The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-05-13
LOCAL NEWS.

Efforts are being made to organise al
orchestra among members of the loca
lodge of Moose.
The new Masonic lodge at Pembertor
will be constituted on May 81, with thirty
three charter members.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Apologize, o
Burlington. celebrated their golden wed
ding anniversary on Saturday.
Coffee demonstration at G. W. Durant
and Sons store every day this week. e.
there and get taste of the Holly blend
Those who have engaged with W. S
Gale as apprentices to learn masonry, are
Thomas K. Elbertson and Frank K. Hen
Erickson.
Owing to the recent death of Franklin
B. Lewis, the directors have appointed v
Claude Palmer as solicitor of the Burling
ton County Hospital.
Any person who wants boy IS year.
old to work on farm and will give him
a good home, should consult Prosecutor
Samuel A. Atkinson.
At special service to be held In St.
Andrews church on Thursday night, the
rite Of confirmation will be administered
by Bishop Scarborough.
The Shade Tree Commission has planted
several hundred trees on Cooper and War
rem streets, Beverly. They are of the
Norway maple and red oak varieties.
Many people were attracted by the
smoke that arose In large volumes from 8
forest fire which ragged on Thursday after
noon In the vicinity of Vincentown. where
the timber on large acreage was destroy
ed.
The Burlington quarterly meeting of
the Society of Friends will be held at
Crosswicks on Tuesday, May Goth, at TO- 80
o'clock. Conveyances will meet the
morning trains at Bordentown station. All
are invited
As the result of commission received
from the government, Samuel Browne, of
Mount Holly, regarded as one of the best
men In the business. is to install an exhibit
of taxidermy at Heinz's pier at Atlantic
City. This is quite an honor.
William A. Jones, In his automobile
bus, took delegation of the members of
Washington Camp. No. II, P. o. s. of A.,
of Mount Holly, to Roebling on Thursday
night, where there was rally in connect
ion with district meeting that was held
at that place.
Having been turned into a dump pile,
the large opening at the Office of the
Mount Holly Water Company, on Mill
street, is being filed up. When this work
Is accomplished the top will be covered
with soil and the spot greatly improved in
appearance.
Gottleib Moisle, of Medford, who has
served time In state prison for starting
fires In the pines, and who has given the
authorities much trouble, has been re-
moved to the county asylum. The old
man Is an eccentric character. Itrequired
three men to put handouts on him.
With the assistance of the Philadelphia
police, last week, 1876 pieces of silverware,
being portion of a large quantity that
was recently stolen from the residence of
Percival Thomas, of Riverton, were re-
covered by County Detective Ellis Fl.
Parker, who hopes to get the balance.
The authorities are of the opinion that
the mystery surrounding the disappear
ance on Friday afternoon of Albert, the
six-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Smith, of Burlington, was caused by the
lad getting drowned. They are not In
clined to the opinion that the boy was
kidnapped.
The the agency of A. A. Anderson,
Robert s. Gaskill has purchased all the
real estate offered for sale by the estate of
Franklin B. Lewis. This includes houses
on Broad and Pine streets. and the Lewis
building on High street. Mr.. Gaskill will
retain his law Office at Its present location
In Arcade row.
The use of electric lights has been re-
sumed in the yard connected with the
county Jail and at night the enclosure is
well lighted, giving the officials connect
ed with the institution an opportunity to
detect any prisoners who might attempt
to scale the walls. should they succeed In
getting out of their cells.
Alva Colkitt, farmer. living on the
road between Newbold's corner and Eayres-
town, suffered loss by fire at noon on
Sunday. The trouble evidently started
from lamp in an incubator. The chicken
house was destroyed and over 200 chickens
were burned to death. The wind was
favorable and the barns and residence were
saved.
Inspectors representing the State Board
of Education have advised that new
school building will have to be erected at
Medford to meet the requirements of the
law or state aid will be withheld. The
estimated cost of the structure is $40, 600.
The same conditions exist at Marlton,
where the building will cost in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000.
VI ACc0of uAkut 6OmC pCfsOus btOlc
four large roe shad from an ice box In
which Durand & Robinson had placed
seventeen shad. The hsh were stored
under one Of the buildings of the old An
dsrson canning factory on Water street.
The box was not locked, and the owners
thought they were hidden safely until the
following day, when the loss was dis
covered.
Among the sales recently made by Fred
A. Tracey, agent for the E. A. Stroui
farm agency, are the following: The
Minnie A. Warren farm near Rancocas. to
George jacob. of Long Island; the Lenols
Poultry Farm to P. w. Hamilton. OF
Meadyille, Pa; G. & Il. Winkler farm,
Westsmpton. to T. Seiger, Bordentown
E. Thomas Hooker farm, South Pember
ton road. to Eli ]. Carr, South Glens Falls
N. Y. He also arranged the sale Of tn,
G. L. Atkinson farm near Vincentown. Il
Howard Rambo, and the Mason farm OF
the Jacksonville road, to G. Winkler.
When Samuel Shinn, of Burlington
was taken to the Burlington county hos
pital last week for treatment after he hat
an arm cut of at the Neidich Process
Company, the good work done by the In
stitution was noted, and J. B. Davis, su