The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-04-23
Mount Holly in Nutshell. Buy it at

Inc ANNUAL CQTlSIl6u EQOeAV0r m6eLlQt
), of Burlington county will be held at Riv
:. erside to-day.
J. J. Fenstermacher has sold the farm
It owned by Riley Earling, near Centreton
l. to w. r. Eltonhead, of Philadelphia, fo
81, 200.
e Mabel Haines, Ethel Lippincott ant
Il Lillian Jones will graduate from the pub
lie school at Marlton at the close of tn,
f present school year.
: Several dogs and cats have died al
. Jacobstown, during the week, as the re
f. suit of some one distributing poisoned
food about that town.
/. Mrs. John W. Lynch has been chosen
/ sionary Society of the Union Methodist
E Church, of Burlington.
John Armstrong, who recently accepted
q la position at Trenton, has returned to
/ Mount Holly, and is now engineer at
, Chances pickle factory, on King street.
Announcement is made of the marriage
of Miss Emma Stout, of Jacobstown. and
Cornelius Bracton. of Cranbury. The
event took place on Thursday evening,
April A.
Winfield Morris. of Jacobstown, had
one of his fingers amputated, on Wednes-
day. While repairing windmill on the
farm of Richard Rahilly, near Wrights-
town, his hand caught In the wheel.
Have you seen Mount Holly in Nut
shell" at Boyce's stationery store, % Gar
den street, It's new and up-to-date. con-
tanning "a local views for ten cents. Sc
cure one, it will please you and the recip-
lent.
If you suffer with headache and neural
gia look to your eyes. Eye strain is gen.
orally the cause. Consult Stiles & Com
pany, eye specialists. at the Masonic
Temple on Wednesday, April "a. Free
examination.
An Emergent Communication of Mount
Holly Lodge. No. IA, F. and A. M, will
be held at Pemberton on Wednesday, the
oath inst, at 2 O'Clock, P. M, for the pur-
pose of attending the funeral of Past
Master John B. Deacon.
Mrs. Charles LaTour of Mount Holly,
will be the matron of honor at the mar
riage of Arthur j. Cottrell and Miss Mabel
Balm Kirkbride. daughter of State Prison
Supervisor Samuel W. Kirkbride, which
will take place tomorrow afternoon at
Asbury Park.
The State Mutual Building Association
will hold meeting In Camden, on Thurs
day. There are many shareholders in this
neigborhood and they would do well to
look to their interests by attending the
meeting or by giving some one proxy TO
represent them.
At meeting of the board of Directors
of the Mount Holly Y. N. G. A. on Friday
evening the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, A. r. w.
Atwood; vice president. Richard B. Eek
man; secretary, M. j. Vanzant; treasurer.
Richard P. Holeman.
Subscribers of Inter State Telephone
and Telegraph Company may obtain the
daily forecasts and special warnings Of the
Weather Bureau of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture from their respec-
tive exchanges after II a. m. These fore
casts usually cover these hour period end
ing at 8 p. m. of the following day.
A colored man found In the yard of Ell
wood H. Stokes. on Union street, one
night last week, caused some commotion
in that neighborhood, as 1t was thought
the stranger was about to commit a rob- |
berry. The man ran after being spoken to.
The police were summoned and watch
was kept on the house during the balance
of the night.
Members of the Mount Holly Fife and
Drum Corps are practicing three nights a
week at the home of Fred Norcross, on
Madison avenue, In order to fill their en-
gagement to furnish music on Memorial
day for Gen. A. E. Shiras Post, No. 90,
G. A. r. Elwell Mcdonnell, the instruct
or, is getting the young men in fine shape
for their next public appearance.
Mrs. Henrietta L. Books, of Borden
town, filed In the Court of Chancery at
Trenton, yesterday, petition for divorce
from her husband, Harry M. Books. She
charges desertion. The couple were mar
ried in 1891 at Jobstown, and lived to.
gether until 1900, when, the wife alleges,
the husband deserted her in Philadelphia.
There are three children, two girls and
boy.
]. W. Duncan. of Shreve street, en-
ployed at the Smithville machine works,
met with painful accident, on Thursday
afternoon. Standing on a stool while ad-
iusting belt to pulley, Duncan slipped
and fell His left arm struck some knives
that were lying on bench ready to be put
on a machine, and four gashes were cut in
his wrist Eight stitches were required to
close the wounds.
Miss Bertha E. Mothes and Ner II.
Haines, both of Riverside, were married
at the home of the groom's parents on
Wednesday evening by Rev. Walter Veit.
The bride was attended by Miss Emma
Christy and Herman Bisbing acted as best
man. A reception followed the ceremony,
after which the happy pair took an even
ing train to spend short honeymoon trip
with relatives in Pennsylvania.
A new soda water fountain has been in
stalled at the drug store of Harold B. Al
len, on High street, at an expense of over
1900. 1t has hygienic appointments not
to be found in the old style fountains,
making its sanitary conditions as near
perfect as possible. The fountain is COM
posed of onyx, marble and highly finish
ed oak, with large plate glass mirror
that will always remain in favor with
the ladies.
Robert Peacock. who has been employ
ed in the Office of Prosecutor Samuel A
Atkinson for some time, will retire. on
May 1, to accept position as stenograph-
er in the Office of Bleakley & Stockwell
solicitors, of the city of Camden. The
young man, who has made many friends
in Mount Holly. makes the change be-
cause of the personal benefits to be at
tanned. Mr.. Atkinson will employ lady
stenographer.
G. d. Emson of New Egypt. attended
the sale of trotting stock at indianapolis,
Ind. during the last week of March.
While there he bought two horses without