The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-21

l. of Sheriff Norcross at the Jail.
; Hyman Woodington. of Pine street
o has been quite i'll for over a week.
Orphans court matters engaged the at
i tention of Judge Gaskill on Saturday.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. e. shurcl
netted 1857. 80 from their supper last week
Edward F. Burns and family have gon'
to Philadelphia to remain for the winter
Thomas Donnelley and Joseph Witcraft
!. by their own request, were taken to the
. almshouse on Friday.
E. T. r. Apologize. wife and son, T.
E. Apologize. of Hightstown. were visit
ors in Mount Holly on Thursday.
Edith McIlvain has purchased small
tract of land from Firman Dubell, oppo-
site his house on the Rancocas road.
The comedy 1.-THE Thoroughbred Tramp, .
will appear at the Mount Holly opera
house tomorrow "wednesday night.
An oyster supper will be held in the
Gaskill building on Monday evening next
by the Shepherds of Bethlehem.
Detective Parker and his party of gun
ners, who spent last week at Barnegat
bay, shot twenty-four ducks and three
geese.
Earnest Watts has been selected City
Solicitor by Burlington Council to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Howard
Flanders.
In March next Blanchard H. White, of
Pemberton, will vacate his new home at
that place. having sold the same to John
Forsyth.
Surrogate Endicott and William Sine
have a large crop of horse radish to gath
er, which they will dispose Of in the east
ern markets.
The Rudolf. one of the popular hotels
at Atlantic City, is now being conducted
under the management of Harry E. Elder.
of Mount Holly.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Miss Mary Quicksall, of
Mount Holly. to Walter Lippincott. liv-
ing near Hartford.
The regular meeting of the W. G. T. U.
will be held at the residence of Mrs. Sam
uel Elbertson. Garden street, tomorrow
afternoon at 8 o'clock.
As the result of fall at the home of
Joseph J. White, at New Lisbon, Tues
day, Mrs. Fenwick, his mother-in-law,
hod har COLLAR bona hrokan
The German Lutheran Church, on the
Hainesport road. was entered on Saturday
night, and the mission box and book be-
longing to the pastor were stolen.
Harry G. Campion, of Philadelphia,
who was killed on Tuesday night by fall
ing under the wheels of trolley car.
formerly resided In Mount Holly.
Miss Miriam Lee Farley, an elocutionist
of rare ability, will recite in the M. E.
church, Thursday evening, November
23rd Admission 25c. Children 15c
George Stratton. of Bucks county, Pa,
is prisoner in the Mount Holly jail. He
is charged with stealing stallion from
Edward Margerum, near Bordentown.
Washington Council. No. 8, Jr. o. U.
A. NJ, will attend the Baptist church on
Sunday evening, on which occasion Rev.
R. II. Baker will preach a special sermon.
John Heenan, of the Burlington Silk |
Weaving Company. died very suddenly at
his home in Philadelphia Thursday morn
ing Just as he was about to start for Bur
lington.
Elwood Sweet. of Buddtown, is con-
fined to bed with broken leg and several |
fractured ribs. He was injured while |
digging mari by the breaking of hoist
ing machine.
A visit to the sub-agencies in his dis |
trict brought Samuel E. Burr, of Bor-
dentown. to Mount Holly, on Thursday.
He is state agent of the Fran kiln Fire In
surance Company.
Joseph Wells, formerly of Medford, |
died this morning at the home of his son |
in law on Mill street. Mount Holly. The
cause of death was cancer. He was
member of Shiras Post, g. A. r.
A delicate operation was performed on
the eyes of Mrs. Franklin Dill, on Sun
day morning, by DIR. Fisher, of Philadel |
phia. 1t was made necessary by trouble
which threatened the sight. Mrs. Dill has
not been well for long time.
Ex-Sheriff Bower had two sales last |
Thursday. The property of William B.
Hutchinson and others, at Beverly. was
sold to Col. Albury for $3.50. The house
and lot in Cinnaminson township. the |
property of Henry Polk. was cried off to
George W. Rogers for $50.
E. W. Parsons, who was recently en-
ployed as collector for the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company. has resigned his
position and returned to the Public Serv |
ice Corporation and will be engaged in
the Commercial Department of the Bur
lington office.
Sheriff Norcross was sworn In on Tues |
day by Judge Gaskill and presented a
surety company bond for the faithful per-
Torrance of his duties. All ante election
speculation on who would be the new
deputy was settled by the appointment
of Joseph B. Fleetwood, who was sworn
in as under sheriff.
The first prisoner for court under Sheriff
Norcross is Joseph Green, of Camden. an
alleged chicken thief, who was arrested
on complaint of George E. Lippincott. a
farmer, of Evesham township. The fel
low was captured and sent TO Jail by JUS
tice Clayton Brick, of Msrlton, being re-
ceived here Saturday morning.
A public meeting will be held at the
Court House next Tuesday night to take
steps to organize village improvement
society in Mount Holly. George DeCou
and Rev. W. P. Finney will deliver ad.
dresses. They are members of the Moores-
town society, which has been of much
benefit to that town.
Thomas Taylor, of Church street, died
last night from stomach trouble, at the
age of IS years. His condition was ag
gravated by a prolonged attack of hic-
coughs, which were checked several days
before death. Thomas Taylor was Depu-
ty Sheriff in this county for several years,
He was a civil war veteran. being Captain
of Co. /, 34th N j. Volunteers. The de-
ceased leaves widow, two daughters and
son. The funeral will take place on
Friday afternoon.
An entertainment in the form of box