The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-04-18


boarding house at Ocean Grove early /
: May.
Paul R. Goldey, who has been living o
Union street, has removed his family t
Beverly.
The members of the Wrightstown bas
ball club will hold a social next Saturda
: evening.
Robert S. Gaskill is devoting some @
his time learning to handle an automo
bile. which he has purchased.
A. A. johnson, who has been disable
for over two weeks, resumed work a
, Smithville yesterday.
Boarders wanted in quiet family. in
pleasant part of Mount Holly. Addres
Home, care of News office
Some of the Mount Holly gunners sue
ceeded in getting few snipe last week
They report the birds very scarce.
An oil stove in the bed room of Harr'
Mamber, of Palmyra, set fire to the be-
on Friday. The flames were extinguish
ed before much damage had been done.
Fred M. Shemeley and Edmund Eddy
who have been at a town in Maine TO
some time, looking after business for tn
Alcott company, have returned to Noun
Holly.
A county convention of the Brother
hood of the Union will be held at Bur
lington on Friday evening, April %.
number of the grand and supreme officer
will be present.
The members of the Riverside Maenner
Choir are preparing grand concert fo
May s, when they will be assisted by thu
Lieder Verein mixed chorus. one of the
best in Philadelphia.
William NJ. West, after a protractet
illness, died at his home, on White street
on Wednesday night. Deceased was &
member of Good Will Lodge, No IA
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Prof. Andrew Smith was in Mount Hol.
ly, on Friday and Saturday, the guest Of
DR.. j. Hume Carter. Prof. Smith is Pres
ident of the Ontario Veterinary College
and DR.. Carter was one of his students.
The Board of Education at New Egypt
Wednesday night, elected DIR. George W.
Chamberlain principal of the public school
there. Miss Lou Henderson was chosen
principal of the Golfers Mill school.
The Ladies' Auxiliary OF the Young
Mems Christian Association, of Palmyra,
has elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Miss May Zelley; vice president,
Mrs. F. Blackburn; secretary, Mrs. Pennel
Cooper; treasurer, Mrs. Wallace Balloon.
The annual meeting of the Industry
| Building and Loan Association will be
held at the Office of George NJ. Hillman,
in the Gaskill building, on Monday even
ing, April "a. Officers will be elected
and new series of stock issued.
When it is time to begin the work of
remodeling the building occupied by the
Mount Holly National Bank, the business
of that institution will be temporarily
transferred to the store in the Gaskill
building, now occupied by Rosenfeld
Bros.
A case of what is believed to be cere-
bro spinal meningitis has been discovered
at Kinkora. The patient is Daniel Col
Inns, negro, aged about 80 years. The
ambulance from Mckinley Hospital, Tren-
ton, arrived at Kinkora, on Saturday, and
took him to the hospital.
After trip through the woods in this
section, on Wednesday, some young men
returned to Mount Holly with evidence
of the fact that trailing arbutus was still
to be found clinging to the moss covered
earth and rocks, having brought with
them bouquets of the fragrant flower.
Visitors to Browns Mills in the-Pines
are rejoicing over the good prospects of
extending the fine highway from Phil
adelphia through that resort to Lake
wood, twenty miles distant. 1t seems
likely that this will soon be done, and it
will make splendid road for autos.
Amos S. Kellogg, of Mount Holly, died
at the home of his son-in-law, Rev. Percy
Lynch, at Jersey Shore, Pa, on Friday.
Mr.. Kellogg went to Jersey Shore to stay
short time and was stricken with paraly-
sis about three weeks after arriving there.
He gradually failed until death ensued.
The remains will be inferred in Somers,
Connecticut, to-day.
Following are the unclaimed letters re-
naming in the post Office for the week
ending April is: Mrs. Geo. Betzler, Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Campbell, Mrs ]. w.
Flynn, Mrs. Mary Green, G. G.. Heath,
Miss Emily NJ Ives, II. W. Merriman,
Mrs. Harriet Williams. Unavailable, Lee
ander B. Joyce, Browns Mills, N. j.
Because of the receipt of bad news
while visiting in Mount Holly, on Tues
day afternoon, a lady living at Moores-
town tainted ON Madison avenue DIR.
Alexander H. Small. of Riverside, was
present at the time, and a rumor was
started that person had been run over
by his automobile.
Charged with making a murderous at
tack upon his wife and setting fire to his
house, Charles Zeigler was arre- ID by
Marshal Austin and Constable Cramer at
Beverly Friday afternoon. At a hearing
before Justice of the Peace Jones, Zeig-
Ter said he had acted in self-defense, as
the neighbors were in league with his
wife to imprison him. He was sent to
the jail and inquiry into his mental con-
dition will be made
An interesting camp fire was held on
Friday evening by the members of Gen.
A. E. Shiras Post, No. 20, who had as
! their guests the Grand Army posts from
Burlington, Moorestown. Vincentown,
and Gen. Joseph Hooker Camp, No. as.
Sons of Veterans, of Mount Holly. The
reunion was enjoyed by the visitors, and
they recalled many "reminiscences of the
civil war. Capt. Walter A. Barrows was
the POSTMASTER. The affair closed with a
banquet
The vacancy in the clerical force of the
Farmers National Bank, caused by the
resignation of ]. Edgar Evan, was filled
on Saturday, by the re election of that
young man. When he rendered his resig.
nation proposition was made to him to
remain, but he thought he had gone too
far with the other engagement to honor
ably withdraw. On going to the new
place, however, he found matters not ex-
actly as expected. hence his return.