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The news., 1886-11-30
A Grand Vocal Concert.

On Monday evanino navt tho moo.
nle of tbis communitv will bava IN
opportunity of listening to a grand
vocal concert to he given nv tbe Penn.
svlvania Opartette in the Onera House
The singers are ali artists of HIGH
standing in musical circles whore thew
are hest known and ali who attand
This conoert nav fol conf;dent Of ha
inc entertained in varv pleasant
mennar II hoe boo, ,ba ,,,;s s
baratoforo Of rao,i'1 no "a , .nn, sui 10
annear before diScov 5Uo sn,pi1 -. w
J;ancas ~ Monnt Hi, IT. &c. aar 90,
Of The ;s donh,ioss o VI, - a., s,o9
tbot 1orno +IaSS nf o U"'i ro W .nI lauS
hoan daoe;vo 90 e., ~ III po tbuI h hano
crown wearv of navino tba;r n,n n%au
e. w;tnass wortbiess entarta;,,oatsS
The concert On newt MondoT avan Tr.s'
howevar nrona;ses ~ he y he 1in 20
lief 70 manv of tb y. nfav;o rs sbo -. -
the met and we bono 70 eoi tb go Omo ~,
Honsa f;lled DC We nn w s on hit .
mon tho s,ccess IF tb;s nonoort iii
denand q series ~ threa mora IT, NIL; N
I've worth the mice If ad.n;ss;on "t 20
boar Miss Stayapson sin, as = wiJi he oo
remamhered tbat tb;s ;s tho lsdv wbo
charmed 90 many narsons last seaso Son,
in the mart If ak ;oletn in the T;ttla
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Wnnanaakar,a

IS taking, John Helen
Babies Habberton fired the
first shot in November, anc
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Bur.
nett succeeds him and intro
duces Miss Defarge, an elder
sister of that Lass O Lowries
Big task the editor sets in
trying to make Llbblmcott's
live up to the level Of Brue-
tons Bayou. High water in
that Bayou. Our Llbb9ncoH
sales jumped seventeen times
over on the November num-
Der in response to Habber-
tons call.
Thirteenth.street center.
The Carpet Store hasnews.
A lot of Roxbury Tapestry
Carpets at rs cents, usual re-
tail price SI.oo. They are
good enough to command
very special attention but not
sufficient to last long. Other
tapestries at S, 90, and 65
cents. A twenty per cent
cut on retail prices to wind
up the lots.
Smyrna Rugs. Four Thou
sand of them at two-third
prices. Read the sizes,prices,
and reductions.
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OF Interest to Boarders and TO
Boarding House Keepers.

Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Witten, of
Newark, keep boarding house and
have seven boarders. The papers do
not say how long they have resided
with Mr.. and Mrs. Witten, but the
probabilities are for a long time, DUR
ing which they had forgotten what a
small boarding house chicken resem-
bled. So on Thursday when Mr.. and
Mrs. Witten, out of kindness of their
hearts, had small, halfstarved broiler
prepared for the usual dinner on this
day of thanks, the boarders were over
joyed. When the dinner bell was
The news., 1886-11-30

TURK" Hamilton, Bill English and
Ben Fenton were sent to Jail yester-
day by Justice Galley for thirty days,
for being drunk and disorderly, dis
ease they are subject to about seven
Gays each week They were arrested
by Officers Bodine and Dolan. The
noble order of buns is now reduced
by four.
Thomas Denness, the champion roll
der skater, has accepted the challenge
made by Grant Bell, the champion
bicyelist, to a five mile race; Dennis
to skate and Bell to ride the bicycle
/. fen Ss5 side. The race will take
place at the rink next Saturday even
ing. 1t will doubtless be a spirited
contest and something unusual in the
line of racing.
a few residents and store keepers on
Mill street are in the habit of throw
ing ashes out in the street upon the
paving stones. The Township Com
mittee should have these persons clean
up the dirt already made and order
them not to repeat the offense. The
committee should also take walk
around the town and inspect the pave
ments. Some are in a terrible condition
and should be repaired before the
winter SHOWS
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company are very prompt in settling
their policies. Joseph B. Gilbert, who
died suddenly few weeks since, had
q policy for $S5 with this company,
and his family received a check for
the amount two days after his death.
He had been insured just two years
and had paid in about SIS. At the
time the deceased was insured he
was sc years old. Theodore B. Gibbs
is agent for the company in Mount
Holly and vicinity.
An idea of the generally poor condi-
zion of the schools of this State can be
estimated from Supt. Chapman's state
Ment that there are 1903 "poor" schools,
and GA very poor" Burlington county
has twenty-three of these two classes.
Twenty are in Sussex, five in Hunter
don. eleven in Somerset ten in War
rem and ten in Morris county. There
has been an improvement, however
in Burlington, Passaic and Sussex
counties since last year. Three hun
bred and fourteen buildings are fur
Nsnished with old fashioned furniture,
used half-century ago.
Captain Charles Evan Merritt, OF
Mount Holly, is being prominently
mentioned as the successor of Com
mander John L. Wheeler, of the De.
partment of New Jersey, G. AR. Mr.
Merritt is member of Gen. A. E.
Shiras Post, No. &c, of Mount Holly
and already holds several important
positions in the order, both in this
State and the United States. There is
not more active membership in any
Post in this State than ours here in
Mount Holly and outside of their can.
The news., 1886-11-30

