The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-04-30

last week. to visit her brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bentley, of Bur.
liDgton, spent Friday in Mount Holly.
Buy your new suit at Bayersdorfer's and
get the latest style hat free of charge
Judge John G. Horner is now occupying
!, the Chambers property, on Broad street
=. New and large assortment of miscellan-
eous post cards at Boyce's, 25 Garden St. .
p At WestChester, Pa, on Tuesday night
occurred the death of Mrs. Isaac Aston,
formerly of Mount Holly.
: A handsome locomobile car has super
seeded the White steamer, in which Robert
8. Gaskill has derived so much pleasure.
of the Birmingham Inn this year. The
place will open about the middle of June.
A camping trip during the summer is
being arranged by Charles Sladen. organ
list, for the boys choir of st. Andrews
, Church.
Chance & Son, of King street, will erect
large addition to their pickle factory.
> The contract has been awarded to Fenten &
Doughty.
Adam Kolo, the railroad bridge tender,
at Hainesport, has been operated on at
the Polytechnic Hospital. Philadelphia, for
a very serious trouble
Ralph Bovine, of Smithville, has placed
a naphtha launch of his own build on the
creek at Mount Holly. 1t is a speedy
boat and quite attractive.
An address will be delivered In st. An
; drew's gymnasium, tomorrow afternoon,
by Miss Cornelia Bradford, of Jersey City,
noted settlement worker.
The interest of Uriah R. Dubell, of
New Hanover, in the estate of Firman
Dubell, deceased, of Burlington, has been
sold to B. II. White and John Dubell, Jr
Mrs. Thomas W. Nippins has purchased
a property on Pine street. from James
Strong & Co., of Philadelphia, for 81, 100.
The sale was made by John D. Clevenger.
Some of the persons who attended Har-
greave's circus, at Bristol, on Thursday,
carried away with them quantity of red
paint, which had been freshly applied to
the reserved seats.
The following persons from Burlington
county were psroled from state prison,
on Wednesday; Thomas Germ, assault and
battery, three years, term expires May.
1908; Frank Horner, bigamy, one year;
term expires May, 1907
Falling in a cesspool in the rear of the
Mount Holly Academy property, on
Mount Holly Avenue, the blind horse be- |
longing to Isaac L. Shinn met death by |
breaking its neck. 1t was several days be-
fore the animal was found after straying
from home.
Mrs. Eva Parker, the Water street for
tune teller, while intoxicated, on Wednes-
| day night, was arrested by Policeman
Severns. Justice Slack gave the defend
ant thirty days in jail. If Eva appears
before that official again, he promises to
give her three months.
If any of our citizens should be unfortu-
nate enough to land in the State Prison |
during the coming six months they can
expect to get Burlington County pure
milk in their coffee, j. Holmes Longstreet |
of Bordentown having been awarded the
contract to furnish that institution with
the tactical fluid for that time.
The soldiers of Company E, of Mount
Holly, will join the Third Regiment at
Camden and leave for Washington, D.
c., tomorrow night, where they will par
ticipate in the exercises attending the I'M
yelling Of the Mcclellan monument. Any
soldier who fought under Mcclellan dur
ing the war, can obtain free transporta
ton to Washington by applying to head
quarters at Trenton.
Most Worshipful Grand Master Austen
II. McGregor has appointed Thursday
evening, May 9, for District Grand Lodge
of Instruction for the Sixteenth Masonic
district to be held in the rooms of Mount
Holly lodge, Mount Holly. The district
comprises: Mount Holly Lodge. No. IA;
Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 2S, Borden
town; Burlington Lodge, No. 80; Central
Lodge, No. a, Vincentown; Pyramid
Lodge, No. 92 New Egypt; Beverly
Lodge, No. 1853; Medford Lodge, No. 17S
The lodge of instruction will be under the
direction of Grand Instructor Henry s.
Haines. The officers of each lodge are
expected to be present and all members
will be welcomed.
Miss Jennie Walden Toy, of Palmyra
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II. Toy,
was married to John W. Claf1in, of River
ton, at the home of her parents at o'clock
Thursday evening. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. FL. W. Armstrong,
of Christ Church, Palmyra. The bride
was given away by her brother-in. law,
Alfred Bissell. She was attended by Miss
Ethel Carter, of Camden, as maid of
honor, and Miss Anna Hartman, of New
York, and Miss Edna Smith, of Palmyra,
were bridesmaids. The flower girls were
Miss Celestia Bissell, niece of the bride,
The bridegroom was attended by his
brother, James Claflin. Both are prom
inent in social circles Miss Toy was
among the foremost amateur actresses In
Burlington county, and many of the lead
ing plays presented have given under her
direction. Mr.. Clafiin was a former man
ager of the Riverton-P Palmyra Athletic As
ISOLATION.
The steamer Colum bia, of the Delaware |
River transportation Company. is laid up |
for repairs in Philadelphia as the result |
of damages sustained in running into the |
draw bridge at Delair during the high |
| wind Wednesday morning. Both smoke
stacks were ripped off the boat and parts
of her upper deck were badly damaged.
The accident occurred on the down trip.
Just as the steamer was entering the draw
the short span of bridge was blown to by
the heavy wind, and the smokestacks, the
forward masts, and other parts of the up
per rigging were swept away before the
boat could be stopped. A few passengers
on board the boat at the time of the acct
dent were panic stricken, but they soon
became calm when it was found that there
was no immediate danger as the result of
the collision. A tugboat towed the Grip
pied Columbia to its dock at Philadelphia,
and it is now being repaired, while the
steamer Burlington is taking its place,
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