The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-11-27
The moon will be full on Friday.

/ Highest cash price paid for apple tr'
butts, by A. v. Hutchinson. Box II
Hightstown. N. j.
The members of the Sacred Hea
church will give their annual supper O
Saturday evening, December 8.
Some of the employees at the Smithvill
machine shops worked all Friday night i
order that they might have Saturday of
The w. C. T. U. will meet at the res
dence of Mrs. Samuel L. Bullock, on Gal
den street, tomorrow afternoon at thre
o'clock
Because of lack of funds with whic
to carry ON the work, the Board of Healt
has discontinued the collection of garbag
at Delanco.
You can have your home on Velox Sou
venir Postal Cards. We invite your in
spection of our samples and terms. L.
Boyce. stationer.
Charles Lorillard, who created a senss
ton on Main street about ten days ag
while insane, will be removed to the stat
asylum at Trenton to-day.
Rev. C. W. living, for over nine year
pastor of st. Mary's church, at Haledon
has accepted the change of st. Stephen
Episcopal church, Riverside, and Trinit.
church, at Fairview.
Joseph G.. Bower will have vanilla
strawberry and chocolate ice cream, ant
orange and cherry water ice for tn
Thanksgiving dinner.
Frank s Gaskill, president of the Penn
berton and Hightstown Railroad Com
pany, is recovering from a surgical opera
ton to which he recently submitted at hi
home in New Egypt.
The following unclaimed letters re
main in the post for the week ending Nov
ember Oath, Mrs. r. B. Atkinson, VIM
Breish, Mrs M. Clayton, Miss Ethel Dur
and, VIM. Gilmore and ]. A. Unger.
Daniel Evan. of Smithville, while saw
ing wood on his power machine, Friday
morning. had his leg badly injured by the
arbor breaking, the heavy piece of iron
striking him with considerable force.
Rev. T. J. Scott, of Ocean Grove. fol
40 years a-Missionary in India, delivered q
lecture on that country in the Methodist
church last evening He also preached
in the same church on Sunday.
The snow sweeper belonging to the Bur
lington County Railway Company, which
has been stored in the car barn. on Main
street, since last winter, was taken to the
power house at Hainesport, on Wednes-
day.
Judge Joseph H. Gaskill was at Christ
church. Philadelphia, on Thursday after.
noon, in attendance at the funeral OBJ
sequies over the remains of James Wilson.
a signer of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence
Thomas Horner. Jr., 15-Year old son of
Thomas Horner, of Beverly, while gun
ming for rabbits Wednesday afternoon,
blew off his left hand. Young Horner
had been warned by his father against u.s.
ing the gun, because he did not think the
trigger worked safely.
A. G. smith, farmer, living near Bur
lington. found a pocketbook containing
$500 in greenbacks and valuable papers in
Philadelphia, on Tuesday. An address in
the pocketbook made 1T possible for him
to find the owner, Philadelphia business
man, who scarcely even thanked Smith
for his trouble in returning the wallet
Should a license be granted to James
w. tanning, of Burlington. all the avail
able space in the Auditorium will be util-
lied for additional bed rooms in connec
ton with the hotel. In this event Mr..
tanning will erect building for skating
rink purposes, the use of Company A, and
in which large conventions may be held.
There is no truth in the report that Mr..
Lanning Intends to purchase the Mount
Holly Opera House, which is to be sold
at Sheriff's sale.
Miss Ida Dubell, of Florence, who was
saved from death by her heroic lover at
the sacrifice of his own life in the
Thoroughfare disaster on October %, has
not been able to leave her bed since she
was removed to her home from the Allan
tic City Hospital Her injuries and the
shock of the disaster, together with the
death of her lover, have told SO heavily
against her that her physicians give little
or no hope of her ever walking again. On
Wednesday. her death was expected, but
she has since rallied.
An instance of how an old gunner may
do a strange thing is given in an accident
which happened to Charles Decou, al
Tabernacle, last Wednesday. He saw {
gray squirrel running along the fence ano
as the animal was rapidly approaching
Mr.. Decou the latter refrained from shoot
ing as he did not want to blow the squire
to pieces, which would have been the re
suit if he had fired The squirrel came
right close to the gunner, who struck at /
with the barrel of the gun. The weapon
muzzle loader, was cooked and as Mr.
Decou struck at the squirrel the hamme
fell and tore his hand severely. TIL
squirrel ran away.
| With bullet wound over his heart anC
his left lung punctured, Howard Fox
employed at Adm Sine's cranberry bogs
near Vincentown. was brought to the Bur
lington County Hospital in serious con
dition on Thursday. Fox was examinin
his revolver when one of the cartridge
was accidentally discharged. Unable t
find physician in Vincentown when sh
arrived at that place to get treatment fc
her husband, Mrs. Fox was obliged t
drive all the way to Mount Holly, diI
lance of about seven miles, to the office {
DIR. Flynn, who Immediately ordered til
mans removal to the hospital. The col
dition CT Fox soon showed an improv
ment and he will recover.
Isaac Reeves and James Stills, of Haine
port, popular trolley crew in the emplo
} of the Burlington County Railway Con
pany, will this week enter the huckste
J ing business for about three weeks, du
: ing which time Superb tendent John
j Gilbert will hold their jobs for them.
t | is a dull season on the road now, the er
e ployes working on ten hour schedul
D This firm will cater to the wants of Il
e people living at Mount Holly, Lumbe
! ton, Medford and Moorestown, and hol
e to do a good trade, in which event thu
e will continue at the business. FL
: plants aud all kinds of truck will be {
o fered fresh and at reasonable prices. six
e will cry his goods like shad man in