The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-04-02
April fool jokes were in evidence yes.

April 1901 Jokes were IN evidence yes
terday
J, Mordecai s. Haines has purchased tn,
r Haines farm, near Rancocas.
Souvenir postal cards. Mount Holly
2 street scenes. Boyce's of course
: A bill has been passed by the Legisla
ture making Good Friday legal holiday
s Sheriff Norcross celebrated the 54th an
. niversary of his birth, on Saturday.
The pupils of the Mount Holly public
schools are enjoying their Easter vacation
this week.
Charles W. Mcfarland has purchased
the Uriah Borton farm in Westampton
township for $40, 227.
An acetylene gas lighting system is to
be installed at the residence of Joseph j.
White, of New Lisbon.
Coal is now being sold for So per ton in
Mount Holly. A reduction of fifty cents
went into effect yesterday.
The finest assortment of souvenir post
cards in town is what our customers say
Keelers Studio, AZ Mill street.
Marion Circle, No. 9, Brotherhood of
America. will celebrate its 9th anniver-
sary ON Wednesday evening, April "a.
Mrs. Harry Jones, of Mill street, died
Sunday night from typhoid fever. The
deceased leaves a husband and several
children, including a baby nine months
old.
The shock that resembled an earth
quake, which was felt in Mount Holly at
40 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon, resulted
from some unusually heavy blasting over
in Pennsylvania.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. Church
will hold cake sale In the room of the
Burlington County Fair Association in
the Gaskill building, on Saturday after
noon, at two o'clock.
The grave of Mrs. John W. Branin, of
Washington street, who was buried at
Medsord recently, was opened, on Friday,
to receive her son George, three weeks
old, who died on Thursday.
The boys department of the Young
Mems Christian Association held its week
ly meeting, on Wednesday evening, in the
gymnasium of st. Andrews Church. Some
interesting rules of order were framed.
Catching his left hand in machinery at
the Riverside Metal Works, Friday after
noon, Enrobia Bacreo, IA years old, was so
badly injured as to the necessitate ampu-
tation of the hand in Cooper Hospital,
Camden.
Two small shad were caught in the Del
aware river near Burlington, on Thurs
day, the first of the season. Gillers are
not very enthusiastic, because of the be-
lief that shad will be scarce and the sea-
son improbable.
| Your surplus funds need not lie await
ing next months demands, even the sur
plus for a month may as well be earning
in The Burlington County Safe Deposit
and Trust Company. Moorestown, N. j.
Three per cent interest allowed.
Inability of burglar to gain entrance
into dwelling at Bridgeboro, Wednes-
day night, prevented coroner from pros
pecting through someone's anatomy for
one or more bullets, a revolver having
been held in readiness for the thief to
enter the house.
Mrs Sarah B. Kille, of Garden street,
entertained party of young people, on
Saturday evening, during which the en-
gagement of her son, Herbert s. Kille, to
Miss Bessie Borden Lauder, of Philadel-
phia, was announced. The young man is
student at the University of Pennsyl-
vania.
Orders exceeding their capacity are
being received by the II. B. Smith
Machine Company, at Smithville. So
busy is this company that force of men
is compelled to work all night. The
orders last month amounted to 100000,
and So, 900 worth of wood working ma
chinery was sold yesterday.
Louis Saltenberger, who was endeavor-
ing to relieve an injured horse from pain
Sunday morning at the Riverside metal
works, had the misfortune to have the
horse roll over on him, breaking Saltenber-
gers leg above the ankle. He was taken
to DR.. Small's, where the injured member
was treated, and afterwards removed to
his home in the doctors automobile. In
vestigation proved that the horses injuries
were internal and so he was killed.
Of na1a had 10
pocket picked of fifteen dollars while rid
ing on trolley car in Philadelphia. He
knew when the money was taken and accus-
ed man of takingit. but the man protest
ed his innocence, and told Mr. Hansbury
if he would get off the car with him he
would allow him to make search of his
clothes. Both alighted, but the minute
the thief touched foot to the street he
bounded off like a deer, and that is the last
seen of him.
| The committee having charge of prepar-
ing program for the seventeenth annual
rifle tournament at Sea Girt, this year, has
decided that the tournament of 1907
will be held beginning with Labor Day,
September 2, and continuing one week.
| The usual matches will be held and in
addition there will be new match called
the Governors match, open to everybody.
There will also be a new match for prize
to be given by the United States Senator
Frank o. Briggs, of New Jersey, for reg
mental teams consisting wholly of rapid
fire and skirmish; new match for prize
to be given by Col. Anthony r. Kuser,
and slow fire match for regimental teams
for trophy to be given by EX-GOVERNOR
John W. Griggs. The associations match
for inspectors of rifle practice will also be
revived.
Commencing on Monday, April 9Th, a
new time table will be put in operation
on the Burlington County Railway. The
cars now running between Camden and
Burlington will run to Mount Holly only,
and there will be separate cars to take
care of the service on the Burlington
branch. The time of cars to and from
Camden will be the same as at present.
The cars for Burlington will be scheduled
from Hainesport. and the time of the cars
to Burlington will be twenty minutes af
ter the hour at the fountain, arriving al
Burlington wharf SO minutes after the
hour Cars from Burlington will leave
Burlington wharf on the hour, arriving al