The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-06
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1906
LOCAL NEWS.

Shinn's Sunday newspaper route.
Refined gentleman can have good boar
in private family. 81 Shreve street.
Frank S. Davis and DR.. Lord, join
owners, offer the Trinity church buildin
for sale.
Blanchard 81. White has leased the ID
Coleman property in Pemberton and wi
move into it in short time.
Miss Byrde Norcross, teacher of plan
and organ. Apply for terms at Sheriff
residence, Mount Holly, N. j.
Charles B. Horror & Son. nurserymel
at Mount Holly, offer for sale an extr
fine lot of Barred Plymouth Rock cocker
els. prize strain.
Joseph A. Ward has resigned his posi-
ton at DR.. Barrington's drug store and
will start in business for himself at Orang'
about the first of March.
On Saturday night some malicious per
son pushed over tomb stone at Fryer
marble yard, on Washington street, caus
ing damage to the extent of go
Several persons took the "a. D. T." de
gree on Thursday evening, at meeting
of Washington Camp, No. II, T. o. 3. Of
A. A very pleasant time prevailed.
Lost-On Thursday evening between
Madison avenue and Clifton avenue, $2(
bill. Return to Mrs. ]. E. Cullen, 6s
Madison avenue, and receive reward
The left optic of Nelson Duncan was In
bad shape last week because Of blow he
received at the hands of John G. Watson,
who was held under 500 for his future
good behaviour.
The Bordentown Driving Association
was incorporated on Friday. The total
authorized capital is $4,000. The incor-
porators are Fletcher L. Beatty, Walter
L. Carslake, Thomas Harrison, William
Herbert and Frank Ridgway.
Misses Edith H. Cook and Miriam E.
Oatman came home from Trenton, last
Tuesday, to enjoy an enforced vacation
from their duties at the State Normal
School, because of che presence of
scarlet fever at that institution.
A fire on Thursday night destroyed a
large barn, situate in the most thickly
populated portion of New Egypt. threat
ening for time the entire business por-
ton of the town. The buildings destroy
ed belonged to HsM. Moore. and were
partly insured.
George W. Frake has purchased the DR..
Brown property on White street. 1t ad-
joins the property of Mr.. Frake. Some
time since there was a dispute over the
line between these properties. Mr. Frake
will add enough ground from the new
purchased to the other property to settle
all disputes in the future.
On Wednesday morning. about O'Clock,
Henry Malsbury, who lives in Collin Meirs
tenement house, near Cream Ridge, was
suddenly awakened by the smell of smoke.
On investigating he found the house on
fire and had all he could do to save him.
self and family. The house and all the
furniture and other household goods were
destroyed.
At the steam mill of ]. w. Colkitt &
Co. you will find full line of all kinds of
feed carried by first-class mills. For grist
work none better and few as good. Wet
brewers grain, 12a cents per bushel; corn,
60 cents per bushel; cracked corn and feed
meal, 81. 10 per hundred. Car to arrive
Ceroline, $1.20 per hundred. All feeds at
lowest cash prices.
The old Adams Express Office at II Main
street, has been rented by the Iris Optical
Co., of Philadelphia, and will be in charge
of H. Benton Young, Oph D. Mr.. Young
is graduate of Physiological and Opthal-
mic Optics and will be in attendance
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from
pa. NJ. until P M. where he will scien-
tifically examine your eyes free and pre-
scribe glasses should you require them.
Frank L. Garbarino. of Merchantville,
and formerly of Mount Holly, who has
been connected with the Bureau of Immi-
grafton at Philadelphia, is now connect
ed with the United States Secret Service.
After making an arrest. at Delaware, of
man who was importing girls from Italy
for immoral purposes, Frank received
.black hand" letter, which threatened
his life if he proceeded to prosecute the
offender. But he did just the same.
The Civic committee having In charge
the formation of village improvement
society. has called a meeting to be held
in the court house. on Tuesday evening of
next week, February 10. at 7.30
o'clock. for the purpose of perfecting
an organization and starting the work. 1t
IL hoped that all good citizens are interest
ed In improving eur town in every way
possible, and every one who has any in
terest whatever in the work is earnestly
requested to be present.
The Peoples National Bank, of Penn
berton, was organized at that place, on
Thursday, with Theodore Budd as presi-
dent and Clifford E. Budd, vice president.
All the stock was subscribed. The
following were elected directors: Theo
dore Budd, CliffordE. Budd, W. Il. Hart
man. ]. Colby Montgomery, WINS ]. Da-
Wis, Harry B. Davis. Isaac w. Budd, j.
B. Kelsey, NJ. Warner Hargrove. Albert
Horner, Thomas Early, Charles 81. Davis.
William H. Smith, Eber DeCou and Isaac
Rogers.
The Mount Holly Water Company has
placed ample fire protection about its works
on Green street by installing iron shutters
on the windows next to the ice house,
from which latter building the tool house
has been removed to a place of safety.
A line of pipe has been placed around the
pumping station. with hydrant for steam
and hose nozzles, and shut-of nozzles have
been placed ready for use on one hundred
feet of hose. Should fire break out there
both the building on the water company's
property and the adjoining ice house can
be well soaked with water, an independent
auxiliary to the local fire department.
The three children of James Giberson,
living on the outskirts of Pemberton,
started off for walk. on Saturday after
noon, and became lost in the woods.
Their ages range from 8 to 10 years. The
father thought that perhaps they had
stopped at the house of some neighbor
and would soon be home. But they re.
uaainad AWAY oil ninht and the sitn o. ton