The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-01-28
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, JANUARY %. 1908
LOCAL NEWS.
Buy 1t at Boyce's.

Buy 1t at Boyce's. .
Whooping cough is making things vel
interesting in some families at Medford.
The new Methodist church at Riversit
win be dedicated on Sunday, February i
The Burlington County Pomona Grane
will meet in the town hall at Moorestow
to-day.
Miss Eva Zelley, of Jobstown, has gor
to Philadelphia hospital to undergo a
operation.
A new locomotive has been placed i
service on the line of the Union Transpol
alton Company.
After upsetting several chairs, breakin
q pitcher and skinning her knuckles, Mr.
Bolton, of Riverside, killed mouse wit
broom handle.
Maurice B. Comfort and Miss Katharin
Shotwell, of Moorestown, are receiving
congratulations on the announcement o
their engagement
In order to add an attraction at com
bination sale to be held at Medford OF
February l, fve-legged COW will b.
placed on exhibition.
Miss Edna Painter, of Beverly, had the
misfortune to stumble and run a pair Of
scissors into her eyelid. Fortunately the
points did not enter the pupil.
Mrs. Minnie Jordan and Mrs. William
Heisler are the prime movers in an effort
being made to establish branch Of the
Daughters of America at Beverly.
The store on High street, formerly oc-
cupied by James K. Parker. has been
rented to Perry g Co., merchant tailors.
who will begin business about February 1.
Milton Christman, of Marlton, received
a painful wound over the eye. He was
struck CHANGING blow with sledge ham
mer while some men were breaking up an
old boiler.
The property occupied by Constable
John Throckmorton, on 6hreve street, has
been sold to John Hamm, of Morrisville,
Pa, who will soon remove to Mount Hol-
ly and occupy it.
The stream at Lake Kenilworth, near
Marlton, which resort is owned by Clay
ton 81. Brick, has been stocked with 800
young trout, some of which were placed
In the water above the lake.
April 8. next, is the date on which the
America Hose Company, Of Mount Holly,
will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary,
which may take the nature of reception
in the company's building on High street.
! Rings Little Liver Pills wake up lazy
livers, clean the system and clear the skin
Try them for biliousness and sick head
ache. Price 25c Sold by FL. B. Allen.
Mount Holly, F. 8. billiard. Vincen-
town.
The list of unclaimed letters that re-
main in the post Office for the week ending
January 25. Miss Florence Aaron, Mrs.
Matte ksstin, Mrs. J. E. Johnson, ].
JEFF Kelby. Mrs. Clara Weistner. William
Pancoast, Miss Jennie Shreve.
The chances for gathering an ice crop
are growing less every day. In this re-
spect little encouragement can be found
In the prediction made by Geo. w. Itch
enor, Of Burlington, who has forecasted
pretty accurately the condition of the
weather go far this winter.
The first leap year dance of the year was
held on Saturday evening at Firemen's
Hall, at Riverside The affair was given
by four popular young girls of Riverside: |
Misses Lydia Windish, Cora Thompson,
Elizabeth Cook and Mamie Bowen, who
had charge and also paid all the bills
All preparations had been made on Sat.
urday for the homecoming of Mrs Will
liam Austin, of Beverly who was taken to |
Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, for an
operation four weeks ago. Instead Of a
cab the dead wagon met the train, as word
was received that she had died. Mrs.
Austin was SO years Of age and leaves a
husband, son and daughter.
After writing number of letters, John
D. Clevenger succeeded in locating Will
liam Nelson Cavileer, who Is now pros
porous merchant at San Francisco. When
young man Cavileer left Mount Holly.
and soon after his departure it was report
ed that he had been lost at sea- Hearing
that he was located in the west Mr.. Clev-
enger began to make inquiries.
Frank Bullock, formerly of Mount /
Holly, smilingly remains on his Job as city
marshal of Millville, while friends state
that he is there for life. The effort to
have Charles Briggs succeed Bullock fail
ed, the latter being retained because Of
decision rendered by Louis Miller, city |
solicitor, who said Bullock could not be re-
removed except for dereliction of duty.
j. Z. Mendenhall. of Lumberton, and
William H. Mason, of Mount Holly, who
have been confined in the Cooper hospital
since the recent railroad accident at Cam
den, were removed to their homes on
Saturday. Mr.. Mason has recovered from
the fatigue of the journey, and he is soon
expected to come around all right. 1t is
thought that Mendenhall will be cripple
for life.
After being In use four years at Bever-
ly, photographs have been taken of sever
al railroad ties which have been preserved |
by chemical preparation, and forwarded
to the proper department of the Pennsyl- |
yania Railroad Company. While other |
ties haye been replaced with new ones on
several occasions, those thus prepared are
still in good state preservation. Two
Beverly men are interested in the inyen-
ton.
All evidences of an early spring which |
appeared because of mild weather, were
given surprise by the snow storm which |
began on Thursday. Never. perhaps.
were trees more beautifully decorated
than on Friday morning. Because of the
nine inches of snow which fell, sidewalk
shovelers reaped harvest, and in many
cases had no trouble getting double the
usual price for their work. By II o'clock
one colored man reported that he had
made enough to pay months house rent.
1t there had been ice to correspond in
thickness to the depth of the snow, the
conditions would have been more gener
ally appreciated. The white fakes drift
ed badly, and many of the roads In the
outlying districts were made impossible.