The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-04-28
New Mount Hollv views at Boyce's.

afternoon next
/, The spring meeting Of the Burlington
h County Pomona Grange will be held a
Pemberten to-day.
: Every horseman should see W. D. A.
: the handsome stallion owned by Fred B
Shreve, of Mount Holly.
!, The engagement has been announced
: of Mr.. Earl Seitz and Miss Laura NJ.
daughter of George A. Lippincott, O.
Mount Holly.
q An important business meeting of thu
Epworth League will be held in the M
E. church, on Friday evening. All mem
, bers are requested to be present.
| See Farnon, Wills and Ransley in "Jest
and Jingles" at the Opera House next
Saturday evening. Beautiful illustrated
songs and newest moving pictures.
The Young Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union will hold meeting Thurs
day evening at the home of Miss Ray
Oatman. All members are requested to
be present.
Rev. G.. M. Hughes, pastor OF the M.
! E. church, was taken suddenly i'll on Sun
day afternoon, and was unable to preach
at the evening service. Rev. johnson
Oatman occupied the pulpit.
The old leather factory, on the property
of Mrs. E. L. Prickitt, on Garden street,
has been torn down. The best OF the
lumber will be used in the erection OF two
dwelling houses on the same lot
Be sure to see Farnon, Wills & RansleY
in their funny vaudeville act at the pop
ular price vaudeville and moving picture
entertainment at the Opera house next
Saturday evening. Plenty OF fun, music
and newest pictures.
The will of Prof. W. COLON Cook, de-
ceased has been admitted to probate.
leila NJ Cook, the widow, Is the execu-
trix. She receives all the personal pro-
perty and income from the real estate
during her life. At her death the real
estate is to be divided equally between the
children, Edith B. Cook, Marion M. Cook
and William COLLEEN Cook.
Kenneth Sutherland, aged II years, of
Burlington, while playing tag with some
companions in st. Mary's Church-yard, in
that city, Friday evening, ran into tomb
stone The young man struck on his head
and was injured seriously, the blow caus-
ing conclusion of the brain. After sew
eral hours hard work physicians made him
more comfortable.
Next Tuesday the Y. M. G. A. boys will
give a minstrel show in the Academy
building on Mount Holly avenue. They
have been rehearsing for this event for
over month and will probably be quite
proficient on the evening named. The
diagram for the sale of seats will be open
ed at Jamison's on Saturday.
The Board of Education of Northamp
ton township is having troubles OF its
own just now over the question of elect
ing Principal of the schools. The diff
Guilty is not to get Principal, as there
are % applicants, and all are highly
recommended, but the problem is to make
proper selection from the number OF
good names to be considered.
There was meeting of columbus
Grange, on Friday night, with 200 mem
bers present. A resolution was passed to
have the grange incorporated. The grange
has purchased the feed store of the late
Thomas Page, which will be used as
store house. In purchasing wholesale for
themselves during the past three months,
the members did business amounting to
over $4,000.
A recent report on the condition OF the
Mount Holly water has been received
The sample was sent to the state Board
of Health on the sixth of April, within a
month after the previous sample was
sent. The report received yesterday is as
follows: Nitrogen as ammonia, .O24; by
permanganate in solution, .1O6; as nj
trites, .OO1; as nitrates, 900; chlorine, 400;
coli communis, absent. This is perhaps
not entirely Ineligible to all, but ithe
most important part of the report is the
statement that ''the analysis fails to show
anv indication of the water in question
being polluted" Incidentally it might
also be noted that there are no new cases
of typhoid fever in the town.
The will of Philip Haines, deceased, OF
Mount Holly, has been admitted to pro-
bate. Walter G.. Haines having renounc-
ed. the other children are executors as
follows: Edward T. Haines, Mary E. Glib
son, Maurice W. Haines, Philip N. Haines,
Harry B. Haines, Ida B. Stevenson, Su-
san M. Croshaw and Annie G. Stevenson.
Following are the requests: To Susanna
Haines, the widow, income from the es-
tate during her life. At her death the es-
tate is to be divided as follows: To Mary
E. Gibson, 800; to Matte B. Allen, 3
granddaughter, $3.50; to the children of
Elizabeth W. Wilkins, q daughter, name
ly, Harry Wilkins and Julia Wright, $50
each; to the two minor children of Char
lotte ]. Haines, $50. All the rest of the
estate is to be equally divided among the
following children: Walter g.. Haines,
Edward T. Haines, Mary E. Gibson, Maui
rice w. Haines, Philip N. Haines, Harry
B. Haines Ida B. Stevenson, Sue M. Gro
shaw and Annie G. Stevenson.
Miss Helen Grey of Florence, who is
visiting at the home of DR.. ]. s. Adams
on south High street Burlington, proved
herself quite a heroine at the Doctors res
idence early Saturday evening. The
Doctor struck a match to light the lamp,
when the ignited head of the match flew
off and tell at the edge of the couch. The
Doctor put his foot on the refractory
match head and then turned away, sup
posing the flame had been extinguished.
When he looked again he found that it
had continued to burn setting fire to the
! fringe on the couch which by that time
was blazing fercely. Miss Gray came to
the Doctors assistance and, after Eainly
irving to beat out the flames at the risk OF
her own clothing catching on fire, she and
J the Doctor grabbed the burning couch
7 and started with it for the door. 1t was
3 found impossible to get it out of the
mouse LndI way, anu IL was PAOMPCiy 10
cided to throw it out of window in the
side yard, which was accomplished. aftel
! much effort
Perhaps proper credit has not been Civ
. en- to the zeal with which the manager
= are working to beautify the grounds anC
2 general appearance of the Mount Holl,
e cemetery. A visit to that place shows
r marked improvement over its former ap
: pearance. One of these consists of tn
k removal of many of the ornamental irol
e fences which formerly enclosed buria