The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-27

ut Herbert s. Kille, of Swarthmore Colleg
re visited his home in Mount Holly, last weel
The person who lost eyeglasses TIL
a morning will please call at THE NEW
re office.
Jacob Stroller has sold a tract of IA acre
d of land at Marlton, to William Boyer fo
E. $685..
Sheriff Norcross is having the interio
1t of the jail painted. The work is bein
), done by the prisoners.
Joshua s. Wills has sold the Mary P
e Chew property at Marlton to Mrs. Mar.
!, T. Erdman for 1895.
To loan on bond and mortgage, $4,000
: 81. 200, 81. 500, $500. $3.50 and $500. AID
e dress A. A. Anderson. Mount Holly.
Judge Endicott will sit at the Cour
!. House to-day to try causes on the Circui
e list. Heexpects to hold court until Friday
The ferryboat William E. Doron will b,
, withdrawn from the route on March 5, fo
4 repairs and inspection. viii probably re
turn on March 10.
George Millslagle, hotel keeper, neal
J Jacobstown, who has been i'll for severa
months past, was taken to a hospital, in
Trenton, on Tuesday.
The Union Transportation company,
after Is years, has declared dividend OF
d per cent, and advanced the salaries OF
all its officers nearly 500 per cent.
Rev. George M. Hughes will hold me-
mortal service in the NJ. E. church, ON Sun
day, March II, in honor of the members
that have died during the past year.
Louis R. Hibberd, former resident of
Edgewater Park, was In town Friday, re-
newing acquaintance. He is located at
Boston, where he has made quite a sue
cess introducing Jersey scrapple.
The 10Th anniversary of the Baptist
Young Peoples Union of Mount Holly,
will be held in the Baptist church on
Thursday evening, to which all are invited.
The speaker will be Rev. Walter Cally, of
Upland, Pa.
At an election held by the officers of the
Third Regiment, N. G. N. j., Wednesday
night, Major Thomas D. Landon. of Bor-
dentown, was chosen Lieutenant Colonel,
to succeed Charles R. Sinner, wht recent
ly resigned.
Orders have been given to install electric
lights in the winking eye sign of the Iris
Optical Company, at II Main street.
where it will automatically wink every
night, while the Office will be open only
on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
from 2 A. M. to 8 P.M NJ.
Joseph 1. johnson. of Vincentown. re-
moved to Mount Holly yesterday, taking
residence on White street. Three fami
lies living at Pemberton are ready to re-
move to Mount Holly if houses can be
secured. Justice Clevenger says the de-
mand for houses is greater than the sup
ply, being much larger than at this tune
last year.
Lent begins tomorrow, and the past
week has kept society on the jump to get
all the social duties in before the season
of self denial. There have been dinners.
lunches, card parties and other festivities
galore. Tomorrow the sackeloth and
ashes will be in order for forty days, and
then business will be resumed at the old
stand.
The Roebling plant have started to
erect twenty-five more houses on their
plant at Florence. They have just COM
pleted the large hotel, the store, and also
a hotel for the men who work as laborers
for the plant. They have issued circular
for 200 mechanics of all descriptions, ex-
Guiding all Italians. Hungarians or any
foreigners. They have at least fifty houses
ready for occupancy.
Alexander Mclean. IS years old, and
Robert O'Brien, both of Trenton, were
struck by passenger train at Kinkora
Thursday. Mclean sustained cash on
the head and arm and had his foot frac-
tured, while O'Brien was injured about
the hips. Both men we're employed at the
Roebling plant at Kinkora. They were
on the railroad tracks at that place when
they were struck by passenger train.
Wednesday the Senate had long dis
cussion on the House bill appropriating
90, 900 for the erection of a battle monu-
ment to the Twenty third New Jersey
Regiment at Salem Church, Va The
Senators thought that other regiments
which had participated in the Battle of
Salem Church should have their names on
the monument. 1t was finally brought
out that the purpose is to erect a monu-
ment upon piece of ground bought by
General E. Burd Grub, who was the
colonel of the Twenty third Regiment
and which was donated by him to the
regiment. The bill was passed.
Although he had only returned yesterday
from Philadelphia hospital and was still
confined to bed with illness, Charles Wa
terhouse, of Beverly, is alleged to have risen,
taken his mothers pocketbook and cash, an
overcoat and other valuable articles and
to have fed. Warehouse who is a veter-
an of the Philippines, lived with his
0sORAoOACAs AehNAdA0 w duoOus nc
year ago. but is said to have parted
from his wife Owing to his alleged shift
lessness Warehouse and his stepfather are
said to have been on i'll terms. The latter,
however, it is said, forgave his step-son
yesterday when the latter was brou ght
home from the hospital.
James Giberson, Sr., of Pemberton,
while driving to Mount Misery to see
Charles Pitman, his father-in-law, was
held up by stranger just as he reached
Mary Ann Forge, where the pines are
very thick. The highwayman tried to
stop the horse. When Giberson applied
the whip the animal started off at fast
gait and knocked the man down. Grumb-
ling over his poor luck the fellow got on
his feet and bounded into the forest. For
fear of another attack, Giberson took a
different route on his return home.
There has been great deal of disorder
in Rancocas for couple of years past on
the part of few young men, ranging from
16 to 81 years. In summer some of the
residents cannot use their porches of an
evening without hearing more or less foul
language from the crowds in front of the
stores, after they have closed. A favorite
amusement has been to chase or otherwise
insult any young girl who appears unpro
} tected on the street. A little over q yeal
J ago girl had her clothing torn by them
Several of the girls are afraid to go to the
stores or post Office after dark. The only
reason these fellows have escaped punish.