The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-21

!, Samuel Gritty, of Vincentown, has bee
n granted pension through the efforts c
his attorney, B. q. White.
Mahlon Prickitt has sold his farm nes
It Indian Mills to Wesley Taylor for s.. S4I
The place contains 173 acres
!. The engagement has been announced o
: Miss Laura r. johnson, of Burlington
+ and John A. Lamb, of Medford
1t is learned from letter received i
b Mount Holly, that Mrs Joseph Bovine, O
t Indiana, is suffering from paralysis.
Stephen Cathcart fell on the ice o.
Pine street, yesterday, injuring his bacl
and cutting quite cash in his scalp.
James Caldwell. of Paxson street. had
heavy fall on an icy pavement yerterdal
morning and was badly cut on the leg.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Durand, of Moores
town, entertained number Of relative
from Mount Holly last Monday night.
Buy of Cavanaugh if you want fine out
of-season vegetables. Choice fruits of al
kinds. candy and peanuts Main street. .
A SNOWFALL festival is an entertainment
to be given on Thursday evening, by thu
ladies of the Methodist Church at Indiar
Mills.
The daughter of Mrs. Frank Rigg, liv
ing near Jobstown. has been operated OF
at the Burlington County Hospital fol
appendicitis
The skins of two offers, recently killed
at Pointville, were sold to James D.
Black, of Jobstown, before he departed
on trip to Mexico.
The annual meeting of the Concert
Hall Association will be held in the Office
of F. B. Lewis, on Friday, February a.
at o'clock, p. M.
1t is stated that three new houses are tc
be erected in Mount Holly in the spring,
by Ellsworth II. Burtis, on his lot near the
Washington street bridge.
An interesting programme is being pre-
pared by the scholars of the public school,
at Tabernacle, for an entertainment which
they will give at an early date.
Richard Ashhurst has purchased the
interest of the other heirs in the property
on Garden street. He contemplates max.
ing several improvements to the place.
Two years ago Yesterday white potatoes
were planted in Gloucester county, and
produced the earliest crop in that section.
The weather conditions this year are
vastly different.
Luther L. Wallace and wife, of Ocean
City. and Mrs F. W. Cotton, of Atlantic
City, were Mount Holly visitors on Sat
urday. Mr.. Cotton is a prominent con-
tractor and builder.
DR.. r. s. Clarke, who has been visiting
his home at Medina, n Y, returned
home last evening. He found his mother
suffering with broken collar bone, the
result of fall on the ice.
Edward Reid, Charles Mendenhall,
Misses Mabel and Annie Mendenhall. of
Lumberton, with Philadelphia friends,
will witness the Mardi Gras, at New
Orleans, early next month.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Helen NJ, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel J. Cramer, of Biz
mingham, to Leon Roy, son of DR.. and
Mrs. Mary Gobel, of Pemberton.
Robert F. Storey, who has been con.
Quoting sporting goods store. on Main
street, for some time, removed his stock of
goods to his fathers machine shop, on
Paxson street, on Thursday.
1t is reported that Howard Witcraft, of
Mount Holly, will remove to Fellowship,
his former home, where he will assist his
father in the machinery business, for
which they have erected large ware
house
A. J. Reid, of Brooklyn. for many years
connected with the New York custom
house, was buried on Friday. Deceased
was the father of Victor H. Reid, of Pitts
burg, Pa. who married Miss Mabel Kel-
ley. of Mount Holly.
Edward s. Troth, who came from Scran-
ton, Pa, to work at the Herald office for
few months as local editor, during the
absence of Edward D. Stokes. gave up
his job and returned to the coal regions
on Wednesday.
Samuel E. Colder, who has purchased
the blacksmith shop of Charles Gilbert, on
Buttonwood street, began business there
yesterday. Mr. Colder has closed out his
place at Merchantville, where he has been
engaged for about two years.
With plenty of sleighing in Mount
Holly during the present winter, it is a
noticeable fact that there has been a de-
crease in the number of persons who have
availed themselves of the opportunity to
enjoy this sport, which has probably been
due to the extreme cold weather.
All members of Washington Camp, No.
II, P. o. s. of A., of Mount Holly, who
contemplate visiting Camp No. 2, at
Camden, this evening, are requested to
meet at the Arcade Hotel in time to take
the ga trolley. State officers and a
special speaker are to be present. About a
dozen members will take the trip.
Walter Whartanby is the name of the
stranger who was recently found frozen
to death near Medford. Identification was
made by his sister, on Saturday, and I'm
dertaker Riley will send the remains to
Gloucester, where the family reside, for
burial. The man was a tramp. and on his
life there was an insurance of $29. His
folks are very poor.
After Wednesday evening, March /,
there will be but one lodge of Odd Fellows
in Mount Holly, Unity Lodge, No. 80. and
Mount Holly Lodge, No. 10. having de-
cided to consolidate. The exercises will
be held in the room of No. 10 at 7.30, and
will be conducted by Grand Master Pear
sail and his staff. After the consolidation
ceremonies there will be banquet in
Masonic Temple.
A syndicate. headed by A. NJ. Bonis, OF
Philadelphia, has purchased Senator
Pfeiffer's poultry farm, near Browns
Mills. A corporation will be formed
under the name of the White Glover
Poultry Company, with capital of 800
900, which will purchase additional prop
erty and make it one of the largest farms
of its kind in the country. The farm a
present contains 10000 white leghorns