1'1VO1NH 11OI91@li -NVNs -JlII, IocO,
To the Editor of The NEWS:
DEAR SIR In reply to Grant Bells chal
lenge in the Herald of the 9th inst, please
state that will accept his proposition fol
a race. (hinf to ride a bicycle and me tc
skate), and have covered his $40 forfeit
held by ii. L. Walters. The race to be 5
miles for $25 a side. the money to be up on
the night of the race. As he gives me the
privilege OF naming the place and date, ]
name saturday night, Dec 4th, and the
Mount Holly rink as the place,
Yours Respectfully,
THoS. b. DENNEss.
The news., 1886-11-30


The wife of L. E. Ayres, died on the
Goth inst. and was buried in the Cross
wicks' cemetery on Wednesday.
Monroe Matthews was seen in town
last week.
E. Brick is shipping considerable OF
his mlnce meat from this place.
]. Wilkinson is doing well in his
oyster business.
Buck" will please send his full
name so we may grant his'request.
The late Presbyterian concert real
lied 5000 instead of $3.50 as was
stated.
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TO SHOW CAUSE

Burlington Orphans Court, as yet of the
September term, A. D., 1856.
Alzora F. Poinsett, Executor of CLAYTON
Hartshorn, decd, having exhibited to this
Court, under affirmation, a Just and true
account of the personal estate and debts
of the said deeedent, whereby it appears
the personal estate of said deceasedis in
sufficient 10 pay his debts and requests
the aid of the Court in the preInfses-
interested in the lands, tenemefts and
ofthe saia deceased, appear
before the Court, at the Court House, in
Mount Holly, on Tuesday, he 18th day of
December, A. n, 1886, TO show cause why so
much of the lands, tenements, heredita-
ments and real estate OF the said deceased
should not be sold as viii be sufficient to
pay his debts, or the residue thereof as
the case may require.
By order ofthe Court. October q, 1885.
JOHN 4. HOWELL.
Nov. 2-s66w. SURROGATE.
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EAStCA H December 81 1885,
between the hours of II and O'Clock in
the afternoon of said day fto-wit at 2
o'clock), ut Regan's Hotel, in Mount Holly,
n. j.,
All the following described lot and
parcel OF land situate in the village of
Iacobstownand township of New Hanover,
County of Burlington and state of New
Jersey, and is the same lot OF land CON
veyed 10 the said Horace w. Sexton by
Oliver H. z. Finley and wife by deed Of
conveyance bearing date the 9th DIV of
March, 1858. Beginning at a stone in the
roHd from Jacobstown to New Egypt, and
where the Arneytown road intersecfs the
same, which stone is the southeast corner
to Joseph HartshOrne lot in the village of
Jacobstown and according TO present
magnetic position of the needle runs "a
north sevety-flYe degrees und thirty
minutes east live chains and fifty-seven
| links to stone in said road (2l north
four degrees and fifteen minutes west two
chains and thirty three links to q stone !:
| (3) south eighty-iive degrees and forty-fEe
minutes west five chains and seventy-eig
| links TO astone In the Arneytown road and
in the line OF benjamin Poinsett'S land by
which it runs "a south four degrees and
fifteen minutes east one chain and thirty
six links to stone in the westwardly side
of the Arneytown road it being the south
easterly corner to Benjamin Poinsett's lot
and the beginning and north-easterly
/ corner to Joseph Hartshorne lot by which
it runs along the Arneytown road; (5)
south thirteen degrees east one chain and
ninety-seven links to the beginning. Con
tanning one acre and sixiy-one hundreths
of an acre of land, excepting therefrom
hundreths of an acre of land pre-
vionsly conveyed to Ephraim p. Grant.
Seized as the property of Horace w.
Sexton, defendant, taken in execution at
the suit of Adelaide +. Dennis, complain
ant, ana to be sold by
EDWARD EMLEY, Sheriff.
Martin L. Haines, Sol'r.
Dated October 30, 1886. Nov. 30, 1886.
The news., 1886-11-30
Wananaaker,s.

