The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-07-25
HE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.


.hree houses on Monroe street, near Pint
The Baptist Sunday school will hol
their annual picnic at Mornings Grove o
Tuesday next.
Members of America Hose Compan
are collecting funds to place bell towe
on their house.
Bonds to the amount of $4,000 will b
issued to erect the new water works
Beach Haven.
William H. Mason, ST., is building
double house, adjoining his residence, OF
Cherry street.
Samuel S. johnson has been appointed
postmaster at Hainesport, and George W
Bodine at Hartford.
William B. Ogburn has purchased thu
meat market of Joseph H. Rogers, in thu
Red Mems building.
Edward Hack has added two new boat
to his feet this summer, and is now en-
gagged in constructing another.
The annual convention of the Burling
ton county Sunday schools will be held IN
the vincentown camp woods on Thursday
The valuable horse belonging to drug
gist Elmer D. Prickitt was taken ill quite
suddenly on Thursday and died on Friday
On Saturday the 81. B. Smith Machine
Company received an order for four wood
working machines to be shipped to Paris,
France.
George 1. Bovine has purchased the
house of T. Clifford Keller, on Union
street, now occupied by Rev. DIR. 5. Gif
fard Nelson.
Twenty-four building lots at Paisley
were sold at public sale in Mount Holly
on Thursday to Martha A. Hart under at
tachment for SIS.
The Star Jubilee singers, of the Second
Baptist Church, Burlington, will give
concert on Thursday evening, in the
Mount Holly Baptist Church.
Rev. Martin Aigner occupied the pulpit
of the Episcopal mission at Beach Haven
on Sunday. Rev. Richard Thomas. Of
Philadelphia, oficiated at Trinity Church,
Mount Holly.
For rent.-The house at No. 2l0 Broad
street. Apply on the premises. The
house is dry with paved cellar and has q
commanding side view. There is also hot
and cold water, bath room, sewerage, etc.
AT the Baptist Church, on Sunday next
Rev. DR.. Nelson's subject in the morning
will be Echoes from the Indianapolis
Convention" in the evening, 'Fore-gleams
of the 10th Century as seen at the Worlds
Fair.
Frank Lane, the former station agent at
East Moorestown, who was arrested for
embezzlement. was admitted to $2OOO
bail on Tuesday. before the Court, his
bondsmen being Albert N. Dobbins, OF
Columbus, Josiah Lane. OF Randolph, and
Julia Atkinson, of Tuckerton.
The Rev. Leonard w. S. Stryker, who
was recently ordained deacon in st.
Mary's Church, Burlington, has accepted
q call to be assistant minister in st. Johns
Church, Annapolis. Maryland. The rec
tor is the Rev. w. S. Southgate, brother
of the retired Bishop of the same name.
During the heavy storm last Thursday
evening, one of the houses Of William J.
Trick, on the Vincentown and Medford
road, was struck by lightning and consid-
cradle damage done. The chimney was
badly damaged, and the top torn off the
house. Several of the rafters were also
brokenSs
John Cotter, of the firm of 7. Fl. Risdon
& Co., met with serious accident on
Thursday evening, while out drying. He
removed the bit from the horses mouth
to allow the animal to eat grass, Mr.. Cot
ter remaining in the carriage. The horse
took fright and ran away, striking the
fence at Prof Raine's residence, breaking
it, and MASKING the carriage and bruising
Mr.. Cotter.
While riding her bicycle, one evening
last week. Mrs. Thomas R. Finley was
hurt. She was coming down Garden
street and in going over one of the side
streets her bicycle wheel caught in large
crack in the hagstone crossing, causing
the wheel to suddenly stop and throw
Mrs. Finley forward with great force
breaking one tooth and bruising her in
several places.
The widening of the Washington street
bridge is one OF the greatest public inn
provements that has been made in Mount
Holly for some time. The pavement
along Ellsworth Burtis' lot. adjoining the
bridge. is being raised considerably and
will be repaved. 1t will be some distance
further north than before. The pave
ment along Walter Aliens property has
been widened and nearly all newly laid
The Rev. w. H. Lawrence has receiv-
ed two degrees of the doctorate this Sum-
mer. Besides the degree of Doctor OF
Philosophy, conferred by the University
of the City of New York on examination
he obtained the honorary degree of Doctor
of Divinity at the recent commencement
ofTaylor University. of Fort Wayne
Indiana. Mr.. Lawrence is the son OF thu
late Rev. R. V. Lawrence. who was pastor
of the Mount Holly NJ E. Church severa
years ago.
Wednesday morning, while Earl Lippin
colt and Jacob Allen were driving team
of horses in East Burlington the ANIMAL
became frightened at the cars and raj
away. The sudden turn broke the har
ness and threw the young men out. Tn
horses ran through Packers coal yard ant
out into Pearl street and thence through
town to the stable of Charles Lipplncott
where one of the horses belonged. A
first it was thought that young Lippincot
was hurt, but be soon recovered from
his fall.
On Saturday. as an extra engine wa
nearing Cuthberts crossing, on the Can
den and Atlantic Railroad, colored mar
apparently unaware of the approach {
the engine, drove upon the tracks and wa
struck and killed instantly. The WACO
was demolished and both animals wei
killed. Coroner Jefferls took charge I
the body and took it to Camden on Ii
Las train, where 1t was taken charge
by Morgue Keeper Powell. Later in Il
duy the body was identified as that
George w. Nichols. farm hand employs
on the Rexon farm, in Burlington county
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