The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-29
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. AUGUST %. 1893.
LOCAL NEWS.

A large apple tree IN Hezekiah EVAN
garden was blown down on Wednesda,
night.
Wednesday nights wind leveled large
building on Joseph ]. Whites cranberry
bog at Hanover.
Miss Fannie Bayersdorfer, of Philadel
phia, is here spending week with hen
Mount Holly friends.
There has not been any reduction in
wages at the Columbian Iron Works
Hainesport, as reported.
The ladies of the Juliustown M. E
Church will hold festival and supper on
Friday and Saturday evenings.
Employees of Kiner's and Davis shoe
factories played game of base ball on
Saturday. The score was 81 to in favor
of the Davis nine.
One of the peculiarities of the storm OF
last week was the wholesale destruction
of sparrows. Thousands were found dead
in various places.
Harry Hawkins was granted divorce
from his wife by the chancellor, on Thurs
day, on the ground of 'wilful and obsti-
nate desertion."
Annual summer sale of ladies' muslin
underwear now on. Unusual bargains in
% and soc. goods W. w. Curtis, 4S Main
street, Mount Holly, N J.
Rev. P. J. Cary, missionary" will
conduct colored camp meeting in Reeves
grove, beginning on Friday of next week,
and continuing over three Sundays.
B. Frank Deacon has bought lot of
ground from jeremiah H. Colkitt, on
Union street, and will erect house
thereon. Walter V. Inman has received
the contract for building the house.
Yesterday, George Assay was in front of
O'Brien's hotel, under the influence OF
liquor. He was very profane and abusive
and struck man in the face. He was
arrested and fined for drunkenness.
I. w. Borton has just done a fine piece
of paper hanging in the Juiustown M. f.
church, making seven churches he has
papered this year. If you want good
work done call on him. He is reliable.
Charles H. Crammer will have on sale
for the next few days an exceedingly
choice selection of melons, peaches, pears,
etc., that are the best TO be found any
where. Call early. Main street. below
Murrell.
James NJ. Smith, baggagemaster at the
Mount Holly station. lost valuable soci-
ETY. badge on Friday evening. 1t was lost
either at the station or on the street in
Mount Holly. Any one finding it will
please return it to the owner.
Nearly every paper in the county dur
ing the past week has a squib to the
effect that the September term of court
will be s'Sheriff Shinn's last term" This
item has been so extensively published
that one might be led to the belief that
the event was subject for universal reioic-
ing.
A Young man named Frank Shinn was
arrested at Recklesstown, on Tuesday, and
placed in the Mercer county Jail, at Tren-
ton, charged with stealing a bicycle at
that place, from Samuel Wentz. on Sun
day, July 30th. TIE bicycle was found
in his possession.
Geo. Hanlon, formerly with the noted
acrobatic performers, the Hanlon Broth
ers, will address the Y. NJ. G. A. out
door gospel service, on Washington street
below the bridge, next Sunday afternoon
September Sd, at $50 o'clock. His sub
iect will be MY conversion, and why l
left the stage" Everybody invited to at
tend
CIR. Appleton's horse took fright at
the cars while near the station yesterday,
and ran down Madison avenue. Free
holder Gales team was just turning into
the avenue, and fearing a collision Mr..
Gale sprang from the wagon. His foot
caught in one of the reins, and he fell to
the pavement, striking on his wrist
which was badly sprained.
Henry H. Lippincott, former member
of the wholesale grocery firm of Lippin-
colt & Co., from which he retired several
years ago, died at his home, at Chelten
Hill, Thursday morning, at the age of 81
years. Mr. LippiEeott was born in New
Jersey, and comes of family well known
in this state. He was brother of Heu-
lings LippIncott, of Cinnaminson.
The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance COM
pany, of Newark, N. j., has paid in Bur-
lington, Vincentown and Mount Holly,
within the past three months, over 49,
500, the last to Cashier Goldsmith's estate
of $1,000 with dividened added, and so
the good work goes on. Best see Col.
Sloan, the district agent, and see how easy
and satisfactory you can secure your fu-
ture-the sooner the better.
The storm of Wednesday night did con-
siderable damage to the Long Beach Rail-
road, extending from Beach Haven to
Barnegat City. Heavy washouts were
made and the piers of number of the
small bridges along the line were weaken
ed, resulting in complete abandonment
of travel. The Pennsylvania Railroad,
Immediately put large force at work re-
building it and travel was resumed yester-
day.
A horse attached to buggy came tear
ing down Main street. on Wednesday af
ternoon. The animal belonged to Ben
jamn Richardson, who lives near the
Fair ground. Mr.. Richardson was driv.
ing into town, when the horse switch ed
the lines from his hands, and then started
on run. The driver jumped from the
carriage and the horse kept on, collidipe
with several other teams. He fell on the
iron bridge. and before be could arise, he
was captured.
A 15-year-old girl named Conover. EN-
plcyed as a servant in the house of Alex
ander Snedeker, near Cranbury, has con
fessed that she started the fire which OF
Thursday afternoon last destroyed Mr.
Snedeker's large barns and outbuildings
She said that she was induced to start tn
fire to see how barn looked when it wa
burning, as she had heard of fire at
neighbours the previous week, when Johi
Perrine's barn was burned in an effort I
d stroy a hornets nest.
The State Agricultural Society will lea
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