The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-03-08
LOCAL NEWS.


Boyce, stationer.
A new railroad station is to be erected
at Browns Mills.
George F. Poinsett. Jr., of Red Lion,
is suffering from erysipelas in his face.
Arthur Hoffman, of Mount Holly. is
employed at Birch's carriage factory in
Burlington.
H. C. Torrey, editor Of the Riverside
Press, was caller at THE News office on
Wednesday.
Last week J. Earl Won Oil, of Jobs
town, Joined the Washington base ball
club at Norfolk. Va.
Eugene Fort and Miss Clara Davis,
both of Wrightstown, were married on
Sunday evening last
Initiatory work will engage the atten-
ton of the Junior Mechanics at their
meeting to be held this evening.
The annual session of the New Jersey
Methodist Conference will begin in st.
Paul's Church, Atlantic City. tomorrow.
Announcement is made of the engage
ment of James F. Meaney, of Jobstown,
and Miss Mary Anna Carr. of Fellowship.
On Wednesday night robbers entered
the harness shop of Josiah Hackney, at
Bridgeboro, stealing all his leather and
tools.
The home of Detective Ellis 81. Parker,
on Water street, contains a scarlet fever
patient, one of his children being i'll with
that disease.
While fishing at the mill dam on We'd
nesday, Samuel ]. Taylor caught carp
weighing nine pounds He reports suck
ers and catfish to be biting.
While using a hammer last week to
drive nail, Mrs. Ellis Brsnson, of Ches-
terfield. mashed one of her fingers by
striking it instead of the nail.
A falling beam at Moorestown struck
William Lewallen. carpenter, in the
face, cutting bad cash. 1t required
several stitches to close the wound.
Abraham Lewis, who recently removed
from Mount Holly to Delanco, has estab
lished himself in the ice business there.
He will buy his stock from the manufac-
turing plant at Burlington.
There are several cases of diphtheria
at Mansfield Square. Mrs. Barzillsi Hor
ner and her daughter are Ill with the d.
sease, which caused the death of one
chfl1 n +bo+ g, Loaf naaH
Owing to sudden attack of illness on
Tuesday, the report spread that George
F. Harbert, steward OF the almshouse,
had been stricken with paralysis. The
trouble was caused by acute indigestion.
There will be meeting of the direct
ors. on Monday morning, March IA, to ex
tend the charter of the New Egypt Water
Company, making 1t the New Egypt
Water. Light, Heat and Power Company.
No coroner was called In the case of a
turtle that was found dead at New Egypt. |
When the animal slipped off log on
Oakford Lake, it caught its head in the
crotch of limb and hung there until it
died.
Cecil Harris, of Pemberton, began his
duties yesterday as clerk In the post office
at Roebling. He was similarly employed
at Pemberton, and Postmaster Ridgway
Is looking for competent young man to
fill the vacancy.
Efforts are to be made to have pigeon
and poultry show at Moorestown this
year. Fanciers at Merchantville have ex-
pressed willingness to take part in the
enterprise. and in this connection other
towns may be heard from. For this pur-
pose there is some very fine stock in
Mount Holly.
Everyone who saves money can open an
account with the Mount Holly Safe De-
posit g. Trust Company. There are no re-
strictions as to occupation, residence or
travel. Depositors receive the benefits of
strong protection and liberal interest.
Accounts are nvited. per cent. interest
paid on time deposits. Mount Holly Safe
Deposit & Trust Company, Mount Holly,
N. j.
At the Court House this evening, Chas.
E. Sheppard, of Bridgeton, will deliver
an address on 1.-The Failure of License to
Curb the Evils of Intemperance, and
Rev. W. j. johnson, of St Paul, Mimi,
will speak on 1.-The Peoples Duty in this
Great Reform Work" The meeting will
be held under the direction of the Young
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Everybody is invited.
Harry NJ G. Fry, proprietor of the I'm
perial Hotel, who recently had his license
revoked, and who was ordered by the
court to pay the costs of prosecution, has
paid nearly 800 as the result of an exc
ecution issued against him by the Law
and Order Society. from which amount
the latter organization has been reim-
bursed to cover the expenses of its wit
nesses in that prosecution.
Seemingly unable to resist temptation
In the line of chicken stealing. Stacy Lip
pincott, of Bordentown, is again confined
in the county jail. Sometime ago Lip
pincott was sentenced to state prison by
u uuBc hOluch lOI dpPiOPliabihS INC iOWiS
of farmers to his own use, but after serv
ing three months was liberated under pa
role. Having broken the terms of that
agreement, the prisoner will now serve
more time at Trenton, and with but little
hope of further clemency by the Board
of Pardons, whose action In giving the
man an opportunity to reform was futile.
We have just received another carload
of that famous Seal of Minnesota Flour
that we are selling low to introduce 1t. In
clude bag of it in your next order and
you will become regular customer. Also
have just unloaded a carload of salt hay
that makes excellent hens nests, as lice
will not stay where it is; it is also excel
lent for horse bedding. We have car of
Edison Portland Cement, rated as the best
In the world for concrete and stone work.
Sidewalks made of Edison Cement are as
durable as iron and will last lifetime If
properly laid. If you contemplate build
ing this spring let us figure on it with
you. ROGERS q BOYD.
In his examination before the State
Civil Service Commission for the position