The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-22
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day visitors in Mount Holly.
Spalding's base ball and athletic good
L. 3. Boyce, stationer. 25 Garden st.
The annual fair of the Cinnaminso
Children's Summer Home will be held O
! June 8.
The annual report of County Auditc
William w. Worrell appears on page tw
of THE News to-day.
I Mrs. Elwood Deviney and her sor
Frank, spent portion of last week wit
relatives at Jacobstown.
A freak chicken, having no upper pal
to its bill. is curiosity owned by Harve
Carter, of Chesterfield.
Friends in Mount Holly welcomed Rev
Frank A. Foy. on Wednesday. He is 4
charge of church at East Nutley.
1t seems to be pretty well settled tina
there will be no change in the present 10
cation of the Mount Holly post office.
Everything for the flower and vegeta
BILE garden, of best quality at REASONABLE
prices. Rosbach-s. Pemberton.
The Wednesday half holiday among
the merchants of Moorestown for June
July and August, is a movement that i
being favorably considered.
1t took ten innings for the Mount Holly
boys to lose game o. base ball to thu
Friends High School club at Moorestown
on Wednesday. The score was IA to 10.
Twenty seven is the number which tool
part in the reorganization of the Cross
wicks Grange, Patrons of Husbandry
Thirty candidates are on the list waiting
to be initiated.
DIR. Fisher, of Philadelphia, performed
successful operation on Mrs. Franklin
Dill, at her home on Cherry street, Sun
day morning, for the removal of cata
ract from her right eye.
The annual commencement of the Mount
Holly High school will take place in the
opera house. on Thursday evening. june
z. The speaker will be Professor c. A.
Herrick, of the Philadelphia High School
While out riding, on Sunday, T. Harry
Bowker found fine woodcock which had
one eye badly lacerated and part of its
bill torn off. The bird received its injury
by striking telephone wire during It's
fight.
A crowd styling themselves the Lulu
Gang" will spend to-day down the Ran
cocas creek at Irish Wharf fishing for
shad. The party left on steam launch at
8 o'clock. Magistrate Krayer will be the
commissary
The Y M. G. A. will have an evening
on Baseball" tonight Tuesday, at the
Brainard street school house The asso-
citation nine will cross bats with the Key
stones next Saturday at the Andersonville
grounds.
Notwithstanding the passage of law
limiting franchises to twenty years. 1t is
said that citizen of Columbus has offer
ed to subscribe S20.0O0 of the sum re-
quired for trolley line from Bordentown
to Mount Holly.
At Rancocas Park this season the re-
freshmen stands will be in charge of Ed
ward R. Smith, and Theodore Hates will
attend to the sale of cigars and tobacco
Manager Ellis H. Parker will look after
the amusements.
Asa Pitman, of Mount Misery, found a
rattlesnake that was asleep few days
since. He captured it alive by dropping
wire moose over its head The reptile
had nine buttons and rattle, and it was
sold at good price.
On Wednesday evening, June 9, Marion
Circle, No. 9, Brotherhood of America
will confer the Franklin, Jefferson and
Washington degrees. 1t is particularly
requested that all members who have not
had these degrees shall be present.
There will be a public meeting in the
America Hose hail. tomorrow evening,
to discuss an ordinance which will come
up for adoption relative to changing and
establishing grade for the sidewalks on
Cherry. Church and Monroe streets.
Automobiles who have about reached
the limit in that line of sport, may next
be tempted to try aerial cruising, where
speed regulations will not bother those
who desire to travel at a rapid gait Such
change would prove quite diversion.
As the result of decision rendered by
Vice Chancellor Grey, of Camden, Mrs
David Stern, of Riverside, who sued for q
divorce, must live with her husband or
support herself The testimony In the
case showed that there had been lot of
domestic fireworks in their home.
About two months ago Mrs. George D.
Worrell purchased a pony for her son
and he was delighted with the little an
imal. When brought to Mount Holly the
pony was black, but now it has changed In
color to an iron gray. showing that its
hair must have been dyed.
The case of the township of Northamp-
ton VS.. the s. C. Child's Grocery Com
pany, for the unlawful distribution of
circulars about Mount Holly, which was
postponed last week because of the abb
sence of counsel for the defence, will be
heard before Justice Krayer on Thursday.
Percy w. Woodmansie, of Barnegat
City. who is employed In the machine
shops at Smithville, got his left hand
caught in planer, ON Friday morning,
and that member was considerably lace
rated He was taken to the Burlington
County Hospital, where it was found me-
cessary to amputate the little finger at the
first joint
An electric fire, burned out nearly
all the connections on the switch board at
the exchange of the Inter State Telephone
Company. on Thursday night. Superin-
tendent Horton sent Charles Shreve to
Trenton that night after necessary sup
plies, and the damage was repaired with
all possible speed. The trouble was
caused by an accident to the apparatus
which charges the storage batteries at the
exchange.
Sallie Huber, of Burlington township,
who was in good humor from her indulg
ence in beverages, while on Water street
Saturday night, seated herself on wheel
barrow and tried to entertain those in thu
neighborhood with operate selections, bu
failed to please her audience, who regard
ed her as a nuiaance. On the complain
of James E. Berry the woman was arrest
ed and given four days in Jail by Justic,
Krayer.
Believing that ride would do her goot