The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-02-26
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY &C. 1907
LOCAL NEWS.
Fine stationery. Buy it at Boyce's.

Pine street.
Coal for sale at 81 and Sc per ton, cas-
Fred Schrayshuen, Washington and Bl
pham streets. y
Howard T. Warrick has sold his hot
at Browns Mills to John Davis, of Ne
Hanover township.
The next meeting of the Board of Ere
holders will be held at the Court Hous
on Wednesday. March 10.
Raymond Bartlett, of Lumberton, h,
a broken arm, which he received at
skating rink in Philadelphia.
Joseph Meeks, a motorman on the tro
ley road, was compelled to lay off, la.
week, on account of illness.
Burlington's first team of bowlers ws
defeated at Mount Holly on Thursda
night by total of 210 pins in three games
A bread and cake sale was held in th
Gaskill building, Saturday afternoon, b
the ladies interested in the Water stree
mission.
Furniture of all kinds is being sold 8
cut prices by Rosenfeld Bros, Mill street
They keep everything in the house fun
nishing line.
Mrs. B. K. johnson, of Lumberton.
recovering from an operation which wa
performed at the Presbyterian Hospital
Philadelphia, early last week.
For the benefit of the pastors salary
at Juliustown, the Ladies' Aid Society, o
that place, gave baked bean supper Oh
Friday and Saturday evenings.
Having resigned his position as engi
neer at the factory of the Mount Holly
Shoe Company. because of i'll health
John Armstrong will remove to Trenton.
Prof. Frank Parsons, of Mount Holly
has been seriously i'll at Boston. He ha,
been operated on at hospital there for the
removal of gall stones. He is improving
slowly.
The position of assistant superintend
ent of the works of the H. B. Smith Ma
chine Company, at Smfthville, has beer
given to E. Allen Smith, Jr., son of Capt
Smith.
The inuptial knot between Grant
Branin and Miss Matte Kishbaugh, of
Vincentown, was tied about two weeks
ago. The happy couple sprung a surprise
on their friends.
Surrogate Lippincott has granted let
tiers of administration on the estate of
Gertrude F. Holeman, deceased, of Mount
Holly. to Edward E. Holeman and Eliz-
abeth H. Summons.
The unclaimed letters remaining in the
post Office for week ending February 90,
are as follows: Mrs. Minnie w. Harker,
Wallace Hinchman, Miss Tallie Harmed,
Miss Bertha Harmed, Abe Pason.
William Wright and wife have gone to
North Carolina, where they will remain
for several weeks. During the absence of
Mr.. Wright the business at the Opera
House will be in charge of Benajah p
Wills.
"A SAooo VI Ola CduOlQdJCS W DIS lutbldlcu
by Washington Council, No. II, P. o. s.
of A., on Thursday evening. A delega-
ton from Palmyra assisted in the work.
After the exercises were over a smoker
was enjoyed.
Charles Austin, who was removed to
the county insane asylum, last week, died
at that institution, on Friday. He for
merly drove a hack in Mount Holly, and
continued in that business until poor
health drove him into retirement.
The best of everything is given regular
readers of THE Press" Both 1.-THE daily
and the Sunday Press" have the best
features that money can buy-all the news
every day. There is a strong serial story
In 1.-THE daily Press" and the short stories
in "The Sunday Press" are very note
worthy.
Peter Delaney is again prisoner in the
county Jail, and for second offence COM
mitted on the same woman. Delaney
lives in Burlington, and his first arrest
was for an alleged assault on Catherine
Morris, of that place. The fellow was re-
leased because the grand jury failed to
indict him. 1t is said that during Della
ney's attack on the woman, last week, the
police prevented possible murder.
1t is said that kettle of scalding water
awaits certain Pemberton man should
he make another visit to the home of
woman living along the railroad near that
place. On the pretext of his first visit the
claim was made that he was out search
ing for teaberry leaves, but his conduct
while in the house indicated that he was
hunting for trouble, and that is just what
is promised should he call there again.
There was lively time this side of
Stanwick for few minutes, Thursday af-
ternoon, by the feed wire breaking and
getting coiled around the projecting stove
pipe of Camden trolley car, which was
In charge of Mount Holly crew. Al
most instantly the heater in the smoking
compartment assumed red heat from the
electric current, but this soon died away,
as the connection was broken by the wire
getting caught in wheel and pulling the
stovepipe to the ground just in time to
prevent the car from taking fire. The &C.
cident prevented the red lights from work.
ing properly, and for two or three hours
the service wesi of Moorestown was badly
jumbled.
Mrs. Bellas Fitzgerald. of Palmyra,
died Tuesday afternoon from the effects
of burns which she received the night be.
fore. While preparing supper her apron
took fire and in an instant she was envel.
oped in flames. Her agonizing cries awoke
her husband. who was asleep on a sofa.
and he made an Intellectual attempt to
smother out the fire. Finding that he
could not do this he poured over her the
contents of large kettle of water, which
extinguished the flames, and Mrs. FitZ-
gerald. apparently not much worse from
her terrible experience, went to bed. Hel
husband did not realize the serious nature
of her injuries until Tuesday morning
when he went to call her and found he
unconscious. He summoned DR.. G. 8
Mills, who found the woman barely aliv'
and every inch of her body covered will
burns The skin stripped off with he
clothing.
A supper under the auspices of the Ran
cocas Grange was given in the Masonic
Temple, on Friday and Saturday even