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

Inc CaleD .. 0dSklll Ihrn, on Lne DOuJL
Pemberton road, has been rented by Har
ryP Evans.
Boarders wanted in quiet family, in {
pleasant part of Mount Holly. Address
: Home, care of News Office
A sorrel pacing horse, which is expect
ed to develop considerable speed, has beer
:. purchased by Thomas Cavanaugh.
: Mrs. c. M. Suffer has taken possession
of her residence in Mount Holly, aftel
e spending the winter in Philadelphia.
Mrs Max Chilinsky, of Jacksonville
Is in a Philadelphia hospital, where she
8 has submitted to fourth operation.
Miss Helen Hance, of Florence, was ad
mitted to the Burlington County Hospi-
tai, on Wednesday, for an operation.
Buy of Cavanaugh if you want fine out
of-season vegetables. Choice fruits of all
kinds. candy and peanuts Main street
Thomas Gaynor has removed from Ju.
liustown to Mount Holly. He is night
Waterman at the Hainesport power house.
Charles Fitzgerald, employed in the
Office of the H. B. Smith Machine Com.
pany, rendered his resignation on Satur-
day.
Letters of administration on the estate
of Catharine Cowton, deceased. of Riv-
erton, have been granted to Charles L.
Flanagan.
At a meeting on Friday evening, the
Knights of Pythias reinstated one sus-
pended member and conferred the first two
degrees on one candidate.
Several Panama hats made their appear
ance in Mount Holly last week. 1t look
ed like rushing the season, but the warm
weather justified their use.
| William Craig, carpenter, employed
in the iron foundry at Florence, met with
an accident, last week, planer having
cut off four of his fingers.
A toilet room is to be installed in the
Methodist Sunday school, and to that
end the library has been moved from the
vestibule to the west class room.
/ R. j. B. Slack has given barn in the
rear of his residence to Lorenzo L. Sapp.
The latter has dismantled the building,
and will erect it on his property on Union
street.
A fire and life insurance business is now
being conducted in the Gaskill building
by Jonathan Il. Kelsey and J. F. Long,
who have formed copartnership for that
purpose.
The ladies of the Baptist Church, at
E[ainesport, gave an oyster supper at that
place on Saturday evening. They met
with success in the sale of candies and
cakes.
| James E. Jones, of Florence, came to
Mount Holly. on Wednesday. to visit his
wife, who is patient at the Burlington
County Hospital He found her in an i'm
proved condition.
Several persons went to Delanco, on
Sunday. to watch operations of the rail-
road construction gang, who put down
the elevated tracks and placed in position
the large draw for the new bridge.
An enjoyable entertainment entitled
1.-THE Old Fashioned Husking Bee," will
be given in the Methodist church on Fri
day evening, April IA, by members Of the
Epworth League. Admission is cents.
Thomas W. Nippins has sold some real
estate as follows: Old blacksmith shop, on
Pine street, to Carrot V. Margerum; house
ON Pine street to Harry N. Smith; the mill
dam meadow to Thomas B. Denness.
Lost.-On Saturday evening, between
Madison avenue depot and Main and
Grant streets, large brown hand bag
containing about 81 in small change,
seven trolley tickets and pair of gold
eyeglasses. Finder please return to
NEWS Office.
A magic lantern entertainment, for the
be given next Saturday evening at the
residence of Joseph R. Gillian, on Main
street. Tickets for this event. which are
selling at ten cents. are being rapidly dis
posed Of
While blowing on the Elmer Day farm,
near Moorestown, on Tuesday afternoon,
Charles Richmond fell dead from heart
failure. His employer, George Ferrill.
found the body lying under the pillow
stills. The deceased lived at Camden.
There is room for improvement in the
quality of the gum being used on Uncle
Sans postage stamps. 1t is so thin that
one moistening takes most of it off, caus-
ing the stamp to curl. This matter has
been the subject of numerous complaints.
The mansion house on the San Domin-
10 tract, on Pine street, was saved from
probable destruction, on Wednesday, by
F.. Carlton Dalton, who extinguished
quantity of grass which had been set on
IRE by some boys. The flames were creep
ing their way to the building at lively
rate when discovered.
America Hose Company elected the fol-
lowing officers at their meeting last even
ing President. W. W. Watts; vice presi-
dent. Geo. W. A. French; secretary, s.
Earl Assay; treasurer, E. B. JONES' direc-
tors, Samuel E. Colder, William Cronk,
Frank G. Naylor, Charles Jones, Eugene
Engle; fire police, William Gale, William
Headley, Charles Doran. William Fields.
Howard Collins, Irving Carter.
Mrs Hannah McIlvain Biddle, aged Sc.
wife of Charles M. Biddle. of the Biddle
Hardware Company, of Philadelphia, died
at Atlantic City Friday morning from a
complication of diseases. Mrs. Biddle
has been i'll for long time, and went
there several weeks ago for the benefit of
her health, which continued to fail. The
husband was at the bedside and accom-
panied the body to Riverton, where inter-
ment will take place.
The Annie L. Vansciver, the well known
freight boat plying between Centerton
and Philadelphia, and owned by George
R. Vansciver, Edward R. Vansciver and
Heulings Lippincott, has been sold to the
Maine Central Railroad Company for $25,
000 A boat has been chartered to con-
tinue the daily trips to the city, which
will remain in commission until the new
and larger steamer, which has been con-
tracted for, is turned over to Captain Van
solver.
Usefa Stwalena and Fantcisk Handrey-
! tchok were defendants in Justice Laumas-
ter's court on Saturday. With them came