The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-01
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Freeholders will be held to- morrow.
A large audience enjoyed the chora
service at St. Andrews Church on Sunday
evening.
A porch is being added to the property
of W. Roland Warrick, on upper
High street
A case of blood poison sent William
Durand to the Burlington County Hospi-
tai last week.
The w. G. t. U. will meet at the home
of Mrs. Boyce, Garden street. tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock.
Capt Walter A. Barrows, of Mount
Holly, will deliver the address at Lum-
berton on Memorial day.
The boats of the Delaware River Trans
portation Company have resumed their
Sunday trips for the season.
Miss Byrde Norcross, teacher of piano
and organ. Apply for terms at Sheriff's
residence. M ,'lnt Holly, N. ].
The Comptroller of the Currency has
approved the application for a national
bank at New Egypt, with capital of $685.
900.
The congregation of the Baptist church
is justly proud of their contribution to the
San Francisco sufferers, which has reached
$515.
Some valuable machinery belonging to
the III. B. Smith Machine Company was
destroyed by the earthquake at San Fran
cisco.
Mrs. Victor H. Reid, of Pittsburg, Pa.
came to Mount Holly, last week. to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William s.
Kelley.
William Hawkins. of West Washington
street. who was operated on for appendi-
citis in a Philadelphia hospital. died
there last week.
Nelson Pumyea left Sunday evening
for Pittsburg, PA, where his employers.
Sims & Company, have contract that
will last about two years.
At the Home for Aged People in Phil
adelphia, week ago, occurred the death
of Joanna Dufield, formerly of Mount
Holly, aged SO years.
Herbert Jacobs, of Riverside, and Ed.
Lowdine, of Burlington, are booked for q
six round sparring match, to be pulled off
at the latter place tomorrow evening.
Elias Lemon. aged 80 years, living near
Retreat, is very i'll. He is known through
out the county as "Owly," and is one
of the oldest men living in the pines.
The vicious dog belonging to William
Eddy, which has bitten number of chill |
dren, is now enjoying long sleep pro
duced by the application of chloroform
There was a large gathering at Red
Mems hall, on Saturday evening, when
the thirty second anniversary of Lady |
Marion Home, No. 8, Brotherhood of
America, was celebrated in a pleasing |
manner.
There is every indication that shad fish
ing this year will be failure. The gen.
orally accepted theory for this condition
is that the sewage with which the river is |
has driven shad out of the
Delaware river
While driving team of mules attached |
to heavy field roller at Wrightstown,
on Wednesday afternoon, one of the lines
broke. throwing Anthony Parker to the
ground. The roller passed over his body,
badly injuring him.
will repair your watch and not charge
you over one dollar. care not how much
repairs it needs. but in many cases less
than one dollar. My work must give sat
or your money back. II. V.
Stratton, jeweler, 80 Main street.
Lillian Lucas. the oldest operator at
the exchange, having been with the In
er-State Telephone Company for five
years, left this morning to work for the
Bell Company at Burlington. When the
latter's new building in Mount Holly is
the young lady will be trans
ferred back to the county seat
Oyster planters at Tuckerton and West
Creek this Spring will put nearly or quite
b100, 900 in Tuckerton bay in the shape of
Long Island South oyster seed. Fully
100. 900 are said to have been put in Little
Egg Inlet, or to be already chartered, and
some planters say the amount planted this
year, when the accounts are all in, will |
exceed that figure.
A petty swindler is working New Jer |
sey towns, fleeing people out of small
amounts by representing himself to be an
agent of Newark firm and selling tickets |
calling for photographs at reduced price.
The man secures deposit of so cents for |
the ticket. He works only few days in
q town, so that by the time people dis |
cover that he has misrepresented himself |
he is out of their reach.
Representative Gardner has been advised |
that a pension has been granted to Eliza
beth Gardner. of Vincentown, at IS a
month from July IL, 1905, and 50 month |
for a minor child, and the accrued pension |
of her husband, Frank Gardner, from
June 8, 1906 He has also received notice |
of pension being granted to Samuel g.
Cranmer, of Moorestown, at IS month |
from February 8. 1906.
A very serious accident happened to
Miss Effle Lucas, of Browns Mills, on
Thursday afternoon. She is teacher of
the public school at New Lisbon, and
while burning some brush and old leaves
her skirts took fire, her hips and limbs be-
ing burned in shocking manner. Cries
of the children bought assistance and the
flames were extinguished. Miss Lucas was
conveyed to the residence of Horace Har-
ker and physician summoned. Her con-
dition is critical.
St. Andrews Chapter, No. Is, of Mount
Holly. the oldest chapter in New Jersey
of the Brotherhood of st. Andrew. will
celebrate its twenty first anniversary this
Tuesday evening, May 1. Services will
be held in St. Andrews Church at 7.45
O'Clock. Brotherhood members from
many parts of the state are expected to at
tend. Great interest will be added by the
presence of John M. Locke, of Orange, q
member from New Jersey in the National
Council. to address the gathering. Every
body most cordially welcome.
The contributions to the fund for the
California sufferers was increased on Sat
urday by the the addition of $3.50, given
by the Junior Dramatic Company, of
Mount Holly. This organization has for
its members the following boys: Fred L.