The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-05
LOCAL NEWS.

eous post cards at Boyce's, % Garden St.
Unclaimed letters remain in the pos
office for Harry Boen, Jr., and Mrs. Lizzi
Reeves.
Charles A. Rigg. of Burlington. enter
ed upon his duties as Deputy Surrogat
yesterday
John Bailey, of Water street, will here
after receive government pension of 81
per month.
A bunch of keys is all that some thieve
secured after breaking into the schoo
house at Hainesport
On Thursday Sheriff Norcross sold tn
Howard farm, near Ellisdale, to R. How
ard Aaronson, trustee, for 81, 100.
Lady wishes by March list. an unfurnish
ed front foom, without board; good loca
ton in town. Address 219 High street
Mount Holly.
delegation from Pocahontas Tribe
No. IS, of Mount Holly, paid fraterna
visit to the Red Men, at Moorestown, or
Thursday evening.
Valentines and Valentine Post Cards.
Our assortment is large, strictly first class
and up to-date. Our prices are right.
L. s. Boyce, stationer
j. J. Fenstemacher, the Hainesport real
estate dealer, has sold to Mount Holly
parties, the properties Nos. 220 and 284
West Washington street, for $1,000
When the sand washery of Norcross &
Edmunds, at Birmingham, begins active
operations in the spring, the firm will take
on larger force Of men than they have
ever employed before.
Judgment for $50 against Theodore A.
Wright has been secured by James l..
Jamison, as trustee for Lena G. Wright,
the defendant having become negligent in
his payment of S. per week.
Mrs. Ella Apologize of Riverside, was
cleaning her husbands coat with gasoline
Friday, when matches in one of the
pockets ignited, which set the coat on fire
and severely burned the woman.
The smooth surface of the vitrified pave
ment with its coating of ice. particularly
on the hill opposite the post Office, made
it difficult for horses to get shoe hold, last
week, and number of them fell.
Getting too close to hot stove, Mrs.
William Fl. Pangleton, of Defiance, was
painfully burned about the face and head
by the combs in her hair igniting from
the heat. Neighbors heard the woman's
screams and went to her assistance.
Safety first, liberality next, in other
words, protection and service. Both are
essential to successful banking. If you
are satisfied with this platform, go and
see or write to The Burlington County
Safe Deposit and Trust Company, Moores-
town, N. ].
Luke Demerest, of Delanco, took his
birthday few days since. Going to the
post Office in the evening he found him
self the victim of a practical joke when
Postmaster Carter handed him 152 post
cards of congratulation which had been
sent by friends.
A singular accident happened to Miss
Edna Tomliuson, recently. While sitting
in her study room at the State Normal
School, Trenton, two electric light wires
became crossed, throwing out large
number of sparks, which burned her on
both hands.
The original letters testamentary issued
on the estate of Stephen Cramer, of Little
Egg Harbor, dated April IS, 1777, and
bearing the signature and seal of Governor
Livingston, are in possession of his great
great grandson, John w. Harris, of Mount
Holly The document is well preserved.
Superintendent John s. Gilbert is hav-
ing vestibule doors placed on the cars of
the Burlington County Railway Co. The
work is being done at the company's
plant at Hainesport. This change will be
a great protection to motormen during
bad weather, and will prevent much cold
air from entering the cars.
After ransacking his clothing and car
rying off sum of money, his watch and
hat. while he was asleep in hotel, thieves
were obliging enough to leave Frank
10 cents to pay his fare home Jones had
missed the last train, and the robbery was
committed at a Camden hotel, where he
went to spend the night.
Senator Samuel K. Robbins has intro
duced bill in the Legislature designed
to prevent the wholesale slaughter of
reed birds while on the roost. There have
been many complaints in this respect be-
cause of the actions of game hogs. some
of the protests coming from Philadelphia
sportsinen who have boat houses along the
lower Rancocas creek
The weather on Candlemas day was
rather unfavorabe for the ice men, who
are hoping for more cold weather. Fri
day began with overhanging clouds and
with every indication that the ground
hog would be disappointed, but the al
legged forecaster was compelled to blink
because of the rays of sunshine which
came through riffs in the clouds before the
noon hour Having seen his shadow he
scurried down the dark recesses in his
underground home for a sleep of six
weeks. during which time, according to
tradition, we are to have cold weather. 1t
has started off all right.
Under terms of the ordinance by which
a franchise was granted the Bell Tele-
phone Company TO use all the streets,
roads and highways in Northampton
township for the purpose of installing its
conduit system, that corporation will
probably have no trouble in continuing
the service out Madison avenue, to in
clude that portion of the Lumberton turn
pike recently purchased by the township.
That body has been advised by Lawyer
Richard 3. Eckman that the Bell people
are entitled to the use of this newly ac-
quired road without the necessity of ap-
plying for an additional franchise
The interesting services held last week
in celebration of the ninety-seventh ami
versary of the erection of the first Meth
odist Church in Mount Holly, came to q
close on Sunday night. when it was an
nounced that enough money had been
pledged to pay off the remaining indebt,
edness of the church, amounting to six
thousand dollars. The Ladies' Aid So.
ciety has assumed one third of this obi
CATION. The mortgage will be burned al