The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-01-01
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dars for distribution at their Office in the
Gaskill building.
Rumor of the engagement of a young
: man living at Medford to Mount Holly
lady has set some people to guessing.
! mans brown kid glove was lost on
Saturday night, in front of the Arcade
building. The finder is requested to leave
it at this office.
The annual supper of Good Intent Fire
Company will be held in the engine house
on the evenings of Friday and Saturday,
January IS and 49,
Twenty five boys and young men are
: wanted to learn trade in machine shop or
foundry. Apply to H. B. Smith Machine
Co, Smithville. N. J.
: Farmers in some sections of the county
have agreed to make no more contracts
for the raising of tomatoes at less than
| $40 per ton, because the previous seasons
have been bad.
sour fathers have eaten sour grapes
and their children's teeth are set on edge"
will preach on next Sunday evening in
the M. E. Church.
While in Mount Holly, on Christmas,
a painful accident happened to Daniel
Cameron, of Pemberton, who fell off the
steps at Worlins harness shop and cut
deep cash in his head.
A public mass meeting will be held in
the Court House, on Tuesday evening,
January 8, at eight o'clock, at which
questions of public interest will be dis
cussed All are invited.
During the year 1907. deposit portion
of your earnings regularly in The Bur
lington County Safe Deposit and Trust
Company. Moorestown, N. j. $1.0O opens
an account. Three per cent. interest al
lowed
The W. G. T. U. will meet at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Benjamin Lamb, Union
street, on Thursday, the Sd, at o'clock,
and at the residence of Mrs. Armstrong,
Water street, on Tuesday, the 10Th, at the
same hour.
The following are the unclaimed letters
remaining in the post office for the week
ending December 80: Chas. Dougherty, |
CASTILLO Domingo, Mrs. Laura Matlack,
JOS. Miller, Miss Martha ]. Thomas,
Carson Pasquale.
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pie, Wednesday, January 2. Free consult
aJion.
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As the result of an automobile skidding
as it was crossing the bridge at Haines
port, on Saturday afternoon, carriage
belonging to A. Lincoln Sailer, of Mount
the colored driver were thrown out but
escaped injury The owner of the car
stopped, left his card and promised to re-
turn and settle for all damage.
Had it not been for John r. Howell,
who separated the combatants, it might
have become necessary for Burlington
county to elect new auditor, or for
Northampton township to appoint new
office, on Friday, there was clash be-
tween these two officials because the
pruning knife of the auditor cut too deep
into a bill presented by the justice
Fun that is pure, music of the newest
kind. settings, mounting, an electrical
innovation that dazzles, comedians and
vaudeville acts of the highest grade, are
some of the things that makes Weary
Willie Walker the foremost of all
musical comedy productions which is the
happy combination of wit that will be
seen at the Mount Holly Opera House,
Friday, January A. Every thing has been
polished up to the minute and shines forth
in blaze of glory
Miss Wilson, the champion lady bowler,
will be in Mount Holly on Friday night
with four of the Globe bowlers from Cam
den, to bowl a picked team of Mount
Holly players, After the five-man con-
test, Miss Wilson will bowl three games
with I. B. Denness. Ip order to accom-
modate the public, the proprietors will
cover one of the alleys and place thereon
number of chairs principally for ladies.
Doors open at seven; admission 25 cents
Miss Wilson's scores against Hussey were
Wilson, BOB, 2I7, f83, I54, 1885, 169 l6I
Hussey, 1874, 1863. 1863, 1856, 1874, I72, 1877
On Friday evening New Jersey Lodge,
No 1, Knights of Pythias, elected the
following officers: Chancellor Command
er, Charles H. Fitzgerald; vice chancellor, /
George ]. Robertson; prelate Joshua NJ.
Reeves; master of work, Howard Collins
master at arms, Louis II. McIlvain; keep |
er of records and seal, Samuel A Dob |
bins, Jr.; master of finance, George w |
A. French; master of exchequer, Harry |
Hawkins, Jr.; inside guard, A. p Ley; |
outside guard, Samuel B. Gale; trustee,
George J. Robertson; representative to
Grand Lodge. George W. A. French; al
ternate, George ]. Robertson.
Although Gravel Bowers, of Delanco
had often gone to the cabin of his father,
Rudolph Bowers, TO persuade him to give
up his solitary. eccentric life along the
river, and always met with emphatic re
fusal to live with his family, the son
made another trip Friday morning to
make a final appeal, and found his father
lying on the floor, unconscious. Dr.
Weller was summoned and stated that the
dying man had been stricken with heart
disease at least twenty four hours before.
He died Saturday morning Mr.. Bowers
was a well known property owner at Delan
co and had been residing alone in small
building on Raneocas avenue, for years
under protest of members of his family.
He insisted that he would always reside
along the water. For many years he had
been dealingin boats near Port Richmond
About fifteen years ago he retired, and
engaged in real estate business, of which
he had extensive holdings. He is survived
by his widow and one son.
4 bold piece of work on the part Of
John Cayanauph BENJAMIN Smith and