The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-12-31
LOCAL NEWS.
w New Year to all

A dancing school has been opened
Hainesport by John Gseil.
B. Frank Stidfole and Miss Ella Brown
are to be married in Camden this evening
Col. Sloan has his calendars for 1870;
ready for distribution. Call and get one
John Wortz, of the Lumberton turn
pike, is adding Improvements to his farm
house
Walter Worrell, of Wilkesbarre, Pa.
spent a portion of last week in Mount
Holly.
George D. Worrell is placing steam
heater in the Ivanhoe house on Washing
ton street.
Subscriptions for the Mckinley national
monument fund will be received at the
post office
A turkey weighing forty-two pounds
graced the table of Edgar Norcross on
Christmas.
Sheriff Fenton went to Trenton on Fri
day morning to witness the execution OF
Robert Henson.
Rev. James Stoddard will conduct
services at the Burlington County Hos
pital next Sunday afternoon.
The framing of resolutions for the new
year must be completed to-day. Don't
waste time on those you do not intend to
keep.
Only one weeks sick benefits have been
paid out during the past six months by the
Knights of the Golden Eagles of Mount
Holly.
As the result of running needle into his
knee, Elton Ridgway, young lad of ia
cobstown, has been laid up with painful
wound.
A reception was given on Thursday
evening, at the residence of William b.
Abbey, in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
A. Abbey.
The same rule will apply to the closing
of the post office tomorrow as on Christ
mas. Business will suspend for the day
at 10 o'clock
On Christmas day Sheriff Fenton was
the recipient of handsome gold watch
and chain, gift from Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Lewis, of Burlington.
Charles II. Deacon, superintendent of
the Burlington County Insane Asylum,
presented each of the inmates with box
of CANDY on Christmas.
Rev. John Clayton Fryer, of Berwyn,
Pa, and Miss Jane Eayre are to be mar
ried tomorrow at noon in the Methodist
Church at Lumberton.
The fast oyster train from the shore
and work train came together at Biz
mingham yesterday morning, smashing
bot engines. No one was injured
There was tie in shooting match for
a revolver at Browns Mills, on Christmas.
between Richard Lamb and Capt. Moses
Cranmer. Each man killed seven birds
Charles G. Keen and wife have gone to
Allentown, Pa, where they will begin
housekeeping Mr. Keen is assistant SUI
perintendent of the Lehigh Valley Trac
ton Company.
The store of Eldreth Mathis, tinsmith
of Pemberton, was closed last week by the
Sheriff A number of claims which were
recently entered up against the young
man, remain unsatisfed.
Thieves broke into the post office at
Marlton on Friday night and blew open
the safe. All the money had been re-
moved in the afternoon, and they went
away empty handed, leaving crowbar
and pick behind.
During the year closing to-day there
have been buried in Mount Holly forty
five persons, ranging in age from 70 to 80
years. Last year the number reached
thirty The record of these deaths was
kept by Samuel P. Cline.
The unclaimed letters in the post office
for the week ending December %, are as
follows William Bovine, Lewis Brown,
Mr.. Dingees, Mrs. Mary Harvey, Miss
Ledomus, M E. Oekler, S. B. Rope, The
CuIcWOOO 1lOn OiOdhOi'
On Christmas morning cat at the res
idence of Mrs. Joyce, on Pine street, en-
tered the oven of the cook stove to take
a nap. Pussys whereabouts were not
known when the door was closed, and as
a result the cat was roasted to death.
A man from Rancocas was. surprised
~ Whom
he asked the Master of Finance of the
Knights of Pythias how much it would
cost to get reinstated, he was pleased to
find that he was member in good stand
dues unawares to him.
Several boys were playing in the old
saw mill on Saturday, amusing themselves
by jumping down hole in the floor to the
ground, four feet under. Walter Atkins
made Jump and struck his head. The
conclusion caused commissions and he was
carried to his home, where medical atten
ton was given him, and he soon recovered.
Thomas Walton, a farm hand living
near Arney's Mount, met with painful
accident on Wednesday. He was hauling
hay into the barn when the top of the load
struck board 1t fell and two nails in it
struck Walton on the mouth, cutting his
upper lip through to the teeth and badly
cutting the lower lip and chin. The man
FASTENED to DIR. VanDerveer. who had to
insert several stitches
The branch of the New Jersey Build
ing Loan and Investment Company, of
Trenton, recently organized in Mount
Holly, has the following officers: Presi-
dent, Edward D. Stokes Vice Presidents,
Charles R. Fenton, Martin Bayersdorfer,
George D. Worrell; Secretary and Treas
urer, Alex Won Dachenhausen; Trustees,
DR.. r. II. Parsons, W. COLON Cook, DIR.
r. G. Clarke, William Kline, George
Stead, John Worlin, John W. Archer, S.
B. Lippincott, W. w. Watkinson; APP
praisers Charles G. Cowperthwait, Charles
B. Coles, William B. Ogburn; Counsel,
Charles K Chambers; Solicitor, W. Frank
SooY.
Christmas day proved day of good
cheer to Mrs. May L. Haines, in Jail here
awaiting trial for the murder of her two
year-old step -daughter, for it marked the
temperance of her husband, Howard
Haines, after many weeks of absence. A