The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-03-12
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, MARCH IL, 1907
LOCAL NEWS.

street hotel, on lnursudy.
The Board of Freeholders will meet {
the Court House tomorrow.
New and large assortment of miscellan
eous post cards at Boyce's, IS Garden St
A new operator at the Bell Telephon
exchange is Miss Lillian Lucas, of Bul
lington.
Coal for sale at 81 and Sc per ton, casl
Fred Schrayshuen. Washington and BIZ
pham streets.
Sheriff Norcross will draw the panel G
petit jurors for the April term of court O
Tuesday, March 20.
The quarterly meeting of the Burlingto
County Retail Druggists Association wa
held in Mount Holly, on Thursday.
Because of illness William J. Morga
has returned from Richmond Va, wher
he has been pursuing his theological
studies.
Howard T. Warrick will hold combin
alton sale to-day at the Pine Mills Hotel
at Browns Mills, which property he re
Gently sold.
April 81 is the date when Bishop Scar
borough will visit St. Andrews Episcopa
church and administer the rite of con
firmation.
The ladies of the Methodist Church, q
Lumberton, held a cake and candy sale II
the w. C. T. U. hall, at that place, OF
Saturday evening.
1t is not an accident from which Georg,
Hates. of Mount Holly, is suffering THU
time. He has smallpox, and is confined
in hospital at Mobile, Alabama.
After an absence of fourteen years
Elyin Gilman, of Maine, has been renew
ing acquaintance in Mount Holly, where
he worked as carpenter for Job Pharo.
On Thursday morning Detective Par.
ker arrested Asa Krusen, colored, near
Tabernacle 1t is said the man is wanted
in connection with robbery committed
at Trenton.
Curtis J. Lewis, of Blackwood, was Sc.
lected from twenty five applicants as su-
pervising principal of the Beverly public
schools, on Wednesday, in place of Pro-
fessor William P. Curtis, who resigned
Robert Peacock, of Florence, who is re-
covering from an operation for appen-
dicitis, has gone to Pennsylvania for a
few days by the advice of his physician.
thinking the change will prove beneficial
to his health.
The remains of Mrs. Harry Garon were
inferred in the Pine street cemetery, on
Friday. On Thursday evening a large
delegation of railroad men from Mount
Holly went to the house in a body and
viewed the corpse
S. W. Haines, formerly connected with
the Bell Telephone Company, at Burling-
ton, has taken position with the Inter-
State Company. He has been assigned to
Mount Holly and Moorestown, and entered
upon his new duties yesterday.
Because her husband has been trans
ferred from the New York office of the
American Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany to Columbus. Ohio, Mrs. B. G. Jut-
ten, who is visiting her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph c. Cowgirl, has decided to re-
main in Mount Holly until next fall
Throwing his arms about at night and
the fact that he refuses to work when the
opportunity presents ITSELF are the grounds
upon which Mrs. William Alexander, of
Burlington, had her husband committed
to the county Jail. Non-support and the
loss of sleep was more than she was will
ing to put up with.
Rev. Walter III. Semple and family,
formerly of Mount Holly, will leave for
the east in few days. For several years
the former has been a Presbyterian mis-
sionary in Mexico, but he has concluded
to give up that work While The has not
arranged his plans for the future. he says
he will not accept the pastorate of any
church at present.
The handsome steamboat Columbia, the
river. has resumed its trips between Phila-
delphia and Bristol. The Columbia leaves
Burlington at TO A. M, returning from
the city at 9 p NJ. Regular schedule
will be adhered to. The Columbia is the
gem of the Delaware river, and the
property of the Delaware River Nayiga-
tion Company.
A large crowd was present at a
meeting of Rancocas Grange, held in Me
chanic's hall, at Rancocas, on Wednesday
afternoon, when third and fourth degrees
were conferred on fourteen candidates,
making them full members of the order.
At the conclusion of the initiatory exer-
cises literary programme was presented.
in'luding a dialogue by the Misses Helen
Burtis, Elsie Pew, Nellie Stiles, Martie
Engle and Charles Crammer Solos were
rendered by Mrs. Name Cross and Mrs.
Edward Rigg, Jr Miss Katie Anderson
was the pianist.
The soil Las been prepared for the re-
ception of some cedar saplings, which are
expected to grow to majestic proportions.
The planting will take place on Thurs
day evening, and it is hoped that timber
of this sort will not become extinct in
this section. The ceremonies, which are
to be held in the Masonic Temple, will be
quite dissimilar to those of Arbor day.
Charles Y Flanders, of Burlington, Grand
Mogul, will guide the operations. From
these proposed exercises it is expected
that acres of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon
will be added to Mount Holly Forest, No.2.
Constable McEwen brought peck of
revolvers and stilletos into Squire Jones
court at Beverly, Wednesday afternoon,
and told how he prevented Michael Angelo
from being made to look like sieve by a
fellow with the less dignifed name of
Squat Sorrento and bunch of other Ital-
ians The foreigners got into fight and
the whole crowd seemed to be arrayed
against Michael Angelo. Knives and re-
yolvers were brandished and Angelo start
ed for the town on a dead run, followed
by his playful fellow countrymen, who
were headed by Sorrento. Several shots
were fired and the stiletto thrusts fell
short. Angelo arrived with epidermis in
tact and notified Constable McGsvern,
who organized posse and rounded up the
Italians Sorrento, however, escaped.
When searched every man yielded re.
volver or knife and Squire Jones little