The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-10-20
LOCAL NEWS.


Boyce, 25 Garden street.
Clifford Compton has entered the en-
ploy Of 81. Il. Earnest. undertaken.
A house on Water street has been sol
by David Boxer to Thomas Barlow G
Philadelphia.
Constable George Snyder. of Haines
port, found ice quarter of an inch THO
In bucket on Tuesday.
Paralysis caused the death OF Samue
L. Bullock, of Garden street, on Thurs
day. The funeral was held yesterday
A musicale by foreign talent is one o
the pleasing events being planned by TN
Ladies' Aid Society of the Methods
church.
Announcement is made Of the marriage
of Aaron Emery and Miss Clara Bird
both Of Jacobstown. The event occurred
last June.
Members Of the order In Mount Holly
will participate In the organization OF
branch of the Junior Mechanics at Brown
Mills next month.
Fourteen thousand basket of potatoes
have been sold this season by Mrs Edward
B. Deacon, living on the road from Mount
Holly to Burlington.
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union, of Moorestown, will hold fail
and supper in Grange hall. at that place,
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Because Its management required too
much of his time. Capt. Elton A. Smith,
of Smithville, has sold his large dairy
farm Of Woodstock. Vt.
As the result of visit which she made
to the woods near her home, Miss Belle
Watkins. of Moorestown, Is laid up with
severe case of ivy poison.
Early last week while Daniel Shinn, OF
Mount Holly, was driving across the troll
ley track east of Masonville, he was struck
by car and painfully injured.
Two brick houses on the south side of
Water street, near High street, have been
purchased by Benjamin W. zelley through
A. A. Anderson, real estate agent.
A horse turned out In the yard Of Geo.
r. A. Brown, at Wrightstown, during the
absence of the family, broke through the
cover of cistern and was drowned.
Have you seen the eleven new colored
souvenir post cards of Mount Holly at
6oyce's, 25 Garden street, They are the
inest views In town. Don't miss seeing
them.
George Wispert, Of Mount Holly, has
been elected president of the First New
Jersey Cavalry Association. which regi-
ment recently held its annual reunion at
Trenton.
At New Egypt, on October IA. occurred
the marriage of May South. of that place,
and Percy L. Cusick. of Jersey City. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Father
Blake.
On Monday, October IL. at Delanco. oc-
CURED the marriage of Isaac Newton
Murphy. of that place. and Miss Catha-
rine Haeg, of Pottsville. Pa. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. ]. A. Math-
eson.
In addition to the usual appropriations
to be voted for at the coming election for
Northampton township, will be one of
q, 200 for the purchase Of chemical en-
CINE, and one of 81. 900 for repairing But
tonwood and Union streets.
A. A. Anderson, real estate agent OF
Mount Holly. has negotiated the sale OF
the Mark H. Buzby property at Mason
Vile, consisting of fine house and %
acres of land, to Mr.. Eavenson, soap
manufacturer, of Philadelphia, for &c.
COO.
At meeting held on Wednesday even
ing. Reeve Stewart and Hiram d. Earn
est were reelected trustees Of the Metho-
dist Church; Prof William G. Sullivan
was chosen to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Horace Cronk, and Henry
G. Buckley-is a new member added to the
board.
Deuredations on henneries at Pember-
ton during the past few weeks caused sus-
picion to rest upon innocent persons, ana
because of this fact it Is fortunate that no
arrests were made Getting his gun after
hearing an intruder In his yard. William
Nixon solved the problem by shooting at
the visitor, which proved to be large
raccoon. These animals haYe been steal
ing many chickens In that neighborhood.
A triple anniversary was celebrated In
the Methodist Church at Moorestown on
Sunday. The society dates back to 1910,
but it was given independence In 1903.
The services marked the ninety-third an
niversary of the church and the sixth OF
the present enlarged and beautiful struc-
ture. 1t also marked the fiftieth anniver-
sary in the ministry of DR.. Maddox,
chaplain at the state prison, who preached
the sermon.
A weli-dressed man entered the sport
ing goods store Of William Burns, at Bor-
dentown. on Wednesday, and purchased
fishing tackle valued at $1.60. In payment
be rendered check for $40, which was
cashed. On Thursday, when Burns pre-
sented the check at bank, 1t was pro-
nounced a forgery. The stranger repre-
scented himself as connected with the
Bordentown Military Institute. The check
was one used by the Bordentown Bank
ing Company few years ago. and was
drawn with the supposed signature OF I.
ii. Landon, principal of the Military
Academy, countersigned with the name
of George Graves.
On Wednesday Abram 8. Haines, OF
Merchantville, was held In $500 bail by
Magistrate Boyle, In Philadelphia, after
detectives employed by Mrs. Haines had
trapped him In a house on Girard avenue,
west of Sixtieth street, with his New
York affinity, Miss Morrison. Mrs. Haines
ia the daughter of Rev. Kelsey Walling,
of the Baptist Church, Merchantville,
and testified at the hearing that she was
married to Haines in Medford. in 1885,
but left him last September, when she
said he transferred his affections to the
New York woman. Haines formerly re
sided at Medford and has been travelling
for fertilizer firm in Philadelphia.
Coming home from his work at the Pa
vouis railroad shops. one night last week
George Hall, of Union street. started
FIRE in the heater. Quiet reigned as h
entered the cellar, and as his daughter
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