The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-02-23
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John D. johnson left on Saturday on
trip to Florida.
Il Mrs. Cynthia A. Suffer and son. Neil.
are at Pinehurst, N. @.
Samuel G. Oliver has rented the War
| rington Darnell farm, near Masonville.
Terry McGovsrn, the noted prize
! fighter, was visitor in town yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward F. Burns, for
merly of Mount Holly, are on a trip to
Porto Rico.
Mrs. Henry ]. Sherman, of Union street,
is entertaining her sister, Miss Julia Cor
] don, of Rsadfeld, Maine.
I J. Harry Halt attended the Jewellers
Club banquet at the Believes tratford,
/ Philadelphia. Saturday evening.
Miss Marion Carey, teacher In the
public school at Browns Mills, is con-
Quoting successful night school at that
place.
A four year contract has been awarded
by the government to William Bowker to
carry the mails between Rsncocas and
Masonville.
There will be two games of basket ball
at the opera house on Thursday night
Merchantville first and second teams will
play the locals.
The Kiner shoe building, on Water
street. has been purchased by Harry Nor
cross. 1t will be used as store house
for wagons and carriages.
| A. A. Anderson, of Mount Holly, has
sold a part of the farm he recently pur
chased on the road from Wrightstown to
Hanover furnace, to Aurelia Andretta for
$500
The vacancy in the Office of justice OF
the peace, at Vincentown. caused by the
resignation of Robert Brown, has been
filled by the appointment of Rev. W. d.
Harrison.
The 5000 stamps secured by Post
master Cowperthwait, bearing the por-
trait of Abraham Lincoln, are In favor
with friends of the Office. The design is
very neat.
Officers of the Burlington County Shoe
Company were elected on Thursday as
follows: President and treasurer, William
s. Rendell; vice president, Mrs. Annie F.
RendelI; secretary. A. 8. RUSSELL
Charles H. Shinn, of Mount Holly, has
filed claim for damages against the Phil
adelphia Traction Company for injuries
which he received to his leg by the mech
anism of pay-as-you-enter car as he was
about to step aboard.
Rev. Johannes Paschs, native of
Persia and missionary to the scattered
orientals in Pennsylvania and adjacent
states, will address st. PauPs Lutheran
oh urch, Hainesport. on Sunday morning
in the German language.
Cora ]. Parent has purchased house
on Hulme street for $500, and Mrs. Lydia
M. Clapper has purchased property on
Shreve street for $500. The sales we're
made by the Building and Loan Assoc
citation of Mount Hslly.
The Lutheran church near Hainesport
will again observe the LenteH season with
appropriate services, beginning tomorrow
Ash Wednesday; every Wednesday
evening German and every Sunday even
ing English. These services begin 7.45
NJ.
Rev. George M. Hughes will deliver an
address In the Presbyterian church to
morrow evening at 7.45 o'clock, on
American Hymns" The subject will
be illustrated by familiar music, vocal
and instrumental. Everybody is invited
to attend.
Patrick Scully, of Florence, is now
confined to the house as a result of falling
from chair which he had placed upon q
table In his cellar to procure an article
which was out of his reach. Upon a
physician being summoned it was found
that his hip was fractured.
Breaking of the roof of the corn crib
belonging to Mrs. Margaret B. Wilkin-
son, at Jacobstown, thieves carried away
about one-third Of her corn. This is the
fourth robbery of this kind she has .suf
fered from in four years. There are sus-
picions as to the guilty parties.
About $40 worth of plumber which was
stolen from the boat house of John Fl.
Hartman and Royal w. Carter, on Blacks
creek, at Bordentown, on the night of
Monday. January 25. has been recovered.
1t was found at house in Peterborough,
but the thief SO far has escaped arrest.
After changing his clothes to partici-
pate in the fremen's parade yesterday
Raymond Hoffman, employed at Archer's
carriage factory. left his coat hanging in
the ante-room of the America. Hose house. |
When he returned to get the coat Hoff-
man found that during his absence the
pockets had been rified and 90 in cash
stolen.
The hog slaughtered by Frank Let's.
on Thursday, weighed 514 pounds. Com
pared with previous events Of this kind the
affair was quite tame, from the fact that
Sheriff Worrell stepped in and made 1t
known that the use of guessing boxes,
which have always been q feature at pre-
yious hog killings In Mount Holly, would
not be allowed.
Watson Emley has broken collar bone.
At the time of the accident he was riding
| in the automobile of Richard Lamb. of
Mount Holly, on the White Horse pike.
While turning out to avoid an obstruc-
ton the machine skidded, and being OYER
turned was damaged to the extent of 5000.
Both men were thrown out. Lamb land
ed ON top of EmleY with such force as to
cause the injury.
| Henry R. Rust, of Philadelphia. has
the contract to make extensive alterations
to the Curtis dry goods store. An entire
| ly new front, from sidewalk to roof, will
be placed in the building, with handsome
large show windows on the first floor. An
inside stairway to the second floor will
be built, to make that floor easy of access
to customers. New shelves and new
counters will be placed in the store room,
a new floor laid, an Office added to the
rear, and other Improvements made.
When finished 1t will be the finest dry
goods store in the county.
1 Thomas Hooper, former resident, was
found dead In Mount Holly yesterday
morning The body was discovered In q