The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-02-25

DeeI, etc-, az Sapps, 10 daruen street-
Wanted. girl for homework. Apply a
the Iyanhoe house. Washington streets
The quarterly meeting of the Societ
of Friends is being held in Mount Holl
to-day.
Mrs. Patrick Dolan, of Risdon street
falling to survive an operation, died o.
Saturday.
Company E went to Camden, on Thurs
day. to attend the funeral of the late Brig
adler General William H. Cooper.
Mrs Samuel Fort, living near Wrights
town, who was recently stricken with ap
oplexy, is showing marked signs Of i'm
provement.
Edward r. Smith will give an oyste
and terrapin supper to his friends mex
Tuesday evening, at his restaurant OIL
Mill street.
Lost, February 10, on High street, allow
Garden, small gun-metal watch will
chatelaine pin. Suitable reward if re
turned to 40s High street.
Those who have been elected to the pc
sition of corporals of Company E are
Fred Claypoole, c. Elmer Sellers. George
D. Hendrickson and Nelson Gibbs.
On and after March 1, 1902, the letter
carriers at the Mount Holly post Office
will make their last collection of mail from
the boxes at p Nj. instead of P M. as
heretofore.
At the Methodist parsonage last week
occurred the marriage of Charles ]. Nc
Guigan, of Mount Holly, and Miss Alice
Rogers, of Camden, in which latter place
they will reside.
DIR. Charles P. Woodward, of New
Egypt, has appealed from the decision OF
the Surrogate of Ocean county in admit
ting to probate the will of DR.. Charles E.
Woodward, deceased.
Detective Ellis Fl. Parker wishes to In
form his friends that there is no further
danger of his taking a bath in the creek,
as he has fitted up bath room in his res
idence on Water street.
The Camden Courier, of Tuesday, pub
lished picture of Nelson Burr Gaskill, of
Mount Holly. and gave an extended notice
of that young gentleman's election to the
captaincy of Company E.
Mrs. Anna Eliza. wife of Anthony Par
ker, died near Wrightstown, on Saturday,
at the residence of her son-in-law, Cliff
ford Borton, aged So years. The funeral
will take place on Thursday.
George C. Davis, of Wrightstown. met
with an accident last week while shooting
few guineas. Some snow got on the
gun, causing an accidental discharge of
the weapon, which blew off one of his
fingers.
A. A. Anderson has sold house and lot
on Rutland avenue to T. Walter Borton
for $4,000 Mr.. Anderson has secured
possession of the Japhet G. Scott farm in
Tabernacle township, selling the latter
gentleman house in Mount Holly.
The unclaimed letters in the post Office
for the week ending February %, are:
Mrs. Robert Adair, Mrs VIM. s. Dougher-
ty, Mrs. Hattie burberry, Harry John
son, VIM. s. Kellingher, Davis. W. Par
ker, Mrs. E. o. Stokes, Martha Shemeley.
Frank Wright has exchanged his resi-
denee, at the corner of Union and Button
wood streets, with Samuel Cox for four
new houses in Camden, to which city Mr..
Wright and family will remove on April
/. The business was transacted through
the real estate agency of .Artillas A. An
derson.
Last week smallpox appeared in the
home of Rudolph Boyer, who lives in
Eastampton township, near Unionville, at
tacking his 18-year-old son. The case is
being attended by DR.. II. R. Faringer.
Every precaution has been taken to pre-
vent spread of the disease. Young
Boyer had not been vaccinated.
Congressman Gardner has been advised
that Thomas Duncan, of Mount Holly,
has been granted pension of IS month
from July 20, 1897, and of $12 month
from January II, 1900, making about 5000
back pay; also, that pension of s. a
month has been granted to Mrs Mary J..
Carter, of Burlington.
An additional rural free delivery route
will be established at Moorestown, COM
mencing March 1, making the fifth route
at that place Joshua Huston will be the
carrier, the route will be twenty -one and a
half miles in length, the area covered will
be six square miles; there are 40 houses
on the route and the population served
will be 500
Ex-Surrogate E. H. Kirkbride is now
in St. Augustine, Florida. The weather
there, he says, is fine, the thermometer
registering about so in the shade. He re
ports being in excellent health, having
no aches or palms. He leaves this week
for the Indian river district The News
yesterday received from him box of
Chinese oranges.
The suit of Chalkley Cramer on certio-
rari against Daniel T. Sooy. lately decid-
ed in the Supreme Court against Mr..
sooy, and appealed by him to the Court
of Errors and Appeals, has been dismiss
ed with costs against Mr.. Sooy. This is
the license case of Mr.. Sooy for an inn
and tavern at New Gretna, which was
granted by Judge Gaskill and vacated by
the Supreme court.
An important real estate sale has taken
place on High street. The Union Nation
al Bank has purchased the adjoining
building belonging to Col Charles M.
Sloan, which will be altered for the use Of
the Mount Holly Safe Deposit and Trust
Company. Col. Sloan, it is rumored, has
purchased the building occupied by
Charles E. Travis Until he can secure
possession of the same, Mr.. Sloan viii
continue bis insurance business in the of
fee attached to the residence of Mrs.
William NJ Risdon.
There was an error in the quarterly re
port of the Burlington County Insane
Department, published in THE News las
week, whereby Superintendent Deacon
was shown to have expended $50 Sc fo
travelling expenses. when the actua
amount was $15.66. The mistake wa
made in copying the items on type
writer. The footings showed the latte