The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-06-11

ly IL Will pay you TO take look at gu
geraniums. Rosbach's, Pemberton.
Y. Have you seen the eighteen new view
a of Mount Holly in colors, in Boyces win
dow2
s, The Methodist people. of New Egypt
S, will hold Harvest Home at that place OF
July 4.
st Several pike weighing from to pounds
r were caught in the pond at Cassville, las
week.
II The store formerly occupied by A. Saltz
r man, just below THE News office, is being
fitted up for an amusement hall.
a Edgar Murphy and Miss Annie Crieger
:, both of Riverside, were married on Wed
nesday evening, June 5, by Rev. Cornelius
d W. living.
d A special meeting of the Ushers' Union
of the M. E. church will be held this even
!. ing at the home of the president Philip
s. Irons
Henry G. Hall, who keeps a store at
q the corner of Garden and Risdon streets,
j. lost delivery horse, last week, from acute
! indigestion.
Edward w. Evan died at his residence
on Cherry street, at 2 O'Clock on
Sunday morning, from stomach trouble
r He was SO years of age
Clifford s. Sims has been appointed
second vice president and general manager
of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad
; with headquarters at Albany, N. Y.
A stranger bought an umbrella at
Saltzman's store on Tuesday, paying
therefor with check for a small amount.
When presented at bank, the next day,
the check was found to be forgery.
The following unclaimed letters remain
uncalled for at the post office for the
week ending June 8: Mary A. Dickey,
Miss Wilbur Edgels, DIR. Zelobeard Hand,
]. R. Snyder, Mr.. and Mrs. II. M. Taylor.
Mrs Clara Stewart, a dressmaker, died
in Philadelphia hospital last night. She
had been receiving treatment there for a
tumor of the kidneys The deceased
lived with her brother-in- law, William G.
|
Don't fail to see Lyman H. Howe's NOV
ing picture entertainment in the Opera
House, Mount Holly. on Friday evening
next. Every body is delighted with this
show and pronounces it the best in
business. Get reserved seats at Jamison's
early.
| Mount Holly members of the Knights
of Pythias, who propose tc attend the dis
trict meeting to be held at Burlington, on
Thursday night. will leave for that city
on the Z 90 trolley. They may be joined
by dozen members of the order from
Medford
Having resigned his position with a
wall paper house In New York city, Lor-
ing s. Bortou, of Mount Holly. has form.
ed partnership with friend Interior
decorations is the business in which the
young men are now engaged at Westtield.
near East Orange.
Have you weak eyesG Do you suffer
with headache or neuralgia Consult
Stiles & Co., eye specialists, aud they will
relieve you. Free examination of eyes.
Their next visit to Mount Holly will be s
on Wednesday of next week, the 10Th, at
Masonic Temple. S
Young men between seventeen and
twenty years of age wishing to learn de-
sirable trade can find a good opportunity
with good wages from start and chance of
rapid advancement by applying to Phila-
delphia Watch Case Co., Riverside, Bur
lington County, N. ],
In looking over some papers yester-
day Joseph G. Cowgirl found an old diary
which contained this sentence: May 15
1834-Very cold; freezing in the shade
with clear sun. Icicles hanging IL in :
ches long" And this was a record of con-
ditions at Mount Holly.
A telegram was received in Mount Hol
ly. on Sunday, from Warden Osborn, ask ,
ing the police to be on the lookout for
man named Strickland, who had escaped
from the state prison. The fellow had
served about twelve years of thirty year
sentence for murder. He was ''trusty," /.
and while going to the home of the War
den. opposite the prison, Strickland jump
ed fence and escaped from guard. A
scar on his chin will aid in Identification.
John Burke, picked up in Mount Holly h
and given sixty days in the county Jail, y
is carpenter by trade, and formerly lived ;
near Freehold. At the prison can be seen +
some artistic work which he executed, :
of ships, fancy play houses for r
and several difficult designs made +
of wood and put together in bottles, which r
have been filed with water. Burke has 4
his ability as mechanic. +
and in this manner he passes the time
away.
One of the happiest men, on Saturday. h
was Franklin B. Lewis, who took part in
the college parade at Princeton. Mr..
Lewis was the only representative of his .
class of 1853, and he was given the first
place in the ranks He was the oldest =
graduate in line, By his side was the !;
single representative of the class of 1854 !
and they marched in company with the :
banner bearer at the head of the process
sion. Ihey were given an enthusiastic
greeting all along the line
Naturalists may become interested in {
the peculiar actions of some birds at New i
Egypt, who abandoned their homes and
offspring in a manner unheard of be- {
FORE Just previous to heavy fall of
rain all the martin boxes in that town
were abandoned. In most cases the birds l
left their nests full of young, remaining
away long enough for many of the little l
songsters to starve to death. 1t was about '
five days before the migrating martins re- {
turned, when each one apparently occu-
pied its former quarters.
That cat has more lives than nine was
illustrated in the case of a woman, at Riv-
erside, who made unsuccessful efforts to
get rid of feline Placing pussy in
bag she tried to kill it with club, and
every time the weapon came down the cat
would jump high in the air. Resting the
bag on a box the woman fred nine shots
into the bag from a revolver, without
success. The shooting attracted crowd
from the neighborhood, and one of the
men present held the cat at arms length
while boy put bullet into its head.