The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-23
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

Headquarters for plants, cut flowers ant
floral designs. A. & G. Rosbach. Penn
berton.
Frank Thompson will preach a tria
sermon IN the African NJ E. church to
morrow evening.
Rev. DIR. S. Giffard Nelson has rented tn,
house occupied by George w. Lundy. OF
upper Main street.
Why pay high prices for pictures anC
frames? Go to SheibaPs, No. Is NORTH
9th street. Philadelphia. 36-9mo.
On the first Sunday evening in Febru
airy, Rev. R. A. Rodrlck will preach to the
Brotherhood of the Union.
Ex-Mayor j. Henry Edmunds. of Cape
May, has been appointed guardian of the
children of Herbert W. Edmunds.
F. P. Endicott will sell a carload OF
western horses at the Arcade hotel,
Mount Holly, on Monday next. 29th inst.
Preparations are being made to give a
cantata at Trinity Church, on Good Fri
day evening. by chorus of about forty
voices.
Chicken thieves made a raid on the
coop of James Candy, farmer residing
near Georgetown, and bagged forty-fve
hens on Tuesday night.
The Burlington county members of the
U. S. Grand Jury, which met in Trenton
last week, are: W. Budd Deacon and
Charles II. Shinn, Mount Holly; ]. How
ard Pugh, Burlington.
The unusual spectacle of two hearses for
enc funeral was noticed in Mount Holly,
yesterday, when the remains of John
Kemble and his wife, of Bridgeboro', we're
conveyed to the Baptist burying ground.
An 'old song" evening entertainment
will be gwen by the members of the
Mount Holly Baptist Sunday school, in
the church, on Tuesday evening, February
18th, for the benefit of the aid fund of
the school.
The suggestion of THE News that the
lighting apparatus at the Jail be improved
has been acted upon, and the old gas
mains have been replaced by new ones
which give first. class head of gas. The
Office and two rooms adjoining are being
papered.
At the last meeting of the Burlington
County Teachers Association the follow
ing officers were elected: Edgar Haas,
president ex-oficio; Wilbur Watts, first
vice president S. D. Quigg, second vice
president; Milton II. Allen, treasurer;
Martin Creed, secretary.
Revival services are now being held at
the Baptist Church by Rev. DIR. S. Giffard
Nelson On Sunday evening two persons
were baptized and at the prayer meeting
held after the regular service there were
over Is persons arose for prayers. The
services this week will be held on We'd
nesday and Friday evenings.
The ice houses are not being filled very
rapidly. but people are picking flowers in
their gardens. William F. Parker gathered
dandelions, last week, at Florence, Joseph
Scroggy picked one at Maple Shape;
Spencer Haines got still another in field
at Rancocas, and lady on Brainerd street,
Mount Holly. picked large pansy in the
garden attached to her home.
The long talked of electric railway be-
tween Mount Holly and Burlington is
again being discussed. The Burlington
County Electric Company has just been
organized for that purpose with capital
of $125,OO0, and proposes to transfer
freight as well as passengers. The incor-
porators are Jacob F. Burrows, James L.
Greib and William NJ Esler, of Philadel-
phia; s. II. Morrison, of Camden. and
Robert B. Esler, Jr., of Ardmore, Pa.
Capt. Josephus Sooy, of Buddtown, who
claims to be the champion hunter of the
county, has, thus far this season, captured
I5 raccoons and a fox. Capt. Sooy chased
one of the "coons" up tree, and the ami
NAL turned on him. biting him in the
back of the neck and on the hands, COM
polling him to go under the doctors
hands,
AT the annual meeting of the Moores-
town Pursuing and Detective Company
last week, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year President,
Judge William R. Lippincott; secretary
and treasurer, Frank Garrigues; directors
VIM. r. Lippincott, Charles Collins, John
B. Warrick, Frank Garrlgues, Eli Sharp
less, William 7. Lippincott, Joseph II.
Coles, William Dyer, Chas. Andrews,
Charles C. Coles, John nj. Lippincott,
James NJ Mecray, George L. Gillingham.
John Gibbon, of Burlington, was lod ged
IN jail, on Monday, charged with robbing
the store of Mark w. and Francis A.
Adams, of New Gretna. Gibbon and
Walter Grant, of Little Egg Harbor town
ship, rented house at New Gretna, where
they lived while conducting their thiev-
ing actions. They broke into the Adams
store, where they secured about SIS worth
of goods, which were found in the house.
They had made preparations to rob the
post Office. When the officers went to ar
restthem they showed fight, and Grant
escaped to the swamp.
The performance given at the Opera
House last evening by the Sunbeam Com
edy Company. was the best that the peo-
pie of Mount Holly have witnessed for a
long time The house was crowded and
many attested to the superiority of the
play, which was rendered with entire
new scenery, an effect that was pleasing
to all The various characters were rem
dered in highly satisfactory manner and
the make-ups excellent. Nixey, in hel
several characters. captured the audience
and proved drawing card that will I'll
the house during the balance of the week
Ex-Gov. Hoard, of Wisconsin, will de
liver a lecture on 'sThe Dairy" ID th,
Court House, on Thursday afternoon, thu
25th, at 2 o'clock Gov Hoard has thu
reputation of being the most entertaining
and instructive lecturer who has ever beef
in Mount Holly. He spoke at the meet
ing OF the State Board of Agriculture a
Trenton, and those who heard him wer
well pleased He is an authority on dair
matters in the northern states, and as on
people are large milk producers, they wi
be greatly benefited by listening to bin
The charity ball this year promises
outsbine all former efforts in the con
pleteness of details. The program hs
been heightened to twenty dances, an
the music will be up to the usual hig
standard A number of improvement
h..s hoo., arrar.uad for and the hall ca