The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-02-04
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.



because of leap year.
A government pension Of $50 per mont
has been granted to Augustus vonForei,
ger, of Mount Holly.
Miss Myrtle Harris, Of Bridgeboro, hs
a broken leg. which she received by fal
ing on an icy pavement.
It has been announced that Philade
phia syndicate will erect one hundred COZ
crete houses in Burlington
If permission can be obtained, larg
sanatorium for consumptives may b
erected on the Evan property at Evan
vile.
Miss Eva r. DeCamp and Charles E
Yerger, both of Mount Holly, were mar
risd on January 80, by Rev. George NJ
Hughes.
Samuel R. Cooper, of Marion. who al
ready has an extensive orchard, has In
creased his holdings by setting out 100
peach trees
Members of the Riverside Fire Com
pany viii give masquerade dance OF
February 26. for the benefit of the equip
ment fund.
The annual meeting of the stockholder
OF the Marlton Water Company will b.
held in Bricks hall on Monday night
February 10.
AS the result of cuts and bruises sus
tanned by a fall on Mill street. on Tues
day, Granville s. Frake was laid up sew
eral days last week.
While at his Office Thursday afternoon
Capt. Charles EVAN Merritt was stricken
with paralysis. His right side Is affected
His condition is reported to be slightly
improved.
Robert p. Shaw and Miss Estella M
Wright, both Of Mount Holly, were mar
ried at Camden, on January 2, by Rev,
George L. Neal, pastor OF the Broadway
N. E. Church.
The authorities of Moorestown have
posted notices offering g, 1000 reward fol-
the arrest and conviction of anyone send
ing in a false alarm of fire or tampering
with the signal boxes
Meeting at the residence of William P.
Randall, on Broad street, Tuesday even
ing, musical organization was formed
by several young men, who have desire
of starting mandolin club.
Budd M. Rigg, William A. Slaughter
and George N. Watkins are the incorpo-
rators of the Mount Holly Real Estate
Company, whose authorized capital is
$50, 900, with s., 900 paid in.
Safeguard your surplus funds by de-
posting them in the Burlington County
Safe Deposit and Trust Company, Moores-
towd, M. $1.00 opens on account. In
terest compounded semi annually.
Leather goods for the spring trade are
being made by the Weaver Manufac-
turing Company at their factory ON Grant
street, in order to keep their hands busy
and to enable the firm to fill orders quick
ly.
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 II. B. Allen.
Mount Holly, F. 8. Hilliard. Vincen-
town.
Edward L. Durand has marked the ice
on his pond, and the work Of cutting may
begin to-day. The ice is about six inches
thick, which will justify dealers in har-
vesting rather than run the risk of losing
their crop.
Good skating has been enjoyed on the
lake at Rancocas Park for several days,
and the various ponds have afforded sport
in this line. The cold spell last week,
which came near the zero mark, enabled
some farmers to gather ice
Albert w. Atkinson, formerly of Mount
Holly, sailed for Germany yesterday,
where he will open branch factory in
connection with the Victor Talking Ma
chine Company, of Camden, of which
concern he is the assistant secretary.
Elias Lennon, Familiarity known as
"Owly," living near Retreat, was buried
on Friday from the residence of Albert
Worthley, at Vincentown. The deceased
was "a years of age, and character of
the pines well known to many people
throughout the county.
Membership in the Methodist, Baptist
- r.ooLx+o~;ox, nhrroy, 90 has haon CON :
siderably increased by the large number
of converts secured as result of the re
vival meetings conducted in Mount Holly
last month by DR.. Smiley and W. P. Han
son, the western evangelists.
Andrew J. Connolly, Jr., has applied
for letters of administration on the estate
of his father, Andrew J. Connolly, who
recently died at Medford. but caveat
has been filed by Sabilla 8. Hopkins, of
Mount Holly, daughter of the decedent,
and the matter will have to be decided by
the court.
While getting off trolley in Camden,
on Tuesday, Samuel Greenwald, OF Mount
Holly, was struck by car coming in the
opposite direction and painfully injured
about the shoulder. After physician
found that no bones were broken, Mr.,
Greenwald came home, refusing to go to
Camden hospital for treatment.
Walter Green, a witness, confined in the
county Jail, is suffering from blood poi
soning, contracted last week from knife
wound inflicted by Andrew Sagee while
the two colored men were fighting at Bor
dentown. The authorities wanted to hole
Green SO that his assailant could be pros
ecuted, and as he has no family ties, j
was deemed best to commit him.
A. minister up in Utica, N. T., ha
startled the people there by announcing
that beginning this week circle will NEE
each Wednesday afternoon, SO that al
persons who have stories to tell sbou
their neighbors and cannot refrain from
uttering them. may have an opportunit,
to speak their i'll will under circumstance
where they will do no harm. 1t nigh
take more than one afternoon week t
get through with the business down thi
way.
For the first time in the history Of tn
Amboy division between Trenton an
Bordentown the block tower signal systeI
was used Wednesday night. At midnigl
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