"A by "a inches, six pounds,
81 SO or IS cents a pound
All wool9 No, cotton warp,
but the cotton is fine, and the
wool filling is clean and long
and the Blanket is not only
very good but really cheap
Cheap as a0e mean cheap
West of the Arcade steps.
AS the remnant counter to
women just SO the misht suit
stock. to men Between the
two the Toodleses should be
happy
Second door, Thirteenth street.
John WANAMAKER.
Chestnut, Thirteenth. and Market streets
ana City-hall square,
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CMERIFF's SALE.

By virtue of writ of fieri facias to me
directed, issued out of the Court of Chan
Gerry of the State of New Jersey, will sell
at public sale, on
FRIDAY, December 81, 1855,
between the hours of - and O'Clock in
| the afternoon OF said day (to-wit, at =
! o,ciock), at Regan's Hotel, at Mount Holly,
| n. j,
All the following described Lots and
Parcels OF Land situate in the township OF
New Hanover, County of Burlington and
state OF New Jersey, leing the same two
lots of land conveyed to BENJAMIN Pom
sett by deed &c, under the hand and seal
OF Mary W. English, administrative OF
Dist day of March, 1855 and reaordea-ip.
Book 9 of Deeds, page AZ, &c, Ii the
Clerks Office of the County of Burlington.
at Mount Holly, and is bounded as follows:
NO. l-Beginning at a stone in road lead
ing from Jacobstown to New Egypt, and
runs ~ south fifteen degrees and twenty
minutes east twelve chains and forty-nine
links to stake: t2) north seventy-seven
degrees ana thirty minutes east four
chains and ninety links !; (3) north twenty
one degrees and twenty minutes west
twelve chains ana forty-six links to a
stone in the aforesaid road az south six
teen degrees west three chains and sixty
three links down the aforesaid road TO the
place of beginning. Containing five acres
ana thrty-tive hundredths of an acre of
land more on less.
stone in the road leading from Jacobstown
TO New Egypt and is corner to the other
lot and runs ~ along said road south
seventy-six degrees west four chains and
hfty seven links to a stake or stone corner
70 Joseph Harthorn's land; (21 by said
iiiutshorn's landsouth twenty-one degrees
east hye chains ana twenty-five links to n
stake or stone; (3) north seventy four
and q half degrees east thirty-six links to
stake Ora stone AZ south fourteen ana
halt degrees west seven chains and
twenty-five links to u stake or stone: (5l
by lot No. north syenty-seven and IA half
degrees east three chains and seventy
seven links to stake corner to the other
lot; ~ by the same north fifteen and n
quarter degrees west twelve chains and
forTy-nine links to the place of beginning
Containing four acres ana eighty nine
hnndrcdths OF un acre ct land be Che same
more or less
Seized rs the property OF Horace w. Sex
ton, defendant. taken in execution at the
suit OF adelaide f. Dennis, complainant.
and TO be sold by
EDWARD EMLEY, sheriff.
Martin l.. Haines, Sol'r
Dated October 80, 1896. Nov 30. 1856.
The news., 1886-11-30
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The news., 1886-11-30
GHERIFF,S SALE.

