The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-02-04
LOCAL NEWS.

The ground hog saw its shadow or
Sunday and yesterday there was slight
fall of snow.
The Rube MINISTRIES. of Florence. have
been invited to give an entertainment al
Pemberton.
A business meeting of the Methodist
Brotherhood will be held next Monday
evening In the M. E. church.
Two large trees have been removed from
In front of the properties of DR.. Atwood
and DIR. Carter on High street.
The public school at Jobstown was
closed last week because of an outbreak
Of scarlet fever among the pupils.
Owing to second case of diphtheria
appearing in his family, the home OF DR..
]. E. Whitman, on White street, was again
quarantined last week.
Miss Amy Jones, of Burlington, has
been suffering from badly swollen foot.
Blood poisoning developed after she had
cut troublesome corn too close.
A divorce has been granted to Wilbert
Danley, of New Egypt, from his wife,
Elizabeth B. Danley, of Riverside. They
formerly resided In Mount Holly
Muskrat trappers are quite busy along
the upper creek from Mount Holly to
Pemberton. The hides of these animals
are said to be worth ninety cents apiece
The Burlington County Transit Com
pany has decided to place new timber and
ties on its bridge which spans the Penn
sylvania railroad tracks at the fair grounds
The directors OF the First National
bank, of Bordentown, have decided to
erect new bank building on the site of
their present location on Farnsworth ave-
nue..
Edward T. Haines, of Mount Holly,
county sealer of weights and measures,
condemned two hay scales last week, be-
cause they were not up to the laws re-
quirements.
The Mount Holly Lodge of Moose ini-
tiated forty candidates on Tuesday night.
On Thursday night the lodge gave So
hundred of Its members
Falling down the cellar steps recently
while she was carrying Ratchet, Miss
Ruth Cain, of Buttonwood street, struck
the sharp blade OF the instrument and cut
cash In her scalp four inches long.
Although the information was given
by a.person supposed to be good authori-
ty. James Regars, of Burlington, in which
city the story first appeared. denies an
nouncing the engagement of his daugh-
ter. Cora, to Raymond Dennis, of Mount
Holly.
Howard E Alcott received letter on
Thursday from Fred NJ Shemeley, who is
In Maine. The writer says the temper
ature there is 43, and recalls the fact
that on the same date year ago the mer-
curry was down to 81 degrees below zero.
There has been no ice In Maine this win.
ter.
Miss Grace Ghaul, member of a promi-
nent Delanco family. did not lose her
nerve and faint when she saw the face of
"peeper" looking through window at
Der hone on Wednesday evening. Call
Ing other members of the family to her
aid, she armed herself with hatpin and
gave chase, but fieetaess of foot saved
the intruder from probable harm.
Mrs William Stanger, of Merchantville,
was burned to death. on Wednesday, at
hor hor NJ
was standing with her back to gas log
when her clothing became ignited. She
ran screaming to the kitchen, where the
servants beat out the flames, but nearly
ell her clothing had been burned off and
she had inhaled the flames. death result
ing in few hours. Mrs. Stanger was
well known In social circles.
Who is entitled to the butchers trim
mingsf This question. which affects the
head of every household, is getting legal
test In Illinois. Mrs. G. P. jackson, wife
of college professor, said she would ask
for the arrest of P. Rapp, her butcher,
to settle In court the question of whether
he can cut two pounds of bone and fat off
four and half pound steak and then
deliver the remaining two and half
pounds to her after she had paid for the
full four and half pounds.
All doubts as to the legality of the
small Boards of Freeholdcrs have been re-
moved, the Legislature having passed an
act, which was promptly signed by the
Governor, legalizing all previous laws
and making secure the tenure of Office of
those elected last fall This settles the
contention of the people In Mercer county
who have been agitating the subject. Bur
lington county's old Board showed better
judgment and is not in the light of hay.
ing made monkeys of themselves
After Its institution on Wednesday even
Ing, Mount Holly Camp, No. Is, Wood
men of the World, elected the following off,
GERS: Past councillor, James M Davis.
councillor, Herbert s. Killie, advisory lieu
tenaut, Irving c. Gaskill; clerk, II. c.
Wagner; banker. E. Lewis Schuyler; es-
cort, B. F. Hirshblond; Waterman, Harry
Warner; sentry, Harrison Danley; board
Of managers, W. B. Crozier, Samuel c.
Stanton and E. H. Stokes; physician, DR..
W. A. Vanderveer; parson, Rev. We.
Zimmerman, of Chatsworth. Meetings
will be held on the second and fourth
Tuesday nights of each month.
The election of truant officer In this
township was good move. Samuel K.
Gaskill. who was chosen to the position,
has been quite active and as a result school
attendance has been excellent. On Mon
day Of last week, which was very stormy
day, children were out in force and many
Of the rooms had over 40 pupils answer
ing roll call. 1t is not wise to have over
that number In room, but some of the
rooms have 55 pupils. 1t will be necessary
to open at least one, and possibly two,
extra rooms, before long. In going
around the truant officer has discovered
many children who have been kept at
home owing to lack of clothing. This
matter has been taken In charge by some
OF the charitable organizations and there
will not be any excuse on that score here
after. If you have any children's cloth