The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-19
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NAOcC0 yCotSA0oy
John Longstreet spent Wednesday wit
friends at Beverly.
The ice on the pond at Smithville
about two inches thick.
George J. Robertson has a bunch o
keys which he found on Thursday.
Owen Wister, we'll known author, /
i spending the winter at Browns Mills
Joel P. Rossell, one of the Oldest resi-
dents of Mansfield, was buried on Wednes
day.
A front porch is being added to thu
residence of William B. Ogburn, on Mil
street.
A fine grade of white sand has been de
iveloped at the Roebling works, near Kin
kora.
Judson c. Gaskill. who has been con
fined to the house by illness, is able to b.
out again.
Fred w. Schleicher has accepted a posi-
ton with shoe manufacturing firm a
Reading, Pa.
Ezra Scattergood, of Columbus. has gon'
to California to spend the winter He will
be located at Pasadena.
| Ex-Mayor Flanders, of Burlington, hal
received a contract to furnish hose fol
the new fire company at Lumberton.
Samuel Shinn, of Garden street, killed
fifteen spring pigs, on Wednesday, the
aggregate weight being 300 pounds.
A Farmers Institute will be held in Odd
Fellows hall, at Columbus, to-day. Ad-
dresses will be delivered by well known
speakers
A battalion drill of the members of Com
pany E was held in their armory on King
street last night Major Shivers and other
officers were present.
Having recovered from his attack of
typhoid fever, Walter HI. Mason has re-
sumed his position as bookkeeper at the
store of George d. Worrell.
A very interesting lecture was deliver
ed in the Methodist Church, Cd Friday
evening, by Rev. George M. Hughes. the
pastor. His subject was "The West" 3
Ellis HI. Wright is recovering from the
( injuries he received by falling through
the Barnegat bridge while engaged with a
force of men repairing the structure.
The next meeting of the Past Coun-
cillors' Association, Junior o. U. A. NJ,
of Burlington county, will be held at Bev-
erly, on Monday evening, March ~, next.
A delegation from the Shepherds of
Bethlehem took trolley ride to Moores-
town, on Thursday evening, and paid a
| fraternal visit to lodge of the order at
that place.
| A district meeting of the Patriotic Or
der Sons of America will be held at Mer-
chantville on Tuesday evening. January
IA All lodges in this section will send
representatives.
| T. -. hac Atod
] by John A. Potts, formerly a farmer on
the Jacksonville road, and later resident
of Columbus. His liabilities are So, 900,
and his assets $50.
The stores will not be open the day be-
| fore Christmas this year, and it is well to
bear this fact in mind. Saturday will be
the last opportunity to hold communica-
ton with Kris Kingle.
After the first of the year, Howard l..
Keller, the photographer, will destroy
great many of his old negatives, as he
needs the room If any one wishes dupli-
Gates please let him know.
A peculiar disease has attacked chick
ems at Moorestown. The fowls do not eat,
cannot walk and finally fall over on their
sides and die. No explanation has been
given for this strange disease.
New Egypt sports report the wild game
harvest in that section to be 1904 rabbits.
657 quails and 432 squirrels. The number
of barn pheasants bagged by pot hunters is
large, but the exact figures will never be
known.
Howard T. Woertz, of Beverly, and
Miss Ada E. Bond, of Pemberton, were
married at the latter place last week.
The ceremony took place at the home
IL Il - 1od
by Rev. Milton Relyea.
The Adams Clay Mining Company, with
headquarters in Mount Holly, has elected
the following directors William ]. Kel-
| ley, Harry L. Neale, Jesse L. Kernis.
Annie J. Neisby, George Dougherty and
Blanchard II. White.
The crib house on the farm of ]. Ed
ward Dobbins is about completed. 1t is
hardly probable that the barn will be
erected before spring. The foundations
for the structure froze before they had
dried out, and they will have to be re-
built.
At Philadelphia, last week, marriage IL
censes were granted to Rev. Joseph P. Car
man, of Rancocas, and Mary G. Toure-
sey, of Philadelphia J. Hllliard Haines,
of Rancocas, and Lorenz Clark, of Phila-
delphia John K. Meesky, of Philadel-
phia, and Ellen ]. Lucas, of Burlington.
1t seems that other than gold brick
schemes can be successfully worked at
BOrdentown, where two or three persons
find themselves out from IS to $40 each.
A man giving the name of William john
son, and alleging to be a farm hand in
that vicinity, worked a clever trick. The
swindler said he had been left So, 900 by
an aunt in Danbury, Conn. johnson ask
ed his victims what he should do with his
money and if they would be willing to
invest it for him, which they agreed to do
But it was necessary to have money to go
to Danbury to get the legacy, and this
was secured on loan that will be more
than temporary.
John Lingerman, living near Horners-
town, was brutally attacked one night last
week while on his wayshome from lodge.
He heard a woman scream, and entering a
zee of woods to investigate. was seized
by /, man who aimed q revolver at his
hears but the ball went wide and lodged
in hi arm, boring hole entirely through
the limb Just below the shoulder. A sec
ond shot struck Lingerman in the side.
breaking his watch into many pieces and
rendering him unconscious. The injured
man was found by searching party.
The mild weather which has been en-
joyed during the past few weeks was
rudely Jared. on Friday, by the arrival
of the first snow storm of the season and
some pretty cold weather. The wind al
most assumed the proportions of biz
card. A trolley car leaving Burlington at
412, arrived in Mount Holly after great
difficulty at g. 40 P. M. Snow fell to the
depth Of several inches, bringing out
sleds and shovels and creating demand
for rubber foot wear Sleet and rain fol.
owed on Saturday, making walking some
what difficult and dangerous.
An interesting law suit will be tried be.
fore Justice Benjamin White, at Pember
ton, this week, over a package sent by j.
Colby Montgomery. 1t was shipped by
package express, but was not called fol
agent. Benjamin johnson, added an ex
press charge of ten cents, as required by
the railroad company. Mr.. Montgomery
refused to pay the express charge, and has
brought suit to recover the package
He insists that the railroad company has
no right to impose such penalty when II
fails TO notify the c0nsignee that the *
age has arrived.
The following properties we're sold OF
Thursday by Ex Sheriff Bower: A hous,
! on Lawrence street, Burlington, sold al
, the property of Laura H. Brown, TO
Isl, 500, to Charles F. Seaman, of Ham
burg, Pa, who held the second mortgage
The property of Matte G. Morton, of Bur
t lington, was bought by Ernest Watts, a
a executor of the Dubell estate, for 81, 005
A tract of land consisting of over ZOO
acres, in Woodland and Washington town
ships, belonging to Stephen Lee, was sol,