The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-22
rHE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
Tuesday. AUGUST %, 1893.
LOCAL NEWS.

The Pemberton Baptist Sunday schoo
will picnic at New Lisbon, on Thursday
DIR. John w. Brann has gone to tn
Worlds Fair. HIS wife is at Atlanti
City.
Prof. C. d. Raine will address the Y
NJ. C. A. out door meeting next Sunda,
afternoon.
I. H. Risdon & Co. have given notice t.
their employees of reduction of ten pc
cent in wages beginning with August "a
The Mount Holly base ball club defeated
the Parker nine, of Philadelphia, at thu
fair ground on Saturday, by the score o
IA tot.
Annual summer sale of ladies' muslin
underwear now on. Unusual bargains IL
25 and SOC. goods. w. w. Curtis, As Mair
street, Mount Holly, N. j.
The application of John E. Griffin fol
divorce from Elizabeth Griffin, of Palmyra
has been granted. M. f. Matlack was
attorney for complainant.
On Saturday Mrs. Rodman W. Bowk Ell
cave a picnic on the mount to number
of her friends and the lady employees Of
her husbands shoe factory.
Township Committeeman Thomas w
Nippins was taken seriously i'll last week
and it was feared he would not recover
He is now considerably improved.
Edward Black died suddenly at Vincen-
town, on Friday evening. He had not
been well for some time, and was able to
sit on the porch during the day. Heart
disease was the cause of death.
George Kellogg, who was charged with
taking money from John Longstreet, Jr.,
was acquitted by Justice Clevenger. on
Tuesday morning, there being no evil
dence to substantiate the charge.
DR.. Thomas W. Dobbins, who has loca-
ted at Newark, is in Mount Holly this
week, preparing for his removal to his
new home He will have sale of house,
hold goods on Thursday of next week.
Rev. r. F. Y. Pierce, who has been Wis
itinp friends in Mount Holly, was called
home to Rockford suddenly yesterday by
the death of the senior deacon of his
church. He will come east again in a
short time.
There was large crowd at the depot on
THURSDAY morning when the Long Branch
express went through, everybody intent
upon seeing a man in one of the coaches.
sIt's the President" said somebody, but
it was not; it was James J. Corbett, the
prize fighter.
The residents of Brainerd street, near
Main, were startled by loud crash about
8 O'Clock, on Saturday morning Police
man Severns investigated and found that
a box containing some porcelain shades
had been knocked from a wall back OF
the Masonic building, probably by cat.
Cornelius Dugan. who was recently as
saulted at White Hill. by William Nc
Aleer, is now at the Medico-Chirurgical
Hospital in Philadelphia in critical con-
dition. McAleer was arrested in Philadel-
phia and will be brought to the Burling-
ton county Jail as soon as requisition can
be secured.
William Amos, of Hainesport, while
under the influence of liquor yesterday,
discharged all the men working IN his
sand pits, and then went into the house
and threatened to assault his wife. She
entered complaint against William and
Justice Clevenger committed him to Jail
in default of 5000 bail.
William S. Blanche. the barber who
has shop near the railroad station, lost
three razors and an umbrella, all valued
at $3.50. He suspected William Kicks of
having committed the theft, and entered
a complaint before Justice Clevenger,
who issued a warrant for Kicks and will
give him hearing this morning.
Persons going to the Worlds Fair from
Mount Holly, should purchase their
tickets at the Mount Holly station, if they
are going by the Pennsylvania route. By
doing this the ticket agent gets the credit
of the transaction, while the passenger,
for a trife advance on the rate from
Philadelphia, will get transportation to
and from Mount Holly.
Samuel T. Engle and William Holt, Jr.,
went to the Worlds Fair on Saturday.
This morning another party started for
Chicago, consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard P. Holeman, James l.. Jamison, M.
jamie Jamison, Lizzie c.. Jamison, Car
RE J. Kingdom, Emily Sherman, Laura
Sherman and Clara Patterson. George
w. Ekings, of Philadelphia, also joined
the party.
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.
The Granite Block Company was organ
lied in Camden on Saturday, with H. d.
Fling as president; Isaac c. Doughten,
vice-president; q. w. Jessup, secretary,
and w. F. Rose, treasurer. The directors
are J. s. Justice. Isaac c. Doughten, Jacob
Sickler. Edwin Armstrong and John F.
Harmed, of Camden; John Devinney
Chester; W. H. Shreve, Bordentown; H.
u. Fling, Philadelphia; c. J. Sustice, We
nonah; w. S. Paxton, Pennsylvania. The
company will make Belgian and rubble
blocks, and commence work next week
with from rs to 100 hands.
About one hundred delegates, repre-
senting the state camps of the Patriotic
Order Sons of America, held their state
camp at Belvidere on Wednesday. Off
GERS were elected to serve during the en-
suing year as follows: State president,
L. S. Davis, of Trenton state vice presI-
dent, G. Y. Winner, Of Palmyra; master
of forms, DR.. 0. Piper. of Hamilton
Square secretary, ]. B. Lippincott, OF
Camden treasurer, w. L. Dobbins, OF
Lambertville; state conductor. Henry
Lommasson, of Belvidere state inspee-
tor, w. G. Wise. of Burlington state
guard, J. s. Randall, of Milford trustee,
w. F. McGrath, of Dover.
The New Jersey Division L. A. W. has
issued an excellent book OF New Jersey
for the year 1898. 1t is handsome vol
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