The news., 1885-07-14

Fine low shoes for gents at Shei-
mans.
Counterfeit silver coins are said to
be very plentiful.
Base ball on Thursday and Saturday
at the Fair grounds.
Charles r. Cox, Jr., has been ap-
pointed Postmaster at Beach Haven.
The annual camp meeting at Buc-
to will commence on Sunday, August
9th.
The Aagstone pavement on Mill
street is great improvement over the
old brick one.
Peach festival at the rink ON Tues
day evening next. Music by Sixth
Regiment band, of Camden.
Remember tie excursion OF the
Brotherhood of the Union to Atlantic
City on Saturday, August 29th.
Ladies and gents will find fine
stock of shoes at Taylors store, Main
street, nearly opposite News office.
Base ball on Thursday and Saturday
of this week Thursday, Nationals, OF
Trenton; Saturday, Pennsylvania
Railroad.
Excursion tickets are now sold to
all stations on this division. The ex-
cursion rate to Burlington has been
increased to 40 cents.
Union Fire company has engaged
the rink for Saturday, August 22d.
An interesting and profitable time is
promised by the boys.
Mayor McElroy, of Beverly, has
given orders that the ice cream
saloons and cigars stores must here
after be closed on Sunday.
There will be an exhibition drill by
uniformed Knights from Philadelphia
at the festival of Knights of the Golden
Eagle at the rink on Tuesday evening
next.
]. Elwood Haines has been elected
to the vacancy in the Board of Di-
rectors Of the Union National Bank
caused by the death of Josiah B.
Pew.
There will be meeting of the Bur
lington County Dairymen's Associa-
ton on Saturday, 18th inst. A pro-
posed alteration of the bylaws will be
discussed.
Mrs. Joseph E. johnson, formerly of
Mount Holly, now of st. Louis, Mo-,
is visiting her brother-in-law, Wilbur
F. Shinn, on Madison avenue, after an
absence of eight years.
Our agent will be in Browns Mills,
New Egypt and Hornerstown this
week to collect bills due us. Our sub
seribers will confer great favor npon
us by paying their bills promptly.
Lnmberton Council, No. 13, Jr., 0.
u. A. NJ, will hold their ;hird annual
picnic at Anderson's grove, Lumber
ton, on Saturday, July 25th. Dancing
and other amusements. Tickets, 25
cents.
This week we hold over communi-
cations from Juliustown, Lumberton,
Cookstown, Medford, Browns Mills,
Magnolia, New Lisbon, Lumberton
and yincentown. They will all appear
next week.
All new residents in Mount Holly
will find the article of milk sold by
Harry Hawkins strictly pure. Leave
orders at his milk depot on Main
street and you Will be served at the
door. If.
The champion spear of rye has been
found. 1t measures nine feet and one
half inch and was cut last week in
Gen. John S. Tricks field at Vincen-
town. We haven't heard of anything
to beat it yet.
On Tuesday evening of next week
the Knights of the Golden Eagle, o
Mount Holly, will give peach festi
val at the rink. The committee hav
ing it in charge intend to eclipse al
others held there this season. Tickets
five cents; for sale by members of thu
order.
A lot of tramps built fire alon;
the road near Centreton the other da,
to do some cooking and left it burn
ing. 1t scattered along the road ant
would have done serious damage per
haps, had not John Johnson happened
along and by hard work stopped it
progress.
There will be five trotting races a
the Merchantville Driving Park o.
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