The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-26

evening.
The Christmas festival of the Sunda
school at Jacksonville was held on Frida,
evening.
Because of his sporting proclivities. Johl
Henry Atkins is serving another term il
the county jail
NJ E. Matlack has returned from Wash
ington, D. c.. to spend the holidays il
Mount Holly.
After spending two weeks with relative
In Philadelphia, Miss Mary Armstrong ha
returned home.
A carload of copper-bottom boilers
81. so kind for 81, and 81 kind for rs cents
Rosenfeld's, Mill street.
| The anniversary exercises of the Union
vile Sunday school will be held on Thurs
day evening, at 7.30 O'Clock.
John Collins. of Scranton, Pa, is spend
ing the holiday season in Mount Holly.
His wife is at Atlantic City.
David E. Wade and wife, of South
River, have returned home after visiting
relatives in Mount Holly.
A death at the county insane asylum,
ON Wednesday, was that of Mary Gaines,
colored, wife of Reuben Gaines, of Mount
Holly.
Until further notice services in Grace
Episcopal church, Pemberton, will be
held at three o'clock every Sunday after
noon.
The Christmas entertainment to the
scholars of St. Andrews Sunday school
will be held this evening in the parish
building.
The well known neatness which has al
ways been feature of the jewelry bust
ness conducted by J. Harry Halt, is char
acterized in his 1905 calendars.
A tract of salt meadow land. in Bass
River township, belonging to the estate
of Levi French, deceased. has been sold to
Lorenzo D. Robbins, of New Gertna.
Sarah Dagger, of Centreton, has been
sent to the county insane asylum. For
threatening to kill her husband, recently,
she was committed to the county jail
Benajah P. Wills, as one of the vice
presidents, will attend the New York
County Fair, which is being held this
week at Madison Square Garden.
The new mill at Masonville is now
ready for business. Flour. feed and coal
Grist work at short notice. Be pleased to
have you call. Henry M. Thomson.
If bills introduced in Congress by John
]. Gardner are successful, a pension will
be received by Della Gibbs, and an in
crease to $12 per month granted to Mrs
Martha G. MatlacB, of Mount Holly.
The following are the unclaimed letters
remaining in the post Office for the week
ending December 49, Mr.. James g. Alex
andria; G.. NJ Diamond; Mrs. F. c. Down
ing; Furman Fenimore; Mr.. VIM. Hults.
There was quite rush to the Office of
Collector Frank s. Davis, on Wednesday,
which date was the limit for paying taxes
without additional costs. As result of
the days work about 81. 900 was received
Franklin Dye, secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture, conducted Farm
ers' Institute held at Columbus on Tues
day, Many grangers were present. Sub
jects for their benefit were discussed by
several able speakers.
All the leading brands of roller process
1our-Golden Beauty, Gold Medal, Pills
bury's best, Duluth Imperial, Better than
Gold, Quaker City, H. B. Silver Leaf.
Baled hay and straw. Grist work at short
notice. Get our prices before dealing
elsewhere. ]. W. Colkitt s. Co.
To ring door bells at midnight may be
amusing to those who are indulging in
that pastime, but it is not very nice to be
awakened from sleep and answer the ring
only to discover that it is a prank of par
ties who have run after doing the trick.
1t may be benefit to those who are ring
ing doorbells at night to call attention to
the fact that such acts are criminal and
come under the head of malicious mischief,
to which there is heavy penalty attached
At the steam mill of J. W. Colkitt & Co.
you will find the largest stock of dairy
feed ever in Mount Holly. They have
winter and spring wheat bran, hominy,
ceroline, gluten, dried brewers grains,
malt sprouts, Quaker dairy feed, Victor
oat feed, Vim oat feed, sucrene, cotton
seed On January IS and each week
thereafter, they will have wet brewers
grains. Any one wishing to start wet
grains will please leave order at mill. All
feeds at lowest cash prices.
On Thursday night about II o'clock
Tylee EDgle, who lives on the Israel
Stokes farm, near Centreton, discovered
that his residence was on fire. The blaze
started in the shed and its origin is mys-
terry. The building was entirely con-
sumed together with most of its contents.
This house was an old landmark, nearly
the ancestors of Hon. Edward c. Stokes,
Governor of New Jersey.
You will find full line of pigeon sup
plies at j. W. Colkitt & Co.-millet,
hemp, kaffir corn, buckwheat, wheat,
wheat peas, hulled oats, crushed shell,
mica grit, crystal grit charcoal, tobacco
stems, etc. Stock foods for your stock and
poultry international, which is the best on
the market; Fairfield's blood tonic Meyers
spices, Ashland, Simpson. Rancocas,
Pratt's, Royal and last but not least, DR..
Young's antiabortion, is the greatest on
the market, sold with guarantee Green
bone cut fresh every day.
Mystery surrounds shooting which
took place on Shreve street, one night
last week. at the home of William Ste
vens. Mrs. Joseph Sharp and Mrs. Clar-
ence Sharp. sisters and neighbors, called
at the Stevens house. but finding that the
occupants had gone to bed, excepting the
son and young man living at Smith
vile, the visitors started to go back home.
While they were in the alley one of the
men came out and fired two shots from a
revolver, soaring the ladies very badly.
Demanding an explanation of such con-
duct the man said he thought somebody
was playing the part of ghost.
Hi. Henry's new colossal minstrel ag
gregation of fifty all-wbite performers