The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-07

The ordinance of baptism will be ad
ministered in the Baptist Church mex
t Sunday evening.
Miss Hannah c. Earl, of Mount Holly
| was buried on Saturday, the intermen
being made at Springfield.
The fifteenth anniversary of Unior
Circle, No. 20, Brotherhood of the Union
of Pemberton, was celebrated on Tuesday
evening.
James P. Nicholes, of Mount Holly, hai
through his attorney, B. h. White, beer
granted an original pension of SO pei
month.
Evidence is being taken before Master
in Chancery, in Camden, in divorce pro
ceedings brought by A. Won Dachenhau-
sen against his wife.
The coolest weather this winter pre-.
sented itself on Saturday night. Some Of
the thermometers about town registered
from one to five degrees below zero.
The presiding eldership of the Camden
district of the NJ E. Conference, is a
position in which the name of Rev. Henry
j. Zelley. formerly Of Mount Holly, ia
figuring prominently.
Mary L. Shr eve, L. May 5hreve. G.. Ed
gar Shreve and Alice NJ Shreve have be-
gun suit in the court of Chancery against
the village of Medford, to restrain the de-
PENDANT from draining water from Bank
street, Medford, onto or across the lands
of the compliments.
The Burlington County Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals held
its annual meeting at Burlington, last
week, and elected the following officers:
President, Charles Y. Flanders; vice pres
ident, Mrs. R. B. Shepherd. Riverton;
treasurer, Mrs William Binney; secre-
tary, Reginald Branch.
Nelson Burr Gaskill, who was recently
operated on at the German Hospital, in
Philadelphia, for catarrhal Inflammation
of the appendix, returned to his home in
Mount Holly on Friday evening. MIR.
Gaskill is recovering rapidly. His trouble
was not of serious nature, but had it
not been attended to, appendicitis might
have followed
DR.. R. II. Lamb, of Palmyra, who ha.
spent nearly four years on the island Of
Ceylon, will give stereopticon lecture on
that country, illustrating its mountain
scenery, social and industrial life and
other interesting points, with correct re-
production of their natural colors. The
lecture will be given in Friends meeting
house, on Saturday evening, at s o'clock
Admission 25 cents.
Articles of Incorporation for the Lum-
berton Light. Water and Sewerage Com
pany were granted at Trenton last week.
Registered Office. Lumberton; agent in
charge, George F. Reid; capital stock,
$4,000. Incorporators, Henry Conrow,
Moses s. Watson, Walter M. Voorhees,,
James NJ Harrison and George F. Reid.
The company is to operate electric light
and water plants and to construct and
operate reservoirs and pipe lines.
Charles Cole is the dog catcher for
Northampton township. having been ap-
pointed GA Friday night to succeed Ed
ward Cameron. The new official has been
doing quite business. He had an I'M
pleasant experience, on Saturday after
noon, with some women on Water street,
one of whom made him liberate dog at
the point of butcher knife, which, it is
alleged, she threatened to use if request
to hand over her dog was not complied
with
Joseph Atkinson, former resident of
Mount Holly, died suddenly at Palmyra,
on Sunday. He had been living at Cam
den, and on Sunday, with an acquaintance
went to Palmyra to dine with a friend.
While at the dinner table he was attacked
with paralysis of the heart, and soon died.
Deceased was the father of Mrs. Albert
A. Johnson, of Mount Holly, from whose
residence he will be buried tomorrow af-
ternoon. He was 6S years of age and had
been subject to attacks of the heart
before.
Julius Hobbs, of Florence, who recent
| ly decamped with sixty dollars collected
for Harvey Beaumaster, also of Florence.
who was injured at the iron works, has
given himself up to the authorities there.
Hobbs. to whom the money had been in.
trusted for delivery at the home of Beau
master, failed to give satisfactory &C.
count of his actions and what he had done
with the money. Before Squire Campbell
he waived hearing and entered bail in
the sum of 5000 for his appearance at the
next term of the Burlington county court
1t is said that Hobbs spent most of his
time at Trenton having good time.
On Monday afternoon of last week there
was fire on the Francis Budd farm near
Buddtown. Andrew Mathews, who lives
on the place, saw smoke coming from the
roof on the brick part of the house. To-
gether with his boys he tried hard to SUBJ
due the flames but it was of no avail and
the brick portion was entirely destroyed,
while, strange to say, the frame part was
not damaged. The fire started from a
chimney, which had not been used for a
long time and was supposed to be de-
fective. The loss was about 81, 900, with
$3.50 insurance.
A novel sight attracted the attention of
pedestrians on Main street, ON Tuesday
morning. John Stanton, of Water street.
sat on bench in front of the cigar store
of T. Harry Bowker. By his side was
all the paraphernalia used by an up-to-
date angler. With rod and reel in hand
he was trying to catch fish in pail of
water, fully exemplifying the patience of
lone fisherman. T he offer to fish four
hours on the street for 81 was accepted by
Stanton, who got his money, which he
said was earned easier than cutting ice.
He was kept pretty busy answering the
greetings hurled at him by friends. The
occasion marked the last day of the pike
season. The scene was photographed
/ A meeting of the residents of Edgewa.
ter Park and Beverly township was held
Tuesday evening at the residence of Gen
E. Burd Grub, for the purpose of con-
sidering the ACCESSIBILITY of forming g
borough out of portion of the town
ship. The main source of complaint i:
the inconvenience of school and voting
places, both of which are situated in De
lance. The lines of the proposed borough
were suggested to be: From the west a