The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-12-04
Rich cut glass. Buy it at Boyce's.

Christmas and New Year post cards.
Buy it at Boyce's.
5 Velox Post Cards of your home on short
notice. L. S.Boyce. stationer.
The annual supper given by the Union
vile Sunday school netted $14S.
: At Durand's ice house this morning the
mercury was ten degrees above zero.
r Lost. last week, gentleman's tie con-
; tanning pin. Reward IL returned to 132
Mill street
Mrs. James Wisenan. of Risdon street,
has been confined to bed during the past
few days by illness.
The ladies of the Baptist Sunday school
will hold cake sale in the store adjoining
Miss Sue Evans residence, on Saturday
afternoon
The six o'clock closing of the Mount
Holly stores on Tuesday and Thursday
levenings will be suspended next week
until after Christmas.
Fenimore Brothers will be ready for
business on Thursday of this week ia a
temporary building on the site of the one
burned last week They invite all their
old friends and many new ones TO visit
them.
Frank s. Gaskill. President of the
Union Transportation Company, who was
Ioperated on at Jefferson Hospital, Phila-
delphia, on the 10th of November, is do
inn vorxy n;oolv and avpaofo RI roturn IN
his home at New Egypt before the middle
of this month. The operation was for
stone in the bladder, and it was quite sue
cessful, the stone which was removed by
Professor H. r. Loux. was as large as a
hens egg, and is said to be the largest
ever taken from patient at that hospital
Prettiest Play in Years. -"Thorns and
Orange Blossoms, new play belonging
to the comedy drama class, is meeting
with decidedly favorable attention en-tour.
1t is referred to by those who have seen 1t
as the prettiest play in years, This is one
of the Rowland & Clifford attractions,
who also have en-tour ten other frstclsss
theatrical enterprises. ''Thorns and
Orange Blossoms" will be seen in Mount
Holly on Monday evening, December 10.
| The cast is far above the average and the
production superior in detail.
Late Monday night of last week the hay
press belonging to Mrs. Ella Harker. at
Wrightstown, was discovered to be on fire
and in short time was a mass of ruins. |
While the fire was burning a man was
seen sitting near by calmly watching the
flames His actions aroused suspicion and |
he was arrested. The man gave the name |
of Miller and admitted he was RESPONSE |
BILE for the fire but claimed it to have |
been an accident. 1t is thought he is a
monomaniac on the subject of FIRE. Mrs.
Harker suffers great loss as the hay press
was filled with hay and straw.
The combined musical clubs of the
University of Pennsylvania will give
concert in the Mount Holly Opera House,
on Tuesday evenir g, December IS. The
music and fun loving folks of our com
munity will find great treat in this en-
tertainment. The combined clubs, Glee,
Banjo and Mandolin, number about sixty
members. Professor Emo, being the
musical director, insures a first class in
strumental performance, and the Glee
club fairly bubble over with college fun
and spirit. The concert is for the benefit
of the Mount Holly Y. NJ G. A. and is
given under the auspices of its Board of
Directors. Tickets, SOC, 35c and % cents.
on sale at Jamison's stationery store,
December 10.
Much interest was shown at the sale by
the Sheriff, on Saturday afternoon, of the
Concert Hall in Mount Holly. The prop
erty was sold to foreclose mortgage OF
SO, 900, the entire amount necessary to be
realized being SO. $50, which included the
accrued interest and costs The amount
of the claim was soon reached and then
the bids advanced $50 at time until the
sum of 81 $50 was reached, at which price
the property was cried off to Judge Ben
aiah P. Wills The purchasers are said
to be Judge Wills, William Wright and
Charles H. Folwell. The sale did not in
clude the furniture and scenery. The in
tentions of the new purchasers have not
been made public, but the place will prob
ably be continued as an amusement hall.
George N. Winner, one of the members
of the Burlington County Board of Taxa
ton, lives in Palmyra and the post ONCE
is in one portion of his house. Mr..
Winner has a little dog which he calls
kid" The animal is always wide awake,
and generally greets every visitor with
vigorous barks. A few days since gen.
tleman called and was saluted by Kid In
very noisy manner. The visitor asked |
Mr.. Winner what he kept the pup for and
the answer was che is good to scare burg
lars away" And that is just what Kid |
did on Saturday night. According to the !
usual custom he was put into the post |
Office where he has bed A little after |
midnight Kid began vigorous barking. |
Mrs Winner was the first to awake and
she at once went down to ascertain the
cause of the dogs uneasiness. In few
moments she went back and, grabbing a
revolver, awoke her husband and told him |
to get weapon aud follow her. Mr..
Winner did so, but when he got down
stairs there was no cause or chance to use
the pistols. An examination, however,
showed that burglars had ATTEMPTED to
enter the post Office A shutter had been
pried off with jimmy and the attempts
to raise a window were plainly visible.
| Al. Aa.- Ak<,t
men would undoubtedly have accom-
plished their purpose.
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