The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-22

Mrs A Wilson HenSey, OF Phllade
phia, who formerly resided in Mount Ho
Of ly, was buried here on Friday.
The eldest son of Prof. W. Color
n Cook, aged four years, was given brit
day party on Saturday afternoon.
N DIR. R. C. Darlington has sold severe
l. lots on Shreve street. Mount Holly,
Joshua E. Borton, of Moorestown.
1t The ladies of the Methodist Church a
e Indian Mills gave a largely patronize
oyster supper on Saturday evening.
; Weber Watkinson, of Pine street, ha
d been incapacitated from work for tw
weeks with rheumatism in his arm.
d Wanted.-10 men, no experience neces
r sary Can make from 81 so to 50 per day
Weaver Mfg Co., Mount Holly, N. j. =
0 Mrs. Anthony Bullock, of Chesterfield
has rented the VOORHEES, house and it
furnishings, on Hight street, for the win
ter.
The rebuilding of the dam at Birming
ham has just been completed. The bridg'
crossing the road there is now being re
paired.
The supper given in the Masonic TEN
pie on Thursday evening, by the ladies O
the Methodist Church, resulted in a com
plete success.
Martin Bayersdorfer and wife attended
the wedding of his sister, Miss Fannye
Bayersdorfer and Morris Fleishman in
Philadelphia last evening,
On Friday evening the Knights OF
Pythias conferred the Esquire rank on
one candidate The third degree will be
given next Friday night
Preparations are being made to begin
work this week on the temporary dam to
be erected by the South Jersey Gas,
Electric and Traction Co.
G. B. Parsons has in market to-day as
fine beef from Henry M Blacks as has
been in Mount Holly for years. He also
has fine brand of cheese, catsup and
sauer kraut.
The trustees of the Northampton Fire
mems Relief Association last night gave
Morris Throckmorton 1925, for the disa-
bility which he sustained at a recent fire.
since which time he has been unable to
work.
Splendid opportunity for syndicate,
$15O,OOO forming for land operation on
Delaware river, adjacent to largest indus
| try of it's kind in United States. For par
ticulars address D. w. Garrigues News
office.
Nonpareil Lodge, No. 25, o. NJ, receiv
ed an unexpected visit from some OF the
grand lodge officers on Tuesday evening
If the contemplated visit had been an
nounced, the attendance would have been
much larger.
Charles H. Pitman, of Hanover, has
sixty acres of land which he will prepare
for cranberry bog. The ground will
not be ready for seven years, and in order
to provide some sport in the meantime,
MIR. Pitman will stock the place with an
assortment of fish.
The members of Post 26, G. A R., of
Mount Holly. will give one OF their IA
nous baked bean suppers in the Masonic
Temple, on Saturday evening, December
IA. The bill of fare will include boned
turkey, oysters, chicken salad, roast pig,
etc
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Lynn to the lower end of Broad street, is
not being accomplished without some diff
ficulty. Progress thus far has been very
slow, and it has been found necessary to
detach the kitchen in order to complete
the work.
James Valentine, of White HILL had his
right hand badly burned yesterday while
trying to smother the fire on the clothing
of 6-year old Clara Gretton, the daughter
of Thomas Gretton, of Trenton. The
child's clothing had caught at a bonfire,
and she was badly burned.
Melvin Powell, who is employed at AL
colts foundry on Church street, met with
a painful accident on Friday. While pour
ing castings a companion ran against him,
causing some molten iron to spill from
ladle which he was carrying. The fiery
LIQUID burned his left foot
George Smith, a colored man, was
chased through Burlington astride stolen
horse early yesterday morning. He was
later arrested in Camden. Smith had
taken the animal, which was valuable
one, from the stables of James EARLY, of
Chesterfield township,
On Saturday there was sale OF stock
of the Mount Holly Water Company. 1t
is said the stock was the property of Henry
G. Risdon and W. Budd Deacon. Win
field S. Gale bought ten shares at $2Os
per share, and ten shares at $2O5O per
share. Michael BOUCHER bought 10 shares
at $20s per share.
Frank Shaw, of Mount Holly, was mar
ried on Wednesday afternoon to Miss
Frances II. Hamlin, of Phillipsburg. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. E
Clark Cline, of the Westminster Presby-
terrain Church. Sisters of the bride act
ed as bridesmaid and maid of honor, and
the grooms brother was the best man.
W. Harry Mason. while coming up from
Philadelphia on Friday afternoon, fell
asleep. Harry knows good thing when
he sees it, however, and that is the reason
| why he rushed through the train in search
of his overcoat, which some person had
taken. Harry was kept guessing for quite
| a while and then the missing garment
was handed over to him by friend.
At meeting of the stockholders of the
Mount Holly Water Company on the 9th
of October, the old board of directors was
re- elected On the following Wednesday
the board organized by electing Benjamin
F. Shreve president; B. Frank H. Shreve
secretary and superintendent; Franklin
B. Lewis, treasurer. Subsequently B. F.
II. Shreve appointed James W. Deacon as
his assistant.
Two men, said to be detectives, spent
two or three days in Mount Holly last
week. 1t was at first reported that they
were here in connection with the Hunter
murder trial, but this is not so. A friend
of theirs left New York last spring with
his mind unbalar ced AS no tidings OF
him could be found his wife mourned him
as dead. 1t was learned that person