The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-05-30
Bordentown.

r. Lopez Baird has been appointed
Assistant Appraiser of Merchandise at
Philadelphia.
William Yaeger, employed at the
American House, left town after rifing
the cash register of $40.
Mr.and Mrs George A Pittman ceIebrat-
ed their 25th wedding anniversary at their
home on Prince street, Wednesday night.
At a special meeting of the Firemen'a
Relief Association, Monday evening, a
weeks benefit was allowed Louis Wiese,
who had one of his hands burned at the
recent fire.
The closing exercises. literary and mus
zeal, of the Bordentown Female College
will occur on Wednesday evening, June
9TH, in the College Hall. Art exhibit on
Wednesday afternoon, in the college
studio.
There is no truth in the statement that
Bonapart Park, owned by st. Vincent de
Paul's College, sad iSsss-mantown, Pa, is
about to pass into the hands Of Newasork
capitalists, for the use of Summer resort,
and the price to be paid for it is $4,000
On Tuesday night, while the wind was
blowing gale, barn standing back from
Second street. between Church and Mary
streets, was discovered on fire. A timely
supply of water quenched what might
have been serious conhagration. 1t is
said that few minutes before the smoke
was seen boy hurriedly jumped over
the fence close by and ran away.
The cornerstone of the new Baptist
Church to take the place of the one
burned by being struck by lightning, was
LAID on Friday, it being just one year ago
since it burned down. The exercises
were as follows: Invocation, Rev. w. E.
Cornwell, of Jacobstown; anthem. praise
Ye the Lord" choir Scriptural lesson by
pastor, Rev. James Lisk, D. D.; hymn 1923,
"Antioch;" address, Rev. w. w. Bull
lock, of Allentown; hymn 1859, Amer
lea )" address, Rev. j. Madison Hare. of
Burlington hymn 300 'sRathbun = lay
ing the stone by Deacon William Steele /;
Sentence, choir prayer, Rev. d. DeWolf
of Newark doxology benediction, Rev.
James Lisk, D. D. The box in the COR
ner-stone received many deposits, among
which were the following A list of the
entire membership of the church, togeth-
er with names of members of Sunday
school and both mission schools; names
of contributors to the Baptist Church
Building Fund, list of Baptist Young
Peoples Union, rules of Common Coun-
Gil with names of officers of the city, cop
les of Philadelphia Record, Press, Times
Inquirer, Ledger. Trenton State Gazette,
Burlington Enterprise, The Ssir1nisher.
published by cadets of the Bordentown
Military Institute, Baptist Erdnaiaier, Bor-
Register, photograph of former church,
and various coins The first Baptist
meeting house was built in 1852, and on
July 9th, 1884, it was torn down and a
new building was erected and dedicated
July, 1886, and this building was torn
down May, 1860, the cornerstone being
laid on July 4th Of the same year, and on
May 18th, 1891, was dedicated to Almighty
God, and on May 20, 1892, was destroyed
by fire. The following pastors labored
from the early days to the present: Rev.
DIR. Burgess Allison, Rev Samuel w. Lynd,
Rev. Thos. Larcombe. Rev. Morgan J..
Rhees, Rev John G. Harrison, Rev. N.
Leach, Rev. w. d. Hyers, Rev. Samuel
Sproul, Rev. Bradford H. Lincoln, Rev.
w. S. Goodno, Rev. A. P. Buel. Rev. w.
GUSTS, Rev. Lansing Burrows, Rev. Henry
Jones' Rev. w. Leggett Kolb, Rev.
Charles E. Cordo, Rev. James Lisk, ID