The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-04-28

Harry 1. Cooper moved yesterday t.
his recently purchased home on Wash
ington street.
Morris H. Keller, the undertaken, was
taken i'll suddenly on Sunday night and
for time was in serious condition
He is improving now.
Work has been begun on the founda-
tons for handsome monument to the
late Theophilus J. Zurbrugg, in the
Mount Holly cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A. Creedon, of
Mill street, are receiving congratulations
on the arrival of son, which was left at
their home early this morning.
Two colored women were baptized in
Bidwell's pond, Washington street, on
Sunday afternoon. A large crowd was
present to witness the ceremony.
Hiram HI. Earnest has begun the cree
ton of house on Broad street between
the Tomlinson and Fort propesties,
which he will occupy as soon as finished.
Owing to the rain there was no game
of base ball in Mount Holly on Satur-
day. Arrangements are being made for
a game here next Saturday, when the
fans will have an opportunity to witness
the playing of Mount Holly's league
team.
A telegram from Vera Cruz, relative to
the landing of marines there from the
transport Prairie, states that Capt. Eli
T. Fryer directed the men stationed
three or four blocks away" Capt. Fryer
isa son of Samuel Fryer and brother of
William S. Fryer, both of Mount Holly.
Friends of Francis b. Lee, historian
and author, of Trenton, have received
word from Jefferson hospital that he was
improved after an operation performed
upon him there. Mr.. Lee has been suf-
fering from a complication of diseases
for some time, and it was decided that
an operation was necessary.
The liquor licenses that were granted
year ago, it has been decided, expire at
midnight tonight, instead of last night,
as was at first supposed. The licenses
are granted until the first day of the
term of court, which has been construed
to include the first day. After tonight
the licensed places will be closed until
the applications for renewals are granted
on Friday.
Unclaimed mail that remains in the
post Office for the week ending April %,
is as follows: Letters, John @. Bell, J. S. |
Cummins Estate, Miss Elsie Stodd,
Nicholas Tuffo, John Watkins, David |
Warner, Mr.. and Mrs. Williams. Cards,
Block Baby Coach Co., Miss Bessie Bis |
hop, Arthur Crumel, Mrs. Amanda |
Harker, A. C. Milden, Michael Polio,
Winfield S. Thompson, w. l.. Thomp-
son.
A newspaper published at Pass-a-Grille, |
Fla, tells a story of some marvellous |
fishing done there recently by two men
Edward F. Burns, formerly of Mount |
Holly, and DIR. A. j. Keslo, of Knox |
vile, Tenn.-breaking all previous rec
0rds. Between z a. M, and $3.50 p. No.,
one day they caught 229 King fish,
in all over 14OO lbs. Another
lay they got 1877 fish, weighing about
1000 h., in little over five hours. Some
fishing, indeed, with rod and reel.
At the musicale under the auspices of |
.he Mount Holly High School Alumni
Association to be held in the high school
on Thursday evening at s |
o'clock, the following talented musicians
will appear: Mrs. John S. w. Holton,
soprano, accompanied by Professor James
:. Warhurst, both of Philadelphia; Miss
Mary r. Hewitt, violinist, of Burlington;
A. r. Gallenkamp, baritone, accom-
panied by Edwin r. Smythe; and Mrs.
John Rigg and Miss Elizabeth M. Eek
man, pianists. Don't miss this splendid
event. Tickets at Boyce's.
Assemblyman Peacock's bill providing
'or an appropriation for commission to
plans for bridge from Burling
ton to Bristol, has become a law, and |
citizens of those towns are delighted over
The prospect of having such a structure
erected. The Peacock bill carries out |
The plans advocated by David Henry |
Wright, of Riverton, a Philadelphia at
torney, who wants the bridge erected as
1 memorial to John Woolman, the
pioneer Quaker preacher and missionary.
Attorney Wright lis also heading the
for the erection by the Nation
II Government of a William Penn
bridge between Camden and
Philadelphia.