The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-11-13
LOCAL NEWS.

Fine stationery. Buy it at Boyce's.
Spalding's Fall and Winter Good
Buy it at Boyce's.
Miss Addie Atkinson went to Red Bank
last week, to visit Mrs. Charles E. Her
erickson.
The Mount Holly Opera House will b
sold under foreclosure proceedings by tn
Sheriff on December 1.
For two or three weeks workmen hav
been engaged scraping and painting tn
iron bridge at Hainesport.
been closed because of the existence o
diphtheria.in the home of five pupils.
Frederick H. Lee of Mount Holly, &C
companied party of officials who mad
their annual inspection of the Tuckertoi
Railroad, on Thursday.
Mrs. Louisa s. Gibbs, of Mount Holly
has sold the Thomas J. Warren farm il
Springfield township, containing 1877 acres
to Brose E. Smith, of Wrightstown.
The store building occupied by William
Atkinson, corner of Main and Garden
streets, and also the adjoining property,
has been given fresh coat of paint.
Mrs. Ella Haines Schee No 101 Gar
den street, Mount Ho ". has resumed her
Wednesday shopping in Philadelphia, and
will give all orders her careful attention.
An ordinance has been introduced in
Beverly City Council giving the Camden
& Trenton Trolley Company the right to
carry freight and express matter through
that city.
Mrs. Jerome B. Grigg, on returning
from her trip to Boston, was the recipient
of dinner party given in her honor. on
Wednesday evening, by Mr.. and Mrs. M.
E. Matlack
DIR. J. c. Stills making extensive re-
pairs to his residence on Madison avenue
1t was the meadow on West Washington
street running to the creek which he re-
Gently sold to Albert Wolfrom.
November 20 is the date set tor the
marriage of Miss Josephine s. Budd,
granddaughter of Mrs. Phoebe Budd,
formerly of Mount Holly, to ]. Van Box
kelen Nets, of Petersburg, Va.
Appraisers report that the stock in the
dry goods store of William w. Curtis, de-
ceased, of Mount Holly, is valued at $25,
O00 William G.. Wetherill is meeting
with success in his continuance of the
business
On Wednesday C. j. Krayer, agent Of
the New York Life Insurance Company,
handed to Mrs Byron Grigg, of Washing
ton street, check for So, 048 SO, being the
amount of policy on the life of her de-
ceased husband.
William Butler, colored, son of Charles |
Butler, of West Washington street, says
he had nothing to do with recent fight
which occurred at the corner of Water
and King streets. Butler declares that
two other men are responsible for that
trouble.
The exchange of the Bell Telephone |
Company, which has been located in the |
drug store of Edward B. Jones for a long
time, will soon be transferred to the COM |
pany's new building on Main street, to-
gether with Miss Herbert and Miss Sea-
man. the obliging day and evening ope-
rators The switch board in the new ex-
change has desks for seven operators, and |
that number may be employed if the
company is successful in its canvass of
this territory for new subscribers.
With. the idea, perhaps, that they might
circulate more freely with less labor to
themselves, a large number of eels en-
tered one of the water wheels at the works
of the FL. B. Smith Machine Company, at
Smithville, on Tuesday. The fish soon
realized that they were up against it, the
speed at which they were churned being
too fast for self control. The wheel be-
came clogged with fragments of the cells,
and the machinery had to be stopped in
order that the trouble might be adjusted
The new gas was used at the Court
House, on Thursday evening, for the first
time. and not in years has the building
beer SO brilliantly illuminated. The in
stallation of this plant by the county is
an object lesson in municipal ownership.
The lighting committee held open house
on Saturday evening, when the entire ser
vice in the Court House was in operation
Many citizens entered the building to in
spect the new lights, which are all that
could be desired New piping, fixtures
and lamps have been installed, the whole |
outfit costing 50. 43O.
A little incident out of the ordinary,
which passed off without any harm being
done, occurred on Main street, opposite
Paxson street, on Wednesday afternoon
Usually it is the bicycle that runs over
the boy, but in this case the conditions
were reversed. As F. Carlton Dalton was
riding up the street on his wheel at slow |
gait, a small boy, who was playing with !
companion, accidentally ran into the ma |
chine and got pretty well tangled up
from being thrown to the ground, and |
managed to make quick stop, which was |
of decided benefit to the PROSTATE lad, |
whose arms were in a dangerous position |
Persons on Main street Tuesday night. |
about 1890 o'clock, thought something |
was doing when they heard the burglar |
alarm ringing in the jewelry store of Ross
w. Quicksall. The police and some in
terested citizens took positions in the front
and rear of the building to await develop
ments, but only the incessant ringing of
the bell could be heard. Policeman John |
L. Severns went to the home of Mr.. Quick
sail and gave notification of what was
going on. In short time the watchers
entered the store but no robbers were
present. An investigation resulted in the
finding of circuit which had been formed
by the crossing of two wires, from which
mice had evidently eaten the insulation.
The first of course of University Ex-
tension lectures was delivered in the Court
House last Thursday evening, by Prof. ]
Duncan Spaeth. Phi. D., of Princeton Uni
versity. The subject was BENJAMIN
Franklin, the Practical Philosopher" and
the treatment of it was highly masterful
and scholarly. Fol nearly an hour and a
half this brilliant and eloquent lecturer
held the rapt attention of his entire aud
ience DR.. Spaeth is of commanding
presence, of pleasing, rich and powerful
voice, and his delivery is extempore. His
happy manner of weaving into the solid
matter of his scholarly lecture many