The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-01-11
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. JANUARY IL, 1910
LOCAL NEWS.
Boyce's, of course.

Boyce's, of course.
Or. K. G. Darlington is having his au
tomobile converted into taxicab.
Prices are always right on all kinds @
feeds at Rogers & Boyd's feed mill.
Thomas Van Horn, of New Egypt. fel
on an icy pavement, Wednesday after
noon, and sprained his ankle.
Lincoln's birthday, St. Valentines da
and Washington's birthday will all com
close together In February.
Easter comes very early this year. tn
date being March 81. Lent will begin o,
Ash Wednesday. February o.
The Knights of Columbus of River
side will give minstrel performance a
that place on Monday evening, Januar,
Gath.
Mrs. George Flowers died at her hom
on West Washington street. Wednesday
morning, after suffering for months frou
dropsy.
Irving G. Gaskill has closed his fruit
store on Mill street. He may accept &
position with Trenton firm as travelling
salesman.
After suffering with broken arm, dis.
located shoulder and several scalp wounds
Mrs. Thomas McGlynn, of Riverside, il
getting about again.
The Home Missionary Society of the
Presbyterian Church will have social
gathering at the residence of Mrs. Elmer
d. Prickitt on Thursday evening.
Don't forget that Thursday, January
81. will be the annual donation day at the
Burlington County Children's Home, an
institution worthy of your support
Miss Helen Mac Shain, of Moorestown,
and Arthur Muth Sharer, of Collingswood,
were married on Christmas night at the
home of John Nichols In Riverton.
The house on the east side Of the resi-
dence of Charles LaTour. on Union street,
owned by William H. Mason, has been
rented by Prof. William @. Sullivan.
Allen F. Powell, aged 10 years, well
known farmer near Smithville, died on
Saturday. The funeral will take place
Tomorrow, and the interment will be
made in Mount Holly
Miss Anna Morgan Horner, daughter of
Judge and Mrs. John G.. Horner, has is.
sued invitations for party to be given
at her home on Broad street, on Monday
afternoon, January 18th, from to s
o'clock.
Employed by the General Electric Com
pany, and stationed at Schenectady, N.
Y, Arthur v. Cross, of Mount Holly. can
now enjoy the pleasure of living with his
parents, having been transferred to the
Philadelphia branch.
A large cake which was CHANGED off to
Charles r. Fenton at social given by the
Senior Mechanics, on Thursday evening,
was at his request presented to man
living on White street who has large
family aud who has been seriously Ill.
The newly elected officers connected
with some of the secret societies in the
county were not installed last week owing
to the bad weather, which prevented the
deputies from making their usual vista
tions for the performance of that work.
Isaiah G. Pope, of Pemberton, died
on Thursday. On Tuesday last he was
stricken with paralysis in the rear of his
barn, and when found he was nearly
frozen to death Mr.. Pope was member
OF the jury at the present term of court.
Owing to the sleet storm Wednesday
night, which covered everything with Ice,
the young element had fine coasting and
skating on Thursday. The slippery pave
ments forced many pedestrians to the
road, where the walking was safer and
better. Some public benefactors spread
ashes and sawdust on their walks.
Several bruises were the only injuries
receive by the two-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. johnson, Jr, when
the little tot fell out of carriage by rea-
son of the door coming open as she was
being driven home in charge of her nurse
on Tuesday. Landing on a pile of snow
undoubtedly saved the child from serious
results.
The typhoid liquid In the Delaware
river il thick enough to cut In many
places. Peter L. Vandegrift, the well
known dealer In the frozen commodity at
Burlington, reports that the ice in the
neighborhood of his storage house is SO
dirty that it is not fit to be harvested,
fact which both he and the people of that
city greatly lament
Daniel Hoffmier. 80 years old, of Toms
River, employed for the past eight years
as chauffeur for John d. johnson, of No.
3008 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, for
merly of Mount Holly, was found dead at
the johnson garage, Wednesday morning.
while sitting in an auto. Deputy Coroner
Waldin said that in his opinion death was
due to heart disease.
The family of Caleb Wright, of Moores-
town, were awakened about o'clock Sat
urday morning by the noise of some one
falling down stairs, and found Mr.. Wright
lying dead In the hallway, having passed
away from heart disease. Mr.. Wright
who was about rs years old. was famil.
lar figure not only In Moorestown. but
throughout the county. For many years
he was constable and infrequently an
attendant at court. 1t is supposed by the
family that be got up to get some medi-
cine to relieve a cough, as had been his
custom, when he was stricken.
Samuel B. Gale, of Mount Holly, has
the honor of holding one Office longer in
the order Knights of Pythias than any
other member in the state. On Friday
evening he was indicted into the Office of
outer guard for his 37th consecutive year.
In view of this remarkable record, re-
marks BETTING the occasion were made
by George w. A. French. district deputy,
who installed the officers of New Jersey
Lodge, No. 1. On Friday evening next
the second degree will be conferred, and a
representative of the Endowment Rank
will be present to explain the insurance
feature of the order.
A pair of live, plump opossums, cap
tured by Sergeant James Cannon, former
ly of the United States army, while at
Fort Delaware, and which were sent to
the family at Beverly, three miles below
Burlington for THANKSGIVING dinner