The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-09

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first.
DIR. W. W. Whitehead is having a new
porch placed in front of his residence OIL
High street.
One of the children of Evans Haines
on White street, is i'll with light attacI
of scarlet fever.
Martin Bayersdofer and family have re
turned from ten days try to Pittsburl
and Oil City. Pa.
The ice men have right to laugh thii
morning with the mercury at fifteen de
grees above zero.
Henry Darnell is making extensive ad
ditions and alterations to his hotel, the
Holmshurst, at Atlantic City.
Miss Byrde Norcross, teacher of piano
and organ. Apply for terms at Sheriff's
residence, Mount Holly, N. j.
Richard Lamb will hold his annual ter
rapin supper at the Washington House
on Thursday evening, January 20.
1t is reported that the charges agains,
Warren A. Vanderveer, at the Annapolis
Naval Academy. have been dropped.
]. Fred Laumaster was down town last
week for the first time in three months.
He is slowly recovering from his illness
Mrs. Victor H. Reid, of Pittsburg. Pa,
came to Mount Holly last week to visit
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William s. Kel-
ley.
Thursday, January %, will be donation
day at the Burlington County Children's
Home. Do not forget this worthy insti-
tuition.
The Epworth League of the Methodist
Church will hold sale of bread, cakes
and pies at No. 70 High street, on Satur
day afternoon.
Mrs. G. A. Moses. who keeps a store on
West Washington street, is improving in
health. She has been confined to the
house month from general debility.
On Thursday Henry ]. Trick, agent for
the owner. will offer for sale the William
Fl. Doron farm, between Vincentown and
| Pembertown. 1t contains about 81 acres.
Trinity Church corporation closed its
affairs on Saturday, when it transferred
to St. Andrews Church the cemetery on
Pine street. The sum of So, 500 accom-
panied the transfer.
The Epworth League of the Methodist
church was quite successful with its cake
sale on Saturday. In the evening the
Junior League gave very tempting sup
per in the Masonic Temple.
A series of social dances will be held in
the Smithville Opera House every Friday
evening. beginning January IL. Dancing
from to 10. Good floor and good music.
The best of order will be maintained,
A tarantula has been added to the curio
collection at the public school. The dead
ly insect was taken from bunch of ba
nanas at Matlack's fruit store yesterday.
1t was presented to Prof. W. COLON Cook.
Miss Lidie Armstrong has become the
wife of Edward Thomas. They were
married by Rev. George M. Hughes, on
Saturday, December 30, at the home of
Mrs. William Elliott. on Budd street.
George L. Gillingham has rented the
Swedes Run farm, adjoining his home
stead farm, near Moorestown, to the II.
A. Dreer Co., Inc, for three years They
will raise fifteen acres of dahlias and about
40, 900 peonies on the ground.
The remains of Eliza H., wife of JOS
eph II. Butcher, of Philadelphia, will be
inferred in the Mount Holly cemetery to-
day The funeral party will come from
Camden to Mount Holly on the funeral
trolley car belonging to the Camden and
Suburban Company.
The burning of Christmas tree in the
yard back of the residence of Edward L.
Durand, on Mill street, on Sunday even
in. The firemen responded promptly, but
were disguised at their unnecessary run.
DR.. ]. Hume Carter, of Mount Holly,
has accepted position as manager of Au
gust Belmont's large stock farm near Lex
ington, Kentucky. DR.. Carter and wife
will remove to that place. His veterinary
practice here will be placed in charge of
DR.. Moody.
While responding to the fire alarm, on
S unday evening, one side of the crane of
the Good Intent hose carriage was broken.
While going down the Buttonwood street
hill the wheels struck a water shut off
cap. which projects above the street, caus-
ing the accident.
William H. Grant, a horseman well
known to many people in Mount Holly, |
who inherited 100000 in cash from his
father, was taken to the state insane asY- |
lum yesterday, his mind badly unbal- |
anced. He is penniless and has been
working as a stable man. He formerly
owned some well known racers.
Because of the new order of things at
the jail, where no prisoners are received
without a commitment, the township com
mittee has decided on the erection of
lookup for the keeping over night of per-
sons who are arrested after the justices of
the peace have gone to bed. The Board
of Freeholders will be asked for permits
sion to have the building erected on the
county property. 1
At the annual meeting of the teachers
of the Baptist Sunday school, held last
night, the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Superintendent.
Joseph W. Colkitt; assistant superintend-
ent. John D. Clevenger; secretary, Sam
uel A. Borden; assistant secretary, Clar
ence L. Price; treasurer, Eugene Haines;
librarian, John B. Herbert; organist, Mrs.
Jeremiah II. Colkitt; pianist, Miss Elsie
Hughes; violinists. Joseph Wilson and
William Morgan; superintendent primary
department, Mrs. Daniel Suffer; assistant,
Miss Ella Worrell.
The mdwinter institute of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union of Burling-
ton county will be held in the Broad
Street M. E. Church, Burlington, on
Thursday of next week, January Is, be-
ginning at 10 o'clock A M. A very in
teresting programme has been prepared.
Among the speakers will be Mrs. Cora E.
Seberry, secretary of the National Young
Womens Union. By request Mrs. Seberry
will recite ''The Bells"
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