The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-16
LOCAL NEWS.


Ebe W. Parsons, of Tuckerton, wa
a Mount Holly visitor on Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred B. Shreve, of Mil
street, are spending season at Atlantic
City.
Removed to 6s High street. William J
Bill, fine and heavy footwear and first
class repairing.
A pleasant social by the Epwortf
League was given in the M. E. Church
ON Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. Claude Palmer have
returned from their wedding tour. which
included trip to Bermuda.
Walter Allen has the contract to erect 8
two-story brick Office building for Benja'
min w. Zelley on the site of Brannan's
tin store ON High street.
John Worth has purchased brick
house, carpenter shop and stable, on Mill
street, from Mrs. Caroline A. Shinn for
$2,70O.
At the home of the bride-elect on March
81, will occur the marriage of Miss Helen
M. Leary, of Camden. and Elwood A.
Wells, of Mount Holly.
At Mount Holly. on January 10, occur
ed the marriage of Joseph Gaskill and
Miss Ruth Gilbert. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. R. II. Baker.
An interesting lecture, 'Around the
Mediterranean" was delivered in the
Presbyterian Church on Thursday even
ing. by Rev. W. P. Finney. of Moores-
town.
Thomas w. Nippins has been learning
of current events from the newspapers,
having been confined to his home on Pine
street for nearly two weeks with bad
cold.
Washington Council, No. 5. Jr. o. U.
A. NJ, will convene hall hour earlier this
evening than usual Members are re-
quested to be at the lodge room promptly
at Z o'clock.
One of the finest musical events to be
heard in Mount Holly on Easter, will be
the cantata, EASTER Dawn" to be rem
dered by an augmented choir in the M.
E. Church in the evening.
The Knights of the Golden Eagle were
given a benefit in the Opera House by
Manager Hulse. Wednesday and Thurs
day evenings. The programmes were in
teresting and large crowds were present.
The lodge Melted a neat sum.
Freebooter Turner Birkhead, of Bever-
ly, is able to be about again. He was con
fined to bed for two weeks from the in
juries which he received by being thrown
from an automobile which ran into tree,
because OF defects in the stearing gear.
Parental forgiveness has been extended
to Albert E. Bailey. of Philadelphia,
and Miss Checkla q. Haas, of River
side, who recently eloped and were
married at Wilmington. The couple re
turned to the home of the brides pa
rents on Tuesday. After a short visit
there they will take up their residence in
Philadelphia.
Joseph Hennesey will manage the Riv-
erside base ball club this year. He has
already signed Wood and Van Amburg of
last years Burlington team Games are
desired with county clubs during the
month of May. Receipts from enter
tainments and a fair during the winter
will enable the club to start the season
with some money in the treasury.
Persons having occasion to drive on
Union street need not fear that their team
will disappear out of sight. There is no
danger of anything like that occurring,
although horses might go down to their
knees in the mire. The ashes placed on
that street from time to time have formed
q foundation which prevents automobiles
from sinking over wheel tops. AS
soon as warm weather dries the road life
preservsrs will no longer be needed 1t
will not be many years before the west
end of Union street may need improving.
Now is the time to buy carriages.
Judson Gaskill, the Garden street carri-
age dealer, has Just received two carloads
of vehicles for the spring trade. He has
Pittsburg cutunders, depot wagons, sur
reys, runabouts. buggies, jaeger wagons,
and several carryalls. If you are In the
market for any kind of wagon, now is
the time, and Gaskill is the man to see. If
he has not got in stock what you want ne
will soon put it up for you. 1t will pay
you to give him a call, for he has the
finest lot of rolling stock that has been In
this neighborhood for q long time and his
prices are marked away down.
The same degree of interest in matters
pertaining to the welfare of Mount Holly
is still being maintained at ''Tammany
Hall" as was shown before T. Harry Bow
ker sold, his cigar store to Charles II.
Straugh. The legislators who hibernate
In that sanctum endeavor to make laws
to cover all questions coming up for ar
gument. The endless chain of discus
sions at that resort on current events of
the day afford interesting entertainment.
1t takes man with nerve to get in the
game and leave the store without showing
evidence of the excitement through which
he has passed. No one. however, enjoys
the situation more than the new proprie-
tor, who throws In a word or two just
at the right moment to keep the debaters
from getting cold feet.
William Schuster, of Moorestown, and
John Fischer, of Lenola, were committed
without bail by Magistrate Petit to the
county jail, on Tuesday afternoon, on q
complaint charging them with assaulting
and robbing Lewis Wiegand of 1926. 1t
is alleged that Wiegand, retired farmer,
who is known to carry large sums of
money with him, having displayed on one
occasion 5000, came up on the OS car
from Camden on Saturday night'in part
ly intoxicated condition. He fell in with
Schuster and Fisher, it is alleged, and
the three drank from bottle of whiskey
which Wiegand carried with him. The
latter, in paying the second fare from
Merchantville to Moorestown, flashed 8
roll of 800 and gave the conductor S.
bill for the fare with the remark that 800
was just nice little sum to get drunk on
At Church street the three men got off
An hour later Wiegand was found beater