The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-21
LOCAL NEWS.

has been purchased by Frank Let's.
New pilings have been installed
strengthen the railroad bridges in this SCI
ton.
The remarriage of divorced couple
one of the coming social events at Rivel
side.
A trip to Jamaica this winter is bein
arranged by Charles LaTour and w. 3
Mason. Sd.
George Greenwald is recovering fror
his recent attack of rheumatism. which q
times was very severe.
A building lot on Carlton avenue, be
longing to Wilbur F. Vannote, has beef
sold to Ridgway D. Nippins.
]. Budd Woolston, of Eayrestown. wen
to Camden, last week, to attend the gold
en- wedding of his cousin. Charles Fish.
In the division of the school moneys
the State Board of Education has sppor
toned $22. 734.36 to Burlington county.
Sheriff Norcross has reappointed Con
stable Samuel Gaskill as assistant at thu
jail, position which he held under ex
Sheriff Bower.
A position as night operator in the tel
ephone exchange at Jones drug store
has been accepted by Miss Anna Worrell
of Garden street.
Rev. George Fl. Vannote, pastor of the
Methodist Church at Browns Mills, ii
conducting a revival service that viii con
tinue for three weeks.
The frame building in the rear of the
fruit store of Bowen & Grooms, on High
street, has been rented by the Mount Hol-
ly Fife and Drum Corps
On Thursday evening, December IA.
the Pharisee Minstrel Club. of Moores-
town, will give an entertainment in the
Mount Holly Opera House.
The property OF DIR. J. Hume Carter,
on High street, which is to be occupied by
Martin III. Girven, has been modernized
by the installation of an up-to-date front.
The horse and wagon stolen at Smith
vile recently. and belonging to T. Harry
Bowker, of Mount Holly. was recovered
at Pemberton, where the thief abandoned
the team.
A pleasant subscription dance was CIV
en- in Mechanics hall, at Lumberton, on
Thursday evening, by Miss Irene Dorothy
Elder and Miss Lydia Carter Wright, of
that place.
Two carloads of cranberries at $12 per
barrel is the price received by Josesh ].
White. of New Lisbon. which is said to
be the highest known in quarter Of a
century.
Commodore r. K. Rogers came to the
county seat, on Friday. to look after some
IRE extinguishers which had been shipped
by mistake to Mount Holly instead of
Burlington.
In view of the approaching holiday sea-
son, the merchants of Mount Holly will
follow their usual custom and suspend
the early closing movement during por-
ton of next month.
There are unclaimed letters in the post
office for C. Dunphey, B. Forrest, Elmer
Green Esq. G. F. Gaskill, John B. Mer-
rift, Esq. Robert Murphy, VIM. B. Mead,
ESQ, Fred s. Peck, Esq, s. Steam.
The people Of Smithville are now being
supplied with filtered artesian water from
9 $4,000 gallon tank on high elevation.
The service is giving excellent satisfac-
ton. Last week the water in the creek
was drained very low by some malicious
person who opened the gates at the dam
during the night.
A match race between Palace Girl,
owned by J. j. Mccarthy, of Trenton,
and Little Ben, b. g., owned by Fred
Smith, of Bordentown. on the Bordentown
Driving Association track, on Thursday.
was won by Little Ben, who took the last
two heats Time, 224. 2.24 and 2244
The winner received purse of 800.
On Thursday morning stranger went
to Edgewater Park with number of fish
to dispose of. He called at a number
of homes, delivered string of fish and
pocketed the money. assuming that they
had been ordered. 1t was soon found that
he had disposed of them all at big price.
Those who took the fish claim they were
victimized.
Clever ingenuity on the part of wo-
man living at Riverside, saved her home
from being entered by robber. whom she
heard trying to pry open back window.
Although greatly frightened at this in
trusion, the woman got up and set the
alarm clock off, making the stranger beat
a hasty retreat across lot, under the be-
lief that he had started burglar alarm.
Thieves, provided with horse and wag-
on, Thursday morning early, visited the
Noblit estate residence on Cliff avenue,
Edgewater Park, intending to haul away
valuable furniture that was supposed to
have been in the house. Fortunately,
about week ago the furniture had been
disposed of at public sale. The house had
been rented furnished, and the last ten
ant left the place about month ago.
Because of the dry spell which has
been experienced for several weeks, some
of the wells throughout the county are
lower than for twenty years past and
many have gone dry. This condition has
greatly Inconvenience farmers who, In
some instances, are carting their water
from other sources. Rain is badly need
ed, and there will be much Inconvenience
If the ground is not soaked before freez-
ing weather sets in.
Paul R. Goldey. formerly of Mount
Holly, who succeeded Walter Harrington as
superintendent of the Camden and Tren-
ton Railway Company, is rapidly carry
ing into effect many of the improvements
which the latter had in contemplate on
when he retired from the service of the
company. The roadbed has been i'm
proved by the installation OF, over 5000
ties More powerful motors are being at
tached to the cars in order that they may
be run at greater speed to insure
schedule time Mr.. Goldey will in time
have that road in fine working order.
1t remains for Mount Holly, perhaps
to turn out the oldest gunner in the state.
At the age of SO years. John Carter start
ed on his annual hunting trip. last week.
which took him to Bamber, settlement
in the pines, where his unerring aim has
brought many rabbit to standstill. The