The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-07-03
LOCAL NEWS.


C. B. Parsons brought in on Monda
four fine cattle from j. P. Lippincott's.
The regular annual picnic of the Churc
of the Sacred Heart will be held to-mor
row.
A. L. Pumyea and family have re
turned from ten days visit at the sea
shore.
Mrs. S. Budd Norcross died suddenl,
on Tuesday from valvular disease of tn
hearG.
syndicate of non-residents is makini
an effort to purchase the Mount Holly ga
works.
Desirable building lots in the uppel
part of the town are becoming very
scarce.
Frank P. Endicott will have a public
sale of cows at Marlton on Saturday
July IA.
The Epworth League of the Methodist
Church enjoyed a picnic at Browns Mills
on Thursday.
Charles K. Chambers is counsel for Sid
ney Plummer, in Jail for killing boy
near Marlton.
The case of Chas. Hunter, the murder
er, will be taken up before Judge Garri-
son on Monday.
Constable Claypoole was taken ill sud
denly at the Jail yesterday and had to be
removed to his home.
Mrs. Charles D. Raine and family have
gone to Ocean Grove, where they will re-
main for several weeks.
For warm weather.-Very desirable
white goods for dresses, from l4c per yard
up. S. S. Evan, 2S Main street.
James K. Parker has full line of sum-
mer shoes which he is selling at rapid
gait The prices make them 90.
The Mount Holly fire companies have
been fully reimbursed for their losses sus-
tanned at the recent Pemberton fire.
There will be two games of base ball at
the Fair Ground to morrow. The Key
stones will play with either Burlington or
Pemberton.
Joseph Madden, Mount Holly printer,
is in town. He is selling the Thorne
tvpesetting machine, and is meeting with
much success.
The Gibbs Boiler Company has receiv-
ed an order from the Corliss Engine
Works, Philadelphia, for two boilers OF
$50 horse power each.
T. C. Alcott & Son are In receipt OF an
order from the largest bell foundry in Eu-
rope for one of their high duty turbines in
outer iron globe casing.
The Union Ere company held a special
meeting on Thursday evening and de-
cided not to go as company to the Cam
den fire parade tomorrow.
The seventeen year locusts are disap'
pearing without having done much dam
age in this vicinity, although they
abounded in large numbers.
Austin r. Haines was seized with a
fainting spell in front of W. w. Curtis
store yesterday afternoon. He recovered
sufficiently after time to walk home.
Henry l. Budd is preparing to make
the coming fair better than ever He is
selecting a number of fine attractions.
The Trenton fair will occur first this year.
The interior of the court house has
been thoroughly renovated and new mat
ting nlaced on the floor. Previous to
every sitting of the court disinfectant
will be used.
A number of changes were made in the
United States Navy last week, and Capt.
John J. Read, of Mount Holly, was mott
to hold himself in readiness to assume
command of the Independence.
Amos Taylor, of Crosswicks, while dig
ging up ground to make flower bed, on
Wednesday, dug up cannon ball which
weighed two pounds and seven ounces
1t was in good state of preservation.
M. Thomas & Sons sold on Tuesday S2O7
Tuckerton Railroad Co.. LIST NJ, p. c.
convertible scrip, and 5 shares Tuckerton
Railroad company and Is shares Tucker
ton Railroad Co., preferred, all for S22S
Miss Miriam L. Early, of Smithville,
did not graduate at Pennington, as THE
NEWS stated last week, but she did re-
ceive ths gold medal for highest averages
and department in the sophomore class.
Sheriff Townsend went to Florence, on
Wednesday, and arrested Thomas Dea-
con on capias issued by the Supreme
Court, charging him with the parentage
of child born to young girl OF that
place.
Rev. Or. S. Giffard Nelson has in press
an interesting work entitled, "Out OF the
Past the Testimony of Art and Archie
ology to Christianity" The proceeds OF
its sale will be given to the Baptist
Church.
The Misses Wyllie, who have been
conducting Miss Addie Atkinson's school
on Main street, have number of scholars
enrolled for their own school, which they
will open in September at their residenc
on Union street.
The house of William Wright on Union
street is nearing completion and is de-
cided improvement to the neighborhood.
All the carpenters employed in making
the alterations on this building were
left-handed mechanics.
Several boys have been acting in dis
orderly manner at the railroad station
for several nights and on Wednesday
four were arrested and fined. They were
John Mccarthy, Irwin Matthias, Francis
TAYLOR and Bert Fisher.
The water company is flushing its mains
once every two weeks and oftener when
necessary. Persons getting supply on
the ends of mains can have the flushing
done whenever wanted, by simply apply
ing to the company.
Because it was acting strangely DIR. r
C. harrington killed his pug dog yester
day. He opened the animal and founC
in its stomach a large quantity of GROUND
glass. which had undoubtedly been ad
ministered for the purpose of killing thu
dog.
When the death watch was put upol
Wesley Warner his cell was thorough,
searched, and box of white powder wa
discovered. which was supposed to b
poison, but which proved to be PREF
aration for sore throat prescribed by