The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-03-16
Edmard r. Homes and wife have return.

Edward B. Jones and wife have return
ed from their trip to Florida.
BENJAMIN A. Sleeper went to Jackson
Vile, Florida, last week, to spend brief
vacation.
Liver and stomach trouble caused the
serious illness of Mrs Frank Spencer, OF
Grant street, last week.
DR.. William Cadbury, son of Joel Cad
bury, of Moorestown, will soon leave FOL
China, when he will enter upon his duties
as medical missionary.
Almeda Preston, young colored girl,
living at Moorestown, won one OF the
silver medals offered by Philadelphia
newspaper for essays on Lincoln.
Charles Matlack, one of Mount Holly's
well known business men, died on Friday.
The funeral took place yesterday, inter
ment being made in Trinity burying
ground.
A porch and ornamented entrance are
included in further plans suggested for
improving the appearance of the build
ing on Mill street occupied by the Farmers
National Bank,
Hudson Harris, manager of Child's gro
Gerry store, is laid up this morning from
injuries which he received last night by
falling through a trap door in the back
room of the store
Frank Vogel, of Newbold's Corner, will
retire from farm work and raising poultry
on shares and remove to Mount Holly,
where he is operator of the moving pic
ture machine at the Opera House.
Work is being rushed on the Greenwald
property, corner of High and Water
streets. and as soon as the improvements
desired can be made. The Acme Tea
Company will open its new grocery
store there.
Through Joseph Huff the following
sales have been made: Property on Water
street, from Mrs. Louisa Sine to Harry
Norcross; farm at Unionville, from j.
Elwood Hancock to Herbert 81. Snyder
for s., 900.
If bill now before the Legislature be-
comes a law, the Mount Holly Water
Company will have authority to increase
its capital stock, matter made necessary
by reason of heavy expenditure on it's
plant and the construction of new dam.
Those who attend the April term of
court will find much to admire on enter
ing the Court House. The new white
walls on the first floor look very pretty,
and the neatness has been augmented by
repainting the woodwork. The improve
ments are very noticeable and were great
ly needed.
BY reference to an advertisement in an
other column. it will be seen that the
Union National Bank, of Mount Holly,
is designated depositary of the United
States, which gives additional assurance
of its solidity to the large clientage doing
business with that institution, which has
surplus and capital of $1S4,OOO.
Stidfole & Son have been awarded a
contract to lay sewer on Water street,
ives. of King street. for distance OF
about 100 feet for 33 cents per foot. Spe-
cifcations for large sewer on Madison
avenue are being prepared by John W.
Harris, who is also preparing specifica-
lions for the improvements to be made on
portion of Union and Cottonwood
streets.
Public notice is served to-day on the
property owners on Union street, between
High street and Mount Holly avenue,
that an ordinance to change and establish
the grade of the sidewalks and providing
for the construction, curbing, recurbing,
paving, relaying and repairing the side
walks, will be considered for adoption at
a meeting of the township committee to
be held on Tuesday evening, March 30
Residents of Moorestown were aston
ished on seeing Thomas Ferrier and Will
liam Bennett, two well known young So
ciety men, walk into that town from the
Riverton road, on Wednesday, bearing
between them on light fence rail 1875
catfish, none of which was less than ten
inches in length and of an average weight
of a half pound, all caught with hook
and line between II A. M. and P. M,
in Heulings Lippincott's pond.
A dinner was given at the home of Mrs.
Frank Harris, 1017 Ash street, Scranton,
Pa, Friday, announcing the engagement
of Miss Reba Troth, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward s. Troth, to Charles Zitel-
mann, of the same city. Many friends
and relatives of the prospective bride and
groom were present. The table and room
decorations were all in pink. Tiny we'd
ding bells tinkled their merry tune
through the mass of pink streamers
which were draped from the chandeliers.
Small gilt slippers filed with rice as ia
vors, were at all the plates
A few days ago farmer living near
Moorestown decided to kill number of
chickens and take them to Medford to sell.
They were accordingly killed in the even
ing and plucked so he could get an early
start the next morning. When he went
after the fowls he found that cat had en-
joyed feast during his absence. The
body of one rooster was almost entirely
devoured while the head was chewed off
fine young pullet. Not wishing to lose
both chickens he took the head from the
rooster and carefully sewed it to the pull
let which had lost it's head. When he
arrived at the dealers in Medford he spoke
about all the chickens being pullets, but
the dealers eye soon fell on one which he
said was of the opposite sex, and remain
ed firm in his convictions, despite the as
sertions of the farmer to the contrary.
But the funny part of it is that he failed
to notice that the head was sewed on.
Humphrey Martin has leased his hotel
property, near Manahawkin, to a number
of politicians, who have organized the
Martin Rod and Gun Club, the object
being to engage in cunning and fishing
and for the enjoyment of other sports.
There may be no Significance in the fact
that all the members of this club are Re-
publicans, excepting one, who will be in
position to render a minority report on
! oame and fish stories in case he fluids that