The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-03-17

Easter cards and booklets. Our assor
ment is large; our prices are right. L.
Boyce, ststioner.
A housekeeper, IS to 45 years of age
may get a situation by applying at IL
Pearl street. Mount Holly.
As the result Of being kicked in tn
breast by horse. last week, Howar
Moore had one rib fractured.
Richard B. Eckman has been reappoint
ed notary public. He has returned from
professional visit to Florida.
The next meeting of the W. G. T. U
twill be on Tuesday, the oath. at the resi-
dence of H. II. Earnest, Garden street.
Over in the bog, on Sunday morning, I
large water snake, too cold to move o.
coil for lf-protection, was killed by thre'
boys.
Three new colored views Of Mount
Holly, just received. For sale here and
at Jones' Drug store. L. 8. Boyce
stationer. Garden street.
The gentlemen who conducted the
supper in aid of the Baptist church,
desire to return thanks to all who aided
them. They cleared $s5o.s2.
John McHale, of Bordentown, employ
ed at the John A. Roebling's Sons plant,
near Kinkora, had his left hand mashed
while working about cars at the plant on
Saturday.
The annual fair and festival of the Bur-
lington County Railway base ball club
will be held in the hall at Hainesport, on
Saturday evening. May 2. Several prizes
will be CHANGED off.
Very bad injuries resulted to the Swear
old son of Edward Mingin, living near
Chairville, who was kicked in the face by
horse. His teeth were knocked out and
his face torn and lacersted.
Don't fail to see the vaudeville and NOV
ing picture show at the Opera House next
Saturday evening. The performers are
clever, and the pictures the clearsst and
best shown. Admission 10, 10 and % cts.
The unclaimed letters remaining in the
post Office for the week ending March IA,
are for George R. Davis, Nellie s. FL
bridge, MIR. Sherman, Home Manufactur-
ing Co. Postals, Miss Marguerite Rud-
derow.
The steam saw mill Of Wardell Harker,
at New Egypt, was destroyed by fire, on
Thursday noon, entailing loss of about
81, 900, on which there is no insurance.
The fire is supposed to have started from
the engine.
The Y. W. G. T. U. will hold very in
teresting meeting this evening at the res
idence of Miss Mary Lippincott, on Pearl
street. AS the business concerns each
member. it is hoped as many as possible
will be present.
John Chamberlain, of New Egypt,
while out hunting with Herman Slater,
Tuesday afternoon, met with very pain
full accident by the explosion of his gun.
His shoulder and arm were badly bruised
and his face was burned by the powder.
The state officers Of the Order Of United
American Mechanics will be present at
the Burlington county convention to be
held in Mount Holly. on Thursday even
ing, March 10, in the hall of Washington
Council, No. 10. About one hundred del
egates are expected to be present.
T. 1nrQ n It'll ,uon hloxrr - ao,,th 80
in which powder was made for
the American soldiers while preparing for
the revolutionary war. The building was
located on the farm now owned by George
Peacock, where stone is still standing to
mark the grave of the only man killed in
the explosion.
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, of Georgia,
will speak on local option in the Broad
street M. E. church, Burlington, on
Sunday next, at 345 P. M, and on the
following Monday evening, at 7.45.
The meeting will be held under the
auspices of the Women's Christian Tenn
perancs Union of Burlington county.
Captain E. H. Kirkbride and Marshal
Alcott left town on Saturday for Frede-
Virginia, where they will in
spect the property Of the survivors of the
New Jersey Volunteers, on
which monument was recently erected.
Before returning Captain Kirkbride will
go to Richmond to assist In getting bill
passed by the Virginia Legislature to ex-
empt the property of the regiment from
taxation. There will not be any trouble in
this line as the authorities have express
ed themselves favorable to the project.
After midnight, ON Friday, two strang-
ers who entered Mount Holly were met by
policemen Severns and Collins at the
fountain. To the officers the men
said they came from Sykesville. Each
man carried a bag on his back. Had
the contents Of these been examined
by the policemen, the latter might
have captured two burglars. as the
strangers were probably the men who
that night robbed Wetherill's store and
the railroad station at Jobstown. The
men left for Camden on the first trolley
The reason why the bundles W ere not ex
amined is because the police were not
notified that burglary had been commit
ted, the crime not having been discovered
until Saturday morning.
As evidence that the Saturday night
vaudeville and moving picture entertain
ments at the Opera House are pleasing
the people. is found in the fact that at
every performance the audience is larger
than on the preceding week. Another
fine program is billed for next Saturday
evening Here 1t is: Piano overture, Prof.
Alex Capra; vocal selections, Emmett
WEIGH; moving pictures; The German
Tramp, A. Fuller Baus; illustrated songs,
Emmett WEIGH; song and dance artist,
Miss Emma Myers; moving pictures; The
Giddy Old Maid, A. Fuller Baus; singing
and dancing, Miss Emma Myers; illustrat-
ed songs, Emmett WEIGH; moving pictures
Go and take the family with you; they will
enjoy it. Admission 10, 10 and % cents.
The DeRue Bros Ideal Minstrels, which
appear at Mount Holly Opera House, on
Thursday night, present an entertainment
that is truly Ideal" The real Southern
darkey's delight of dancing is effectually
portrayed with this company by-a big
song and dance act, introducing Billy De-
lano, who was born and brought up In
Montgomery, Ala. and known in that vi
cinity as the Alabama Dancing Wizard
He executes all the numerous steps o.
buck and wing dancing In all its grotesqu'
accantricitiea His work usuallv takes