The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28

The members of Company will go to
Camden on March s, to take part in a
battalion drill The event will be follow
by dance.
Miss Mary Armstrong, of West Wash
ington street, who has been confined to
the house for the past six weeks with the
grip, has fully recovered.
The official board of the Methodist
church will give reception to the mem
bers on Thursday evening of this week
in the lecture room. All members are
invited to be present.
| Consult Leech, Stiles & Co., the eye
specialists, if you have either headache or
neuralgia, which is possibly caused by
eye-strain. At the Masonic Temple to-
morrow. Free consultation.
The following unclaimed letters remains
in the post Office for the week ending Feb
ruary %: Miss Ella Abanettey, Mrs.
George Betzlic, Fred Crammer, Thomas
Davis, Mrs. R. Girard, Miss Cathrine
Mitchell, Ellis R. Meeker, Mrs. R. Place.
Victor corn and oat feed and Quaker
dairy feed, $23 per ton; Eddington feed.
something new, analysis, II protein and
474 fat, $2S per ton. Dried grains, mails
sprouts, hominy feed, gluten and cotton
seed. ]. W. Colkitt g. Co., Mount Holly,
N. J.
Daniel Mills, Jr., was found dead on
the streets of New York on Saturday.
He had either fallen or been thrown from
an elevated railroad train. Dan Mills
was well known in this county. He was
very fond of sports of all kinds, particu-
larly base ball. He was a member of the
Beverly club when it won the champion
ship of this county in 1899. Mills was
connected with press department of Keith's
New York theatre at the time of his
death.
Charles H. Camp, of Florence. may be
cripple for life on account of an accident
which occurred at Burlington last Tues
day. He had been to funeral and went
to East Burlington to catch a train. AS
it was quite dark at the place he failed to
notice coal pit and fell hesdlong into it.
When rescued he was found to be suffer
ing with broken arm together with
severe injuries about the legs and it is
feared he was hurt inwardly.
The following names appear on the
honor roll of Brainard School for the
month of February: Almeda G. Davis,
Nellie D. Stiles, Lewis F. Kimble, Helen
Rowan, Elizabeth W. Borden, Stuart W.
MacFarland, Ethel B. Coate, James Mac
Farland, Bessie A. Hancock, Gretchen Z.
Rapp. Rena B. Pew, Lillian Ried, Ethel
P. Stiles, Arthur W. Deacon, Charles M.
Conrow, Elizabeth Darlington, Justus q.
Deacon. Charles 81. Folwell, Jr., Albert
" Cook, Charles w. Stiles.
One of the most delightful entertain
ments witnessed in the Burlington Audi
forum since it was built was the concert
by the Metropolitan Band of that city, on
Saturday evening. The Auditorium was
crowded and there was no disappointment
on the part of those who were so fortunate
as to be present. The band consisted of
40 pieces, and there were three additional
soloists, while vocal music was rendered
by the Cecilian Quartette The pro
gramme consisted of IA numbers, but the
numerous encores made it double that
amount. At the close of the concert, W.
E. Schermerhorn, in that very happy
mood of his, stepped upon the stage and
congratulated the audience upon the fine
concert they had listened to, and said the
people of Burlington had reason to be
proud of its musical organization. He
then spoke words of praise to William
Gilbert Irons, the bandmaster, whose
earnest endeavors and untiring zeal have
brought the band to such state of pro.
ficiency. On behalf of the members of
the organization and as token of their
appreciation Of the efforts of Mr.. Irons,
Mr.. Schermerhorn presented the band
master with handsome gold badge. Mr.
Irons was very much surprised and as he
was apparently embarrassed the band
saved him the trouble of making speech
of acceptance by promptly striking up a
march and the delightful concert was
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