The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-11-21
1t is said that dogs have killed over 200

The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Gitl
ems and their son Frank, have been r,
moved from the Mount Holly cemetery I
Harleigh cemetery, Camden.
, The lodge of Elks will hold its annui
memorial service in the opera house o
o Sunday afternoon. December 8. Rev
: Joseph W. Cochran, d. D., win be tn
orator.
s The proposed large barn and crib hous
: for the J. Edward Dobbins farm. will b
erected by Fenton & Doughty. of Noun
, Holly. The work will be in charge o
Edward Evan.
Marion Circle, No. 8, Brotherhood o
, America, will confer degrees on about f1f
teen candidates tomorrow evening. TIL
lodge will be assisted in the work by
delegation from William Penn Circle, o
Burlington.
F. s. Groves, of Riverton. after max
ing complaint to the authorities, has Of
fered reward of $25 for the arrest of th,
parties who have twice sent bulle
crashing through window at his hous'
within few weeks
The Mount Holly Cemetery Compan,
has purchased lot of land from tn,
Rogers estate. 1t begins right back Of
the land formerly occupied as CHECKER
hatchery and extends northward. 1t will
be quite an addition to the cemetery.
The ladies of Grace church, Pemberton
will hold the annual supper in 1. o. M
hall, in that town, next Saturday evening
The bill of fare will be enough to tempt
you to drive many miles and will include
terrapin and lobster salad, boned turkey
and lots of good things.
The annual meeting of the Burlington
County Board of Education will be held
on Saturday, the ninth day of December.
and not on the third as we printed it last
week. The speaker at the banquet will
be Professor William w. Brown, princi-
pal of the Joseph Singerly School, Phila-
delphia.
Charles Ships, member of Washing
ton Camp, No. 80, Patriotic Order Sons of
America, Of Delanco, and who is the State
President. was the recipient of hand
some emblem, last week, for his efforts to
promote the interests of the order. The
presentation speech was made by Senator
John G.. Horner, member of the Camp
at Palmyra.
At the home of the bride, on Wednes-
day evening, occurred the marriage of
Miss Lizzie Dobbins, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel A. Dobbins, ST., and Harry
G. Bullock. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. George L. Dobbins. D. D., of
Camden, an uncle of the bride. Only
relatives were present Mr.. and Mrs Bull
lock will reside on Brainard street.
Walter Boswell, of Philadelphia, who
was employed repairing the roofs at the
East Burlington pipe works, slipped on
the damp roof Thursday morning and fell
to the ground As feet beneath him. The
gang that picked him up thought he was
dead. but on examination by DR.. Blair it
seemed he only had three ribs broken.
also one arm and one leg, in addition to
much general shock.
The Wall rope works, near Beverly, has
a contract to make twelve coils of rope
for the government to tow dry dock
from the United States to Manila, which,
perhaps, are the largest ever turned out
in this country. Five of them have al
ready been completed, two coils occupy
ing a large freight car. The rope is over
fifteen inches in circumference and half
mile long. A single coil weighs over
8, 500 lb.
A public meeting, under the auspices
of the Moorestown Natural History So
ciety, will be held on Third day Tuesday,
evening, 18th mouth 21st. 1905, at 8 O'Clock
in the Brainard School on Buttonwood
Street. The program is as follows:- ''The
Burlington County Lyceum", Thomas J.
Beans; Our Common Mushrooms, Sarah
G. Trimble; ''The Delaware Valley Nat
uralists Union; Its Work and Aim, James
L. Pennypacker. A cordial invitation is
extended to all interested.
The New Jersey Supreme Court has
passed on the case of /. Snowden Haines,
of Burlington, vs.. the Freeholders of Bur-
lington county, relative to the improve
ment of public road and the assessment
thereon. Mr.. Haines claimed that the as
sessment of ten per cent. levied against
the property owners could not be collect
ed owing to the passage of recent law.
The court. however, says that all assess
meets on roads contracted for before the
passage of the law in question are valid
and must be paid.
Having accepted lucrative position
in Philadelphia. Albert p. Cardwell will
suspend operations at his printing Office
on Washington street. A general strike
in job printing offices is to go into effect
on New Years day. as employers through
out the country have taken united action
against the printers union, preferring to
exercise full,~control in the conduct of
their own business. Having declared
open shop" already, many union men
have given up their positions, which are
being filed by non-union printers.
A well-known jeweler OF Philadelphia,
who has frequently advertised 1--WE
mend everything" last week received
souvenir postal from Mount Holly showing
Lovers Lane on the Mount, and written
underneath in dainty feminine hand
were the words, do you mend heartsf"
Unfortunately no name was signed. but
the firm would like to announce the balm
they usually prescribe is a drop of crys
tallized sunshine in circlet of gold, in
other words a diamond solitaire. This
message will be sent direct providing the
address is forthcoming.
DIR. John w. Branin, of Washington
street. had an unpleasant experience one
day last week by getting lost in the pines.
where he was called to attend patient.
He tied his horse to tree, and as re-
suit of reaching a cabin by forcing him
self through briars and underbrush, he
was considerably scratched and his cloth
ing was somewhat torn. He found him
self in predicament when informed that
he was about fourteen miles out of his
way. The doctor was instructed how to
get back home and he reached Mount
Holly at 2 O'Clock in the morning. much
to the relief of his family.
| 10. Henry Atkins was quite early in
making the acquaintance of Sheriff Nor