The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-17
LOCAL NEWS.


Mrs. Joseph G.. Bower has purchased
the Worrell property on Pine street.
To-day is donation day at the Children
Home. Don't forget this worthy institu
ton.
Would like to rent small farm, 40 tt
go acres. Address W., News office, Noun
Holly.
Joshua Lamb will have large sale O
personal property, near Wrightstown. Oh
Wednesday. February 10.
Charles Butler and wife have faller
heir to the estate of Mary E. Singleton
deceased. of Mount Holly.
Fresh tomatoes, egg plants, pineapples
grapes, oranges. lemons. California grape
fruit, candy, etc., at Cavanaugh's.
Lewis Spencer has removed from Law
renee street, Burlington, to Mount Holly
He is connected with the Standard shoe
Company.
The Ladies' Aid Society, of Juliustown
dedicated their new hall, on Friday and
Saturday evenings, by giving an oyster
supper.
The kind of weather we are to have In
the near future will be predicted on Feb
ruary ., when the ground hog is expected
to do some stunts.
The personal estate of John Henry An.
trim. deceased, of Pemberton. is valued
at S., 900. Letters of administration have
been granted to Walter Antrim.
1t is reported that Mrs. W. Gratz, OF
Jobstown. will remove the post Office
from Stanton's store to the house of the
late A. P. Wetherill, where she will reside.
The sale of $4,000 feet of wire and
picket fence, last year, is an indication
that there was something doing by the
New Jersey Fence Company, of Mount
Holly.
The contract to carry the mails between
Browns Mills and the junction by that
name, has been awarded to Miss Ray
Lennon, who is doing the work in sat-
isfactory manner.
Following are the unclaimed letters re-
naming in the post office for the week
ending January IA: Francis Allen. Mrs.
Rebecca Atkions. Mrs. George Betzler,
Cyrus Brown, B. A. N. Moore.
Howard P. Hancock, Job Collins and
Jacob Haag have been elected to repre-
sent the Northampton Firemen's Relief
Association at the state convention to be
held in Atlantic City in September.
Edward Smith. of Palmyra, who at
tempted to take his life recently by jump
ing into the Pensauken creek, cut his
throat last week with a razor. He has
been taken to the Blackwood asylum.
The event of the year, in the history OF
the Good Intent Fire Company, will take
place next Friday and Saturday evenings,
when the members will hold their annual
supper. The occasion will be surround
ed with many pleasant features.
Because of insufficient light, Howard
L. Keller has decided to remove his pho
tograph business to another location. His
present gallery has been rented to J. D.
Pickard, who will take possession next
spring and continue similar business.
Samuel Eckman, of Pointville, was
buried last week During the absence of
his housekeeper at Browns Mills, he died
from heart disease, and was found a day
later sitting in chair by neighbor who
looked through window as he was pass
ing the house.
Fred Wurst and Miss Eva Slimm, of
Mount Laurel, were married on Wednes
day evening at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Slimm,
where wedding feast was served. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr..
Nicholson. of Medford.
A cat, the property of John H. Webb,
of Tuckerton, by jumping upon gas
stove in the middle of the night nearly as
phyxinted its owner and his family on
Wednesday. About midnight Webb
awoke and noticing a strong odor of gas.
went down stairs to investigate The cat
had tried to get some food from the top of
the stove and had struck and opened two
jets in the act.
When Judge Endicott called the case of
Joseph 81. johnson, administrator, against
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, on
Wednesday, Samuel W. Shinn said the
matter was in process of settlement. The
action was brought to recover damages
for the death of David johnson, who was
killed by the cars at Smithville. in Au-
gust. 1902.
The annual meeting of the Burlington
County Fair Association was held on Sat
urday. The present officers and board of
directors were reelected with the excep-
tion of the substitution of Edward D.
Rogers for Alfred W. Lofiand who de.
clined reelection. A dividend of five per
cent. was declared. The directors and q
few invited guests sat down to a fine din
ner prepared by Richard Lamb. at the
Washington house.
George W. Mathews. an iron worker,
who moved to Camden but three weeks
ago from Lumberton, died Tuesday at his
new residence of complication of all
ments. Only fortnight ago the deceased
lost his wife. He was near four score
years of age, and the loss of his faithful
spouse proved such shock to him that
he could not bear to live in the old home
at Lumberten any longer. After the fu-
neral he moved to Camden, only to rejoin
the wife for whom he mourned. The body
was removed to Lumberton on Tuesday.
County Clerk Watson T. Sooy, who for
five years has been a member of the Oys-
ter and Shell Commission, says he will
not tender his resignation because of the
fact that his term will expire this winter,
and that the Governor would not appoint
a successor for such short period. Mr.
Sooy wanted to resign, but he changed
his mind upon the request of the other
members of the Commission, whom he
will assist in making out the annual re-
port. 1t is quite probable that George s.
Maxwell. freeholder of Washington town
ship. will succeed Mr.. Sooy as member
of the Commission
General E. Burd Grubb, of Edgewater
Park, stakeholder of the Pennsylvania
Furnace Company, instituted equity pro-
ceedings in Philadelphia Common Pleas
court on Tuesday, to enjoin the selling
committee of the corporation from max
ing permanent sale of the company's
property to Robert J. Corcoran. 1t was
also sOupht tn have Corcoran daclarad