The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-04-02

The residents of Delanco are plannin
for the organization of Village Improve
ment Society.
See our guaranteed black taffeta dres
silk, So, rs, s5c, 81, .25 per yard. 1
Mill street. 1. II. Lippincott.
w. Howard Longstreet has sold the A
q. Stokes farm, on the Mount Holly an
Jacksonville road. to J. Frank Kimble TO
$1,000.
Evaul Chambers and Miss Grace Alte
mus, both of Riverton, were married a
the Methodist parsonage, Palmyra, Wed
t nesday night.
Members of the Brotherhood are agitat
ing change in their name again, as the.
don't like the narrow scope of Brother
hood of America.
Work is now in progress for the open
ing Of the Mount Holly Academy prop
erty, which will be used as a boarding
house this summer.
| A portion of the Oswego tract of land
in Bass River township, has been pur
chased by former Surrogate Charles B
Ballinger, of Lumberton.
At 8 o'clock this afternoon the member
of the Women's Christian Temperate,
Union will held meeting at the residence
of Mrs. Nelson Carly, on Brainard street
Mrs. Mary E. White, of Union street
will enter the Hahnemann Hospital, Phil
adelphia, tomorrow, to receive the frs
treatment for the removal of her cataracts
The local branch of the metropolitan
Life Insurance Company had two vacan
cies to fill, last week, because of the re
signations of w. A. Southwick and JOSEPH
Wallace.
/ On April 80, the stockholders of the
Mount Holly Shoe Company will hold 6
meeting to consider recommendation Of
the directors that the corporation be dis
solved.
The great western drama ARIZONA,
will be presented by an excellent caste al
the Auditorium Theatre, Burlington, fol-
the benefit of the Aged Woman's Home,
on Saturday, April 8.
Maggie Jones, who was committed to
the Almshouse from Burlington, has nc
legal residence in this county. Having
become insane she will be transferred to
the state asylum at Trenton.
Following are the unclaimed letters re-
naming in the post Office for week ending
March 30: Mrs. Florence Bartlett, William
Beck. Miss Bessie NJ Obrien, John @.
Watson, Turner Hall, Visinka Tiles
Miss Amanda r. Dobbins, who has
been teacher in the public school for
years, retired from active service on Fri
day. The other teachers presented her
with purse of $50 in gold on that day.
Howard S. Durand. aged IS years, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Dursnd, Water
street, died Friday from typhoid fever.
The remains were inferred yesterday af-
ternoon in st. Andrews burying ground.
Charles Carpenter has sold his steam
saw mill, at Magnolia. to E. E. Antrim,
| 8. Frank Peck and s. Jarrett Woolman,
who are fitting it up near Red Lion,
where they have several acres of timber
at Bear Swamp to work.
Samuel Greenwald narrowly escaped
death at the railroad station yesterday
morning. He attempted to board NOV.
ing train, was thrown violently to the
ground, and came near rolling under one
of the car wheels. He was considerably
shaken but escaped injury.
Macs minstrel troupe. of Mount Holly,
which had been billed to give one of their
pleasing entertainments at Medford, did
not appear at the appointed time, because
Mount Holly man, it is alleged, tore
down the posters and reported that the
organization had disbanded.
The weather conditions yesterday were
not a surprise to some people. who made
predictions that the preceding rain would
turn into snow. Easter was a decided
disappointment, as the weather man had
given promise of beautiful day. Al
though most unpleasant Sunday evening,
the augmented choirs and special music
attracted fair attendance at the various
churches.
One of the bull terriers in the kennel of
Mrs. T. B. Baldwin, of Gable Hall. Edge.
water Park, died on the street Tuesday of
poison. The animal seemed to be well
when it left the Baldwin country seat,
and. 1t is believed. ate some poisoned food
on the street. About 90 dogs have been
fatally poisoned within few weeks. and
the theory is advanced that the poison is
dropped at night near the houses or
thrown into the yard.
1.-The Country Day by Day" is the title
of a series of articles which appear each
day in The Philadelphia Press. The series
is review of the present day conditions
and is extremely valuable as giving new
and interesting side lights of this great
country of ours. If you order The Press
served at your home seven days in the
week your are sure of getting the best
there is both as to news and other good
features.
After a brief Illness with pneumonia
Thomas Allen, of Brainard street, died
Friday evening. The deceased, who had
been sexton of the Methodist Church fol
about a score of years, had contemplated
an early retirement from that position
The remains will be inferred in the Mount
Holly cemetery this afternoon. AS mem
Der of the Twenty third Regiment, New
Jersey Volunteers, Mr.. Allen had intend
ed to be present at the unwilling of thu
regimental monument at Salem Church
Va, next month.
Assemblyman Barber, of Mercer, paid
delicate and thoughtful compliment Il
Supreme Court Justice Hendrickson whel
he moved the privileges of the house foo
to the aged jurist. Justice Hendricksol
is modest man and he stood outside tn
house rail. Mr.. Barber noticed him thu
standing and Immediately moved the pr
vileges of the floor, which were unani
mously given. Justice Hendrickson ha
. been an interested observer of legslatio
this session, possibly prompted by his sol
being house member. Hendrickson, c
Hudson, the son, has made good recor
for fairness during this session.
5 Ben Forests gymnasium, long the trail
0 ing quarters for pugilists of more or lei
t note, near Merchantville, was destroye
, by fire Tuesday night. The structure, a