The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-11-17
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story because the cunning season Is
Robert s. Gaskill has purchased tv
building lots on Clinton street from Josis
d W. EVAN.
a Miss Lillian Fenimore, of Ewanviii
has employment in Mount Holly for II
8 winter.
: A cabbage raised on the farm Of JOSEF
Engle, Jr., near Hainesport, weighed d
teen pounds.
q A government pension of $12 per mont
has been granted to Mrs. Lydia A. Grol
Ter, of Pemberton.
, Business is picking up at the curtai
factory on King street, and the outlook
} good for full time all winter.
Slipping while sweeping leaves on tt
roof at Cookstown. Miss Frances Devil
ey fell and broke her shoulder.
Dogs recently killed a number Of shee
in Lumberton township belonging to L
Budd Coles and Clarence Coate.
i A leap year dance will be given In th
Masonic Temple on Saturday evening
November %, by Miss Theodore Melchel
Announcement is made of the engage
ment Of William Snyder, of Mount Hol
Ily, and Miss Minnie Rinehart, of Gam
den.
Last week cranberries In this count
were selling at $40 per barrel, and severa
growers disposed of a portion of thei
crop.
George Grover, of Jacobstown, is sui
fering from painful injuries to his hea,
and body, which he received by falling
out of the hay NOV.
There are twenty-three miles of stree
In Mount Holly. This fact was ascertain
ed by actual measurement to learn the ex
tent of the postal delivery system.
| A meadow lot in the rear of his prop
erty on Washington street, belonging tt
Mrs. Edward B. Jones, has been pur
chased by Frank =. Davis for 500.
John w. Price is now bookkeeper fol
Henry Rosenfeld, on Mill street. His
predecessor, Joseph E. Harris, has &C
cepted similar position at Roebling.
A number of apple orchards In this
county having been ruined by the scale,
the trees are being cut down and the
wood sold at good price for the manu-
facture of saw handles.
Excitement at the home of Prof. Law
renee Elberson, corner of Union and But
tonwood streets, on Sunday, was quickly
subdued by the application of water and
salt, which extinguished blaze that was
roaring ia the chimney, fresh fire hsv-
ing ignited the SCOT.
There was good turnout at meeting
of Marion Circle. No. 9, Brotherhood of
America, on Wednesday evening, when a
reception was rendered to Albert Wrensch,
of Montclair, Grand Chief Washington.
Christian J. Krayer was one of the lead
ers In the speech making.
In appreciation of the faithful services
of Charles EVAN Merritt. who recently re-
signed the position of superintendent of
st. Andrews Sunday school, the teachers
and scholars of that body presented Mr..
Merritt with silver piece on which was
engraved suitable inscription.
A masquerade dance was given in the
Opera House, on Thursday evening, by
e. B. Hulse, and there was large at
tendance. The prizes we're awarded to
Miss Ethel Rowan and Reginald Shannon
for the two funniest costumes. The prizes
consisted of a rose gold hatpin and a
gold stickpin.
Mayor Gable, of Bordentown, has is
sued a proclamation that all Migrants.
tramps and such other persons who have
no place of residence or visible means of
support, are. to be apprehended by the po-
lice and sentenced to hard labor at the
county Jail, or to be put to work on the
streets In that city.
After being closed several weeks to
make improvements, renovate the edifice
and refurnish it, the Baptist Church at
Vincentown was reopened on Sunday.
The occasion also marked the third ami
versary of the pastorate of Rev. James
NJ. Davis. Several visitors were present
A special programme of music was rem
dered.
Gordon Kaemmerling, of the Moores-
town preparatory school, has won the first
annual prize of $3.50 given by the Har-
ward Club of New Jersey for the best en-
trance examination to the university. The
young man is the son of Commodore Gus
tav Kaemmerling, U. s. N, who served
under Admiral Dewey at the battle of
Manila Bay.
The Browns Mills Cranberry Company
is preparing for work that will eventually
lead to the growing of fine cranberry
boys Its property, located near Chats
worth, was inspected by the directors on
Wednesday and orders given for imme-
diate improvements. This company was
organized through the efforts of A. A.
Anderson, of Mount Holly.
One of the fire companies in Mount
Holly is soon to have pretty active MEM
Der, his name having been proposed at
the last meeting. He is a stranger in
town and the only person to respond to an
"alarln" when the bell rung on Sunday.
Hastily getting into his clothes after over
sleeping himself, and without any coat
on, the man ran to the fire house as fast
as his legs would carry him to show that
he was right on the job. Finding the
apparatus still behind locked doors and
everything quiet, the newcomer question
ed passsr-by. The reply received soon
settled his excitement, as he was informed
that there was no fire, but that he had
heard church bell ring.
On Thursday Judge Horner dismissed
the exception ms to the account of the ad
ministrator of the estate of Patrick Heal
ey, a former resident of Florence. For
several years he was an inmate at the
almshouse, and when he was admitted to
the institution claimed that he was pen
oped that Healey had several hundred
dollars on deposit with Trust company
at Trenton. Previous to this discovery
the man received little or no attention
from relatives. In fighting for his money
they said that they had lost all track o
him and thought that he was dead. So
licitor Charles EVAN Merritt, on behalf
of the county, put in claim for the boart
of Healey, which was allowed by tn