The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-01-29

Theodore B. Gaskill, of Birmingham
is slowly recovering from his recent i'll
ness
" Charles Seaman, of Mill street, has beer
seriously i'll during the past week with
= dropsy.
= Because of severe cold, Joseph Tay
lor, of Mount Holly avenue, was laid ur
" last week.
- Samuel G. Stanton has purchased a
property on Madison avenue from Elmira
> T. Cobb for 81, 800.
y Don't forget that to morrow will be the
annual donation day at the Burlington
g County Children's home.
County Collector Powell has paid over
to the State treasurer Burlington county
proportion of the state school tax.
The condition of Miss Maud E. Robert
son, who has been seriously i'll with diph-
liberia, is now one of improvement.
Ex-Judge Benajah P. Wills has been
soliciting advertisements to be painted on
the drop curtain in the Opera House. a.
1t is said that John D. johnson has pur
chased the residence of ex-Judge Joseph
H. Gaskill. on High street, for his son.
Miss Reba Troth, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward s. Troth. of Scranton, Pa,
formerly of Mount Holly. is i'll with diph-
iberia.
As the result of being thrown to the
ground and stepped upon by horse,
Harry butcher, of Cookstown, was pain
fully injured.
Frank Mcfarland, of WOODLAND, was
compelled to kill one of his horses because
of the injuries which it received by the
kick of another horse.
A black pocketbook, containing 81 and
some change, was lost on Garden street.
on Friday. The finder is requested to res
turn it to office of DR.. W. P. Melcher.
Miss Miriam Farley, an accomplished
elocutionist, will give recitals at an enter
tainment to be held in the Methodist
church on Thursday evening. February T.
Following are the unclaimed letters re-
naming in the post Office for week ending
January &c. Horace E. Demorest. ]. S.
Kettly & Co., w. E. Russell, Mrs. E.
Stackhouse.
1t appears that what was supposed to
have been an earthquake shock in Mount
Holly and vicinity, Thursday morning, re-
suited from the explosion of a large guam
tity of dynamite near Perkasie, Pa.
Miss Pauline E. Nix. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George W. Nix, of Manhattan,
N. T., and George Cummings Spooner,
Jr., of Moorestown, are to be married to-
morrow evening at the home of the bride
elect
One of the forthcoming marriages at
Medford, it is said. will be that of Miss
May Shreve, daughter of Mrs. Caleb D.
Shreve, and Herbert Bowker, one of the
tellers in the Burlington County National
Bank
While the family of William s. Gulick,
of Crosswicks, was attending church, one
night recently, thieves entered the house
and stole So, three gold watches. three
razors, revolver and several other ar
ticles.
A county convention of the Shepherds
of Bethlehem was held at Riverton, on
Thursday evening Notwithstanding the
bitter cold weather large delegation was
present, all the lodges in the district being
represented.
After all expenses are deducted, Surro-
gate William P. Lippincott is able to turn
fees from his Office into the county treasury
at the rate of about $3.50 per month. Tax
payers have no fault with the law which
placed that Office on salary basis. 1,
Joseph Clifford, who lives at Four Mile
in the pines, recently met disaster by the {
burning of his outbuildings On Wednes
day he sustained further loss. He sold {
his chickens for 300, and while at Penn $
berton he had his.pocket picked of all his
money. I
Mr.. Johnson, the aged drawbridge I
tender at Centreton. served in that capac- I
ity for fifty years without an accident. {
Being unable to care for himself. the {
friends who are looking after his welfare, -,
will try to secure some aid in his behalf
from the Board of Freeholders. Is
William H. Hergeshimer. of Beverly, s
fell dead on the ferry boat Wenonah, as
1t was leaving the Camden slip at 8 O'Clock
on Wednesday morning. Running for I
the boat brought on an attack of heart I
disease. He was standing with a number {
of friends reading a paper when death
came.
A even-cent course supper was novel
idea in serving feast adopted by mem
bers of the Wrightstown Grange, and it
costs % cents for the entire menu, consist (
ing of the following: First course, oys-
tiers and crackers; second, chicken salad
and rolls; third, ice cream; fourth, coffee
and cake
On Thursday Sheriff Norcross sold the
following properties: Property of Julia A.
Conard, Burlin gton, to William r. Conard
for 81, $50; property of Mary Higbee,
Beverly. to Elizabeth N. futile for 81, 540.-
SO; farm of Richard g. Dudley. Mount
Laurel township, to William B. Cooper
for "a, 500.
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Fine stories, cleverly illustrated by
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you will get all that's worth having.
Amazing vitality is keeping Daniel
Faunce alive. He lived in cabin on the
Washington Hunter farm, near Riverside,
and went home one night, it is said under
the influence of liquor. While getting
ready to retire he was seized with a spell
and fell on the top of the kitchen stove,
burning his back. A coffee pot was upset
and this badly scalded his chest. His little
finger was burned almost to a crisp.
Application has been made to the town
ship committee, of Palmyra. by the men,
bers of the Independent Fire Company, |
that they each be paid $12 per year. The
matter was laid over for consideration |
Taxpayers there will probably enter a |
protest against this novel suggestion. If |
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