The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31

Judson Gaskill, the carriage manufac
turer, has received new lot of sleigh
Charles Austin, the well known hack
man, living at Unionville, is seriously i'll
Charles F. Parker, of Unionville, has I
horse that is seriously i'll from meningitis
Among the grip victims in town is Ben
jamin McKelvey, of Shreve street, {
veteran of the civil war
The Convocation of Burlington will
meet in st. Andrews church on Monday
and Tuesday of next week.
March II and IS are the dates selected
by the members of Gen. Joseph Hooker
Camp, No. 45, Sons of Veterans, for hold
ing their annual fair and festival.
The pantaloon entertainment that was
to have taken place in St. Paul's M. E.
Church, on Thursday last, has been post
poned on account of the blizzard until
February 2.
The New York Day by Day" Com
pany did not appear at the Opera House,
on Wednesday evening. They got here
In the snowstorm and concluded there
would not be much of an audience, SO
they went on to Camden.
Special services were held In St. An
drew's Church, on Sunday evening, under
the auspices of the local branch of the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew. An address
was delivered by Rev. II. Cresson Nc
Henry, of Philadelphia.
The Public Service Corporation adopt
ed a novel method of advertising in Mount
Holly, on Thursday, by the use of pla-
cards attached to sticks and placed on
snow banks, suggesting the use of gas
stoves for heating purposes.
Rev. William G. Meyer, pastor of the
Methodist Church, is making arrange
ments for a special service to be held on
Sunday evening, February IL, Lincoln's
birthday. He has extended invitations to
some of the lodges in Mount Holly.
Many persons of mature age did not
care to venture out in the blizzard on
Wednesday, but the children were not
dismayed The attendance at the public
school was very satisfactory. Not one of
the 20 rooms had less than 30 pupils.
Because of interrupted travel, A. L.
Chamberlain. of Palmyra, district presi-
dent, did not reach Mount Holly. Thurs
day evening. and the installation of the
officers of Washington Camp, No. II, P.
o. s. of A., was deferred for week.
A meeting was held at Riverside, on
Sunday, to consider the advisability of
forming county base ball league. The
clubs that are to compose the league are
Burlington, Bordentown, Beverly, White
Hill, Florence. Riverside and possibly
Delanco.
Iva Lippincott, Mary Brown and the
Misses Berry, of Mount Holly, were pres
ent at an entertainment given by Samuel
Coon at his residence, in Burlington, on
Tuesday evening. Vocal and instrument
al music, euchre and other games made
the ev ening pleasant one.
The Burlington County Safe Deposit
and Trust Company, Moorestown, N. j.,
is exactly what its name implies, Trust
Company. AS such it is better fitted to
administer trusts than the private In
dividual This Company is equipped for
active, efficient service. Try it.
John B. Lippincott. of Mount Holly.
who was telegraph operator and tower
man on the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad, at Opponang, Rhode
Island, has been appointed to position
in the superintendent Office. at New Lon
don, Conn, and will remove his family
there.
The late Elizabeth s. Hurff, deceased,
of Mount Laurel. left will by which she
bequeathed $500 to each of her six chill
dren, Martha, William H.. James z,
Waters B., Jr., Lillian and John G. Hurff,
800 to her husband, Waters B. Hurff,
and the residue to her three grandchildren
in equal shares. William H. Hurff is the
executor.
A pretty wedding was celebrated at the
home of the brides mother, Mrs. Amanda
E. Knowles, at Crosswicks, on Friday
evening, January 90, when Charles D.,
son of Thomas B. Anderson, and Miss
Viola L. Knowles, both of Crosswicks,
were married. Carlton Knowles was best
man, and Miss Ada R. Luke was brides.
maid. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. William H. Murphy, pastor Of
the NJ E. church
E. A. Hooper, of Crosswicks, is con.
templating legal proceedings to secure
possession of an old driving horse, fol
years the pet of the family, which is now
being used by Trenton peddler. Hooper
says he determined to give the old horse q
merciful death at soap factory. as his
days of activity are past, but a man as
signed to take the animal to the place
sold him to the peddler instead. Ths
peddler likes his bargain and refuses tc
give up, but Hooper does not want the
horse to work any longer.
The cold weather experienced during
the month of December was a good thing
for the ice merchants, as there has been
very little OF the right sort of ice weather
since, excepting last Wednesday night
when the mercury was nearly down tC
the zero mark. About three Thousand
tons of ice is the amount said to have
been stored by Atkins & Anderson, whose
favorable location at Smithville enables
them to harvest their crop early. Edward
l.. Durand is nearly through cutting, bu
the other dealers have considerable work
to do yet.
DR.. T. s. Lippincott. widower, Twins
at Pottstown. Pa, came to Mount Holly
yesterday morning. He left for the soutl
in the afternoon. taking with him bride
in the person of Miss Viola White, eldes
daughter of Mrs. Mary E. White, o
Union street. The happy pair were mar
ried at the brides home at noon, by Rev
James H. Durham, pastor of the Presby
terrain Church, the affair being strictl,
private. At one time DR.. Lippincott prac
ticed at Riverside. He was formerly
member of the Burlington County Medi
cal Society.
E. F. Hudkins, foreman of one of tn
gangs of workmen that are taking dowr
the poles and wires of the Western Uniol
Telegraph Company in this vicinity, dis
covered. while out in the country at Q. 8