The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-12

of his dog. which he believes some on
shot.
The members of Lady Marion HON
enjoyed a supper in Red Mems hall o
Saturday evening.
December 20, the final date for the pay
ment of taxes comes entirely too close t
Christmas for most people.
Seven thousand brook trout, from fou
to six inches long, were placed in tn
stream at Mount Misery, last week.
| The highest cash price will be paid TO
all kinds of raw furs at Parker's billiar'
room. No. ~ High St, Mount Holly.
Edward Godfrey, farmer. of Noun
Laurel. was robbed of some jewelry ant
several other articles by his hired man
last week.
Carleton Haines. of Tabernacle, is ii
with typhoid pneumonia, which necessi
tates Suspension of his butter and egt
route In Mount Holly.
Miss Miriam Lee Farley, the well known
elocutionist, will spend the winter il
Florida, where she will assist in enter
tainments during the season.
A mud digger is at work filling up thu
meadow land at Riverside, near Mitsch'
lumber yard, and which is owned by Capt
Walter A. Barrows, of Mount Holly.
The new freight steamer Annie l.. Van
solver, which made successful trial triI
on the Rancocas creek, on Thursday, will
be placed in commission in about ten days
Pemberton merchants feel the loss o.
trade by recent removals from that place
the result of partial closing of the sane
works of Norcross and Edmunds at Biz
mingham.
The homestead and cider mill property
at Ewanville, belonging to Charles Evan
have been conveyed to his son, Nathanie
R. Evan. and the farm of 81 acres to George
Endreas, of Smithville.
! A Christian Endeavor Society has been
organized at Imlaystown. Following are
the officers: President, William H. Hen
erickson; vice president, c. Gordon Hy
ers; secretary, George Holmes.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sharp. of Shreve
street, entertained number of friends Oh
Wednesday evening in honor of the elev.
enth anniversary of the marriage of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Sharp.
Having accepted position in the new
car shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company at Trenton, Leonard ]. Sparks,
formerly of Mount Holly, will remove
from Camden to the capital city.
Members Of the Maumee Tribe of Red
Men, of Pemberton, on Wednesday night,
visited Yancton Tribe at Vincentown.
The journey was made by stage. and it
was a beautiful moonlight trip.
Several Burlington county Republicans
were among the South Jersey politicians
who were guests at dinner given by ex-
Judge E. Amber Armstrong, of Camden
in Philadelphia, on Thursday evening.
The removal of the fire proof safes from
the temporary quarters in the Gaskill
building to the Mount Holly National
Bank, on Tuesday. was an attraction for
quite crowd of interested spectators.
Phil Karg has bought the butcher bust
ness and fixtures Of the late Charles B.
Parsons. also the real estate in which it
is conducted, and the slaughter house and
stable on Monroe street Mr.. Karg took
possession yesterday.
The two skating parks out Garden street
have been prepared for cold weather. and
a freezing spell with continued low tenn
perature for while would no doubt
bring joy to the younger element, who
have their skates ready for the first op-
portunity to participate in this healthy
sport
Judge Gaskill was unable to hold court
on Saturday, and the consideration of
legal matters was postponed for one week
While coming to Mount Holly the Judge
boarded through express train which
did not stop at Trenton, and he was car
ried on to Philadelphia, from which point
the situation was made known over the
wire.
What Ia nicer for Christmas gift than
a nicely framed picture2 1t is pleasure
to all the family. Howard L. Keller. the
photographer, has fine stock of frames
and framed pictures at his new studio AZ
Mill street. If he hasn't what you want
he will gladly get it for you as he makes
frames to order.
Presence of mind on the part of Wilbur
Perry, in stopping the engine at Dicks
hosiery mill, Riverside, on Thursday.
saved the life of Chris. Halle, the engi-
neer. who got caught in the shafting while
trying to stop leak in press box. Dur
ing the revolutions made by Halle all the
clothes were stripped from his body and
one hand was badly lacerated. The un-
fortunate man was seriously injured.
One of the features to be presented at
the Pharisee minstrel entertainment to be
given in the Opera House, on Thursday
evening, will be the Lutte Dance, in which
members of the organization will partici-
pate. The advance sale of tickets is meet
ing with gratifying success Hi Henri's
minstrel troupe will make an early APP
pearance in Mount Holly, and upon reach
ing here that organization will find that
In the Pharisees they have run up against
the real thing.
While sitting In his Office Saturday af.
ternoon, James M. Smith, after a long
sigh. remarked: well, to-day rounds out
my thirty-seventh anniversary with the
Pennsylvania Railroad. On December 10,
1868, ] accepted employment with the
company and worked for nearly year at
the freight station. Then l was trans.
ferred over here to the baggage room, OF
which ! have had charge for thirty-six
years. Because of the heavy travel to
the shore during the summer, this office
is made quite an important point along
the road. guess I'm all right, though,
or they wouldn't keep me here. Thirty.
six years Is long while to handle bag
gage, but during that period l never
smashed trunk or stepped on a woman's
corns. That's straight" quickly reiterat
ed "Jim" as friends gave him the laugh.
| Backers of the crusade for a closed Sun
day in Riverside won signal victory OIL
Friday, when fifteen storekeepers of that