The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-13
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q, county Clerk watson L. Sooy render
=. fine vocal solo In the Methodist chur,
re on Sunday evening.
q. ]. Fred Laumaster left for York, Pa
Is this morning, where he was called by Il
/. serious illness of his sister.
If you want to know what is going {
n next Thursday evening, just visit the lodt
:, room of Washington Camp, No. II, P.
). s. of A.
e The special services at the Unionvil
J. chapel will be continued on Tuesda,
: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday ever
ings of this week.
: Five persons were baptized in the Bal
: fist church, Bordentown, on Sunday, b
j, Rev. Alfred @. Garhart. D. D., paste
of the Chesterfield church.
e The pulpit o. the Methodist church wi
: be occupied next Sunday by Rev. LOU
Heb, county secretary of the Youn
Mems Christian Association.
3 The following unclaimed letters renal
in the post Office for the week endin
: March 10: Miss Bessie Miller, Miss NJ. E
Strain. Mrs. Nellie Thompson, Miss Sara
Wise
, Mrs. Sarah G. Butler, Of Beverly
widow of the late Henry A. Butler, age,
IS years, and one of Beverly's oldest resi-
dents, died at her home in that city OF
Saturday, after long illness.
Miss Miriam Oatman is quite i'll will
diphtheria, in the hospital connected will
the Normal School at Trenton. Her pa
rents visited her ON Saturday but wer,
only able to see her through window.
Miss Evelyn Risdon, who has beer
under treatment for cataract in q Phila
delphia hospital for some time, and wht
recently submitted to an operation fo
the relief of that trouble, has entirely los
the sight of one eye, and but little hope il
entertained of her escape from total blind
ness
John w. Harris left for Joplin, Mo.
this morning. where he will engage in the
real estate business with Jerome B. Grigg
a former resident of Mount Holly. The
family of Mr.. Harris will remain here fol
several months before going to their west
ern home. The departure of Mr.. Harris
will be regretted by host of friends who
wish him success in his new enterprise
Next Sunday evening, at 80. there will
be services in the Church of the Sacred
Heart, which will be designated st. Pat
rick Celebration" There will be special
music by the church choir under the d..
rection of Prof. j. L. P. Eckman. The
sermon will be by Rev. Father Gilfillan,
of Browns Mills There will not be any
charge for admission and the public is in
vited to attend.
One of the important bookings for the
season at Mount Holly Opera House will
be found in the forthcoming production
of William E. Gill's famous musical com.
edy. "Our COLLINS. presented by Lovitt
and Bonds singing comedians. The piece,
which is in three acts, is one of the most
lasting of farcical hits. full of genuine
fun. laughter and splendid singing, Our
COLLINS" which was the first and foremost
success in the career of Francis Wilson.
will be presented by an excellent company
of comedians and singers, including the
famous Imperial Comedy Four The en-
gagement Is for one night only and should
attact a big audience, being perform
ance that will please all classes.
Raymond Bennett, an inmate of the
Burlington County Hospital for the In
sane, escaped from that institution some
time ago and all idea of ever seeing him
again had been given up. when in he walk
ed on Tuesday and asked to be reinstated.
He said he had been in several places
since leaving the Asylum, and had worked
at different jobs, among them being the
subway in New York. He often got $3.50
day. One of his great hobbies is to be-
come possessed of pistols and knives, and
he will buy these whenever he gets mon
ev. In Wilmington he was arrested for
carrying concealed weapons, two revol
vers and two knives being found on him.
He was locked lp there for six months.
The old mansion on the Widow Stoy
farm near Merchantville, was DESTROYED
by fire Saturday afternoon. Isaac Mat
lack and family were the tenants The
fire started in the chimney, near the top.
and Vas discovered by Mrs. Homer, who
lives on the neighboring farm. She mott.
fed the tenants and summoned other
neighbors, with whose help nearly every
thing of value in the house was saved.
The firemen from Merchantville were sum-
moned and made the mile run to the
burning house in good time. The old
mansion was doomed by the time they ar
rived, but they did good service in keep
ing the flames from spreading. The loss
is estimated at $4,000. Neighbors provided
shelter for the homeless family.
After George W. Small had been CON
victed of murder Prosecutor Atkinson
was notified of great find" In stove
hole in the cell occupied by Small
was discovered shirt. 1t had spots on it
which were at once pronounced to be
blood, and some parts of the garment had
been burned, This was explained by the
fact that Small is smoker and had been
allowed to have matches. Not much i'm.
portance attaches to this discovery, except
that inquiry may be made why the shirt
was not found when the man first entered
the jail. Another point is that the medi-
cal testimony was that there was little
blood on the body of the murdered woman,
hence shirt covered with blood" must
have been the property of some other
than the murderer. This last story has
the appearance of fake"
This year Beverly expects to be repre-
sented on the base ball diamond by strong
team. An organization which includes
prominent local men has been formed,
which will be devoted to sporting and social
interests, The club has taken the name
of General E. Burd Grub Athletic Asso-
citation, and has elected G. W. Adams
president, and Edward " Adams secretary
and treasurer. A number of the members
of last years E. Burd Grubb Base Ball
Club have enrolled, and the Membership
is increasing with wonderful rapidity
A strong battery has been secured, al
though the committee at present will not
reveal the names. Thursday night Edgar
G. Perkins was elected manager of the
new team. Arrangements will be made
for the lease of an excellent ball field
where the patrons will no doubt witness
some fast games. A fair will be held by
the new association on Thursday, Friday
Saturday and Monday nights. March 30
30, 81. and April 2.