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

In private 1amlly, 5I OnlcNC ssiocS'
The fire department of Lumberton is mo-
In possession of new hose carriage.
John Cardwell has purchased the Wi
bur vannote property on Madison avenue
Tallman Cobb has rented the farm
Frank s. Zelley, at Jacksonville.
Mrs. M. E. Matlack, accompanied b
her son, Edward, are at Washington, l.
G.
Tuesday was the warmest day expert
enced in January in this vicinity sine
1926.
J.G. Bowker, living near Marion, na
filed his ice house with ice about tire
inches thick.
Miss Helen White, of Rutland avenue
entertained Miss Stella Pitman. OF Vln
centown. last week.
Knickerbocker ice pillow, six-ineh cut
for sale. Apply to w. F. Lippincott
Hainesport road.
Two building lots at Hainesport hav
been sold by Charles EVAN Merritt t
Mary E. Spencer.
The Burlington County Children's Hom'
was well remembered on Thursday. thu
annual donation day.
Bishop Scarborough will make his an
.nual visitation to Mount Holly and Lum
berton on Sunday. March %.
xr.- D.5. No~oroeo teacher of niAnC
and organ. Apply for terms at Sheriff
residence, Mount Holly, N. j.
George Hargrove, living at Magnolia,
will have sale of live stock and house
hold goods on Friday, February O.
John B. Peck, who is employed as a
time keeper by c. A. Sims & Co., is now
stationed at Green Castle, Indiana.
A large amount Of pies. cake and
bread were sold by the Baptist ladies in
the Gaskill building on Saturday after
noon.
Barclay c. Allen has sold to his son,
Edgar l. Allen, house and lot on the
road from Eayrestown to Newbold's
corner.
D. Budd Coles, of Lumberton, has had
hot water heating plant installed at his
residence, and running water in his out
buildings.
On Thursday evening the "a. d. X. !"
degree will be conferred on a number of
candidates by Washington Camp, No. II,
P. o. s. of A.
Amos E. Kaighn. at sheriff's sale, on
Thursday, purchased the property In
Mount Holly occupied by the Engle hard
ware store for 1000.
Of the large number who have qualified
as marksmen on the local range of Com
pany E, Charles Parker leads with q
score of 81 out of possible 100.
Miss Cora Davis has returned to her
home at Toms River, after spending
season in Mount Holly as the guest of
Miss Luella Irons, of Mill street.
Assemblyman James M. E. Hildreth,
who has been appointed law judge of
Cape May county, studied law with Wal
tcI a. odIIOWo, VI 1Oily.
A special train will leave Mount Holly
at 7.15 tomorrow evening for Camden,
to which place the members of Company
E will go to participate in battalion
drill.
While alighting from carriage In front
of the Farmers National Bank, in Mount
Holly, on Thursday. John Hancock, of
Burlington, was severly injured by fall
ing.
At their meeting last week Pocahontas
Tribe, No. IS, l. o. r. M, received two
propositions. Two candidates were initia-
ted and the degrees were conferred on elev
en- members.
Candlemas day, Lincoln's birthday, St.
Valentines day, Washington's birthday
and Ash Wednesday. the beginning of
Lent. all come in February. the shortest
month In the year.
The following unclaimed letters remain
In the post office for the week ending JAN
uary 27:.Mr. Geo. 8. Atkinson, the Miss
es Ballinger, Thomas Conover, Mr.. Will
lam G. Haines, Mr.. j. B. Smith
Entering his home one night recently
at Bridgeboro, Walter Medically found
the house full of coal gas. He arrived
just in time to save the life of his aunt,
Mrs. Dunn, who was nearly asphyxiated.
Court Mount Holly. No. SO, Foresters
of America, will hold their eighth ami
versary on Tuesday evening. February 10,
In Red Mems hall. The celebration will
be an event of considerable interest,".
William Ethan, of Bordentown, and
William Smith. of Moorestcwn, two of
the men arrested on suspicion in connec.
ton with the murder of Miss Florence
Atkinson, have been discharged from GUS
tody.
/: The proposition to have local lookup
for Mount Holly, was discussed 81 q pub
Bic meeting of citizens held in the America
hall, on Thursday evening. Quite num-
heT of people were present, and they
unanimously voted the measure down.
A well dressed girl, about II years of
age, entered the restaurant of e. E. Mid
dfeton. on Thursday evening After eating
some beans she said she was penniless and
bad no place to go. She left the saloon
without making inquiry as to where she
might look for assistance.
Township Committeeman Thomas W.
Nippins was seized with an attack of YER
tigo. and became unconscious, In Bow
ker's cigar store, on Thursday morning.
He was removed to his home. He had not
been feeling we'll, and it is said that his
spell was the result of taking an overdose
of medicine. He has fully recovered.
Believing that clean athletic sports will
offset the allurements Of club rooms and
dance halls which have heretofore been
the chief places of amusement for the
young men of Riverside, Rev. James 81.
Fielding. rector of st Stephens Protest
ant Episcopal Church at that place, with
the cooperation of his congregation, has
succeeded in raising fund for the cree
ton of a modern gymnasium In the guild
house connected with the church. The
gymnasium. which has just been COM
pleted, will prove popular resort
A large colored man, few evening,
since. stopped at the farm house Of George
Conover, near Bridgeboro. After giving
an alarm at the outer door, the man
walked into the house, brushed by
members of the family and advanced tn