The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-10-02
LOCAL NEWS.

Stetson hats, correct styles. at Bayers
dorfer's.
Charles Colby has sold tract of LAM
at Hainesport to William Painter.
The township committee has passed tn
Brainard street grade ordinance.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment OF Herman Remnant and Miss Emm
Snyder
For a first.class job of shoe repairing
try w ] Bin, corner of Church and Pin
streets. Mount Holly.
A new roof has been placed on the fac
tory of the Mount Holly Shoe Company
1t is guaranteed to be fire proof.
Spinal meningitis is disease that il
causing the death of number OF horses
in the southern part of the county.
Robert Cuts, of Tabernacle, holds the
record as cranberry picker, having
gathered eleven bushels in one day.
While at Jobstown, on Tuesday, party
was given in honor of the birthday OF
William w. Curtis, of Mount Holly.
Asher b. Kirby has purchased from
Douglass Grant the b. M Powell farm,
on the Smithville and Jacksonville road,
for So. $50.
William A. Maxwell has sold a large
tract of pine aud cedar swamp, in Wash
ington township, to Howard III. Bozarth
for 81. 600.
There have been many expressions of
approval with reference to the improve
ments which have been made in front of
st. Andrews Church.
At SherifT's sale, on Thursday, Mrs.
Beulah H. Gaskill, of Mount Holly, pur-
chased the farm of Daniel Kimble at
Jacksonville, for So, 100.
Two tracts of woodland in Willingboro
township, containing forty-two acres,
have been sold by Charles Stokes to AL
bert Hansell for 81 900
A California squash, 6Sa inches long
and weighing twenty pounds, is an agri-
cultural product raised in the yard of
Charles M. Suffer, on Pine street.
The annual supper of the Methodist
Church, of Buddtown, was held in the
hall at that place on Friday and Saturday
evenings. A neat sum was realized.
George Livingstone, who recently mar
ried Miss Lillian Barnes, owner of the
Rancocas stock farm at Jobstown, is SER
iously i'll in Toronto. His wife is in
attendance upon him.
A painful accident happened last week
to one of the girls employed in the cur
tain factory on King street. While ope-
rating a machine needle was forced
through her finger and wrapped around
the bone
Elwood H. Stokes is having fresh paint
applied to his recently purchased resi-
dence, corner of Union and Buttonwood
streets The property is being otherwise
improved by the removal of some fruit
trees and other objects.
John S. Gilbert, Superintendent of the
Burlington County Railway Company
has arranged to transport thousands of
people who will attend the Mount Holly
Fair this week. He will have headquart
ers on the grounds in order to give the
trolley service his personal supervision.
Mamie Jones, ten years old. daughter
of Harry Jones, colored, of Kinkora mar
rowly escaped being burned to death at
her home, Tuesday afternoon, by her
clothes taking fire from striking match.
A portion of her clothing was burned off.
She was burned about the chest, neck and
face.
Three times and out is the history of a
bad penny that turned up at the post office
The coin was thrown away because it had
a hole bored through it, but each time it
came up again with smile on the face of
the Indian. Deputy Postmaster A. Ell
wood Gaskill will now frame the penny in
order to keep it out of circulation.
Franklin Dill, William NJ. Madden and
Harry L. Durand of Mount Holly, Enoch
Horner, of Marlton, Isaac H. Hutchinson,
of Georgetown, Harry La Rue, of Chester
field, Albert M. Parker and Frederick w.
Taylor, of Bordentown, and Thomas
Wetherill, of Jobstown, have been sum-
moned as petit jurors in the United States
court at Trenton.
Jerome Horton is under arrest at Bev
erly for trying to attempt to use up six
young men with blackjack. Horton
was passing some friends when one of
whereupon he resented what he thought
was an insult. In the scutfie Horton pro-
duced black jack and after using it on
several attempted to administer the same
dose to Arthur Shields, who, being a
powerfully built man, succeeded in get
ting the best of him. When released,
Horton started for another, who being
swift of foot and Swift by name, soon
made his escape. Being somewhat con-
fused, Horton ran over to the other side of
the street. John Wells, young man who
was taking groceries home, was repeated
ly struck in the face, and fell, seriously
cut up The hearing took place in the
City Hall before Justice of the Peace
Frank Jones. The defendant made no ex.
cuse for his strange actions, and was held
under $1,000 bail for his appearance at the
county court.
On Thursday, Collector Frank S. Davi'
sold number of Mount Holly properties
for on-payment of taxes, as follows
Property of William Gale on White stree
to C. E. Merritt lot on Galley tract, nea
the hospital, to E. w. Evan; property O
A. E. Hermann No. LAG Water street t
c. M. Sloan; house of Ida Holt on Broad
street to c. E. Merritt; Storeys' machine
shop on Paxson street to G. +. Merritt
house of Mrs. A NJ. Smith, corner o
King and Water street to G. E. Merritt
lot of Mrs. Charles Travis on Glover stree
to Northampton township; house on Sa
Domingo tract to Northampton township
house of Joseph A. Buck, No. 229 Yves
Washington street to G. E. Merritt; hous
OF Mary cooper, NO. oVS west w asniue
ton street to Northampton township
house of Eliza Owens, 23S West Washing
ton street, and house of Jerry Still, M
234 Chestnut street, both to Northampto
township.
At II O'Clock Tuesday night flames wei
discovered in the rear of a three-stor
dwelling house on Union avenue, Delar
co, recently purchased by Charles Jon'
and occupied by Mrs Mary Fisher,
.u;da... and her four danrhters g the