The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-17
Mrs. Gertrude N. Deacon. of Baltimore

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Md, was at home for Easter.
Mr.. and Mira Ralph w. Deacon were in
{ Mount Holly over the Easter holidays.
John A. Carr, of Bordentown. was g
visitor In Mount Holly yesterday.
Holeman & Son have a full stock OF
Stetson hats, line they have carried fol
long time
Robert 8. Gaskill and John D. johnson
have new automobiles, the former White,
the latter Packard.
The News has a small supply of garden
seeds from Washington, D. G. which will
after today.
John W. Harris, who has been in Jop-
lin, Missouri, for . few weeks, returned
on Sunday He has not yet decided to
60 west permanently.
The Brotherhood of st. Paul, of the
Methodist church, entertained their friends
and the members of the Ushers' Union at
luncheon last evening, in celebration of
their anniversary.
Judge Martin has refused license for
the West Creek, and for road house at
Burrsville. The application for the Mul.
len House, at Barnegat, was Withdrawn.
Many of the best citizens of West Creek
appeared to testify against the way the
hotel had been run.
William ]. Brannan, one of Mount
Holly's aged residents, died suddenly at
his home on Broad street last evening
About seven o'clock he was in his garden
and was suddenly stricken with apoplexy.
Mr. Brannan had been feeble for long
time, but was down town yesterday after
noon. He was 81 years of age.
Ex-senator George Pfeiffer. Jr., who
was interested In the McGovern Construc-
ton company, was yesterday morning
discharged from bankruptcy in the United
States district court by Judge Lanning.
Senator Pfeiffer had residence at Browns
Mills and his going into bankruptcy was
a surprise to his many friends. He
became involved in some speculations and
the only way out of his troubles was turn
ing everything over to the referee in
bankruptcy for the benefit of his creditors.
Two more robberies are added to the
long list from which residents of New
Egypt have suffered in the past few months.
The thieves first entered Frank Cowdrick's
store, last evening, where they got q
considerable sum from the cash drawer. |
They then broke into the general store of
l. ]. Davis, where they got several re-
volvers. about $500 cartridges, lot of
penknives. full case Of jewelry and
various other articles, amounting in all to
large sum. The robbers had team to |
carry off their booty.
Among the new laws enacted by this |
years Legislature is one reducing the fees |
in cases of arrest under the ''vice and i'm |
morality act" These are the arrests
of "drunks, which have caused SO much |
friction between Auditor Worrell and two
or three Justices of the Peace. the auditor |
contending that the arrest should be made |
under the vagrancy sections Of the disor |
derby act. which provides much smaller
fee. Hereafter the justices will get fifty
cents, instead of $1.95, and the constables |
81, instead of 81 30.
Mrs. Mary E. Cook died at Columbus,
Ohio, On the 7th of this month. Mrs |
Cook was formerly Miss Mary E. Barker,
aud was born in Salem, New Jersey. |
December 5, 1880, and was married in 1S4s |
to Joseph B. Cook. They resided in the
vicinity of Mount Holly until 1854. when
they removed to Columbus, Ohio. The |
husband was brother of Frank B. Cook. |
formerly of Mount Holly. Two of his sisters |
are still living at Lumberton. A daughter
of Mrs. Cook is connected with the Prose
Post, Columbus daily paper.
Dispute as to the ownership of one of the
handsomest residences in Bordentown is
disclosed by suit in chsncery entered for
the estate of Joseph and Emily Pierce, de-
ceased. 1t is a suit to foreclose q mort |
gage for $4,000, with arrears of interest for
several years The property. large.
handsome house, with finely kept grounds,
is on the brow Of the hill overlooking the
Delaware river, near the Pennsylvania
Railroad station. 1t formerly belonged to
George r. Cromwell, and was at one time
occupied by the late Samuel B. Waugh,
the noted artist, who did much Of his best
work there. The bill in chancery lays
claim to the premises for John N. Rice,
Jr., under an unrecorded deed, while the
widow of Cromwell Is the ostensible owner.