The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-02-24

Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Throckmorton
are receiving congratulations ON the
[ arrival of baby girl.
Mrs. Mary f. Tilton died at the resi-
dence of her son-in-law, Harry Borden,
near Jacobstown, on Tuesday. She was
the mother of County Auditor Tilton.
A number of members of the Burling-
ton County Bar attended dinner given
in honor of Attorney General Wescott,
at the Adelphi hotel, Philadelphia, on
Thursday night. There were about 400
diners.
Unclaimed mail remains at the post
office for the following persons: Peter
Augustine, Mrs. Bessie Fossen, Rather
inc Gibson, DIR. Clifton Z. Lord, Harry
Miller, Arch Pillet, Miss Miriam Shiffert,
Miss Anna H. Notte.
Rev. Richard H. Baker, former pastor
of the Mount Holly Baptist church, is to
have conferred upon him the degree of
Doctor of Divinity by Colby College,
Waterville, Maine, from which institu-
ton Mr.. Baker graduated as theological
student.
The degree of Doctor of Laws was
conferred upon Rt. Rev. Lucien Lee
Kinsolving, Episcopal Bishop of South
ern Brazil, by the University of Penn
sylvania yesterday. The Bishop de
livered an Grafton on Washington at
Washington birthday exercises held by
the University yesterday.
Curtis Scott and Joseph H. Craig, it
is reported, are to be arrested for killing
deer out of season. Game Wardens
Morton, of Burlington county, and Love-
less, of Mercer county, after hearing that
a deer had been killed near Atsion,
traced the act to the above two men, as
meat cut into small pieces was found on
their premises.
A heavy fall of snow, yesterday and |
last night, in addition to that already |
on the ground, has caused delay to
travel on railroads, trolleys and wagon
roads. Accompanied by extremely cold
weather, it has caused much inconve-
nience to all and suffering among poor
people. According to reports from the
weather bureau, the storm is general
rom the lakes to the New Jersey coast
At the Burlington quarterly meeting
If Friends, held in Mount Holly, on
Tuesday, resolutions were passed favor
ng an amendment to the national con-
forever prohibiting the manu-
acture or sale of intoxicating liquors.
saac Wilson and Sarah Linvell made
addresses at the devotional meeting.
S. Zelley. and Phoebe w. Buzz
~, clerks, conducted the business meet
ng.
The five-masted schooner Kineo, in
which some Mount Holly people are in
crested, arrived on Sunday at Lewes,
DEL, in tow of tug. She was leaking
adly and the upper works and rigging
7ere battered and broken. She was 70
avs out from Port Arthur, Tex, for
Providence, r. l., laden with lumber.
The was twice in distress caused by the
inter gales. The first time she put into
Nassau, Bahamas, and left there after
repairs had been made. V
The State Association of County En-
ineers has appointed committee to a
investigate the case of Estel ID. Right c
lire, formerly of Mount Holly, who is t
CRYING year in state prison for grating a
lille he held the Office of county en- s
ineer of Atlantic county. The commit
BE will make an exhaustive study of
ne record of Rightmire's conviction, 60
az over the same ground that was ira 4
ersed in futile effort to procure par
on for the engineer on the eve of his
to state prison. If the en-
ineers decide Rightmire is guilty, he is
, be expelled from their body. If the
eport is favorable, all their influence
ill be exerted to procure his release.