The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-02-06

Miss Elvira Armstrong, clerk in th
post ONCE, has been of duty for thre
weeks suffering from nervous breakdown
Announcement has been made of tn
engagement of Nelson Dew. Pumyes an
Miss Mary Hendrickson, both of Noun
. Holly.
A. A. Engle, Of Mount Holly avenue
recently stricken with paralysis, is abb
!. to get about the house, but he is still YER
i weak.
Announcement has been made of tn
Engagement Of John W. Nicholson, O
8 Moorestown, and Miss Isabelle Haines, O
4 Germantown, Pa.
The monthly business meeting of tn
4 Methodist Brotherhood will be held Il
: the Methodist church next Monday even
Ing at 7.45 o'clock.
Az result OF being the lowest bidder
Samuel J Painter has succeeded himsel
, a. draw tender of the Delsnco bridge at
salary of 90 q mouth.
Mrs. J. r. r. Long, a typhoid feve
patient at the Burlington County Hospital
10 reported to be improving from her for
mer serious condition.
Tickets will be on sale at Jones druf
J store on next Monday, February IL. fol
Philologus Minstrels, to be given in the
opera house February 20.
At Beverly ON Sunday occurred the
death Of Colonel Albury, aged 72 years.
Until recently deceased was cashier OF
the Beverly National Bank.
TAoss Interested in the sport at Moores-
town have slready held public meeting
for the purpose of encouraging interest
In base ball matters for the coming season.
i Charles q. Rstills weather report for
the month of January lie as follows: Clear
days. 4; clear and cloudy, 8; rainy, A;
snow, II; clear with wind, 1; cloudy all
Iday, 8.
On the night of January 30. thieves
entered the barn of John L. Warren, near
Rancocss. and stole two sets of harness
County detective Parker is at work on
the case.
The Young Mems group of the Y. M.
G. A. are to hold = valentine social to
which ladies are invited ON Tuesday, the
18th, at the Association rooms, Button
wood street.
The annual meeting of the Roadhouse
Pioneer Mining Company, in which a
number of people In this section are in
tereated, will be held In the Masonic Tenn
pie tomorrow night.
! The ladies Of the Guild of Grace p E.
church, Pemberton, will give a supper in
/. o. n. hall on Saturday evening. Febru-
airy 10. Terrapin, boned turkey, chicken
salad, lobster salad and oysters.
An interesting mock trial In charge of
willard Lippincott is the attraction at the
meeting of the senior group of the Y. NJ
O. A. tonight All young men over IS
years Of age are invited to be present
The second of series of five illustrated
lectures In the Methodist church. under
the auspices Of the Epworth League, will
be given on Friday evening, at o'clock.
Course tickets IS cents, single admission,
10 ceHts. Tickets ON sale at Boyce's.
On Friday evening next character
study In costumes will be presented at
the Opera House by Miss Marion Wilson,
of New York, who enjoys wide reputa
ton. The entertainment will be given
under the auspices of the lodge of Moose.
Coroner Elweod Bolton was called to
Mount Holly, on Friday, to view the
body of Clarence Marshall, who died sud-
denly the previous night. A singular
coincidence was that the coroner went
from here to Vincentown where he viewed
the body Of child by the name of Mar
shall.
Members of Company E. Mount Holly,
have been assured that prominent Off
GERS of the Third Regiment, National
Guard, will be present and speak on mat
tiers of interest to militiamen at their an
nual banquet to be held In the Episco pal
parish house on Friday evening, Feb
ruary 10.
Mary Travills. a popular minister from
West Chester, Pa, is expected to attend
Frienda' meeting, corner Main and Gar
den streets. next First.dsy morning at II
O'Clock. She will also be present at meet
Ing Of the Yearly Meeting Philanthropic
Committee at the same place at 2.15 In
the afternoon, All welcome
The automobile delivery car a. Durand
q Son, grocers, was badly damaged this
morning by going over the embankment
In the rear Of the railroad station. While
the driver was getting some packages at
the baggage room, the car, from some un.
known reason. started running, broke
through the guard rail, and went down
the embankment, where it upset.
Because he took so many people off the
streets ct night, which was found to be
hurting business among merchants, atten-
ticn was called to the fact that j. e. H.
Long, the medicine man, who occupied
the opera house for two weeks, was Civ
Ing vaudeville shows without paying
license. The matter was called to the at
tention of the township committee. and
under an old ordinance that body imposed
upon Mr.. Long license fee of 81 for each
night he was in Mount Holly, amounting
to gee This sum was paid by Manager
Hulse.
The burning out of chimney In q
house on Water street, owned by person
living In Philadelphia and occupied by
colored family, gave the department an
unpleasant run Sunday morning. blaze
on the roof was extinguished before the
nremen arrived. The fire was held In
check by the use of small chemical ex-
tinguisher. which Chief Kempte ordered
recharged and left on the scene in case its
further use became necessary. During
the burning the entire chimney became too
hot to touch, and there was fear that serious
trouble would develop at most undesir-
able time, 1t being very cold with high
wind prevailing.
The initistory team of the Daughters of
America IF Mount Holly were present at
the regular meeting of Oakford Council
No. IS. of New Egypt. Thursday even
ing, and succeeded in initiating several
candidates into the mysteries of the order.