The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-04-03
Rich cut glass. Buy it at Boyce's.


Marietta 8. Woolman has been appoir
cd postmaster for Crosswicks.
spalding's base ball and athletic good
L. b. Boyce, stationer, IS Garden street.
Surrogate Endicott sold a horse, +,
! Wednesday. to Benjamin White. OF PEI
berton.
IL A building lot on Topetoy, belonging
George o. Morris, has been sold to Jof
d L. Lewis
" Edward E. Holeman and wife, of WI
mington, Del, were Sunday visitors |
/ Mount Holly.
The nomination of o. Il. Maths as pos
master at Riverton was confirmed by Il
: Senate on Wednesday.
Mount Holly souvenir post cards, an
other views. Our assortment is larg,
I L. 8. Boyce, stationer.
Frank G. Hancock, who has been Twin
on Harrison avenue, now occupies hi
farm near Melrose station.
! Martha R. virgins. 1856 Cherry stree,
Mount Holly. died at Chesterfield O.
Wednesday. She was "a years of age.
A stickpin-violet with diamond centr
was lost last week. Finder will pleas
leave at Martin Bayersdorfer's store.
Rev. Norman v. p Lewis, of Philadsl
phia, preached an interesting sermon IL
St. Andrews Church on Friday evening.
Moorestown Grange has passed resolu
ton protesting against the proposed in
crease in price for board of prisoners at tn,
jail.
Thisis the week when the Bell Telephone
Company will begin to tear up streets and
side walks preparatory to installing iti
system Of conduits
The Order of Foresters Of America,
of Riverside, held rally on Friday night.
Courts from Mount Holly, Burlington,
Camden and other places were represented.
Cake walks and other side attractions
are features at the weekly meetings of
Marion Circle, No. Q, Brotherhood Of
America. which are bringing out an in
crease in the attendance.
The Union Home at Pembelton will re-
ceive visit from delegation of the mem
bers of the Lady Marion Home, No Q,
Brotherhood of America, of Mount Holly
on the evening of April ID.
Walter II. Hedrick, who has been liv-
ing on Murrell street, Mount Holly, has
removed his family to Vincentown, where
he will fill the position of station agent,
having been transferred from Merchant
ville
The benefit performance at the Camden
Theatre. on Tuesday night, in aid of the
families of the three fremen who lost their
lives at the armory fire, three weeks ago.
netted nearly $500. The fund has now
grown to about 81, 900.
Sister Mary Angela Grady, who had
been in St. Joseph's Convent, at Bor-
dentown, fourteen years, was buried
in the convent cemetery on Thursday.
Her worldly name was Catharine Grady
The deceased, who was IS years of age,
died from paralysis
No matter what the trouble with your
watch. If worth repairing, will repair 1t
for you for 81. / do not slight my work,
but give it as careful attention 90 II you
paid full value of repairs. This offer IL
good until May 1. 81. v. Stratton, watch
maker. jeweler and optician, 80 Main
street.
A large crowd of people gathered on
Washington street. on Wednesday, to see
the top of the stseple of Trinity Church
torn down. The supports were sawed of
about fifteen feet from the tip, and then
the top piece was pulled over with rope
from the ground. Charles Cole did the
perilous part of the work. The balance of
the steeple is being removed piece meal.
The Alumni Association of the Mount
Holly High School has begun to make ar
rangements for its annual reunion to be
held next June. To this end President
Mark L. Durand has appointed the follow
ing committees: Reception. Misses /. Paul
inc Bowker and Elsie NJ Hughes, Harry
W. Phares and Richard E. Lewis; arrange
ments, Mrs. Thomas R. Finley. Miss Edna
Tomlinson, Benjamin A. Sleeper and
Raymond G. Buckley
Members of the firm of R. d. Wood g. |
Co., iron manufacturers, with one Of their
plants located at Florence, were placed on
trial in the United States Court, at Phila-
delphia, on Tuesday, charged with accept
ing rebates from the Great Northern Rail-
way Company and the Mutual Transit
Company on shipments to Winnipeg.
The amount of the rebates was 81, 230.57.
This is the first rebate case to come to trial
in this country under the Elkins anti-re-
bate law. The defendants, if convicted,
are liable to fine of $40. 900.
The sloop Gustavus Mueller and the
schooner Matte Porter arrived at Tucker
ton with the first consignment of seed oys-
tiers for the present seasons planting
The seed came from Connecticut, and cost
the planters about 70 cents q bushel
Tuckerton Bay is about as bare of oysters
as 1t has been for long time, and it was gen.
orally believed that large quantities of seed
would be planted this year; but the high
price has changed the aspect. and the plan
ter is confronted with the question of
what to do for his seed, as Connecticut is
about the only place where it can be
purchased.
The matter of distributing the reward
offered for the conviction of the murderers
of Miss Florence W. Atkinson is creating a
situation that is becoming somewhat COM
plicated, because the money is to be the
subject of disbursement by two different
parties, and the number of claimants who
feel that they are entitled to recognition
are anxious for settlement The people
of Moorestown have $500 to give away for
this work, and Justice Petit says the
township of Chester will look after that
matter. An equal amount was offered by
the county, which gives the Freeholders
some say in the disbursement of the funds.
The latter case, however, is to be facili
tated in settlement by leaving it to the
judgment of the Court and Prosecutor.
The hanging of Rufus johnson and
George Small, on March IA, for the
murder of Miss Florence W. Atkinson
recalls the execution of Charles Brooks,
Of Bordentown, who forfeited his life here
in 1863 for the murder of his father, Jot
Brooks. After the crime was committed
Brooks escaped, going to Salem. Ohio
where he was captured by Sheriff Leeds