The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-03-01
LOCAL NEWS.

Ot. dtrlCk LAY pOet CdIus. II. .,
Boyce, stationer.
Michael Meany and his daughter-in.
law, Mrs. John Meany, Of Jobstown, are
both i'll with pneumonia.
William Anderson, of Lumberton, who
is suffering from cancer of the face, is
In very serious condition.
Having recovered from his recent at.
tack of illness, Harry L. Knight, of Med.
ford, has resumed his duties as County
Clerk
The regular monthly meeting of the An
kokas Canoe Club will be held at the home
of the president, Simon Gillian, to- morrow
evening.
Having graduated from the State Nor
NAL School, Miss Edith E. Hume, of
Mill street, is now teaching in a school at
Hackensack
There will be public sale of the real
estate of the defunct Standard Shoe Com
pany at the factory on Water street on
Thursday. March 81.
Three weeks of business in Chicago has
been engaging the attention of George A.
Lippincott, representative of the H. B.
Smith Machine Company.
Miss Rudderow, of Palmyra, is acting
as stenographer and copyist In the Surro-
gates office, during the illness of Miss
Mary Hendrickson, who is Ill with typhoid
fever.
An Organization of the Spanish War
Veterans has been formed at Burlington.
On Friday evening it was mustered In
under the name of the Capt ]. Frank
Cline camp.
After twenty years residence in Mount
Holly with her sister, Mrs Margaret s.
Peacock, now deceased, Mrs. Cornelia 1.
Brown is living in Camden with her
son William.
A man who was put off train at South
Pemberton for drunkenness and disorder
ly conduct, was found by Harry Haines
just in time to save the stranger from
freezing to death.
Announcement has been made of the
marriage of Rev. Edwin MacMinn, a for
mer pastor of the First Baptist Church at
Moorestown, and Miss Elizabeth Jayne.
Of the latter place.
Having secured an appointment in the
census department, Clarence s. Durand,
of Buttonwood street, will take up his
residence in Washington, D. c., where he
enters upon his duties today.
The Sacred Heart bas ket ball team will
play with the second team at Burlington
tonight; Thursday with the Alma, of
Philadelphia, at Mount Holly; Saturday
at Palmyra, with the latter's second team.
N. Smith Buzby, of Bordentown. son
of Edwin s. Buzby, is now conyalescing
after his second operation for appendicitis
The first operation was performed at Har-
risburg. Pa, and the second in Philadel-
phia hospital.
The desire of the Acme Tea Company |
to changesits present lease andssecure
new one that would only include the store !
and cellar of their present quarters, gave
rise to rumor that the company intend
ed to remove from Mount Holly, which is
not true.
Coming from Philadelphia to Mount
Holly, on Tuesday, to care for Frank
Lewis, of Washington street, who is i'll
with typhoid fever, the trained nurse
while on Market street car was struck |
with brick by a rioter and rendered I'M
conscious.
At the residence of the brides father, |
William Braddock, ST., on Tuesday after
noon, occurred the marriage of his daugh-
ter, Miss Rebecca J. Braddock, of Bur |
lington township, md Thomas ]. Haines,
of Westampton. The ceremony was per- /
formed by Rev. T. NJ. Eastwood. The |
young couple were attended by William |
A. Braddock, Jr.. and Miss Lilly Harris |
horne, of Trenton.
1t has been suggested that the Burling-
ton County Historical Society take steps |
for the care and preservation of an oak |
tree on Branch street, Mount Holly, that |
was an old tree 229 years ago. This his
toric tree figures in survey that was
made in the seventeenth century. 1t is be-
lieved its life can be prolonged for an in
definite period with proper care and at
tention. Being one of the oldest land
marks, it would seem the experiment is |
worth the expenditure of the little money |
that would be required for the purpose.
On Monday last neighbors ;of Samuel
Bunting, an aged widower living at Bor
dentown, became alarmed because he had
not been seen about for several days, and
on investigation they found him dead in
his bed. Coroner Rogers was called, and
after issuing burial permit, had the body
removed to the morgue, from which place
the burial was made on Wednesday.
Bunting was an eccentric character, and
since the death of his wife, about a year
ago, had lived alone in the little house
His wife was also queer, and her death
was not known until the body was found
by neighbors several days after 1t occurred.
We have just received another carload
VI Iudt lduOus Ocdl VI ulluucoObd
that we are selling low to introduce it. In
clude bag of it in your next order and
you will become regular customer. Also
have just unloaded 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 a lifetime If
properly laid. If you contemplate build
ing this spring let US figure on it with
you. ROGERS & BoYD.
Burdened with overwork in her weak
ened condition at the Home of the Good
Shepherd In Newark, where she was con-
fined for several weeks at the request of
her counsel, J. M. Davis, that she might
receive proper care, Mrs. Clara Riggael,
formerly of Mount Holly, is again con-
fined in the county jail, having been sent
back last week. Clara was convicted of
adultery with a married man living at
Pemberton, after which she broke the