The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-10

M0O1OYUs
Miss Lolita Walsh is visiting Miss Bertha
Kirby.
Clement Troth, of Camden, spent Sun
day with Isaiah Ballinger
The Indian Chief hotel at this place has
been sold to Curtis Davis, of Pemberton.
Stacy G. Prickett is being treated by
Philadelphia specialist for an affection of
the spine.
The lecture in the public school build
ing, on Friday evening. was success in
every particular.
The Easter services of the Baptist Sun
day school will be held on Tuesday even
ing of next week.
Charles Braddock and family spent Sun
day with ex-Sheriff Townsend at the farm
of the latter near Columbus.
Julia, Morris and Everett Haines are
ing to the illness of some of the teachers.
The services in st. Peters Episcopal
church, which have heretofore been held
on Sunday afternoon, will be held in the
evening.
Misses Helen B. Thorn and Fife Gar
wood and Master Clifford D. Prickett were
entertained by Miss Anna Jones on Satur
day evening.
John Hunter was in the pasture on Sun
day attending to horse when the animal
kicked him, causing painful wound in
the stomach.
There is great amount of grip here.
Once in awhile somebody makes change
in the disease, Aaron Prickett, for in
stance, preferring the measles.
A team belonging to Joseph Naylor,
while standing near the station on Satur-
day, became frightened and ran away.
After running up the street quite dis
lance and causing CONSERVATION to the
owners of teams that happened to be in
it's way, the runaway was stopped with
out doing any damage.
George Gettinger met with fatal &C
cident on Saturday evening. He was
driving into Medford and when just on
the edge of the town the bit broke and the
horse ran away. In the wagon with Get
finger was Frank Dubell. Both men
were thrown out, Gettinger striking on
his head His skull was fractured He
was taken to the home of his father about
two miles distant, but all efforts to save
his life were of no avail and he died early
on Sunday morning. Deceased was about
% years of age. His funeral will take
place tomorrow, interment being made at
Lumberton.
Last evening, Rev. and Mrs. Joseph
Garrison celebrated the twenty fifth ami
versary of their marriage. The Epworth
League of the M. E. Church, of which Mr..
Garrison was appointed pastor by the last
session of Conference, held short bust
ness meeting, after which the evening was
pleasantly passed with social features
Before departing, H. P. Thorn made a
speech, during which he, on behalf of the
League, presented the worthy couple with
a handsome lamp and silver bread dish.
William Bowker also spoke. Mr.. and Mrs
Garrison were very much surprised at re-
ceiving the gifts, which were entirely I'M
expected. Quite large number of guests
were present and passed very enjoyable
evening.
On Friday, March %, Marble Cowper-
thwait, after hauling load of hay out of
the barn of Alfred Cowperthwait, near
here, on whose farm he resided, closed
the doors and propped them with two
inch pine plank, and in doing this he ran
splinter about three quarters of an inch
long into the second finger of his right
hand. In trying to get the splinter out
he broke it off. The next day he had
several other pieces of the splinter re-
moved by the doctor, after which the
finger healed up all right. Last Sunday
week when Mr.. Cowperthwait was eating
dinner he complained of his jaws being
somewhat stiff, but thought nothing of it
at the time The trouble got worse, how
ever, and he went to the doctor in the
evening 1t was soon found that lock-
jaw had set in, and the victim suf-
fered excruciating pain almost con-
tinually, until Thursday morning, at
about O'Clock, when death came. The
deceased was 80 years of age and was
much respected in this section. He leaves
a widow and four-y ear-old son.
TO THE DEAF.-A rich lady. cured
of her Deafness and Noises in the Head
by DR.. Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums
gave 1000 to the Institute, so that deai
people unable to procure the Ear Drums
may have them free. Address No. $685.
@, The Nicholson Institute, 7S0 Eight
Avenue, New York.