frien
more than Kodak. At Barrington's.
A new and dangerous counterfeit
!. silver certificate has made its appearance
1t is said that counterfeit silver dollar
are being circulated in Burlington county
Thursday is the last day on which
pay taxes without having additional cost
added.
The smoke stack at the gas house wa
blown down by the high wind on Thurs
: day night.
Martha A. Rogers, of Beverly, has bee
granted an original widows pension OF 5
per month.
Paper Shell Almonds, 90 cents Englisl
Walnuts Is cents, at the store of Matlacl
& Son Mill street.
Harry Tice, of Toms River, fell sixty
two feet down well last week and only
received few bruises.
The Good Intent fire house is now drape(
in memory of two deceased members, Dan
; iel Suffer and Frank E. Brannan.
An entertainment will be given by thu
Mount Holly Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar
: Club at Moorestown, on January 18th.
John A. Keefe, who has been visiting
J Mount Holly relatives for some time, lef
for his home in Denver, Col, on Thursday
Down on the Farm" drew fair sized
audience in the Opera House on Thurs
day evening, and the show gave satisfac
ton.
Mary Garon, of Mount Holly, and Sam
uel Sweeney, of Beverly, were married in
the latter city on Sunday, December 8,
by Squire Small.
Josiah Tomlinson, of West Washing
ton street, is making new ice pond near
Reeves woods, which is being filled with
Ipure spring water.
Word comes from New Egypt that Wal
ter Clifford was suspended from the shirt
factory for one week for kissing one of
the girl operators.
| Lewis Ferry, who was accidentally shot
by companion, while cunning few
weeks since, is improving at the Burling-
ton County Hospital and is now able to
sit up.
! Following is list of the unclaimed let
tiers in the postoffice for the week ending
December 10: Pierce Archer, Jr., Mrs. E.
M. Belts, Mrs. Helena G. O'Brien, Ray
mond Rainear.
On Friday evening the Knights OF
Pythias conferred two degrees on one can
didate and received one. proposition for
reinstatement Officers will be nominal
ed next Friday night and the third de-
gree will be given.
| Bought a Christmas present for the
horse YETI Do it now. Get one of those
ga blankets for the street or stable The
horse will appreciate it even if he cannot
tell you about it. E. B. Gaskill, Mill
street, sells them.
Detective Parker went to Philadelphia
on Saturday with requisition papers for
Wilbert LeMunyon who was indicted by
the last grand jury for serious offence
LeMunyon was arrested in Philadelphia
on Wednesday, and held until Parker went
after him.
The supper given in the Masonic Tenn
pie on Saturday evening by Gen. Shiras
Post, G. A. R., was well patronized, and
the members are pleased over the result.
They desire through THE News to extend
thanks to all friends who in any way as
sisted them. About $50 was netted
The annual meeting of the Northampton
Firemens Relief Association was held on
Tuesday evening in the America house,
and the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Charles Ben
net; vice president Frank lin Dill; secre-
tary, Edward s. Troth; treasurer and col
lector, Joseph c. Kingdom; trustees, Isaac
H. Wainwright and George II. Peak.
The rule to dismiss the proceedings to
revoke the license of Walter Davis, of
Lumberton, was again before the court on
Saturday Owing to some misunder-
standing over the bill of costs, the matter
was postponed until next Saturday. The
case will undoubtedly be discontinued.
Perhaps new proceedings will be institut-
ed, if three persons can be secured who
are personally cognizant of the facts.
Charles H. Garwood, aged forty years,
of Palmyra, while engaged in trimming
trees at Riverton, was fatally injured on
Tuesday. Garwood was standing on
ladder cutting large limb, when it fell
against the ladder and threw him to the
ground, distance of thirty feet. He
struck on the back of his head and shout
ders. When picked up he was conscious,
but had no use of his limbs below the
waist. He was taken to Cooper Hospital
where the physicians, after making an ex-
animation, found that his neck was dislo-
Gated and that his injuries would prove
fatal. He died on Thursday.
George Parker, the Lumberton consta-
BILE who has taken very active interest
in the proceedings to revoke the license
of the Lumberton hotel, was himself the
defendant in liquo proceedings on Sat
urday. He came to Mount Holly and his
disappointment at the way the license
matter went possibly drove him to drink.
At any rate he became so much 'infiu-
enced" that complaint was lodged against
him. and he was taken before Justice
Slack on charge of drunk and disorder
lly. The SQUIRE decided the complaint not
sustained and Parker was allowed to go.
Ex-Prosecutcr Budd likes to make q
speech before the court when he has q
case, but he was not allowed to display
his oratory when he went to Harrisburg
to secure pardon recently. The rules Of
the court require four copies of reasons
for requesting pardon. These were pre-
sented, and while the court was reading
them, Mr.. Budd handed up copy of {
letter from Judge Yerkes, who sentenced
the man, asking the granting of the par
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