The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-28
A big hog is TO be slaughtered at Julius
town IN Wednesday, March

COnuueu W tnc HOuse 1oi sefcIaA uoys.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union will
celebrate their anniversary this evening.
County Auditor William W. Worrel
will leave for trip to Washington, OF
Thursday.
Mrs Elizabeth Jones, of Pemberton, Il
suffering from fractured hip bone. thu
result of falling on the ice.
Mrs. Agnes Pew and daughter Clara, o.
Mount Holly, were guests of Miss Sophi'
Burtis, of Chesterfield, last week.
Robert Street has purchased property
at the corner of Chestnut and Oak streets
from Robert Anderson, for $3.50. 80.
E. E. Middleton has opened restaurant
at No. Sc Main street, in the building for
merly occupied by Chafey & Haines.
A new dress of type and other i'm
provements denoting prosperity, have
made decided change in the appearance
of the New Egypt Press.
The latest bulletin from Walter E. Bor
den, of Jacobstown, is that he is great
deal better, for which state of affairs his
many friends are truly thankful.
Frederick A. Slower has resigned his
position with Fenton & Doughty, fol
whom he has been acting as foreman. He
will accept employment in Philadelphia
Before Judge Gaskill, on Saturday
Joseph Pine, of Medford. entered a ples
of guilty. He is charged with stealing
the proceeds of load of hay which he
sold for farmer
Catharine Mulraney. of Moorestown,
was buried in the Catholic cemetery
Mount Holly, on Saturday morning
Deceased was the widow of the late Ed
ward Mulraney, ST., formerly of Vincen-
town.
To-day will close the month of Febru.
airy, it being the seth day of the year.
People will be quite willing to exchange
some snow storms for March winds. Only
twenty -one days more to wait for the ad
vent of spring. 1t will soon be here.
Washburn & Crosby fancy spring bran,
$2S per ton; choice winter bran. no better
made. ga per ton. Full line of pigeon
and poultry supplies. Also green bone.
All kinds of feed at the lowest cash prices.
]. W. Colkitt & Co., Mount Holly, N. j.
William Carey, tinsmith in the en-
ploy of Francis r. Hope, of New Egypt,
was taken to hospital in Philadelphia,
last week, where he had all but the
little finger on his right hand amputated.
The injury was received while making re-
pairs to a windmill.
Among the claims for stores and sup
plies furnished the government and allow
ed by the court of claims, are 1886. 10 to
Charles F. Hugo and Mary Hooton,
brother and sister of Joseph Hugg, deceas-
ed. Of Moorestown, and $287. 1S to Ad-
miral John ]. Read. of Mount Holly.
While Charles HiskeY and mother. of
Camden, were returning from funeral on
the outskirts of Moorestown, on Friday
afternoon, they were followed by rough
looking man, who made threatening ges-
lures. Afraid of bodily harm, Hiskey
and his mother sought refuge in farm
house. The farmer and some of his en-
ployes chased the stranger, but he escap-
ed. The police were notified. Mr.. Hiskey
is an employee of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road at Camden.
Through their chairman, General E.
Burd Grubb, the committee recently ap-
pointed at Edgewater Park to consider
plans for a new borough in Beverly town
ship have given notice of their intention
of applying to the Legislature for the
passage of a bill to incorporate the
borough of Edgewater Park. Several
meetings have been held at General
Grubb's residence to discuss the matter,
and Saturday night it was decided to rush
II to conclusion.
The following expression from Game
Warden Foulks ought to be of interest to
many people in this section: 'The stten-
ton of dog owners is called to the fact
that it is unlawful to permit any dog to
run at large in woods or fields from the
first day of February until the first day
of October. AS much of our game has
doubtless been destroyed by the severe
winter. greater efforts will be made to
protect what we have left, and to that
end ! wish to give timely notice that the
law regarding dogs will be strictly en-
forced from now on"
The annual meeting of Concert Hall
Association was held on Friday. The fol-
lowing Directors were elected: Franklin
B. Lewis. Edward B. Jones, Frederick B.
Lee, Horace Cronk. Charles II. Folwell,
Charles A. King, William Sherman. The
three latter succeeded Henry G. Risdon.
deceased, Edward 8. Troth who declined
reelection, and Joseph G. Kingdom, who
has sold all of his stock. The financial
report did not warrant declaring a divi-
dend. The Directors organized by the
election of Franklin B. Lewis, president;
William Sherman, secretary and treasurer;
A. Lincoln Sailer. manager.
The scarcity of food throughout the
country districts, which condition has re-
suited from the unusual quantity of snow
during the winter, has driven animals and
birds to desperation. Edward A. Colby,
who conducts farm on the Jobstown
pike, reports the presence, near his place,
of several rabbits which were found frozen
TO death. At the same time there were
also number of. rabbit squats, around
which were indications that in their
desire for food, number of crows had
caught the cotton tails alive and then de-
voured them. The starvation of birds is
reported from nearly all sections.
Clifford R. Bower was brought to a
sudden standstill, on Saturday, by horse.
which bit him on the back The animal
was hitched in front of Samuel P Cline's
hardware store, and the injury was re-
ceive while Clifford was giving some la
dies the right of way on the sidewalk.
Although the horses teeth pressed good
and hard on the young mans anatomy,
the flesh was not broken, probably be-
cause of heavy overcoat which he wore,
but blood was drawn to the surface of the
skin, leaving dark spot as large as a
persons hand The horse was unsuccess-
full in its efforts to bite several other per-
sons. When brought to town a vicious
animal like this should be muzzled.
The deadly odors of coal gas came near
ending fatally the honeymoon of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward H. Reese, of Lansford,
Pa, while stopping at the residence of