The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-05
rHE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

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Eighty cases have been treated at tn
Burlington County Hospital thus far thi
year.
John K. Scattergood has purchase
from Job E. Pharo, house on Bisphar
street.
There will be gospel service in the Y
M. q. A. rooms next Sunday at $50 ?. N
All are invited.
Garwood Reynolds has purchased from
]. H. Alcott & Son their oil route il
Mount Holly.
Mrs. William w. Curtis and Mrs. CLAIR
Armstrong have gone to San Francisco
CAL. for the winter.
w. H. Mitchell has been.removed from
the Evesboro' post office and B. f. Evan
has been appointed postmaster.
Florence Iron Works will stop abou
the 18th inst. for general repairs. Som'
of the old steam and power cranes will b.
taken out and done away with.
Mr.. and Mrs. James II. Austin will Gel
citrate the twentieth anniversary of theii
marriage, on Thursday, December IA, al
their residence on Madison avenue.
The annual supper for the benefit of the
Children's Home will be held at the Ma
sonic temple, on Friday and Saturday
evenings. The bill of fare is first class.
The Convocation of Burlington meets
at st. Paul's P. E. Church, Camden, to
day. Rev. r. A. Rodrick VIII preach the
sermon. Rev. Martin Aigner is the essay
list.
The Baptist, Methodist and Presbyte-
ran Churches held union service at the
Baptist Church on Thanksgiving day
The sermon was delivered by Rev. Eli
Clifford.
On the charge of having thrown his wife
around and dragged her out of the house
by the hair of her head, Edward Wilbur,
of Cookstown, is now confined in the
county Jail.
Branln & Holt, the Garden street
butchers, are selling large quantities OF
sausage, which is made expressly for
them by lady residing in Mount Holly.
Try it. Fresh pork always on hand.
Jerome B. Grigg has gone on business
trip to Joplin, Missouri. He has COM
bined business with pleasure and has been
on hunting trip in Indian Territory,
which, he writes, was very successful.
The Willingboro Gun Club had its an
nuaI shoot at the Wills homestead on
Thanksgiving Day. Some very credit
able scores were made. The side led by
Howard Wills came off victorious by sew
eral points.
There will be public meeting at the
Y. M. C. A. rooms this evening to take
steps towards raising funds and proyis-
ions to help the poor of the town. There
are many families on the verge of starva-
ton, and help should be extended at
once.
Christmas is close at hand. So is Doron's
watch store, at No. "a Main street, with
its large stock of watches, silverware, and
jewelry of all kinds, spectacles for the old
folks, finger-rings. necklaces, bracelets and
SO on for the young people. Everything
first-class and just as represented.
There will be a sale of store goods at
the store formerly occupied by J. Sexton
FolwelI, on Main street, this evening at Z
o'clock. The entire stock in the store
will be sold, together with counters,
shelves, and other fixtures, two horses,
two wagons, good portable heater and
other articles.
Thomas Deakine, of Florence, who
boarded with a relative there, has been
committed without bail by Justice Fewkes,
on a serious charge preferred by l4-year-
old girl. The girl was procured from the
st. Vincent Home by the family with
whom Deakine boarded, and she alleges
that last August he enticed her to his
room and accomplished her ruin.
Mrs. Alice r. Paul, the wife of Harry
B. Paul, one OF the proprietors ofthe State
Street House, Trenton. died on Friday
after a lingering illness. Mrs. Paul was
we'll known in Burlington county and
South Jersey. Her home was at Moores-
town and she was the daughter of the late
William and Anna Eliza Glover, of that
place. She was in her Both year at the
time of death.
The best groceries, meats and provisions
at the lowest possible prices. That is the
method of doing business adopted by
George w. Durand at his store, corner
Water and King streets. Persons desiring
to make a dollar purchase the greatest
amount of goods can do no better than
call at that store. Goods delivered free to
any part of the town, and orders called
for when desired.
Luther w. Minnigh, the battlefield
guide of Gettysburg, will give his great
lecture, Battle of Gettysburg" illustrated
with exceptionally fine stereopticon views
at the Mount Holly Opera House, on Fri
dav evening, December 18th. Notable
places on the battlefield will be shown
and described. The proceeds will be fol
the benefit of General A. f. Shiras Pos
relief fund, which needs replenishing fol
the coming winter.
The Long Beach Railroad was sold on
Tuesday at sheriff's sale. 1t was purchas
ed by General William ]. Sewell for the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for $75,
GOO. The road extends from Barnega
CITY at the north end of Long Beach t
Beach Haven at the southern extremity
of the island and includs branch which
crosses Barnegat Bay and connects will
the Tuckerton Railroad at Manahawkin
The road has been operated by the Tuck
erton Railroad which leased it from tn
Long Beach Railroad company, although
the ''Pennsy" held most Of the stock.
The annual meeting of the New Jerse,
Association of Trotting Horse Breeder
was held at Trenton on Friday. Th
Treasurer's report showed balance in til
treasury of $96s.l1. The following officer
President, W. J. Keyes, North Branch
first vice president, 4. B. Conover, TreI
ton second vice president, Edward "
Whitehead, South River; secretary, job
Guild MuirheId, Trenton treasurer, Le'
B. Risdon. Trenton executive committee
George Wildes, New Egypt; William
Hendrickson, Trenton; j. V. N. Will
Belemead; E. f. Bergen, Newark ; G.
Manahan, South River d. Scott Quinlal
Trenton. Messrs. Muirheid and Risdol
secretary and treasurer respectively, wei