The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-06-06

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NJ Kellogg, of Union street, We're sold q
public sale on Saturday.
: There will be meeting of the Women
League, this afternoon, in the Friends
Meeting house. on Buttonwood street
: William B. Abbey, of High street,
preparing for trip to Europe. He wi
probably leave Mount Holly the latte
part of this month.
Because of his failure to get license
G aries s. Sterling has opened temper
ance hotel at Hartford, where he viii
serve meals and refreshments.
Because of the running of larger en-
gines, all the tracks in the railroad yart
at the freight station have been equipped
with new 81 pound steel rails.
The merry-go round, owned by Georg'
Fl. Bates, has been erected on Pine street
next to the Relief engine house, where il
will probably remain for the summer.
Joseph Davis, of Vincentown, is {
patient in the Burlington County Hos
pital, having been stricken with paralysi:
while attending the Episcopal church al
that place.
Hilarity and beer were the principal
features which characterized the celebra
ton of Polish wedding, which took
place at Hainesport last week. Accord
ing to the usual custom, the festivities
lasted for three days.
Having completed his arrangements fol-
the summer, Nelson Burr Gaskill has gone
west, where he will spend few months
in seeking healthful exercise and also
some of the bears which President Roose-
welt failed to capture.
Following are the unclaimed letters re-
naming in the post Office for the week
ending June 8: Mrs Rachel Apologize.
Archie Adams, William s. Black, II. j.
Burns, David Matthews. F. G. ManleY,
Mrs. w. L. Palmer.
A strawberry festival, to raise money for
charitable purposes, will be held at the
Greedy farm on Wednesday evening, June
IA. If the weather is favorable there will
no doubt be g. large attendance, as the
trolley cars to Burlington pass the door.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Vincentown branch of the Burling-
ton County Railroad Company. for
the election of directors to serve for the
Qn Iiun mill he ho11 In No
Saturday, June "a, al 10 o'clock a. m.
India linons and Persian lawns from s
cents up. Just the right material for
summer dresses. Ladies' white skirts,
tucked and lace trimmed, from so cents
up. Ladies' short skirts from 80 cents up.
Cambria corset covers %, 81, 40 and 30
cents. s. s. Evan. 2s Main street.
Having died in St. Francis Hospital,
Trenton, where he had been sent for
treatment of dislocated hip, the result of
a fall, John N. Conner was buried in
Mount Holly. about a fortnight ago, the
funeral being under the direction of F. B.
Keller, of Bordentown. The deceased,
who was "a years old, was former post
master of Columbus.
Fleeing from an imaginary woman, who
was probably only the creation of drink
affected brain, Robert Finnigan, on Tues
day, disregarded the shouts of warning
from Mortified crowd and rushed to
death in front of a New York express
train, at Riverton. His head was crushed,
but before he died he told Marshal Thos
Ryan of the woman following him. Fin
nigan was 80 years old and a carpenter,
but his residence is unknown. He had
been drinking heavily before the fatal
accident.
When the new township of North Han
over was created. the matter of schools
was overlooked. North Hanover town
ship has but two school houses in its
limits, at Jacobstown and Arneytown.
The old township of New Hanover pro-
poses to charge the new township for all
the scholars which attend its schools at
Coobstown and Wrightstown, which will
be very expensive. 1t has been suggest
ed that a new two-story school building
be put up at Jacobstown at cost of
about $4,000, engage two teachers and
have teams cart the scholars from dis
lance to the school. This method will
also be expensive, and the situation
at best is an unpleasant one.
Detective Parker went to Merchantville,
on Thursday, and in company with Chief
of Police Linderman, of that place arrest
ed James Dougherty, who is charged with
stealing horse and carriage in Burling-
ton county. The fellow was captured on
a nearby farm. Upon reaching Merchant
vile DoughertY suddenly jumped from
the wagon and ran, but four shots from
the officers revolver caused him to halt.
Parker brought the prisoner to Mount
Holly in the afternoon. 1t has since been
learned that the prisoners right name is
John Dawson, a well known thief. He
stole a rig from Joseph P. Dwyer, OF
Philadelphia, which seems to be his
special line of business.
Because of the abuse heaped upon him
for enforcing the ordinances of Chester
township, George Brock has rendered his
resignation as a member of the township
committee, to take effect January 1, 1906
He is said to be better posted than any
other man in the municipal affairs Of
Moorestown. Concerning this matter
Mr.. Brock said: 81 do not propose t.
take the abuse any longer that taxpayer
are heaping on the committee and myself
do not have to, and what is more, l will
no longer stand for it. l have sacrificed
much time in this work, and l am at al
age when would like to be relieved o
the cares of public life as well as bushes
life" Dr. Joseph Stokes also rendered
his resignation as a member of the com
mittee.
Burglars entered the Pennsylvania Rail
! road station at Edgewater Park, at a
| early hour Friday morning, and blowing
open the safe, got away with 800 i
; money. They ransacked the Office an
mutilated large number of tickets.
bundle of express packages, which evt
IDENTIFY they had prepared to take wit
e them, was left on the floor, the thieve
! apparently being frightened away Nigh
e Operator Watson left the station at on
a o'clock Friday morning. At 5 o'cloc
: Agent w. T. Wells entered the office an
: found everything in confusion. tt
t thieves gained entrance to the mems wal
0 ing room by cutting out square from
S window pane. They then pried out OF
l. of the bars in the ticket window with