The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-10-06
LOCAL NEWS.

OF his fruit stand on High street.
Northern lights, taking many fantasti
shapes and tints, were seen last week.
Man and wife want situation on farm
Call at Jerry Deacon farm on Noun
Holly pike.
The Hainesport Transportation Com
pany has increased its capital stock fror
$3.50. 200 to $500. 900.
On Thursday Sheriff Norcross sold tn
Kiner property, on Water street, to Mar.
l.. Armstrong for $3.50.
Mount Holly souvenir post cards 'rh'
Very Best" Here and at Jones Fhal
macy. L 8. Boyce. stationer
Joseph Marshal and Elizabeth Grover
both of Birmingham, were married II
Mount Holly by Justice Slack, on Sep
TENDER 30.
Irons 8 O'Niel. who have been conduct
ing the Alcazar Hotel. at Burlington, have
purchased the Beldin House, an adjoining
property.
Amos T. BOUCHER, a telegraph operat
or, well known in this section, is laid uI
In st. Johns Hospital, Long Island City,
with broken knee.
A fine lot Of Plymouth Rock fowls,
about twenty-five in number, were stolen
from the yard of Wilbur F. Shinn, West
Washington street. on Wednesday night.
Because of advancement in their studies,
Restore M. Colby aud John B. Dolan.
employed in local drug stores. have en-
tered the College of Pharmacy at Phil
adelphia.
Mahlon X. Margerum, secretary, makes
denial of the rumor that the Interstate
fair is to be removed from Trenton to
New Brunswick. He says there is no
probability of change.
Isaac N. B. Wright. of Indian Mills,
has suffered heavy loss from the failure
of his cranberry crop this year. He had
early prospects of gathering two thousand
crates, but only got eighty.
The poor quality of light furnished at
the Court House at night is the subject
of complaint. It is evident that the plant
needs some attention, as the service gave
good results when it was first installed
Ability and perpetuity are two essential
qualities In the management of an estate.
You will find both of these combined In
The Burlington County Safe Deposit and
Trust Company, Moorestown, N. ].
Mrs. Ann ]. Garrett, of Burlington,
was buried on Thursday afternoon. This
is the aged lady who was struck by train
: at the corner of Broad and Stacy streets.
She died from the effects of cash on her
head.
Interesting services marked the cele-
bration of the eleventh anniversary Of the
Keswick Colony of Mercy, near Whit
ings, which continued from October to
4. Mr.. and Mrs. William Raws, the pro
motors, have reclaimed many fallen men
and women.
Hearing rustling In his corn field one
night, resident of Stanwick let fly
couple of loads from a double barreled
shot gun, while his son emptied re-
volver. This caused the thieves to re-
treat. Three dozen fine ears of corn were
found the next morning piled up ready to
be taken away.
The Florence thread works Is one OF the
few textile works in the country that has
given its employees steady work at full
wages during the recent depression in
business Under the present management
this plant has been SO successful that to-
day the Florence thread works ranks as
one of the leading mills in the country.
Sportsmen find cause for complaint from
the fact that the open season for game
during the past two years, has fallen on
Sunday, which permits many rabbits and
quail to be killed unlawfully, as 1t is i'm
possible for the game wardens to cover
the entire county 1t will be lawful to
shoot game on November 10. which is five
days later than last year.
Chestnuts this year are finer than for
many seasons past and the opening of the
burrs has not been delayed awaiting cold
weather. Frost was supposed to be ne
cessary to freeze the fibre that holds the
burr together, but this year there has
been little frost and the burrs are popping
open and the rays of the sun browning
them nicely. The flavor of the chestnut
Is also finer this year.
The Burlington County Railway Com
- q nj the BOARD 0f
Freeholders have arrived at an agreement
whereby the expense is to be divided In
the erection of new bridge near Hart
ford. The present structure, which was
recently condemned by the freeholders,
has been strengthened and made abso-
lutely safe. The work of building the
new bridge will soon begin.
1t is said that three nests of young
hares, numbering seventeen, escaped un-
noticed on the exhibition grounds during
the fair One rabbit that was disturbed
from its squat jumped on the race
track while horse was running away,
and for time the excitement was con-
tinued by the actions of the cotton tail
in trying to avoid the people while seek
ing an opportunity to escape.
As Henry Satterthwait. Bordentown
farmer, was driving number OF cows
which had been bought at Columbus,
along the highway, on Tuesday, motor
vehicle came along going toward Column
bus. ran into them and broke the leg of
$50 COW. There were two men in the ma
chine, but they paid no attention what
ever to the accident and hurried away.
Satterthwait was fortunate enough to
get the number of the machine and made
complaint to Mayor Gabel, who in turn
notified ]. B. r. Smith, state secretary of
motor vehicles, who will notify the owner
of the machine to appear before Mayor
Gabel and settle.
The New Jersey 'nickelette" law,
which prohibits the attendance of I'M
attended children at places of amusement,
was pronounced unconstitutional by Vice.
Chancellor Garrison In Jersey City on
Thursday. The Vice Chancellor holds
that the law is bad because it exempts
picture shows in public and private
schools, Sunday schools and churches,
and therefore conflicts with the -Four.
teenth Amendment to the federal con-
stitution and Section z, paragraph IL, OF
the State Constitution, which guarantees
..equal protection under the law" The
decision was in the case of William Van