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

t Community silver and rich cut glass
Buy 1t at Boyce's.
e( Rev. r. H. Baker and Rev. G. M
Hughes exchanged pulpits- on Sunda,
morning.
The Epworth League will hold
Guessing" contest in the M. E. churcl
on Friday evening.
l The house on Cherry street, occupied b.
Mrs. William s. Kelly, has been purchased
by that lady for $3.50.
The will of George Rendell, deceased
was probated yesterday. The entire estat
is devised to the widow. William Rendel
is the executor.
A delegation of Mount Holly Mason
went to Medford, last night, visiting thu
local lodge at that place, where degre'
work was exemplified.
Mrs Alice r. o. Paul, of Mount Holly
has obtained divorce on the grounds o.
desertion from E. V. Paul, who is now
residing in California.
John W. Wright has rented the house
on the southwest corner of Brainard and
Paxson streets, and will remove from
Merchantville in few days.
The return of spring weather and the
pranks of Dan Cupid, have caused matri-
fmonial fever In the case of two well known
business men of Mount Holly.
At the home of Mrs. Rachel G. Evans,
near Mount Holly on Thursday occurred
the marriage of her daughter Martha D.,
to Albert D. Austin, of Haddonfield.
The David s. Newbold farm, on the
road from Wrightstown to Cookstown,
consisting of 1859 acres, has been purchased
by William D. Hartshorn for $2,750.
Rev. George M. Hughes will begin a
series of sermons on Influence. in the
Nj. z. church. Next Sunday evening, his
subject will be ''The American Home"
! Announcement Is made of the engage
ment of Miss Gertrude A. Leeds, of Ran
cocas, to Hudson B. Haines. The bride
elect is the daughter of Granville W.
Leeds
William Madden, formerly of Mount
Holly, died at Rosemont, Pa, on Sunday,
after an illness of three days. Mr.. Mad
den was at one time engaged in the livery
business with his brother, Timothy, and
conducted line of stage coaches through
the town.
George Poinsett, of Burlington, while
working at Smithville, on Friday, fell
from scaffold, portion of which broke
and let him to the ground. He was taken
to the Burlington County Hospital, where
it found that his injuries were only slight
and he went home.
The committee to receive bids for the
new stone roads met at the Court House,
yesterday, and compared figures. On the
Westfield road the bids were: j. II. Hur-
ley, $S4. s2s.55; T. ]. McGovern, $S3. 7S4;
j. f. Stanley & Co., $32. 500; B. F.
Sweeten & Son, $40, 1919. On the road
from Lumberton to Cross Roads, the bids
were: J. Fl. Hurley, $S6,76S; T. ]. Nc
0ONcIu, Po7,ooV1 y. L. OAonlSJ " w.,
$29, $50. The committee decided to recon-
mend the lowest bidder in each instance.
For three nights this week-Thursday,
Friday and Saturday-the opera house
will be occupied by company of enter
tanning artists, headed by Grove, the
Great" Grove is hypnotist and performs
the remarkable feat of putting subject
to sleep while he is two blocks away from
him. The Dover. N. j., Advance, tells
of this performance in that city, and says
it was genuine and the most wonderful
feat that had ever been performed there.
Grove will repeat this hypnotic perform
ance in Mount Holly and will haye his
subject in the window of Krupnick's Main
street store. The performances in the
opera house will consist of high-grade
vaudeville, and the prices will be 10, 90
and 80 cents.
Miss Mabel Balm Kirkbride was welded
Wednesday evening to Mr.. Arthur F.
Cottrell, secretary of the Asbury Park
Kennel Club. The Rev. A. L. Longley,
rector of Trinity Church, Bayonne, per-
formed the ceremony, which took place
at the residence of her father, Samuel W.
Kirkbride, Asbury Park. Mrs. Charles
La Tour, of Mount Holly, cousin of the
bride, was matron of honor. The ribbon
girls were Miss Mabel Green and Miss
Helen Cottrell. of Asbury Park. Mr.
Walter Kirkbride, brother of the bride,
was best man. Many costly presents were
received, including the residence, No. 81
Sixth avenue. Asbury Park. valued at
$15, 900, gift from Mrs. Kirkbride to her
daughter. The bridegroom's gift to the
bride was diamond and pearl pendant
The bridegroom's father, Mr.. William c. |
Cottrell, gave the bride check for a
substantial sum.
Charles E. Barnitz. of Delanco, age 80
years, was found dead Saturday morning
In a boat near a FISH cabin, on the outskirts
of Beverly, along the Delaware River.
The body was discovered by Gilbert Van
Solver and Arthur Stibbens, two boys,
while they were searching along the
marshy land for frogs. There was scar
across the left cheek and one of the mans
rubber boots was ripped. There was
every indication that Barnitz was struck
by lightning and Coroner Deworth, of Bor-
dentown, who viewed the body and issued
a certificate of death by lightning. Mr..
Barnitz, who was the owner of the hosiery
mills at Delanco, was single and lived
with his mother, brother and two sisters
on the outskirts Of that town. He was an
amateur fisherman and generally went out
alone. He left Friday night for trip on the
river and made stop just below Beverly.
Later he rowed out into the Delaware
and evidently met death during the fierce
thunder and lightning storm that prevail
ed.
1t will probably be an item of news to
most people that postmasters are not COM
PEELED to make change for you when you
make purchases at Uncle Sans office.
This is a queer rule that not one in a
thousand persons know. Buyers of
stamps or any purchases at a postoffice
must furnish their own change; l. e., the
postmaster could insist On the buyer
| furnishing his own change if he sees fit to
do it: but usually the postmaster is glad
enough to get rid of his Chicken feed, :"
and he is always ready and willing to
accommodate the public by making all
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