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

s The Barber property, on Murrell street,
has been purchased by Miss Milbine.
i A set of modern parlor furniture for
sale. Apply at 455 High street, Mount
i, Holly.
' Prosecutor Eckard p Budd has been
retained to defend Jacob Freas, who is
under indictment for murder in Atlantic
county.
The work of repairing the building on
High street, owned by DIR. Flynn. which
was recently damaged by fire, began this
morning.
+ William Marren, of the Arcade Hotel,
has purchased the saloon business on
High street, conducted by the late Ed
ward r. Smith.
The ladies of the M. E. Church will
hold Martha Washington supper in the
Masonic Temple on Friday and Saturday
evenings of next week.
carload of refrigerators just received
at Rosenfeld Bros, on Mill street. This
is the time to buy them as the price will
meet every pocketDook.
The ordinance of baptism was admins
tered at the Baptist church Sunday even
ing to six persons, by Pastor Baker. On
the previous Sunday evening six young
ladies were baptized.
The high wind of Saturday afternoon
did some damage on Mill street, blowing
over the chimney on John D. Clevenger's
house, cutting holes in the tin roof.
Fences on John E. Elbertson's property
were blown down.
Rev. E. S. Ufford, author of the famous
hymn, Throw out the lifeline" will
preach at the Baptist church next Sunday
morning and evening. At the evening
service the subject will be MAN over
board" illustrated by miniature life
saving outfit.
William II. Haines, engineer at the East
Burlington foundry, had his hand badly
burned, yesterday morning, by a sheet of
fame blowing out of the furnace door.
Had Haines been looking in the door,
which is often necessary, undoubtedly the
accident would have been fatal.
John Black, of the Wigwam farm. has
cut down all of his apple trees. He has
sold the butts to Henry Disston & Sons,
saw manufacturers, at Tacony, Pa, to
which place they are being shipped. The
wood will be converted into saw handles
The trees had been ruined by the ravages
of the San Jose scale.
Early on Saturday morning young son
of Richard Carpenter, living in the tenant
house on the farm of Allen F. Powell,
near Smithville, awoke his parents and
told them he smelled smoke. 1t was dis
covered that the lower part of the house
was on fire and Carpenter and his family
were compelled to jump from the second
story window in order to save their lives.
The house and it's contents were entirely
destroyed.
Failure of valve to work properly on
the second floor of the Masonic Temple,
building, last Monday night, permitted
the water to flow unchecked for several
hours. giving the post office below pretty
good wetting. A large portion of water
soaked plaster came down with crash. |
breaking patent gas lamp, but not put
ting the light out of commission it contin-
ued to burn. and when Deputy Postmaster
A. Elwell Gaskill, arrived early in the
morning he saw a large blaze licking the
ceiling, but being thoroughly soaked it |
could not take fire. The damage occurred
in the rear of the Office over the sorting |
tables.
The State Railroad Commission was to
have met in Trenton to-day to listen to
argument on the appeal to restore Had |
don Avenue station in Camden, but the |
date has been changed to Saturday, the
29th, the place to be Camden. 1t is re-
ported that the Pennsylvania Railroad
authorities have come to the conclusion |
that station must be placed somewhere
in the vicinity of the old site, and are con-
sidering building one block farther west
The Camden people are not going to relax
their efforts, however, and If the above
report is correct the citizens will see to it
that the station will be one that will be
satisfactory to those who will have to
use it.
About two hundred persons attended the
mid winter institute of the Burlington
County Women's Christian Temperance
Union, held in the Meth odist Church,
Mount Holly, on Tuesday. An interest
ing feature of the gathering was the solos
rendered by Mrs. Frances Graham, Of
New York, who also delivered stirring |
address on the temperance question. The
singing by the Loyal Temperance Legion
of Mount Holly, consisting of about 2S
colored children, was one of the most |
pleasing features of the afternoon. The |
organ was played by small boy who is a
member of the legion, and the singing |
under the direction of Miss J. E. Williams |
was thoroughly enjoyed by the con-
vention.
1t has been discovered that the old
shanty at the corner of Fellowship road,
Maple Shade, has been den of thieves,
probably for a month. without anyone
suspecting it. From it went forth the
persons who robbed the office of the Maple
Shade Land Company and tried to enter
the home of Oscar Benson, and, when
attacked by his dog, shot the animal.
George Harrison was held up near Lenola
and robbed, and many chicken houses
were emptied of their fowls, presumably
by the same crowd. The Growing of a
rooster in the shanty caused some boys to
investigate, and they found half
dred chickens in box ready to take to
market. Neighbors waited for the return
of the thieves, but they evidently had in
some way learned of the discovery and did
not return.
Reginald Branch, secretary of the Bur
lington County Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals received phone
message on Tuesday, from Bordentown,
that there was case there that needed
attention. Constables Shinn and Fleet
wood were put on the case. They went to
Bordentown in the afternoon and found
that the cause of complaint was the ne
glect of Samuel Bunting to properly care
for COW, heifer and bull belonging to
him. The animals were practically with
out shelter, and were literally starving to
death, their chief sustenance being slops
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