The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-01-30

The W. G. T. U. will meet on Wedne
day. January 81, at the Brainard sire
school house at $50 sharp.
Mrs. w. P. Melcher, who has been
Philadelphia, since the first week In JAM
ary. returned home on Saturday.
: Rev. Eli Clifford. of West Long Brancl
was in Mount Holly, on Wednesday, a
t tending the funeral of Mrs. Owen.
Mrs. Mary Wilson. sister of the lat
7 Charles B. Parsons, of Mount Holly, die
. at Trenton on Sunday. aged SO years.
The Mount Holly bowling team will g
to Riversids on Friday evening, for
match game with the team at that place.
Rev. George NJ Hughes will commenc
series of sermons for the young peopl
on Sunday evening, at the M. E. Church
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Howard Gibbs wish t
extend thanks to their friends who wer
: 30 kind to them during their recent be
reavement.
]. Branson Lamb, of Jacobstown, los
valuable horse ON Saturday night
lit was taken sick in the afternoon and Lives
, but few hours
} Charles B. Hornor & Son, nurserymel
at Mount Holly, offer for sale an extr'
fine lot of Barred Plymouth Rock cocker
els. prize strain.
| During the past two weeks, the Brother
hood of St. Paul. young mems society
of the Methodist church, have been hold
ling open air meetings.
| William Moore and W. d. Erhart have
LEASED the store of A. K. DuBeil, at Col
umbus. for three years. with the privilege
of five years. Mr.. DuBell retains the house
and barn.
For headache and neuralgia look to
your eyes. Eye strain is generally the
cause. Consult Stiles & Co.. eye special
lists, at the Masonic Temple, tomorrow.
Free examination.
The organization of national bank at
Pemberton will be effected on Thursday,
when meeting will be held for that pur-
pose. A bank building will be erected at
at a cost of $1,000.
| The annual meeting of the Burlington
County Society for the Prevention of Cru
city to Animals will be held at the resi-
dence of Mrs William g. Binney, at Bur
lington, tomorrow afternoon.
The farm owned by P. ]. Brennan, Of
Philadelphia. containing 11S acres. locat-
ed on the east side of the Jacksonville
stone road, was sold through ]. ]. Fen
stermaeher, last week, to II. w. Bishop.
of Tacony, Pa.
The interest of Mrs Elizabeth G. Hansel
in forty acres of land, on the Mount Holly
and Moorestown road, has been purchased
by Ezra C. Engle, who has also sold thir-
teen acres of land, on the road from Lum-
berton to Hainesport, to Mrs. Laura N.
Webster.
In one of the schools of this county.
last week, the teacher thought she would
discover how much her pupils knew about
Congress. She asked If any of them knew
what composed the Congress of the Unit
ed States. One little fellow promptly re-
piled that it was composed of the Senate
and House of Repentance.
At the steam mill of ]. W. Colkitt &
Co. you will find full line of all kinds of
feed carried by first-class mills. For grist
work none better and few as good. Wet
brewers grain, 12a cents per bushel; corn,
go cents per bushel; cracked corn and feed
meal, 81. 10 per hundred. Car to arrive.
Ceroline, $1.20 per hundred. All feeds at
lowest cash prices.
An adjourned meeting of representa-
tives of several of the leading municipal
tiles of the county was held at Mount
Holly, Saturday afternoon, when the mat
ter Of the indexing of records in the
County Clerks Office was again discussed.
A number of Mount Holly lawyers ap-
peared before the meeting and gave their
views upon the matter from legal stand
point Means for the relief from the
faulty indexing of the county real estate
records were thoroughly discussed, and 1t
was decided to make an effort to bring the
matter before the Board of Freeholders
Admiral John ]. Read came near losing
an overcoat, on Thursday night. With
his sister, Mrs. Oliphant. he started out
to make call. A few minutes later two
white men rang the door bell, which was
answered by colored lady. Admiral
Read sent US here to get his overcoat,
said one of the men, "as he wants to have
1t cleaned and pressed" Have you an
order2' came the unexpected query. mo.
But be sent us here. There he goes up
the street. He just met us and we want
the coat" Bang went the door and 1t
was locked. The men left the house ours
ing over their poor luck.
Samuel Gibbs. one of Mount Holly's
oldest citizens, died last week at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. HIRAM Hinkle, at
Philadelphia. where he was in the habit
of spending the winter for many years.
He spent his summers with his son.
E. Howard Gibbs, from where he was
buried. Mr.. Gibbs enjoyed very good
health considering his age. He was 9S
years old. He had been entirely blind
for about five years. Two years ago he
had his eye operated on but without sue
cess. Mr.. Gibbs leaves several children,
also several grandchildren and great
grandchildren. He is sadly missed by all
Some time ago, In the presence of a
Mount Holly physician, Albert L. Jones,
who was committed to jail ON false &C.
cusation of murder. and who is being
held for another crime, deliberately struck
his alleged wife In the face and knocked
her down twice without any provocation
whatever. His enforced confinement in
jail is none too good for him. On March
90, 1891, Daniel Peter Clark, of Haines.
port, was married in Mount Holly, by
Justice Clevenger. to Margaret E. Bald
win, of Centreton. He left his wife be-
cause of her infatuation for Jones. Clark
is living at Pennington, and has never
been divorced from his wife. Some time
ago Clark came to Mount Holly for the
purpose of making complaint about the
|ill-treatment of his children. Clark called
at the house but his wife would not let
him see them On that occasion a man
who accompanied Clark to the Justices
office, and who admitted that he had once
an ror GOD In oroob "a buoiraoo h;roeolR oo;a