The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-05-01
LOCAL NEWS.

at Bayersdorfer's.
Mrs. William Dennis, of West Wash
ington street, died on Saturday.
To-day is the time when children shoul'
gather around the May pole, it being tn
first day of May.
A small gold breastpin, picked up OF
the street this morning, can be had b.
calling at The News Office.
A frame house on west Washington
street, belonging to Alfred Wolfrom. ha
been sold to Emma Royston.
Herbert's ground meat and bone make
hens lay. Also excellent food for small
chickens Smithville road.
Word has been received assuring thu
safety of all persons from this section WHIT
were in San Francisco during the earth
quake.
While lining the cupola in the foundry
at Smithville, on Friday. Howard Collins
cut slice off the third finger of his righ
hand with chisel.
A saw mill, in connection with his rem
dering establishment, has been put in op
Grafton by Lewis Fl. Chambers on his
farm at Unionville.
An inspection of the line of the Bur.
lington County Railway Company was
made, on Thursday. by officials of the
of the Public Service Corporation.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Mount Holly and Jobstown Turn
pike Company will be held this afternoon
at the Office of Franklin B. Lewis.
Mrs. Arthur Thomas and son, Harvey,
leave to-day on two months trip to Salt
Lake City and other western cities. Her
son Arthur is located at Salt Lake City.
Unclaimed letters in Mount Holly post
office, week ending April 2Sth. 1905 :
Mr.. A. B. Allen, Mr.. William Baker, Mrs
Annie Petit, Mrs. W. Shinn, Mr.. John
Sullivan.
Ten crates of cranberries were recently
sold by NJ. w. Hargrove, of Browns
Mills, who received 1915 per crate, being
the largest price ever obtained for the
fruit.
The Camden and Trenton Railway Com
pany will inaugurate half-hour service
between Camden and Trenton about May
10. Seven new cars have been secured for
this service.
Justice of the Peace Christian J. Krayer
has succeeded ]. Fred Laumaster. de-
ceased, in the pension business. He will
be ready bright and early on Friday morn
ing to give his attention to this matter.
meeting of Mount Holly Forest, No.
8, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, will be held
in the Masonic Temple on Thursday night,
May 10, for the transaction of important
business and the comforting of degrees
At meeting of New Jersey Lodge, No.
l, Knights OF Pythias, ON Friday night,
the third degree was conferred on one es-
quire The lodge appropriated $25 to the
California sufferers.
Announcement is made of the forthcom
ing marriage of Dallas w. Pierce of Mount
Holly, to Ida H. Lewis, of Freeport.
Long Island The event will take place
in June, at the home of the bride elect.
Several persons were knocked down on
High street. on Thursday. In their efforts
to stop runaway horse belonging to Mrs.
Edward Engle, which became frightened
at trolley car. But little damage was
done.
1t is said that a man living on the Bur
lington road is doing his utmost to get in
jured by trolley car, SO that he can sue
the company for damages. Superintend
emit Gilbert is on to the game, and the man
is being closely watched by the employees.
William Meirs. sentenced in this county
in July. 1904. to two years in state prison
for atrocious assault, has been paroled by
the Board of Pardons which body re
fused to consider the case Of Otto Keller.
sentenced to ten years for participation in
the murder of Washington Hunter.
As the result of being thrown from his
wagon during runaway at Wading
ItlNGEs Ou w CQuCo0dyt OoRt. oCOi6 ~.
Maxwell, member of the Board of Free
holders from Washington township. re-
ceived internal injuries and has several
ribs torn from his back bone. His con-
dition is serious.
Samuel c. Stanton, mail clerk at the To-
cal post Office, and Miss Belle Stiles,
daughter of John Stiles. of Washington
street, were married ct the home of the
bride on Saturday evening. Rev. George
M. Hughes, pastor of the NJ. e. Church,
performed the ceremony. 1t was quiet
affair because of the recent death of the
brides mother.
There will be debate at the Epworth
League entertainment on Friday evening
on the subject: "Is the world made hap
pier by the increase of wealth and luxury"
The speakers for the affirmative side are
Henry c. Shinn and Richard B. Eckman,
for the negative Rev. Louis Heb and
Joseph S. Shreve. A short musical pro-
gram will also be rendered. Admission
free.
For the next three Sundays, all people
who buy The Great Philadelphia Sunday
Press, will get fine picture suitable for
framing. Many newspaper picture sup
plements are only cheap chromos. These
are not. You never see Sunday Press
picture thrown away. 1t is work of art.
Sunday Press pictures cost more to make
than any other pictures and people frame
them. Are you reading the New Anthony
Hope novel in The Philadelphia Sunday
Presss Your news dealer will supply you.
Carelessness in pulling out of the trolley
tracks, on High street, Saturday after
noon, demolished the rear wheel of car
rage, in which were two ladies and two
gentlemen, who appeared anxious to con-
ceal their identity. During her fright one
lady jumped out and fractured bone in
her right ankle She received attention at
the office of DIR. Flynn. The injured per-
son is Miss Caughey, of Baltimore, who is
visiting at the residence Of w. A. Walsh,
of Beverly, to which place she was re
moved in charge of her companions.
After making numerous attempts to Sc
cure certificate from the State Board of
Pharmacy, emitting them to assume full
charge of a drug store, graduates in
many sections have failed because of the
high standard of the examination, which
is growing in severity each year. As a
remedy for the difficulty, the suggestion
has been made that students attending the