The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13

tine post cards.
Joseph A. Ward will have sale
household goods on Saturday, Februar..
: "A.
The report that Thomas B. Denness ha
sold his wholesale liquor business is no
: correct.
M. W. Hargrove, at Browns Mills files
d his ice house. on Thursday, with ice sever
d inches thick.
The ice offered for sale by Ralph Horn
or. on Thursday, was not sold, the highes
bid being $50.
Yesterday was the anniversary Of thu
birth of Abraham Lincoln, likewise o.
Abraham Lincoln Sailer.
The W. c. T. u will meet at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Morris H. Keeler tomorrow
afternoon at 8 o'clock.
DR.. George W. Vanderveer went to the
| Naval Academy, at Annapolis, on Satur.
day, to visit his son Warren.
A number of Mount Holly young ladies
, will give complimentary dance in the
Masonic Temple on Thursday evening.
Mrs. Frank Deacon, of Union street,
was stricken with apoplexy last week.
Her condition has since improved.
big John" is the name of a hog that
Frank Let's will kill at his yard on
Water street on Washington's birthday.
While trying to get out of town, on Sat
urday night, Joshua NJ. Reeves became SO
disguised at missing two trains that he
concluded to remain home.
A S. bill was lost on Saturday night on
the way from Church street to High to
Brainard and to Buttonwood. Reward If
returned to this office.
On the first Sunday of every month at
10 o'clock, A. M, and ON the third Sun
day of every month at 7.30 P. M. there
will be services in English in the German
Lutheran church at Hainesport.
Mount Holly Lodge, No. 10. 1. o. o. F.,
will initiate two candidates tomorrow night
and on next Wednesday evening, the 21st.
the new by laws will come up for discus
sion, at which time all members are invi-
ted to be present.
The public schools of Mount Holly were
not closed yesterday and will remain open
on Washington's birthday. the teachers
preferring to teach on those days and take
the holidays later after the hard work of
the spring tests.
On Tuesday evening last, the ferryboat
plying between Bristol and Burlington
was prevented from making an evening
trip because of ice In the Delaware river.
Captain Doron will sail for Europe about
March /. on pleasure trip
These unclaimed letters remain In the
post Office fer the week ending February
10: Miss Marion Allen, Henry Born. Clar-
ence Buck, Miss Elsie Cross. Ralph Hoker,
Mrs. Philip Martin, Allen Richards, Mrs.
Elizabeth Shreve, w. q. Price.
Rev. James e. Groves. of Mount Hol-
ly, and Rev. Thomas ]. Oliver, of Moores-
town. colored clergymen, are Rufus John
sons spiritual advisers. They will alter
nate in daily visits to the prison. Both
will be present at the execution.
Clarksen L. Atkinson, aged 81 years,
was buried at Vincentown, yesterday.
He had quite a tragic death. While adj
dressing the congregation of the Vincen-
town Methodist church, on Wednesday
evening, he fell to the floor and soon died
from apoplexY.
Ellis Bird, living on the road from
Pemberton to Juliustown, will have a |
sale, ON March 10, and move to another
location. A short time since the unfor |
tunate man lost his wife, who blew her |
head off with shot gun In the presence
of her children.
Chicken-pox is prevalent among the |
children of the town. Stanley Bsyers- |
dorfer was taken with the ailment at |
time when it was doubly irritating. He
was to have had birthday party on Sat |
urday, but the chicken-pox got there first,
and Stanley's party had to stand back.
Maggie Clark was admitted to the Chill |
dren's Home yesterday. She is a step |
daughter of Albert L. Jones, who was re- |
Gently arrested on a serious charge pre- |
ferred by sister of this girl, but which |
proved untrue. In investigating the case
Maggie was found living with family |
near Lumberton, and 1t was thought best |
to remove her to the Home.
All the buildings, with the exception of !
the house, ON the farm of John Dudley, |
near Moorestown, were destroyed by fire
last evening. Mr. Dudley got home from
Moorestown at half-past six, and put the
cows up for the night. but did not have a
light of any kind with him. About half
past eight one of the men employed on
the farm ran into the house and said the
barn was on fire. The flames were then
coming from the top of the barn. Efforts
were made to save the stock and the
horses were soon released, but three mules,
three cows and two heifers were destroy
ed, together with all the contents of the
outbuildings, all of which were consumed.
John Leibrandt and Thomas Sunde-
mier, of Riverside. were taken before
Squire Zeigler, on Thursday night, and
charged with high-handed piece of
burglary, which would have done justice
to an up-to-date craftsman. 1t is alleged
that the boys dug trench under the cellar
wall of Louis Trautman's house, and dur
ing the absence of his wife, searched the
house from top to bottom, securing a re-
volver, five dollar gold piece and many
other things. After partaking of some
food they went out to negotiate their ILL.,
gotten gains. They got the money chang
ed and buried 1t in tin can. The Lei
brandt boy, having been mixed up in sew
eral other cases, was committed to jail to
await the action Of the grand jury, while
Sundemier was let off with lecture, the
goods having been found.
Two weeks ago package was received
by mail at the Arcade hotel, Mount Holly,
and on being opened was found to contain
silver napkin ring, on which was en-
graved the initials of the owner The
ring was stolen twenty years ago from a
person who was then boarding at the hotel.
In the package was the following explana-
tory note: Enclosed find napkin ring
stolen from Arcade hotel dining room
Returned on account of doing Gods will
to the best of ability. Stolen some years
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