The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-16
LOCAL NEWS.


News.
Frank Dean is now acting as collect
or for the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company.
On Friday evening the Knights of Pyth-
las conferred the first and second degrees
on two candidates.
Howard V. Stratton left on Saturday
for Atlantic City, where he has accepted
position in jewelry store.
The insane asylum at New Lisbon is
being furnished, and the patients at Tren-
ton will be removed there in May.
Farmers know good thing when they
see it, that is the reason they are poudret-
ting their land Owen Bros, agents.
The Red Men of Indian Mills held a
festival in their hall on Saturday evening,
which was attended by large crowd.
The Industry Building and Loan Asso-
citation will hold it's annual meeting on
Monday evening next in the Gaskill build
ing
Birmingham Inn has been leased to
Compton & Lukens, of Crum Lynne, Pa
The hotel will be kept open the entire
year.
Robert White, Burlington, convicted
October, 1899, for riot, ETC., and sentenced
to two years in state prison, has been pa
rolled
George F. Harbert, steward of the aims
house, has been ill during the past four
weeks with influenza and abscess on the
chest
Frederick Taylor, who formerly did
night duty in the telegraph office in Mount
Holly, will be located at the Chadwick
station this summer.
The last meeting of the old Board o T
Freeholders win be held in the Court
House on May l, and week later the
new board will meet for organization.
Joseph s. Shreve has been engaged at
Marlton and Mount Laurel during the
past week, experimenting the construc-
tion of the new telephone line.
The Camden and Suburban Traction
Company has retained Judge Gaskill to
look after its damage suits, of which
there are now eighteen on the list
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the post office for the week ending
April 49, John H. Ashton, Miss Bertha
" Fitch, Mrs Fannie Mole, Mrs. Rebec-
ca Rogers.
Samuel Colby, Jr., created disturb
ance at the West End Hotel on Saturday
night, during which Edward Cameron
was struck on the head with pool ball
and painfully injured.
Thomas Adams, of Chairville, died on
Friday of paralysis, Deceased was mem
Der of the Twelfth n ]. Volunteers. Gen.
Shiras Post will attend the funeral this af
ternoon. Interment will be made at Penn.
berton.
On Friday DIR. Faringer came down
High street in his auto. When he stopped
at the post Office it was discovered that
the oil tank was on fire, sending out quite
q fame. This was extinguished and the
vehicle taken back home again.
The residents of Sea Side Park are up
in arms over an attempt to secure Ii
ceuse for the Berkeley Arms Hotel. The
applicant is Fred Weber, who is repre-
sented by Nelson B. Gaskill. A remon-
STRANGE was presented signed by AZ cot
tagers and land owners.
Miss Hannah Moore, of YOUNGSTOWN,
is suffering from painful wound which
may cause her to lose the sight of one eye.
Some time since she was caressing pet
cat, and while in playful mood the fe-
line struck Miss Moore in the eye with its
paw, one of its nails penetrating the eye.
While Freebooter C. Fl. Crowell, of
Palmyra, and daughter Jennie, were on a
trip to Norfolk, Va, recently, he was
taken suddenly i'll and had to be taken to
a hospital there for treatment. He after
ward came home in charge of physi-
clan and is now able to be about, but will
have to undergo an operation later.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Philadelphia and Long
Branch railroad the following directors
were elected: Samuel Rea, w. A. Patton,
Charles E. Pugh, G. NJ. Dorrance, F. W.
jackson, w. j. Sewell, M. F. Middleton,
N. B. Ely, N. P Shortridge, j. R. Nc
Clure, Lewis Perrine, A. o. Dayton, F.
p. Abercrombie.
On March %, when the case of J. L. P
Eckman, of Mount Holly, VS.. the Allan
tic City Lodge of Elks for damages came
up, Judge Wescott wanted to put in a
plea of limitation. which in this case was
very unusual proceeding. The motion
was opposed by Samuel A. Atkinson. Ar
gument was heard in the matter on Fri
day before Judge Garrison and the appli-
cation was refused.
Charles c. Coles, proprietor of the
Moorestown hotel, died Sunday evening.
He had been in poor health for long
time, but was thought to be recovering.
He was taken worse ON Friday. With
in an hour of the death of Mr.. Coles his
sister, Mrs. William Dyer, died. There
was an alarm of fire about nine o'clock,
caused by an attempt to burn the canning
house, and it is thought the excitement at
tending this occurrence may have FASTENED
the deaths.
The damage that may result from an au
tomobile on road where there are several
teams was thoroughly shown on Saturday
afternoon. A funeral was on the way to
Pemberton from Mount Holly When
just beyond the railroad at Smalley's cross
ing, loud noise was heard coming up the
road in the same direction the funeral was
going. 1t was an automobile, and as the
carriages were in the centre of the stone
road, the occupant of the other vehicle
was trying to go over the soft ground
The machine made more noise than an ole
fashioned threshing machine Every
thing went all right until the automobile
reached nearly the head of the cortege
when pair of horses became frightened
and in lunging broke swingle-tree and {
line. Only the most strenuous measures
prevented a runaway and an upset. The
carriage had to be taken out and draw
home by passing team. The autcmobil
was in charge of youth from Moores
town.
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