The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-02-25
Fred Curtis, of Water street. is the
owner of a mig that has no ears.

Fred Curtis, of Water street. is the
! owner of pig that has no ears
Charles Keller will contribute this
! weeks profit from the sales of the Satur-
day Evening Post to the organ fund OF
the Baptist church.
\ Elk. Governor Stokes will deliver the ad-
dress of welcome to the New jersey Meth
odist Episcopal Conference, which will
convene at Millville, March II.
Another big vaudeville, musical and
moving picture entertainmentiss scheduled
for the Opera House next Saturday even
ing. The same popular prices, 10, 10 and
25 cents.
Arrested at Mount Holly on charge OF
the larceny of dress and jewelry from
M. P. Firth, of Camden, Katie Bisang, 10
wears old, was held in $500 bail in Camden
yesterday.
Owing to the continued illness of Chas.
Evan Merritt, president Of the Farm
ers' National Bank, 1t was decided to elect
a vice president, and on Wednesday, Jo-
seph ]. White was unanimously selected
for the Office.
The Luther League of St. Paurs Luth-
eran church, Hainesport, will give an en-
tertainment in the hall there on Satur-
day evening at eight o'clock. Inc pro-
gramme will consist of music, recitations
and other pleasing numbers.
Souvenir post cards of Mount Hoiiy.
Each card contains blending OF eignt
colors. Positively the finest local views
in the town. Sold here and at Jones
pharmacy. 2 for cents, IS cents dozen.
L. 8. Boyce, stationer, 25 Garden st.
At meeting held at the Bingham
House, Philadelphia, on February ~,
Benaiah P. Wills, of Mount Holly, was
reelected president of the Big Fair AS
ISOLATION, and Theodore Coleman, OF
Wilkes barre, Pa, was continued as Sec
rotary.
Georgia Ida Bissell, of Lancaster, Pa,
has purchased from the heirs OF the
Rogers estate tract of forty acres OF
land. back of the mount and adjoining the
base ball grounds on the south. Inc
price paid was $1,000. The land Is to be
laid out in building lots.
Joel Borton, of Woodstown, will ad-
dress a meeting in the Friends Meeting
house. corner High and Garden streets,
this evening, at eight O'Clock. Mr.. Borton
is interested in the anti-saloon league, ana
will speak on the local option movement.
The public is invited to attend this meet
ing.
Professor T. D. Sensor. of the State
Department of Education, and County
Superintendent Charles A. Morris, OF
Ocean county, are to attend mass meet
ing at Tuckerton, Thursday night, to ar
range, if possible, for new schoolhouse.
The State Department says that the State
school fund will be cut of II something
isn't done to better conditions.
Mrs. Susanna Dooney. of Camden, went
to Bordentown Yesterday, in search OF In
formation about the man who was killed
by being struck by train at the yards OF
the Pennsylvania railroad at Bordentown,
on October 2 last. The information she
received from City Marshal Thorn salts
fed her that it was her husband, Daniel
Dooney, blacksmith. who had been
buried at Bordentown. He was SO years
of age and had four children. The body
will be taken to Camden for burial.
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Samuel w. Shinn, well-known lawyer
of Mount Holly, died this morning from
typhoid fever A few weeks ago he had
an attack of pneumonia and hehad scarce.
ly recovered when he again was taken Ill,
this time with typhoid fever. His condition
soon became serious and his death was not
Mr.. Shinn was secretary of
the Burlington County Fair Association,
director of the Mount Holly Safe Deposit
and Trust Company and director OF the
Mount Holly National Bank. He was a
member Of the Mount Holly Lodge Of
Elks. He leaves wife and infant daugh-
ter. He was 81 years ofage. The funeral
will take place on Friday.
The best entertainment yet given in the
popular price weekly series was that on
evening. The Opera House was
well filled and everybody went away well
pleased with the performance. The pro-
gram for next Saturday evening is here
given and it seems to offer assurance that
the performance will be fully up to the
standard of the Washington's Birthday
bill: Piano overture, Walter Hill; character
Walter Smith; moving pictures;
song and dance, Miss Nellie Taper; illus
trated songs, Joseph Dempsey; moving
pictures; the Happy Tramp. Jack Stock
ton; singing aud dancing, Miss Nellie
Taper; humorist, Jack:Stockton; illustrat-
ed songs Joseph Dempsey; moving pic
lures. A program such as above should
fill the Opera House next Saturday even
ing. Prices. 10, IS and % cents.
Frank Murphy, who visited Riverside
yesterday to sell number Of chickens,
was attacked by two negroes at a lonely
place on the road to New Albany, near
which place he resides. In the dark he
heard demand for his money. and decided
to give them good drubbing instead. 1t
wasn't long until he had one of his as
sailants on the ground beaten sufficiently
to be out of reckoning for the time.
Murphy weathered the struggle with his
second assailant sufficiently to see the lat
ter fee Almost falling from exhaustion and
reaction from the shock, he managed to
reach farmhouse, where his story of the
encounter was backed up by his torn
clothes and ugly decorations and cuts on
his face and body. He was removed to
his home.
Personal.
Mrs William A. Slaughter entertained |