The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-04-18

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got 1886 each were: Anna M. Petit
Moorestown, 927; Ida Petit. Moorestowl
9ls; Mrs. M. johnson, Edgewater Par
$50; William II. Brinton. Parry, $50;
n. Garrett, Marion, 9S3; G. H. Syber
Palmyra, s3S.
Straw mattings Is cents; window shade
25 and so cents. Carpets in large variet
at 7. w. Borton's
Jersey Prince, Jr., promising youn
stallion belonging to ex-senator Henry
Trick, died on Thursday night from an a
tack of spasmodic collie.
Rev. Robert F. Y. Pierce, of Rockford
Ill, will deliver lecture in the Noun
Holly Baptist Church, on Monday ever
ing, May LIST subject, "Dont's."
The new draw in the Philadelphia an
Long Branch railroad bridge across Bar
negat bay has been completed. and tn
first train went over it Saturday.
A large area of the trees and under
brush on the mount has been cleare'
away, and the space will probably b.
used for the additional water basin.
A gang of incendiaries have been a
work in the vicinity of Georgetown, ant
within the past week have made severa
unsuccessful attempts to fire the building
on the John Burtis farm.
Rev. R. A. Rodrick, of st. Andrews
Church, Mount Holly, preached at st
Mary's, Burlington. on Sunday evening
Rev. Mr.. Taylor. assistant rector of the
latter church, preaching in Mount Holly.
Justice Clevenger gave his Office good
cleaning yesterday. The wedding cham
ber," wherein all the jury trials are held,
was covered with a new carpet, the old
one not having been taken up during the
past thirty years.
Chrysanthemums.-Fifty of the best
old and new varieties at three cents each
fifteen varieties of begonias, at five cents
each roses at one dollar per dozen also
a select stock of vases and hanging bas-
kets at Rosbach's, Pemberton, NJ 1861
The following directors of the Masonic
Temple Association were elected on
Caleb s. Rldgway. Josiah W..
Evan, Samuel L. Tomlinson, Edward F.
Burns, John W. Bodine, DIR. R. H. Par
sons, Joseph G. Cowgirl, Joseph Lundy,
Joseph II. Gaskill.
c. B. Parsons brought in some fine
cattle yesterday. He has some of it in
market to-day also fine veal and mutton.
Beef from Joseph Aliens; veal from Will
liam Nuts; mutton from Harry Bowne's
He would like to know what farmers Mr..
Zelley buys his cattle and sheep from. y
The cutters at Bowker's shoe factory
struck yesterday. The men have been
working on even sizes, and the proprietor
desired to put in half sizes for which he
would pay the same price, but the men
claim they would lose considerable of
lime by the new deal, for which they
would not be compensated.
Are you going to the Worlds Fair ?
10, you may want an insight of what you
will see when you will get there. If not,
hen you certainly will want to get an
dea of the Fair in some way. In either
,ase go to the Columbian exhibition to be
yiven by st. Agnes Guild. in the gymna-
,ium in the rear of st. Andrews Church,
IN THURSDAY evening, April %.
Statistics in possession of Col. 9. M.
Sloan, show the losses from fire in the
United States for the week ending April
"A, to be S., 075, l00 The average loss per
lay since January /, is $450,l58 while the
aggregate in that time is SAG, 100000. The
estimated loss for the year is $3.50, 900, 900.
There is moral in all this, and it does
not require much effort to see it.
The Masonic fraternity of Camden
have been holding fair the past week.
On Friday evening, quite a delegation
rom Mount Holly, headed by Senior
Grand Warden Josiah w. Evan and Mrs.
Evan, visited the Camden brethren.
Among those who went were: Joseph
Lundy, George W. Lundy, Robert ).
iaskill, George West, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
D. Raine, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Tom
inson, Mr.. and Mrs. George D. Worrell,
Mr.. and Mrs. William M. Risdon.
At the annual election of officers of the
Union Transportation Company, held at
New Egypt, on Thursday, the following
we're chosen: Directors, Frank s. Gaskill,
Ephraim P. Emson, Collin B. Meirs, Ma
.haniel s. Rue, John P. Hutchinson, Geo.
q. Harker. Stacy 3. Taylor, James Barca-
low, George L. Shinn. Elmer Cowper-
thwait, Walter Cottrell. Joseph H. Wood
ward, Joseph Holmes. Jr. The board or
zanized by electing Frank s. Gaskill,
president Ephriam P. Emson, vice pres
ident; w. H. Davis, secretary Collin B.
Meirs. treasurer.
The impression prevailing that the JUS
tees of the peace and other officers have
been robbing the county of large sums of
money is an erroneous one, and does these
men an injustice. 1t Is true they have
been receiving more than they were en-
titled to, but this was owing to their ig-
norance of the law. which was not alone
confined to them, but to the auditor who
pronounced their bills correct, and it even
took Assemblyman Packer. Senator Per-
kins and County Solicitor Jerome B.
Grigg to find out that there was such a
law in existence under which they are
now doing business.
Several boys employed at the carpet
mill heard they would have their wages
reduced, so they sent committee to the
manager and not only protested against
the reduction, but demanded an increase.
This was not acceded to. and the boys
quit work, thus enforcing idleness upon
several OF the men operatives. The
fathers of the boys all work in the mill,
and they were notified that their posi-
lions depended upon the youngsters being
at work on Monday. This had the
desired effect, and the boys were on
hand, with the exception of three,
whose fathers were promptly discharged.
Between the Worlds Fair and the
Mount Holly Fair, the people of this sec
ton will probably have all the attractions
in this line they desire to witness. The
management have determined upon sue
cessful season for the latter, and Presi.
dent Henry I. Budd proposes to reyolu
tonne the attractions of the past. The
programme to be presented this year, II