By virtue of writ of fieri faeias to me
| directed issued out of the Court of Chan
Gerry of the State of New Jersey, will sell
at public sale, on
SATURDAY, December is, 1856,
| between the hours of u and O'Clock in
| the afternoon of said day (to-wit at
n. j.,
All that farm and plantation situate
lying and being in the township of Med
ford in the County of Burlington on the
westerly side of the turnpike road leading
nom Crossroads to the village of Medford
which by survey and map thereof made
by William Dyer, surveyor, May 10, 1850
IS bounded and described as follows, VIZ
Beginning at stone in William Brad
dock line and corner TO the farm of the
late Isaac IL. Uaines and runs thence along
the same ~ south four and a quarter de-
grees east nine chains and twenty-six
links to stone corner to the same thence
~ still by the same south eighty-nipe and
quarter degrees west five chains and
torty-six links TO stone corner to the
same; thence (3) by the same south sixteen
degrees west twenty-five chains and fifty
Two links to n stone corner to the same
thence a. south fourteen and three-quar,
tiers degrees east three chains and seventy
seven links to stone corner in Elwood
=. T.. names, line thence (5) north sixty
I'VE and three-q quarters degrees east one
chain and ninety-fve links to q stone near
chestnut trees; thence (6) north eighty
four and three-quarters degrees east So
south thirty-nine and fhree-auarfef
grees east two chains, Ard BN en- III a a e.
10 some; Themes q !. ! I'll I'd
half degrees8ll[Ae 'n,tiifS and sixty
ia - stone in lane thence (9)
north egrees west four chains and
sixty-tw0 links to stone; thence (I0)
north seven degrees west seven chains
and torty-links to a stone corner to Bar
clay Haines thence still by the same (ID
north eighty-three and three-q uarters de-
grees east seventeen chains and forfy-five
Inks to stone corner to the same in the
middle of the Lumberton road (from Med
ford to Crossroads); thence (l2) along the
middle OF the same north six and three
quarters degrees west twenty-fOur chains
and hfty-etght links to stone in said road
corner to Albert Haines; thence (l3) along
the same south eighty-nine and Il quarter
degrees west eighteen chains and ono link
to the place of beginning. Containing
"a 5SlCO acres be The same more or less.
BEING the same premises which Jonathan
Halnes devised 10 his son the said William
Il. Ha1neS i'll and by his last will and testa-
ment bearing date December LIST, 1884 and
duly admitted to probate by the Surrogate
OF said county the fifth day of January A.
D., lS41, and recorded in his Office in Book
Y OF wills, page Is, &c, reference being
thereunto had the same will more fully
appear, and being the same which the said
illiam +. Haines and Sarah b., his wife
by deed dated February 6, A. D., 1879 and
accorded ut the Clerks Office in Mount
Holly in Book V, 8 of Deeds, page 4S2, Sc,
conveyed to the said William c. Haines in
Zee.
Seized as the property of William c.
aaines. ct ux., ct al, defendants, taken in
at the snit of Japhct Bowker
aud to he sold by
EDWARD EMLEY, Sheriff.
Q. f. Hendrickson, Sol'r
Dated Oct. 49, 1886. Nov. I6-lSS6. -
The news., 1886-11-30
LOCAL NEWS.

Mount Holly has thirteen doctors
and seven drug stores.
Buy Pearl Flour, the best and for
sale only by F. T. Morton.
The tower on the new public build
ings, Philadelphia, can be plainly seen
from the mount.
Miss Maggie Fisher, Of near Vincen-
town, is visiting Mrs. Alice Wright, on
Water street.
The Ridgway farm on the North
Pemberton road was sold on Friday
for sos so per acre.
The new club room which started
with such brilliant prospects only ran
one night and then collapsed.
That impatient anticipation of the
Thanksgiving turkey or chicken was
very generally gratified last week.
Thomas Ryan, a freight conductor
on the P. r. r., was seriously injured
at Freehold on Friday while coupling
cars.
Ifany anticipate buying present to
give friend during the holiday sea-
son, read Walter Borton's new adver-
tisement.
Cline & Grigg, hardware dealers,
have placed very important adver-
tisement in this issue to housekeepers,
farmers and others.
Wright & Goldy's new wholesale
tobacco house ON Water street, is
meeting with encouraging success.
They deal in good stock.
Walter f. Borden has been appoint
ed by the Chancellor as Trustee of
Vashti Burtis to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Joseph w. Emley.
The citizens of Burlington at SPEC
ial election held last week, voted to
grant $500 for the purpose of drain
ing the low meadows around the city.
Be sure and hear the lecture in the
NJ. y. church "Across the country and
what l saw" by Rev. John F. Dobbins.
Learn what you can of your own coun-
try.
All ex-prisonegs of the war should
send their name and address to Robert
Brown, Commander of Post 20, Mount
Holly. 1t will be to their interests to
send them at once.
w. w. Curtis has ON exhibition a
handsome pair of California blankets.
Every purchaser to the amount of one
dollars worth will be given ticket
entitiling them to chance, to be
drawn December 9th.
The notorious "bum,', Charles Pea
cock, was committed to Jail on Tues
day for stealing brass couplings from
Peter Lynch. He will await the ac-
ton of the Grand Jury.
A grand ball will be given at the rink
on Thursday night, December 23d, by
the employees of Lynn & Pettit's mat
ting factory. Extra pains will be taken
to make it a first-class ball.
The Supreme Court having decided
fhe law unconstitutional which grants
firemen exemption from taxation to
4ba a r,,ou,,f IF g5n0 xro may lonL fnr a
The news., 1886-11-30

and very much enjoyed and was a
grand success.
B. w. Storey intends to enlarge his
stable in the spring SO he can aecomo'
date more horses.
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4 DnINIsTRATOR's SALE OF
REAL ESmATE.

