The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-30
Valentines at Boyce's.

OF MIS-. cameron, 70 PaxEon street, mex
Tuesday afternoon at o'clock.
Following = policy adopted to reduc
expenses by the Interstate Telephon
Company, Miss Della Reeve, of Pin
street, . clerk In the local Office, has bee
relieved Of her position.
A. A. Engle, of Mount Holly avenue
q well known retired railroad enginee
who recently recovered from injuries re
ceived by fall, Is now in bad shape a
the result of paralysis.
Having served as examining physician
for the Metropolitan Insurance Compan'
during the past fifteen years. that corpo
ration has presented handsome gol,
badge to DR.. John w. Branin, of Noun
Holly.
Finding that some Of his chickens wer
being borrowed nearly every night ant
not returned, led Wilbur F. Ehinn, o
Washington street. to hasty action in sell
ing those that remained before his hen
merry became depleted.
George P, Ingling, employed by tn
Pennsylvania Railroad Company as al
oiler at the round house in Mount Holl,
for thirty-two years, has been made ca
inspector. This promotion carries Will
1t an increase of salary.
Mark L. Durand has resigned his posi-
ton as clerk in the Union National Bank
He may accept similar employment in I
bank at Rutherford, where his brother
Clifford resides. This Is one of severa
places he has Ia view.
Reserved and general admission tickets
are now on sale at Dubell's drug store fol
the Carnival OF Opera by Mrs. Clothier'l
dancing class In aid of the Women'i
League. ON Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings. February and Z, In the Mount
Holly Theatre.
The Young Friends Association met al
the home of Elwood and Bessie Stokes, or
Union street, Thursday night. The fol
lowing officers were elected: Presidents
Tylee B. Engle; vice president. Henry G,
shinn; secretary. Florence Moore; treas
urer, Cora Stokes.
Citizens of Bordentown, headed by
Thomas ]. Barrett. are interested in a
movement to run an express steamboat
line from that city to Philadelphia. The
organization of company for this pur-
pose seems likely aud ills hoped that such
line will be put In operation this year.
For week past the opera house has
been crowded nightly. drawn by the vau-
deville shows presented by the White
Spear Drug Company. under the manage
ment of J. E. H. Long, whose deceased
brother. DR.. Long, known as Diamond
Jack, was well known in Mount Holly.
The company will remain during this
week.
A new man is in charge Of the barber
shop at the Washington Houes A change
became necessary because Of the disap-
pearance of Louis Morton, who was for
merlY In charge. His Whereabouts have
been unknown since Friday, January 10,
when he dropped out Of sight. His wife
Ia unable to account for her husbands &C.
lions.
When Harry Hawkins. ST., of Paxson
street. who weighs ESQ pounds, went out
to his barn on Saturday night. he scoot-
ed back to the house again as the result of
detecting an odor strong enough to take
his breath, giving evidence of the fact
that he was too close to an unwelcome
Visitor. you ought to have seen me run
to get away from that animal" said Har-
ry. II had no desire to make Its acqusint-
ance."
Having been captured on a farm be-
tween Egg Harbor and Absecon, Consta-
BILE Thomas G. Shinn, of Mount Holly,
went there on Wednesday and brought
the prisoner to the county jail after being
q fugitive for several months. The name
of the Italian is Samuel Pello, of Pomo-
ma. While employed ON the cranberry
hogs OF Eber DeCou last fall, it is said
the prisoner shot a llow-countryman In
the leg. The wounded man was only re-
Gently discharged from a Philadelphia
hospital.
Having made application three years
ago, Fish and Game Warden Charles G..
Morton, of Mount Holly, received reply
last week from the Department of Fish
cries at Washington. D. c., In which it ia
stated that the consignment of black bass
asked for at that time will be shipped
sometime during the present year. The
letter states that while applications have
been very numerous In this respect the
/ fish have been scarce, and that requests for
bass have been filed In the order in which
they were received. When the bass arrive
they will be used for restocking the upper
creek.
The desire of Richard Lamb and Frank
Let's, of Mount Holly. and Fl. Jay Bow
ker. of Medford, to participate in shoot
ing match held at Bristol. Pa, last Mon
day, the party decided to take a short
route by waking across the Delaware
river. Lamb being the heavy weight he
broke through the thin ice, and calling to
his friends they rescued him. The party
returned to Burlington and secured man
to push Lamb and Bowker in a boat
Let's reached his destination on the cars,
going by way of Trenton, as he didn't
want to take any further chances of an
accident.
Alexander r. Shreve died at the home
of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Henry G. Ris
don, on Garden street, Thursday after
noon, after an illness of but two days
He went TO Philadelphia as usual on Tues
day, being employed by Gimbel brothers
The following day he was taken Ill snt
Thursday morning the attending physi
clan pronounced the case pneumonia
Arrangements were being made to remove
the patient to the hospital when sudder
collapse came and death quickly ensued
Mr.. Shreye was So years old. The funera
took place yesterday, interment being
In St. Andrews grave yard.
1t is thought that dependency brough
on by worry over kidney trouble of lonl
standing caused Leander Rogers. aged s.
years, to commit suicide at his home il
Lumberton township on Thursday after
noon. During the day his parents. MI
and Mrs. Edward Rogers, we're shopping
In Medford, and 1t was during their ali
sence that the deed was committed. o.