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

f1reproOI SaIe ana NatlOnal casn reg
lister for sale cheap. Apply to 76 Main
street.
Budd s. Colby, clerk at the H. B.
Smith Machine Compsny's Office, has re-
moved to Smithville.
Shooting carp in the creek near the
railroad station engaged the attention of a
number of boys last week.
The storeroom now occupied by Ross
W. Quicksall, the ieweler, is for rent.
Apply to Mrs. Henry c. Shinn.
The Woman's League will hold meet
ing this afternoon in the Friends meeting
house, on Buttonwood street.
The farm opposite the fair grounds,
belonging to the Wardell Brown estate, is
now occupied by Atwell Wright.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Sher-
man, aged three months, died on Wed
nesday morning from pneumonia
Thomas W. Hume. of Glen Ridge, and
formerly of Mount Holly, will change
his place of residence to St. David's, Pa.
While cutting wood. last Wednesday. a
flying piece struck Joseph Taylor in the
face, causing bruise and slight injury
to one of his eyes.
A pearl breastpin, with small diamond,
was lost in Mount Holly last week. The
finder will be rewarded by leaving 1t at
THE News office.
The appellate court of Indiana declares
that the track of railroad is of itself a
warning of danger to person approach
ing, in the absence of signals or watch
men, SO as to put the person on his guard.
After months of suffering from cancer
of the breast, Miss Lydia E. Broom died
at her home in Vincentown, Thursday
morning. The deceased was well known
in Mount Holly, where she had lived for
several years.
The April fool joker was in evidence in
Mount Holly on Saturday, and there were
more pocketbooks lying around than has
been the case for some time. The bait
was sufficient to catch several people, and
the trick afforded much sport to some of
the younger element.
On Saturday Charles 8. Gaskill, son OF
Judge Gaskill, of Mount Holly, assumed
his new duties as assistant road foreman
of engines on the New York division of
the Pennsylvania Railroad His head
quarters will be at Jersey City. For some
time Mr.. Gaskill was inspector of motive
power ON the same division
Mrs. Mary Sooy died at Green Bank on
Saturday. She was the mother of County
Clerk Sooy and was in the Goth year of
her age. Death resulted from the natural
wearing out of the system consequent to
advanced years but Mrs Sooy's faculties
were unimpaired to the last.
An Indian arrow head, about three
inches long, and made of nearly solid
gold. was uncovered last week by Walter
Luke, while blowing on the Millslagle
farm, near New Egypt. 1t is evidently
worth considerable money. 1t would be
valuable addition to the collection of
Indian relics owned by William Wright,
of Mount Holly, which is said to be one
of the largest in the country
Constant practice on the part of several
musicians has given Mount Holly an or
chestra, known as the Peerless The
members have been highly complimented
on the success which they have attained.
This orchestra is rehearsing some fine Sc
lections which they will render at the Re
lief Fire Company's Fair. The personnel
follows: Business manager, Harvey A.
Worrell, trap drums; leader and instruct
or, Roland Caudle, first violin; George
Oliver, first violin; William Morgan, first
VIOLIN Bertram circuit, second violin;
Nelson Pumyea, second violin; Harry W.
Phares, pianist; j. L. Spencer. first cor
net; Holmes Howell, second cornet; Peter
Cook, slide trombone.
A company of colored entertainers
known as the famous Troubadours will be
at the opera house Thursday, Friday and
Saturday evenings. The organization is
composed of some twenty people, all of
whom are possessed of fair voices and
who have been trained in the cake walk
and comedy school. The title of the
comedy is 1.-The Elk President of Liberia, .
which although it does not contain a
story to worry the auditor, is yet filled
with pleasing musical numbers and enliv-
ened by the introduction of number of
clever specialties A strong feature of the
performance is the rendering of a number
of popular selections, and the Florodora
song is one of the best musical numbers
seen on the stage of the opera house this
season. Prices, 10. 20, 30 and 90 cents.
Before Judge Endicott in Camden Oh
Thursday was heard the case of the Han
over Sand Filtration Company vs.. the
were trying to collect a royalty of 80 cents
a ton on several thousand tons Of sand ex
cavated from leased grounds near New
Lisbon. but the defendants claimed that
they didn't owe the royalty because they
had not removed all the sand and had only
stored it, which, until it was shipped on
cars excluded it from the royalties as.
sessed. The product is peculiar kind of
sand which has been shipped as far as
Egypt, Holland and other foreign places,
where its superior qualities are appre-
ciated. This brand of article has likewise
been shipped to most of the big cities of
the United States and much to the New
York city filtration plants The jury af-
ter being out seventy-five hours, returned
verdict for $685. for the defendant
Thomas G. Mckinney died at his home
in Marlton, on Tuesday. He had not
been in good health for some time. but.
had been able to attend to his business
On Tuesday morning he was about as
usual and had made plans to drive to
Medford in the afternoon. He appeared
to be well while eating his dinner. Soon
after one O'Clock his son went to the barn
to get the team ready. He heard a noise
and on going to see what it was found his
father had fallen at the barn door, and
was dead before aid could be summoned.
Mr.. Mckinney had been suffering with q
cancerous affection for long time, but
careful treatment held that malady In
check. Heart disease was the cause Of
death. Deceased was "a years of age
He had lived at Marlton 81 years, and had
served that township as constable for 80
years.
Henry Robinson, an alleged constable
of Springfield township. was arrested, on