The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-29

is DO not forget to send flowers to thu
air room of Post 26, tomorrow. A commit
tee will be there to receive them.
at The owner of the umbrella left in the
o. Mount Holly Cemetery may get the same
pe by calling at THE News Office.
The public fountain was overhauled
v. last week and put In commission, on Sat
Il. urday, for its summer campaign.
be Mr.. and Mrs George P. Aaronson an
nounced the marriage of their daughter
ne Mary Frances, to A. Clifford Lott, on
n April 21st.
4. The circulating library of the Burling-
ton County Lyceum will open in the
~ morning from A M, until 12 M, begin
h. ming next Monday.
in An increase pension has been granted to
William H Davis, of Mount Holly. $12 from
April, ~. 1906. and $8 increase to William
!. C. Heath, Palmyra, from February 90, 1905
j. Temporary repairs are being made to
/. the Bell telephone switchboard at Jones'
n drug store. The exchange will be re-
v moved to the company's new building
h about September 1st
= Patrons entering the Union National
Bank, on Saturday morning, found things
e quite rosy, as each person connected with
: the institution wore pretty red rose on
+ the lapel of his coat.
: There will be five horse races at theFair
Grounds tomorrow afternoon, one of which
wi ho orff cd In hu Mi m
3 records ranging from AHA to 222 This
3 ought to make some interesting trials.
. Joseph Cross, of Mount Holly, is con-
fined to his hotel in Paris, with sprsined
ankle. Mr.. Cross was In an automobile
which was overturned and its owner was
killed. The accidentoccurred on Thursday.
, Miss Alice Kent Stoddard, daughter of
Rev. James Stoddard, of Mount Holly, re-
ceived the Cresson Scholarship at Acade-
my of Fine Arts on Thursday. This prize |
is $500 for four months trip to Europe. |
This is the second time Miss Stoddard has |
secured it.
Harry @. Morris. Jr., lad of twelve
years of age, living on the South Pember-
the trial of making words out of ''Buy it
at Boyce's." The boy put in 354 correct
words. The particulars of the contest
may be seen in Boyces window, on Gar
den street.
Josiah Deitz, of Water street. is in Jail
on charge of being drunk and disorderly,
and also for the larceny of household goods
from Georgianna Frake, with whom he
boarded, the goods being valued at $50.
Deitz was captured at Hainesport, early
yesterday morning, by Officer Severns, who
had hand tussle with the prisoner before
he was subdued.
new system has just been introduced
at railroad stations for checking baggage
which requires that way bill be made
out in duplicate. This takes little long
er than the old system of attaching a
check only. and the regulation requires
that baggage must be delivered at the
station at least ten minutes before the
train leaves, or it will have to wait until
the next train.
The first of the series of league games ,
of base ball of the County Y. M. G. A
will take place tomorrow. The Mount ,
Holly team will play on the High street
grounds with nine from the Beverly Y.
NJ. G. A. Medford and Moorestown will !,
try conclusions at Moorestown. Mount
Holly has had hard time putting a good
team in the field, but the prospects now :,
are that an interesting game will be played
The garden of former Councilman Early, =
of Merchantville, which has been the ad- !
miration of patrons of the trolleyline pass .
ing his place, was stripped of its blossoms !,
by thief Saturday night. 1t contained :
an exceptionally fine display of rhododen-
drons, the culture of which cost consider
able money and time. Many of the plants 4
were ruined. The police spent yesterday z
looking for the stolen blossoms in Phila- :
delphia, where it was supposed the thief :,
would take them for sale.
Another meeting of the Colbyites was s
held at the residence of Gen. Grubb, at b
Edgewater Park, on Tuesday evening. e
Senator Colby was detained by the illness {,
of his daughter, but Brother Record was v
there in all his glory. A permanent or
ganization was effected with the title of .
The Lincoln League, Gen. Grubb being :,
chosen chairman. Lawyer Simpson, of !,
Palmyra, was made secretary, and Will a
Holt of Delanco, was given the position =
of assistant secretary. A platform was :,
adopted
Acting upon an item In THE News of q
last week, Gen. A. E. Shiras Post, No. 26, c.
G. A. R., appointed committee to a
visit Bridgeboro and care for the graves u
of soldiers in the burying grounds at that fl
place. John Throckmorton, ST.. and d
Thomas Kennedy went to Bridgeboro b
yesterday and located the graves of sever Il
al old soldiers, some of which were marked Ii
with tombstones and others were neglected. p
Flags were left with the sexton of the t,
grsveyards. and he Is to be given flowers
tomorrow, which he will place on the c
graves. N
On the eve of the going into effect of the f
law permitting trolley lines to carry v
freight, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com a
pony AoS oh0CO PiOo 1hC cOubu y
of Trenton haze been making for years, a
for an early morning milk train to Phila. q
delphia. Beginning with yesterday the i
train leaves Bordentown each morning at
7. Is and runs to Cooper's Point. Camden,
tapping the milk country reaching back
into State as far as Hightstown and Mount
Holly. Milk cars are to be picked up at
a number of stations to avoid the neces-
sity of holding the train while the milk is
being loaded.
Thomas Davis, neighbor, arrested W. ]
Budd Witcraft, of Cherry street, on Sat
urday night. The prisoner, who was very {
drunk, was taken before Justice Krayer {
and committed to Jail in default of 5000
bail to await the action of the grand jury.
Witcraft beat his wife shamefully When |
the latter appeared at the Justices office I
she was in highly nervous state. Her {
eye was cut and her arms and body badly
bruised. 1t became necessary to take her
to Dr. Flynn's Office for treatment. She
said she had frequently been attacked by
her husband, but at times she succeeded
in escaping his cruelty.
| The Board of Education has elected the
following teachers for the ensuing year,
w. COLON Cook, supervising principal;