The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-05-06
LOCAL NEWS.


Butterine % cents pound at Atkinson 3
Clean and sweet. and better than chea]
butter.
DIR. Raymond s. Clark attended a spe
cial clinic at the Philadelphia Dental Col
lege on Thursday.
The new addition and fresh paint hav,
made great Improvement in the appear
ance of the Burlington County Hospital
The Burlington County Liquor Deal
ers' Protective Association will meet a
Zelley's Hotel, Mount Holly, on Friday
May 16.
The four Kelley houses on Waite
street, belonging to A. E. Snow, hav,
been purchased by Ernest Watts, of Bur
Hngton.
The eighth anniversary of the Daugh
tiers of America, of Mount Holly, will bt
appropriately celebrated next Friday
evening.
1t has been decided by the stockholders
of the Mount Holly Street Railway Com
pany to sell their lot and car barn on
High street.
Fifty acres of land, near WOODLAND
station, belonging to jeremiah Donovan,
have been sold to Bridget Donovan, Of
Philadelphia.
Frank Let's contemplates erecting d
large livery and boarding stable on his
property at the corner of MurrelI and
Paxson streets
Samuel Nutter, employed at the Haines-
port iron foundry, was somewhat burned,
on Wednesday, by the upsetting of ladle
of molten iron.
An increase in its capital stock from
$4,000 to 800, has been announced
by the Hainesport Mining and Transpor-
tation Company.
In order to accommodate his berry pick
ers this summer, Samuel A. Dobbins, ST.,
is erecting quarters for them on his farm
near Mount Holly.
A strawberry festival was given at
Hainesport, on Saturday evening, by the
members of the Columbian Iron Works
Beneficial Society
The last meeting of the old Board of
Freehoiders will be held in the Court
House tomorrow. The new board will
organize a week later.
William Pitcher had one of his fingers
mashed Friday morning while operating
machine at the factory of the Mount
Holly Shoe Company.
Governor Murphy has appointed Wat
son T. Sooy, of Green Bank, Maja
Mathis, of New Gretna, and George A.
Mott, of Tuckerton, as members of the
commission to propagate oysters.
Harold Bovine, of Union street, came
in contact with carriage while riding a
bicycle Wednesday evening, but escaped
injury. Harold says he is all right with
the exception of mounting and dismount-
ing.
F. Elmer Endicott has been appointed
postmaster at Marion. He is the son of
Surrogate Endicott and brother Of rural
mail delivery Endicott. These are all the
male members of the family eligible to
Office.
On Tuesday afternoon Theodore Cole,
Theodore Sharp and Harvey Peters were
committed to the reformatory at Railway
by Judge Gaskill These are the three col
ored boys who confessed to having robbed
store in Burlington.
The ice house of Thomas B. Denness,
on Mill street, took tumble on Friday
morning and went all to smash, the col
lapse being complete, causing loss of
over 5000. The building was stocked with
fine quality of ice, most of which can
not be saved.
Howard Allen has passed his examina-
tions at the Medico-C hirurgical College,
Philadelphia, and on May "a he will re-
ceive his diploma as pharmacist. Harold
will now take up the study of medicine,
having desire to become physician. He
viii continue as clerk in Barrington's drug
store
Miss Emma Relyea daughter of Rev
Milton and Sarah Relyea, died on Friday
at Sea Bright, where her father is pastor
of the M. E. Church. The young lady
had been in poor health for long time
but she became worse during the past
week. The funeral took place this morn
ing in Camden, interment being made in
Harleigh cemetery
Richard Greenwald submitted 10 the
amputation of his right leg above the knee
at his home on Mount Holly avenue on
Sunday afternoon. The patient is doing
as well as can be expected. He had been
suffering from blood poison, said to be the
result Of getting photographic inks into
his system while acting as bill poster
Gangrene affected the leg that was ampu-
lated.
The property of Ann Cole, on Water
street, Mount Holly, was sold on Thurs
day by Sheriff Fenton to John R. Deacon
for $500; the property of j. L. Harris, on
the Camden and Westfeld turnpike. to
the administrators of Lydia Lippincott,
deceased, for 50, 1000; the farm of Joseph
Williams, between Riverton and West
field, to Charles K. Chambers, attorney
for Mary Satterthwait, for $14. IT'S
The obstacles which prevented the
completion of the Camden and Subur-
ban Railway Company s tracks from Cam
den to West Palmyra, where the Camden
and Trenton line ends, have been remov-
ed, and the track will soon be finished.
Cars will run from Broad and Stanton
streets to the ferries in Camden without
change as soon as small stretch of track
is built, and work win begin upon this at
once.
After serving three months in the bill
and file room of the House of Represent
atives. NJ E. Matlack, ESQ, Of Mount
Holly, was last week promoted to the po-
sition of Bill and Printing Clerk at an
annual salary of $2,5OO 1t was expected
he would get this position, but slight
delay in his arrival was taken advantage
of by the New York delegation and
New York man was sworn in. Now,
however, Mr.. Matlack has the place which
was allotted to him at first
On Tuesday afternoon the Burlington
County Underwriters Association, the OBJ
jects of which are for mutual protection
and to secure uniform rates of insurance,
was organized in Mount Holly The Off
eers elected are. President Chas Stokaa