The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-02-02
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1909
LOCAL NEWS.
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St. Valentines day, Memorial day an
July fourth all fall on Sunday this year.
A cordial greeting was extended to Rev
Marshall Owens, of Camden, during hi
visit In Mount Holly on Wednesday.
Charles E. Rogers, of the Mount Holl.
grist mill, will pay 80 cents for No.
muskrat skins, and % cents for No. 2.
Richard Malone, of Bordentown, ha
been sentenced to three months In tn
county jail for being drunk and dis
orderly.
James NJ. Smith, of King street. tool
rest last week, being too Ill to attend t.
his duties as baggage master at the rail
road station.
Tracks of the ''devil bird" which dis
turbed the nocturnal peace for many
people. were not seen in the snow which
fell on Friday.
At Bordentown, on Sunday evening
January "a, George Jordan and Miss
Julia Tracey, both living near Jacobstown
were married at the Methodist parsonage
by o. G. Hagaman.
Just at this time tickets are being sole
for quite an unusual number of benefits
to be given in Mount Holly. AS all the
objects are worthy ones, generous sup
port is being given.
On warrant charging him with steal
ing gun belonging to Roy Assay, o.
Columbus, Abner Coombs was arrested In
Mount Holly by constable Throckmortor
and committed to jail
Very few pink carnations were to b.
seen in Mount Holly, on Friday. The
wearing of this flower in memory of tho
msrtYred Mckinley is not as popular as
when the innovation was adopted.
Olympic Lodge. No. SO, Knights Of
Pythias, of Bordentown, will give an en-
tertainment and banquet this evening il
honor of its anniversary. An interesting
program has been arranged.
Attorney Harold B, Wells, of Borden
town, is chairman of the Y. NJ. @. A.
athletic committee of this county, which
will have charge of the spring and sum
mer sports of the association.
The property of the Elba iron works a
Beverly was sold at public sale on Thurs
day. The plant was purchased by james
Rose, of Syracuse. N. Y, who contem
plates starting a wall paper factory there.
Charles Miller, of New Egypt Is re-
covering, from fright oyer an accident
which came near resulting in his death
While digging mari the sides of the phi
cayed in and he was fastened in the earth
for several hours.
The sum of $50 has been added to the
village nurse fund as result Of the recent
banquet given by the Burlington County
Medical Society. which event was con-
conducted by the Women's League of
Mount Holly.
Having been given the run from Beach
Haven to Manahawkin, formerly in charge
of Harry Thompson, who has gone back
to Camden, Samuel Wilson, Pennsyl-
vania Railroad engineer, has moved his
family from Mount Holly to Beach Haven
A grand musicale will be given in the
Farnum Preparatory school at Beverly,
on Friday evening next Mrs. Anna Mac
Cardle. prima donna of the 6tenbury
Academy of Music, of Philadelphia. will
be one of the attractions She will be
supported by good talent. including the
St. Mary's Glee Club Of twenty voices of
Burlington.
Valentines and valentine post cards.
Our assortment is large. beautiful. en-
tirely new, and in design and workman
ship, superior to all previous displays in
this town. An examination will sub
stantiate our statement Our prices are
based on the principles Of honesty and
justice. L. 8. Boyce, Stationer, rs
Garden street.
That the official life Of justice of the
peace has its ups and downs, was made
clear last week when a colored woman
called at the Office of Squire Risdon. stat
ing that she wanted divorce, not on
statutory grounds, but because ''she had
lost her appetite for her husband" The
justice fred few questions at his visitor,
who promised to 60 home and think over
the matter. ben" told the woman that
he was all out of divorce blanks.
Early Wednesday morning fire of un-
known origin destroyed the general store
conducted by Arthur Haines, at Taber
nscle, causing loss of nearly $1,000. on
which there was some insurance. A SON
of the proprietor took great risk In saving
the contents of the cash drawer and some
valuable merchandise. After the fire had
nearly burned itself out there was an ex-
plosion of large oil tank. Force pumps
in wells were used to good advantage in
saving adjacent property.
Eckard P. Budd. Esq, of Mount Holly,
District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler, was
the guest of Burlington Lodge, No. 996,
B. p. o. Elks, at their regular meeting
Thursday night. In addition to guests
from Philadelphia and Mount Holly
lodges. large representation of the local
order attended the meeting. After the
business session, during which the report
of the lodge for the past few months was
reviewed and very favorably passed upon
by the District Deputy, the members and
their guests adjourned into social session.
Music was furnished by the Elks' Orches-
ira. and addresses were delivered by Eek
ard P. Budd and others.
There are now four Italians under
arrest in Italy who are charged with muir
der committed In Burlington county. On
Thursday Prosecutor Atkinson received
word of the arrest in that country of the
two men wanted for q crime committed
on the Dudley farm, near Hartford, last
summer, when there was shooting mattel
between Italians during game of cards
The victim was taken to Cooper Hos.
pital, Camden, where he died. Detective
Parker, who has a list of the witnesses
will round them up at the proper time,
when testimony will be taken to be for
warded to the Italian government, by
which the defendants will be tried The
other case was that of the man who wal
murdered by his companions near Hamp
ton Gates in the pines.
The origin of ground hog day is &C