The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-12-19

to postpone their annual supper.
Frederick DAM, of Eastampton, lice
early yesterday morning from dropsy.
Wednesday night was the coolest of thu
season. The thermometer registered II
degrees.
Ex-sheriff Shinn, on Friday, sold the
Bills hotel property at Bordentown, to ii
S. Earling, for S. 100.
Sheriff Townsend removed with his
family into the sheriff's house. adjoining
the Jail, last week.
County Collector Powell reports that
Beverly City, B. F. Soby, Collector was
the first to pay this years tax into the
county treasury.
The engagement is announced OF
Charles H. Gaskill. son of George E. Gas
kill. formerly of Mount Holly, and Miss
Daisy Olewine, of Philadelphia.
We have been requested to- announce
that the amount cleared at the Childrens
Home supper was sos, and not $3.50 as
stated in another newspaper
Capt. William H. Miller, for many years
keeper of the Toms River life-saving sta
ton, has rendered his resignation, and w.
Elwood Rogers has been appointed to sue
coed him.
The Christmas exercises by Trinity Sun
day school will be held on Saturday even
ing, by the Baptist and Methodist on Sun
~ nd an, Nnnc-
day evening.
James W. Greig, the newly-chosen sec
rotary of the Y. NJ. c. A., arrived in Mount
Holly last evening. His predecessor,
Harry Heebner, leaves for his new field
in Philadelphia to-day.
During the absence of Mrs. Mary A. Con-
ley, Cookstown, on Wednesday, her house
was broken into and $40 was stolen from
trunk. A gang of lawless pine hawkers
is suspected of the burglary.
Alexander F. Baillie, who conducted
the Water street marble works for sew
eral years, died in Camden, on Tuesday,
and was buried in the Baptist burylng
ground, Mount Holly, on Thursday.
Miss Ida Burtis daughter of the late
Charles S. Burtis, died at the home of her
mother, on Garden street, on Friday
She had been i'll with the grip, but was
improving when heart disease caused her
death.
DR.. William Chamberlain, well-known
physician, died at his residence in Moores-
town, on Friday, after long illness. de
graduated from the University of Pennsyl-
yania in 1877 with high honors. He leaves
awidow and one son.
Hagenbeck's trained animals, which
attracted so much attention at the Worlds
Fair. are now on exhibition in New York
City. They are truly wonderful. An
extended notice of them appears under
the head of ''The Theatres"
The anniversary exercises of the infant
department of the Mount Holly Baptist
Sunday school will be held in the lee
ture room of the church, on Thursday
evening. An attractive programme has
been prepared. Admission 10 cents.
There will be two weeks Christmas
vacation at DIR. Kimbal's Mount Holly
School for Young Ladies. School work
will be resumed January 9th. An addi-
tional class for the post graduates, IN
Wordsworth, is arranged to begin at that
time. ANY who wish can join this class
1t is rare opportunity for the finest
minds
Thomas Newbold, near Jobstown, has
brought suit against Samuel Herbert for
trespass. Herbert went cunning on the
complainant's property without permits
sion. The case was to have been heard
on Saturday before Justice Curtis, at Jobs
town. but was adjourned for two weeks.
Blanchard H. White represented de-
PENDANT.
Rev. Joseph M. Thomas, who lives with
his SISTER on Mount Holly avenue, fell in
the cellar on Sunday morning while get
ting some coal, and bruised his face con-
siderably, besides injuring his spine.
Neighbors assisted in getting him up
stairs. Mr. Thomas is SIS years old and
WeiQQS ZOU DOuDu5 VI LuOAC3 ohA beN -
narrow escape from serious injury.
While walking down Garden street,
Sunday evening, Howard l.. Keller en-
deavored to give some ladies the sidewalk,
and in doing SO fell on a loose brick
which was covered with Ice, and landed
heavily on his hip. He was picked up
and taken to the residence of Morris d.
Keller, where it was found that no bones
had been broken, and was then carried
home.
The 10Th annual meeting of the New
Jersey State Horticultural Society will be
held in Trenton, on the Sd and 4th OF
January. The following are on the pro-
gramme from this county William K.
Iippincott. Cinnaminson, 1.-The care and
cultivation of orchards !" N. ?. Greeley,
Burlington, "What crops may be grown
In orchards with proft?' Charles Parry
Parry, 'R esults of spraying for 1893"
Andrew J. Rider, of Trenton, who went
to England three months ago as agent OF
the American Cranberry Growers Asso-
ClatlOn, 10 lDLFOuuCc Tic Use VI VI
there. writes home that his mission is
about ended, although when he went
abroad he expected to spend three years
in the work. Mr. Rider says that cram
berries have been served on the tables OF
the Queen, the Prince of Wales and nobil-
itv of lesser degree He expects to sail
for home in few days with orders SUI
fcient to exhaust Americas surplus stock
On Tuesday afternoon two horses at
tacbed to light wagon dashed down
Main street, followed by another team
drawing log wagon. F. P. Endicott and
DIR. Carter were driving on the Burlington
road when the front axle of their wagon
broke. and the horses turning short, threw
the two men out and ran towards town
The racket they made frightened thu
second team, which also got rid of 1T
driver and made for town. Near Bralnert
street one of Endicot's horses fell an'
the team was captured The others raj
further. Mr.. Endicott's wagon was de
molshed but nc further damage wa
done.
Barzillai r. Shreve, of Pemberton, wei
.n-n ali over Burlington county, diet