The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
LOCAL NEWS.

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Holly.
Nelson Burr Gaskill is at the German
hospital, Philadelphia, suffering with ap
pendicitis.
Edward Cameron, who was appointed
to the position of dog catcher for North
ampton township. has resigned
Fresh tomatoes. egg plants, pineapples
grapes, oranges. lemons, California crap,
fruit, candy, etc.. at Cavanaugh's.
According to the latest figures, secured
by an inventory. the estate of Firmar
Dubell, deceased, of Burlington, is valued
at $50. 600
The regular meeting of the W. G. T. U
will be held on Friday, February 8, Al
the home of Mrs Morris 81. Keller, a
$50 Pm.
Fifty shares of Camden and Burlington
County railroad stock for sale. Apply tc
or address John B. Davis, Cashier, Mount
Holly, N. J.
The color of Mount Holly's supply Of
drinking water warrants the conclusion
that the filtration plant is not being work.
ed overtime.
g. Howard Lundy, who has been visit.
ing in this section for three weeks, ex-
poets to return to England about the 9th
of February
Themes Noroon will have ,,uhIto ea1.
of household goods, at his residence, cor.
ner of Broad and Mount Holly avenue, on
Thursday, February 2.
Having rented house on Pine street,
Deputy County Clerk Charles M. Atkin-
son, of Beverly, will remove his family to
Mount Holly this week.
Lent begins unusually late this season,
Ash Wednesday falling on March 8, which
brings Easter Sunday on April 30, the la
test it has been in several years.
Having received shipment of quails 9
week ago. Game Warden Foulks, of
New Egypt. lie now distributing them to
the various applicants in his district.
There will be supper in the Masonic
Temple on Friday and Saturday evenings,
February 10 and II, for the benefit of the
infant department of the Baptist Sunday
School.
Daniel B. Challender has conveyed his
property in New Hanover township to his
daughter, Rebecca McCue, in considera
ton of his being given free board for the
remainder of his life.
Alleged neglect of a dog for three days,
last week, by person living on Paxson
street, causing the animal to die from ex-
posure, is matter likely to be investi-
gated by the authorities.
The unclaimed letters remaining in the
post office for the week ending January
81, are as follows: Mrs. s. p Belcher,
Mrs. J. s. Cathcart, O. Chadbourne, Mrs
Josephine Fredricks. Il. E. Robinson,
Valentine Krebo.
Chicken thieves, on Thursday night,
stole thirty fowls from Elizabeth Laird,
of Edgewater Park. Mrs. Laird lives
alone. Thieves have visited the hen
house on several occasions, but this is
their biggest haul. Rolls of carpet and
other furnishings were taken from a store
room in the barn.
Through the efforts of T. Harry Bow
ker, a sum of money has been raised by
private subscription and presented to
Lemuel Fisher, Jr., to reimburse him for
the loss of some household goods which
were destroyed by fire at his home on
White street, on Thursday morning. Mr.
Fisher feels very grateful for this act of
kindness on the part of his friends
Joseph and Israel Timbers and Horace
Robinson. of Burlington, who have just
finished serving six months sentence at
Trenton, for interfering with officers of
the law in hunting for the outragers in
the Biddle affair of last July. have return
ed to their homes. The Timbers broth
ers look well, prison life evidently agree
ing with them. Robinson, on the other
hand, is in i'll health, due to close conflne-
ment.
At the recent annual meeting of the
New Jersey Dairymen's Protective As
sociation, held at the Windsor Hotel, in
Philadelphia, the old Board of Managers
was reelected as follows: President,
Joseph B. Crispin, of Salem; vice presi.
dent, d Budd Coles, of Lumberton; secre-
tary, Benajah P. Wills, of Mount Holly;
auditing and advisory committee, Bena-
jah P. Wills, chairman; Isaac E. Harri-
son, of Jacobstown, and George Lippincott,
of Marlton. William B. Miller was re-
elected superintendent of milk at the
Camden platform, and this makes his
sixth consecutive term.
As result of an application made to
the State Board of Taxation by Counselor
Francis B. Lee, representing William Z.
Haines, of Vincentown, an examination
is to be made of the methods of assessing
real and personal taxes in the rural dis
tricts of the state. Mr.. Haines, in his pc
tition, does not ask for reduction in his
the village has been assessed at rate
that is inconsistent with the purpose Of
securing uniform and true valuations. He
says he was unable to present to the State
Board comparative schedules because tn,
assessors denied him access to their books
which he claims is in violation OF the
law. The Board fixed February 90 fol
hearing the matter at Vincentown.
A head-on collision between the ives
bound oyster freight from Tuckerton anC
the passenger train due at Mount Holly
at 7.2S occurred at Medford Junction. OF
Friday evening, at 719 O'Clock, and fol-
three hours later travel was blocked OF
the main line to Long Branch. Both 10
comotives were derailed and considerably
broken. John Downs, of Pemberton, en-
gineer of the passenger train, seeing tina
q collision was inevitable, jumped from
his cab. and striking pile of ties, frac
tured his left shoulder. He is now beiny
treated at the Burlington County Hospi
tai. His fireman was more fortunate
having escaped injury by landing in
snow bank. 1t is said that the acciden
was due to the failure of the freight trail
to make the siding at the junction befor,
the arrival of the up train. Conducto
r. Hairy Robbins and his passenger
were considerably shaken when the en-
gines clashed, but none of them wer
hurt.
That woman can hold her tongue i
the keeping of secret where money is in