The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-13
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.


Wednesday, Howard Haines cut cash
his foot with an axe.
Flags were flying yesterday In honor
Lincoln's birthday, and tomorrow vaiel
tines will be flying, too.
Alfred Davis has purchased the John
Davis farm, between Moorestown an
Marlton, for $500.
The estate of the late Fred W. Kelll
of Philadelphia, recently buried at Mour
Holly, is valued at $4,000.
Ex-Judge Benajah P. Wills has bee
nominated director of the Road Drivers
Association, in Philadelphia.
A night Waterman, capable of firm
boilers, is wanted. Address, watchmar
News Office, Mount Holly.
Miss Byrde Norcross, teacher of plan
and organ. Apply for terms at Sherin
residence. Mount Holly. N. ].
Joseph H Pew, who has been residin
on the Jacksonville road, has moved t
the David T. Haines farm, near Medford
Charles B. Horror & Son. nurserymel
at Mount Holly, offer for sale an extr
fine lot of Barred Plymouth Rock cocker
els. prize strain.
The Salvation army at Burlington ha
been receiving assistance with their worl
In that city from Joseph Costello. o
Mount Holly.
Prof. Herman Guam will have charge
of a concert to be given in st. Paupi
Church, West Washington street, Thurs
day evining.
Miss Cora B. Hulme, of Mill street
was the guest of Mrs. Cortelyou, wife Of
the Postmaster General. at Washington
D. c.. last week.
1t is said that the ejectment suit Of
Walter Allen vs. John A. Bozarth will
have to be tried over again, as the verdict
rendered was not according to law.
Mount Holly Forest, No. 2. Tall Cedarf
of Lebanon, will meet in the Masonic
Temple, on Thursday evening, at which
time officers will be elected and degrees
conferred.
At the session of the New Jersey State
Conference of Charities and Correction. at
Newark. on Friday, Mrs. George F. Har-
bert will lead discussion on Manage
ment aud Care of Almshouses.
Several of the smaller ice houses in
this vicinity have been filled during the
past few days with four and five inch
ice. the cold snap having enabled that
work to be accomplished, and at the same
time affording plenty of skating.
John E. Elbertson, secretary of the
Union Fire Company, has received a
money order for So. so with which to buy
a pair of rubber boots, which were offered
as a prize at a recent fair given by the
Franklin Fire Company. of Chester, Pa.
A collie dog belonging to Harry E. Du-
bell. and which was supposed to have
strayed from the farm, was found dead
in neighboring orchard, having been
killed in fight with William J. Terrill's
big mastiff.
A Newark paper says: Generally speak
ing, it is nuisance to have two or more
telephone systems in one town." While
the Keystone Company continues the good
service it is now giving. at very reasona-
BILE rates, there does not seem to be much
need of running it away from the town.
Louis Operfeld. of Riverside, a cabinet
maker by trade. was committed to the
county Jail on Wednesday. He became
very much excited after his arrival. An
examination of the patient was made by
Drs. Prickitt and Melcher, who pronounc-
ed the man to be dangerous lunatic. He
has been removed to the county asylum.
The next session of court will be held
on Tuesday, February 81, and it will con-
tinue until March 2. Several cases are
set down for trial before Judge Endicott,
at which time the petit jury will return.
Judge Gaskill will sit in special sessions
on Saturday, for Orphans court and
criminal matters.
At the steam mill of j. 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, $1.2O per hundred. All feeds at
owest cash prices.
On the petit jury of the United States
District Court for the February term ::
John E. Burchell, Forked River William
e. Blackman, Thomas ]. Cowperthwaite,
Tuckerton James ]. Bradley, Colum-
bus G. Washington Brown. William 81.
Thompson. New Egypt; Patrick Martin,
Joseph McGrain, Bordentown Richard
Satterthwaite, Crosswicks W. Howard
Shreve, Kinkora Charles E. Seaman,
West Creek Frank Warner, Cream Ridge.
The recent death at the almshouse
of Patrick Healey, formerly of Borden
town, who has been an inmate of the insti-
tuition for several years. revealed the fact
that the deceased has had money at inter-
est in Trenton Trust Company. This
fact was learned from old papers which
Kealey brought to the poor house with
discovery was made the matter was report
ed to Charles Evan Merritt, county solici-
tor, In order that the county's claim fol
board might be properly recorded. In
making an examination Mr.. Merritt found
one deposit of $500, and he expects to 10
cate more. No relatives of the deceased
have been discovered.
An epidemic of cerebro-spinal menin
gifts is threatened among the horses In
Burlington county. Already q number
of deaths have occurred, and recently
several additional cases have been report
ed. William II. Wills, of Medford, hal
lost q handsome team of bay horses from
this malady George Jacob Harker, o.
Jobstown, has two horses sick with 1t
and Philip N. Haines, of Jacksonville
has one. The malady, as rule, pro
crosses rapidly and terminates fatally
Thus far there is no known remedy for 1t
DIR. A A. Moody, of Mount Holly, VIII
has had considerable experience with tn
disease. says the only thing to do whel
an outbreak occurs is to get the othe
horses away from possible infection ant
change of feed. He has noticed that Il
the recent outbreak in this county tn
horses in each instance had been fed o.
brewers grains, which he thinks may be