The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-10-30
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 80, 1894.
LOCAL NEWS.


Next Tuesday, November 9th, will b.
election day Polls open at a. M, anC
close at z p. M.
The post Office at Palmyra has beer
placed in the Presidential class, ane
Clemens A. Haas is continued as post
master.
The foot ball team of the Mount Holly
Academy went to Camden on Saturday
and defeated team there by the score O
8 toe.
The Trenton District Epworth League
will hold its next convention in the Nj. E.
Church, Mount Holly, on Thursday. No
vember s.
Ladies' ribbed vests at % cents, worth
more money. A good corset in white and
colored at so cents. It's cheap. S. s.
Evan, 2S Main street.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the street railway company will be held
at the office of Amos Gibbs on Friday
evening at s o'clock.
The election boards will sit at the re-
spective polling places from to 8 z. Nj.
to-day, to add to or make corrections In
the list of registered voters.
John Wedal, of Hartford, Burlington
county, fell from hayloft on Saturday
and fractured his arm. He was removed
to the Cooper Hospital, Camden.
The date for the fourth annual charity
ball has been fixed for Thursday night,
January 81, 1895 As usual the proceeds
will go to the Burlington County Hospital.
The Mount Holly Athletic Association
has leased the Mount Holly Fair ground
for one year. The Agricultural Society
reserves fair week and the week immed-
lately preceding.
Take notice We have on sale this week
1000 ladies' hemstitched and embroid-
cred handkerchiefs for l23 cents piece,
worth % cents a piece. w. W. Curtis
As Main street, Mount Holly, NJ.
A luncheon was given by Mrs. Samuel
Fisher, nee Hattie Bower, at Germantown,
on Thursday. Among those present
were Mrs. John H. Dobbins, Miss Dob
bins, Mrs Joseph Huff, of Mount Holly,
and Mrs. Charles Straugh, of Medford.
Sidney Plummer, the murderer of
Henry Richardson, boy, near Marion,
last June, pleaded guilty at court this
morning and was sentenced to twenty
years in state prison by Judge Garrison.
The Swedish ladies' quartet an Miss
Adele Weber, elocutionist, will appear at
the Baptist Church this evening. This
entertainment is strictly frst-class and
should be attended by a large audience.
Rodman W. Bowker is going to start
shirt factory on the third floor of his shoe
building in about two weeks. He wants
about so girls from IA years of age.
The Model Shirt Company will be the
name of the new enterprise. This is a
good opportunity for experienced shirt
makers.
While Harry Evans and his sister were
driving near the fair ground, yesterday,
one of the lines broke and the horse be-
came unmanageable. 1t ran onto the rail
road track, breaking the wagon badly,
and throwing the occupants out The
vehicle was removed from the track just
before a passenger train went by.
The prizes offered by James S. Nc
Ilyain, for bread made from Cream of
MINI esota -four. were taken as follows:
First, SIS, Mrs. Henry G. Buckley; second.
So, Mrs. William H. DAVIS; third, So, Mrs.
George ]. Robertson There were a
large number of contestants. All the
bread entered was given to the children's
home and hospital.
After the recent fire at the gas works
the company was refused the privilege of
using the carpet mills railroad siding for
unloading oil. The gas company has just
completed laying line of pipe from the
freight yard to their works, and now I'M
load their oil from the cars direct to the
tanks on their premises. A fire plug has
also been placed in their yard.
The store of Woolman S. Kirkbride, at
Pemberton, was robbed last night. The
thieves carried away a wagon load of
clothing, etc. They drove away ON the
North Pemberton road, as a number of
small articles were found by the wayside,
evidently having dropped from the wag-
on. Search is being made for the bur-
hxy fho
men was stolen from A. j. Morris. Mr..
Kirkbride says at least thousand dol
lars worth was stolen from his store.
Charles Wilson, of Lenola, was arrest
ed last week on the serious charge of
threatening to shoot Toll Gate Keeper
Middleton, of the Moorestown and Cam
den Turnpike Company. 1t is alleged
that Wilson attempted to pass through
the gate without paying. and that Mid
dleton then caught hold of the horses
heads to stop them. Wilson thereupon
pulled out a revolver and declared he
would shoot the man. A warrant was
issued and hewas brought to Jail. Friends
secured his release by going his bail for
appearance OF the next term of court.
Miss Laura Burline, daughter of the
late General George c. Burling, was mar
ried Wednesday evening to ]. Roberts
Jarrett, by Rev. Gerald P. Coughlin, pas
tor of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy,
Broad and Susquehanna avenue, Philadel-
phia. Miss Elizabeth Burling was the
maid of honor, and Miss Sarah Budd, Of
Mount Holly Miss Annette Tarr, of Had
donfield Miss Margaret Haines, of Bur.
lington, and Miss Rebeccs Burling, Of
Philadelphia, we're the bridesmaids. The
best man was Morris Shoemaker, of Nor.
ristowD, and the ushers comprised Silas
Shoemaker, of Atlantic City; j. Snowden
Haines, of Burlington, and Clarence X
Arnold and George C. Burling, of Phil
adelphia.
The inmates of the Mount Holly Jail
in order to while away the dreary hours
indulge in considerable singing, and they
seem to derive much comfort in the en-
joyment of this pleasant pastime. Every
evening the barren corridors of thu
staid old prison resound with their min
gled voices. While their music enliven
the gloomy prison, yet there is sadnes
in the melody of their song. 1t is yer,
seldom that the popular airs of the da,
are taken up, but sacred hymns, such a
"This Is My Saviour" "Rock of Ages,