The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-07
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Efforts may soon be made to organize a
choral society in Mount Holly.
The official board of the Methodist
Church rendered the members cordial
reception on Thursday evening.
One of the attractions at Indian Mills,
next Saturday, will be a shooting match
for hammerless gun and other prizes.
Buy of Cavanaugh if you want fine out
of-season vegetables. Choice fruits Of all
kinds, candy and peanuts. Main street
A meeting of the Woman's League will
be held in the Friends meeting house, on
Buttonwood street, this afternoon.
Bishop Scarborough will administer the
rite of confirmation in st. Andrews Epis-
copal Church on Sunday morning, April
80.
A dog belonging to Edwin r. Semple,
of Broad street, was shot, on Saturday
morning, because of its suspicious ac-
tons.
March came in like lamb. and If she
will show early evidences of real spring
weather. all will be forgiven, as we have
had enough of winter.
The entertainment given in the Gaskill
building, on Friday evening, for thehben-
eft of the Daughters of America, was
very successful affair.
A large number of people from Bur-
lington county witnessed the Inaugural
ton of President Roosevelt at Washing
ton, D. u, on Saturday.
According to announcement just made,
Miss Edna Cain, formerly of Mount Hol-
lY. and Floyd Kirby, of Millville, were
married last October.
Mrs Charles p johnson is expected to
return to her home at Jobstown shortly.
She is now in Philadelphia Hospital,
receiving treatment for cancer of the
stomach.
The following are the unclaimed letters
remaining in the post office for the week
ending March 4: Joe Grefit, Miss Anna
Maxwell, Miss Mary Lippincott. I'm
mailable, Miss Irene Barnes. Delanco.
While exploring in the bed of the creek
near Schrayshuen's ice house. few days
since, Charles G. Morton found rusty
cannon ball about three inches in diameter,
evidently a relic of the revolution.
The Pharisee Minstrels, composed Of
Mount Holly and Moorestown young
men, will appear in the Opera House,
Mount Holly, on March II, and give an
entertainment for the benefit of the Bur
ling County Hospital
Washburn g. Crosby fancy spring bran.
$23 per ton; choice winter bran, no better
made, $24 per ton. Full line of pigeon
and poultry supplies. Also green bone.
All kinds of feed at the lowest cash prices.
J. w. Colkitt & Co., Mount Holly, N. j.
Indiana Frank" advertised as the big
gest hog In New Jersey, will be killed at
Richard Lambs hotel, Washington house,
Mount Holly, on Friday, March II. at
A. M. The porker will be weighed at s
P. M, and the usual guessing privileges
will be allowed.
The pupils of the public school at
Unionville want flag, and to that end
they will give an entertainment ii the
school building on Wednesday evening,
March 49, Any person can become a
shareholder in the flag by purchasing a
ticket for ten cents.
Members of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety, of the Presbyterian Church. and
Epworth League, of the M. E. Church,
were present at the entertainment given
by the Baptist Young Peoples Union, on
Tuesday evening, in celebration of their
anniversary.
In order to give better service to the
people of Smithville, large water tank
is to be erected on the brick building ad-
joining the tower at that place This
tank will supplant the force pump now in
use at the machine works. The change
may tend to reduce the insurance rates
there.
1t is likely that the back taxes due
Northampton township for the year 1908,
will be collected by constable residing
in another township, who will be employ
ed for that purpose. This method of col
lecting from delinquents has always been
more successful than when the work has
been assigned to local officer.
Easter bonnets will be worn late this
year, as the church festival falls on April
20. The latest day that Easter can
come is April %, which happened in 1885,
and will occur again in 1913. The earliest
possible day for Easter is March %. 1t
fell on that day in 1918. for the first time
In 200 years. Lent begins tomorrow, and
Good Friday will fall on April 81.
Freddy the hog killed at the Mill
street hotel, on Thursday, weighed 572
pounds. George F." slaughtered at
Vincentown, on Wednesday, weighed 761
pounds. But the biggest fellow of all was
killed at Yardville, on Wednesday, tip
ping the scales at 957 pounds. Hog kill
ing seances of this character have been
very numerous throughout the county
this winter.
Apoplexy caused the death of Grant
Davis at about 100 o'clock on Friday
morning, after a brief illness. For a
number of years the deceased conducted a
hotel on Mill street, in which business he
had been engaged several places in
South Jersey. being well known boni-
face He was SO years Of age. and leaves
wife and two children. The remains
inferred in the Col estown cemetery yes
terday afternoon. The deceased was a
member of Mount Holly Lodge. No. s4s
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
The Mechanics National Bank, of Bur-
lington has issued execution on a judg-
ment recovered against Ridgway Stod.
dard, former Sheriff Charles II. Shinn and
Jacob w. Gaskill. of Mount Holly, for
s125 the amount of promissory note dis
counted for them. The money was used
in the manufacture of cattle and poultry
powders There was a disagreement
among them over the way the business
was conducted, the sales and cash receipt;
not balancing. Gaskill bought out tht
other two and they claimed he should
pay the whole amount of the note, while
Gaskill says he is liable for only one-thirt
of it and was willing to pay that much
and more, rather than suffer suit.