The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-02-18

Small house for sale or rent. Apply
A. A. Anderson.
Mrs. W. p Melcher visited friends 8
Freehold last week.
A cake walk was feature of the dane
given in the Lewis building on Saturda
night.
Two building lots on -Shreve street hav
been sold by Lydia M. Clapper to William
ii. Clapper.
Fred L. owen is now the delivery agen
in Mount Holly for N. Snellenburg, 0
Philadelphia.
The Mount Holly bowling team will
give terrapin supper at the Mill stree
hotel on Thursday evening.
The annual report of the committee o
Northampton township appears on thu
second page of The News to-day.
A white weasel, which is quite rare il
this section, was caught in a steel trap b..
]. II. Hopkins, of YOUNGSTOWN.
Edward Engle, Of Jacksonville, is look
ing for an overcoat that his hired maj
took away last week aud failed TO return.
During the absence of the family the
home OF ID. Schmidt, OF Ewanville, wal
entered by burglars and ransacked iron
top to bottom.
George Horner, while gathering ice al
Bridgeboro, had one Of his fingers badly
crushed by getting it caught between two
large cakes of ice.
Confidence, The Law of Mutual Benefit
Initiative, Honesty. The foundation
stones Of our business. L. 5. Boyce, Sta
TONER, % Garden street.
BY the serving of an injunction, the
Jefferson Excelsior Company, at Hanover
is FORBIDDEN from removing any OF the
machinery from the plaat until the credi-
tors are paid.
Samuel A. Atkinson is executor OF the
estate OF Elizabeth A. Davis, deceased, OF
Mount Holly, which is valued at $1,000.
Two sisters, Sarah q. Davis and Rebecca
N. Eayre, are the heirs
Hardship seems to be following Edward
West, of Juliustown, whose wife died in
December. In one day last week ne lost
fine team of horses and his faverite dog
was cut in two by the cars.
The list of unclaimed letters that remain
in the post office for the week ending
February IS: J. Wesley CARMEL. Mrs. l
Il. Blanchard, Miss Haddy Gauntt. Fred
Sharp, Charles q. Thomas
Pinesalye Carbolized acts like poul-
tice. draws out Inflammation and poison.
Antiseptic healing. For chapped hands,
ips, cuts, burns. Sold by Ii. B. Allen,
Mount Holly, F. s. billiard, Vincen-
town.
After conference with the State Road
Commissioner at Trenton, on Tuesday,
citizens of Vincentown feel encouraged
that their application will be approved for
a new stone road from Vincentown to
SmalleyLsorner.
Rev. John w. Lynch pastor of the
Union Methodist church, of Burlington,
is quoted as saying that IAN Swear old
boy, before crowd of twenty persons at
the town wharf, won $15 in less than an
hour shooting crap"
l. Biddle Black, farmer living about
three miles from Bordentown, while feed
ing his cows Friday, was stricken with
vertigo and fell Unconscious and remained
so for some time. He regained conscious
ness after being removed to the house.
The masquerade dance, Tuesday night,
in connection with the tenth anniversary
of Court Mount Holly, No. 49,, Foresters
of america, was a pleasant affair. John
Throckmorton, ST., B. O. Herbert and
Tilden Bidwell made interesting addresses.
After killing CAT, on Thursday, that
was suffering from spinal meningitis,
Wilson Matlack became somewhat exercis-
ed when he discovered that it was the 18th
day of the month. Had / known that,
he said. II would have postponed the
event for day."
samuel Matthias has kicked over the
traces at the price paid by the Government
for carrying the mails between the post
Office and railroad station. Not being
satisfied with the remuneration for such
work he has concluded to give up the job,
and new bids are being asked for.
On Thursday, at sheritf's sale, Deborah
M. Alcott, of Camden, bought the proper
ty at Hartford, formerly occupied by
Frank Taylor, for $4,000. There was
mortgage of So, 800 and two years interest
against the place. The property was held
by the Newtown school district of Bucks
county, Pa. to which it was bequeathed by
Jacob Buchanan for the benefit of the
school fund.
While going to his Office, Friday night,
at 0.30 o'clock, a highwayman made an
unsuccessful attempt to rob R. P. Sword,
manager of the Wissahickon Manufactur-
ing Company, on West Washington street.
He was struck on the head with blunt
instrument, receiving wound under the
eye. Cries for help brought two watch
men from the factory. who gave chase,
but were unable to capture the wouldbe
robber. Until assistance arrived Sword
fought with his assailant, who lost cap,
which may lead to Identification.
In accordance with his last request rela
tives at the funeral of ID. Cooper Allin-
son, at Burlington. yesterday, did not
,,poouar THAR heads at tho GRAVE stEu-
nerals beget funerals, was frequent
phase of Mr.. Atkinson in life, and it was
his dying wish that his friends should not
jeopardize their lives by standing beside
his grave bareheaded. Mr.. Atkinson, once
prominent in the political life of New
Jersey, died on the farm of his nephews
at Jacksonville. 1t was contended by Mr..
Atkinson that the usual method of boat
construction was unscientific and opposed
to common sense. As an illustration he
built houseboat, which he kept on the
Delaware river near Trenton, in which he
lived for many years. The prov of the
boat was square shaped, the stern being
pointed. During the civil war he under
took the laborious task of acting as attor
ney for the National Sanitary Commits.
sion, refusing compensation for his ser.
vices, declaring that two brothers had
gone to the front, and that he would give
his talents to his country in the only way
open to him. The deceased was born neal
Burlington on April q, 1929.