The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-03-28
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1893.
LOCAL NEWS.

the township committee OF Florence.
Rev. John Bows Hills preached at 81
Andrews Church, on Sunday morning.
Florence voters have elected William
A. Weber school trustee for three years.
Hon. Micajah E. Matlack has been re
elected township counsel for the ensuing
year.
Mrs. A. s. Kellogg and daughter, Maud
went to Holmesburg yesterday for weeks
visit.
Prof. C. D. Raine, Principal of the
public schools, is quite sick at his home
on Union street.
Samuel j. Smith and Jesse Wells have
been granted the privilege to sell beer on
the Fair grounds.
Headquarters for flowers, Towering
plants and floral designs, A. q 6. Ros-
backs. Pemberton.
The annual congregational meeting of
the Presbyterian Church will be held on
the evening of April 6.
Flowers will be scarce for Easter. Ros-
bach, of Pemberton, will supply you II
YOU get your orders in at once.
George Clothier has purchased of Chas.
b. Parsons, lot of land on Washington
street, opposite Trinity Church.
J. Biddle Black, Charles Rosseel and
Charles Bunting have been elected school
trustees in Chesterfield township.
Special meeting of the Board OF Free
holders, on Thursday, to again wrestle
with that hard subject-stone roads.
G.W. Brown was elected school trustee
at New Egypt, on Tuesday. The women
turned out in force and exercised their
right to vote.
Charles C. Cowperthwait has filed his
bond as Township Treasurer His bonds
men are Charles B. Parsons, John II.
Deacon, Evans H. Tomlinson and Edward
b. Jones.
Cards are out announcing the wedding
of ex-senator George 7. Cranmer, OF
Ocean county. to Miss Tacie M. Conrad,
In the M. E. Church, Barnegat, on Thurs
day, April 6.
The Wednesday evening Presbyterian
prayer meeting will this week be held IN
the Brainerd school room, on Button
wood street, on account of the Church
being cleaned.
]. D. Mcclellan, who so successfully
managed Birmingham Inn last year, has
again leased the hotel, and will open IL IN
May. Many of last years guests have al
ready engaged rooms.
William M. Unlisted, President of the
American Meter Company, OF New York,
has removed his family to Burlington and
is residing at 16 West Union street. The
gentleman has bought the Carey property,
jacksonville road.
Bishop Walden, who presided at the
late session of the New Jersey Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
has transferred the Rev. ]. B. Turpin
from Wenonah to Absecon, and Rev.
James Burns from Absecon to Wenonah
Everett Hughes, a young man en-
ployed on farm near Marion, fell from
a hay wagon last Friday near stockton
Park and dislocated his shoulder. His
injuries were attended to by a neighbor-
ing physician. and he returned to his
home
The Florence Township Committee met
in Town Hall on Wednesday evening and
awarded the scraping of roads to John w.
Iucas. of the North District, for $50, and
tbe South District to James Malseed for
$3.50, subject to the approval OF the
Committee.
The township of Medford has appoint
ed Jesse G. Stackhouse Freeholder to I'LL
the unexpired term of Stokes Prickitt,
who removed from the township. Mr..
Stack house was elected at the township
election for two years, and the action OF
the committee covers the time from now
until the new term begins.
Judge Miller, who was recently appoint
ed one of the new Circuit Court Judges IN
New Jersey, has received notice that ne
has been assigned to preside IN his new
capacity in the First and Second Judicial
Districts, which include the counties OF
Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem,
Cumberland, Cape May and Atlantic.
Ex-Prosecutor Hendrickson, last week,
applied for a recount in the case OF
George Fl. Taylor vs. Edward B. Stokes.
The latter was elected Township Commit
teeman in Shamong township. by 10 ma
jorIty. Taylor claims that certain votes
should be thrown out, which would give
him nine majority. The recount will
take place on the 22d of April.
John R. Johnson has been appointed
drawtender of the Centreton drawbridge.
Mr.. johnson is the Oldest draw tender on
the Rancocas creek, having been in the
business since 1851, with the exception OF
a year and half and has given entire
satisfaction to the boatmen and travelling
public. The fact that he has been reap
pointed gives great pleasure.
Captain George W. Giberson, one OF the
Oldest, wealthiest and best known men in
Ocean county, died at Toms River, on
Friday night, of heart failure. He was
81 years old, and left large fortune.
chiefly in vessel property and real estate.
He was also heavy cranberry grower.
For number of years he was member
of the Board of Freeholders, but of late
has led very retired life.
Frank Eayre, well known in Mount
Holly, died at Lumberton last Friday.
He had been at the hotel in apparent
good health, and started for his home,
near by. When he entered the yard he
fell and died almost instantly Coroner
Hibberd was called to view the body. An
inquest was deemed unnecessary, the at
tending physician ascribing death to
heart disease. The deceased was SO years
old.
Harold Toy, son of Samuel Toy. and
Miss Emma Cough were married, We'd
nesday evening, in the Olivet Presbyte-
rian Church, Philadelphia. The maids OF
honor were Miss Anna Clough, a sister Of
the bride, and Miss Grace Toy, sister Of
the groom, and the best man was Harry
s. Phillips. of Burlington. Miss airline
Osborn, Of Mount Holly, was brides