The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-05-09
LOCAL NEWS.

A false alarm of fire found the depart
ment wide awake on Tuesday evening.
A Circular Meeting" of the Society
Friends was held at Crosswicks on Sur
day
Horace Cronk, coal dealer, is confin O
to his bed with infammatory rheums
tism.
William Campbell has resigned his pc
sition as coroner, and has removed from
Florence to Newark.
Judge E. P. Emson predicts an unusua
peach crop in Mercer, Monmouth, Bur
lington and Ocean counties.
The Board of Freeholders will organic
tomorrow. The stone road question hav
ing been settled, interest will centre il
the election of officers.
At the meeting of the New jersey
Homeopathic Medical Society, last week
DIR. G. w. II. Calver, of Columbus, read
paper on Ammonium Picrate.
e. Frank Wood having declined to
serve as a director of the Burlington
County Agricultural Society, William d.
Troth was elected to the vacancy.
The members of America Hose Com
pany had drill with the new hook and
ladder truck on Tuesday evening. They
are becoming quite proficient with the
machine.
Early and late Garden Plants for sale
by G. W. Owen, Madison ave., Mt. Holly
Early cabbage $3.50 per 1000. Orders left
at Matlack's fruit stand will be attended
to promptly. ~
There are two A. M. E. Conferences.
One of them met in Burlington last week
and appointed Rev. Elijah Hammett to
Burlington, and Rev. F. c. Black to Tim
bucto and Kinkora.
The Baptist Women's Foreign Mission
airy Society of New Jersey. met at Had
donfield ON Thursday, Mrs. w. Thacher
of Florence, was elected member of the
executive committee.
The Democrats are working for the APP
pointment of John J. Kelly, of Borden
town, to the vacant Office OF coroner
Kelly was Assemblyman Matlack's oppo-
nent in the last election.
Ten members of the Mount Holly Acad-
envy went to Philadelphia, yesterday, on
invitation from Pennsylvania University
to witness game Of base ball between
the University and Harvard College.
Henry l. Bu6d was called to Brooklyn,
last week, to give testimony in suit in
which the proprietor of Radam's Microbe
Killer was the plaintiff. Mr.. Budd testi-
TO the beneficial effects of the medicine.
The Fire Police have organized by elect
ing Charles Bennett, chief; William M.
Reeves, LIST lieutenant; Patrick Fitzpat-
rick, I'd lieutenant; Albert II. Lear, Sd
lieutenant; Robert F. Coleman, secretary
and treasurer.
For the past two months the Ancient
Order of United Workmen in this state
has made no assessment upon its mem
bers, and during the past month there
were no deaths, something which has
never occurred before.
The indications are that there will not
be much change in the officers of the
Board Of Freeholders which organizes to-
morrow. William p Younker will be re-
elected director John Fl. Antrim, clerk
Joseph Powell, county collector.
1t would seem to be time enough to an
nounce Northampton's tax rate for this
year after the Assessor has made his
rounds With 10 or IL cents added to the
county rate, it is hardly likely we will get
of with $1.25 on the 500, the same as
last year.
The following oyster commissioners for
Barnegat Bay have been sworn in
Abram Jones, West Creek; Thomss
Cranmer, Mayetta; George A. Mott, Tuck
erton. The other commissioners are
Marshall A. Loyeland. George Evernham
and Isaac Worth.
The New Jersey A. M. E. Conference,
which closed its sessions at Princeton, on
Tuesday, appointed Rev. D. Bayard pastor
OF the Mount Holly Church. The other
appointments for this county are: Bur-
lington, ]. T. Digs Moorestown, M. M.
Dent; Beverly to be supplied.
Ke-Liii Ke-Lii What is Ke-Li? The
greatest cleaner yet known. Cleans your
carpets and rugs at the cost Of one cent
per yard without removing from the floor.
Removes paint. oil, grease, SCOT and dirt
from all delicate fabrics. 25 cents per box.
]. Howard Shinn, 40 Main street.
At the Borough election at Pemberton
last week, there we're two tickets in the
field, the Independent and the Peoples.
The latter was elected by three majority.
The officers elected we're: Chief burgess,
Job N. Clevenger council, Alfred 1. Da-
Wis, J. Howard Burr, J. Colby Montgom-
cry, Blanchard H. White, Isaac w. Budd,
II. c. Budd.
A local branch of the State Mutual
Building and Loan Association of New
Jersey was organized at Columbus on
Thursday evening. The following Of
ficers were elected: President, A. K
DuBell; vice-president, q. S. Ridgway;
secretary, 8. R. Ware; treasurer. T. Fl.
Page; directors, G. E. Black. A. K. Du-
Bell, T. H. Page, S. r. Ware, G. G.. Kins-
ley.
Elton J. Buckley. a graduate of the
Mirror Office, and son of the foreman Of
that establishment, has accepted the po-
sition of editor and manager Of the Dis
patch. Elton has a taste for newspaper
work, and will undoubtedly make consid-
cradle change in the tone of the paper
with which he is connected. Is political
complexion will be the same as hereto
fore--Democratic.
The will of the late Hon. Thomas II.
Dudley was admitted to probate by Sur
rogate West, In Camden, on Thursday.
Among the requests were $4,000 TO the
sister-in-law of the testator, Beulah Mat
lack 500 to the Methodist Episcopal
Church, at Dudley, and 800 to the A. M.
E. Church Of East Camden. The balance
of the property is equally divided among
his children, Edward Dudley, Mrs. Ella
Dudley Trotter and Mrs. ]. Eugene Troth
On the 2lst of December. 1891, Leandel
Thompson, coiored, was committed tc
Jail. charged with larceny at Moorestown
He did not stay IN prison long, effectinf
his escape in one week after entering the
jail The grand jury which met righ
after Thompson's arrest, failed to indie