The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-05-16
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Assessor Martin Fl. Girven has startet
on his annual tour among the property
owners in Northampton township.
If Pickard's customers will return
coupons to the studio they may learr
something interesting.
Governor Stokes has appointed Samue
B. Allen, of New Gretna, member of tn,
Ocean County Oyster Shell Commission.
Fresh strawberries, egg plants, onions
radishes, peas, tomatoes, lettuce and all
seasonable vegetables at Cavanaugh's .
The W. G. T. U. will meet at the home
of Mrs. Samuel L. Bullock, % Garden
street, on Friday, May 10, at 3 O'Clock
PM
Two men have been arrested on sus.
piston of having been connected with the
robbery of three farm houses, near
Eayrestown, last week
Lost.-On Saturday evening, between
Barrington's drug store and Wall street. a
pocket book containing small sum of
money. Please return to telephone office.
Valentine Rapp, Riverside baker, had
his wagon demolished and his stock of
bread and pastry scattered over the streets
by runaway accident at Bridgeboro, ON
Friday.
: delegation of the members of Poca
hontas Tribe, No. IS. l. o. R. M, of
Mount Holly, will go to Germantown, Pa,
this evening, to visit Tribe of the order
at that place.
A strawberry tea will be given in Stan
tons hall, Jobstown, on Saturday evening.
At $50 there will be an entertainment en-
titled Labor Song" The proceeds will
be for the Baptist Mission.
Clara Thomas, colored woman better
known as Clara Parker, died yesterday
morning at the home of her son, Charles
Parker, on West Washington street. She
had been sick for some time.
Joseph S. Link, an experienced sales
man from Chicago, has been engaged by
Rosenfeld Bros. to take charge of their
furniture department. You will find him
pleasant gentleman to deal with. Nos.
80 and 81 Mill street.
The Young Peoples Society of the
Moorestown Baptist church, will visit the
Young Peoples Society, of the Mount
Holly Baptist church. ON Friday evening.
There will be short address by Rev. DR..
Woods. of Moorestown. All are welcome.
The suit brought against Haight g.
Freese, brokers, of Philadelphia, was the
outgrowth of complaint made against
the firm by Ridgway W. Bowker, a real
estate dealer of Camden, and former
resident of Mount Holly. where he learn
ed the printing trade.
J. ]. Fenstermacher sold frame dwell
ing on the main street of Lumberton,
owned by Eliza A. Robinson, to William
A. Jones. He also sold three acres of land
on Rancocas creek owned by Adam Kollo,
to ]. w. Culbert and FL. Held, of Phila-
delphia, who intend erecting cottages on
the lots.
Judson Gaskill, the Garden street car
riage dealer, received a carload Of buggies
last week andAthe low prices at which he
offered them brought customers quickly,
but there are several bargains left, which
will be,sold cheap. This is one of the
best lots ever put in the factory. Another
carload arrived this morning.
On Tuesday last Mrs. Almira D. Thorn,
wife of William G. Thorn, gave birth to
twins The mother was doing well until
Thursday when change took place and
death resulted on Sunday. Deceased was
a daughter of Mrs. Matilda B. Stevenson,
of Mount Holly. Death occurred at Cam
den where the young people had been
housekeeping but short time.
During the past week Harley G. Brown,
recorder of Good Will Lodge, No. IA,
Ancient Order United Workmen, of Mount
Holly, paid $4,000 insurance to Mrs.
William M. West, of White street, and
an equal sum to Mrs. Edward p Hole
man, of Main street, their deceased hus
bands having been members of that order.
Louis De Gauge, aged IS years, of Bur
lington, while going to Trenton, on Sun
day, met an unknown man on the trolley
car who wanted change for a 800 bill
and DeCaugo accommodated him by
handing out five good twenty dollars bills
for counterfeit 800 bill, known as the
Cocoia Nhodxu;ol, ;oO,,a oud w b;oh hoe bod
quite sale on the streets of large cities.
Following is a list of the unclaimed
letters remaining in the post office for the
week ending May 49, Miss Ida Carroll,
W. 1. Heckart p II. Hawkins, Miss Lee
nora Hance, Mrs. Bridget Lawler, Miss
S. Annabel Smith. Aubuty Shreve. Esq,
Miss A. P Shinn, Mrs. ]. B. Walters,
Superintendent Home for Colored Chill
dren.
An attempt at robbery was made Friday
night at the home of Mr.. Rich in Delanco.
About 1.S5 the family were awakened by
a noise which when investigated showed
man trying to force an entrance. Mrs.
Rich at once seized revolver and opened
fire, at which the burglar took fright
Officer Hahner, in going his rounds,
PASSED the house at 1 a. m. but saw moth
ing suspicious The police have no clue
to the identity of the would-be- burglar.
Passengers at Birmingham, Saturday
noon, expected to see train derailed by
distractions resembling pieces of iron
which had been placed on the track in
front of the station. 1t was too late when
discovered to remove them. Fortunately
there was no accident, but the onlookers
held their breath until the engine passed
the spot in safety. Some children had
evidently found pleasure in placing Jumps
of coal on the rails.
In grade crossing accident on Wash
ington street, at o'clock Friday morn
ing, at which hour there is no flagman at
that point, the lives of William Danley,
Viola Branin and Martie Worrell were
placed in jeopardy. The party was re-
turning home from dance at Chairville,
and as they crossed the railroad tracks
their carriage was struck by a circus train
as it was going out of town. The vehicle
was considerably broken and the horse
was slightly cut Danley was somewhat
injured and the girls received a few
scratches and bruises
The pleasure resort which is being pre-
pared at Bulls Head by the Burlington
County Railway Company, will be extern
sively advertised by the Camden and Su-