Il 80 -21E@ = q 4 Z.
The subscriber, administrator of Job s.
Butterworth. deceased, pursuant to an
of burlington, dated September 20 1885,
win sell at public vendue at the hotel of
Aaron karly, at Pemberton, n. j., on
SATURDAY, December II, 1885,
between the hours of ana O'Clock, Ito
wit at 2 o'clock), ali the following Real
Estate, of which job S. Butterworth died
seized, all that farm or Plantation situate
in the township of Penberton, in said
county. on the road leading from New
Lisbon TO Juliustown, adjoining lnnds of
the Burlington County Poor House, Aaron
Early and others, containing about
NINETY-TWO ACRES, of which about IL
acres is in Good Heavy Timber.
Conditions at sale.
JAMES Il. PRICE,
Administrator.
Nov. 9, 1886.
The news., 1886-11-30

sales.
Don't suppose these things
represent our Carpet Store.
They are only incidents.
Plenty Of choice goods here.
Market street, second floor.
Towels. Good stock gives
long service. Flax outwears
tow. In low priced especial
ly, quality is more than
weight. A towel 10 by 40
inches, fringe included, all
flax, IS cents; plain or blue
or red borders. Another 25
cents, % by 44 inches, same
borders, better, heavier. They
are German. Another Is
cents 20 by 48 inches and the
best Of three. This is Irish.
Our linen trading brings
for your personal uses or
hone-buying all possible
economy and excellence.
We did not learn the linen
business, either inequalities or
prices, until we began the
study with growing flax.
West of Arcade steps.
Wool Dress Stuffs. Hints
only:
Homespuns, az inches
wide, 371a cents. All wool.
Stands analysis.
Bright plaids, SO inches
wide, S71a cents. Quite
right for girls.
| Fifty cents. Diagonals in
rich solid colors AZ inches
wide; sober mixed and plain
colored tricots SO inches wide;
canvas-cloth in navy-blue,
brown, green, olive, garnet,
black, IA inches, down from
| rs cents.
Plaids, mixtures and stripes
IS cents that were $I.25 and
81. Brilliant and dull, quiet
and loud-if words of sound
may tell a story Of color
free fancy can both roam and
settle here. A and As inches
wide.
Wick stripes. Clusters of
candlewicks on plain grounds.
Skies and threes. There is
a certain rough elegance
about them quite in the line
Of the fancy Of the hour.
Black ground with white,
green and navy-blue with car
dinal, brown with old gold
and others. IS cents, Al
inches wide.
Scotch worsted stufs, "a
inches, at $3.50. The varie-
ty and the style of them
Hard to choose? Very,when
all are good-an hour of crit
ical study failed to'show a bad
pattern. But the critic might
not have known. No mat
ter, you shall judge.
All around the center
Two counters just under
the stairway to the second
V oor are given to the exhibit
# the Rudolstadt ware. 1t
las individuality, character Of
hts own. We think you can
not find it elsewhere in this
market.
Examine the specimens.
They are all new; vases and
baskets with statuette figures
and without, card-receivers,
pilgrim bottles, roosters, let
ter-holders; the ground work
is rustic, canary, ivory; the
decorations are roses, pan
sizes, tiger lilies, lilacs, fu-
chsias, ETC..
The prices have been from
40 cents to $40, but now they
run from 10 cents to S3.75.
Gipsey baskets go from $4.75.
to SI,75; vases $40 to 1915,
! $3.50 to 81 SO, 40 cents to
10. These prices are only
pointers One thousand
pieces are now in the forward
stock, and prices of all are
on the same basis
Juniper and Market streets.
|
Blankets The main facts
that our prices are not adj
vanced Wool is up, every
body knows that Our blank
ct schemes we're laid before
the rise We own the goods
at old rates and on the prin-
ciple that our bargain is your
bargain you may take them
without advance Blankets
we have almost made a