The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-06-26
New Egxpt.


There are seven basket factories here.
Mrs. Daniel Bussom and children have
gone to Atlantic City.
Joseph Camp has purchased Walter
Cottrell's undertaken business
Peter Giberson, proprietor of the Amer
lean house, is suffering with typhoid fever
William and Warren Applegate are
erecting new basket factory to employ
ten men.
Fannie E., wife of William Burns, died
on Wednesday and was buried at Cam
den on Friday.
Erastus Sexton has purchased a new
steam threshing machine with all the
latest improvements.
Miss Charles Anna Horner has gone tc
the Catskill for the summer, to teach bot
any in French school.
The New Egypt Packing Company
has awarded the contract for putting in
another new boiler to Theodore F. Carter,
of Fieldsboro, as he was the lowest bidder
Arrangements are well under way fol
the big demonstration on July 4th. Hon
James Buchanan, of Trenton, is one Of
the leading orators for the occasion.
Special trains will doubtless run over the
Pemherton and Hightstown railroad.
On Friday evening calathumpian band
visited the farm of Stacy B. Woodward
who recently made Miss Bertha Reed his
wife, Some person in the crowd fred a
shot through one of the windows. A
moment later reply shot came from the
house, resulting in William I. Cowper-
thwait and Clifford Compton getting well
peppered with shot.
Miss Bessie Bean, daughter of the late
Dr. ]. Nj. Bean, was married quietly on
Thursday to Edgar A. Horner, of the firm
G.. & f. A. Horner. The ceremony was
performed at the NJ E. parsonage by Rev.
S. M. Vansant. The couple drove to Penn
beTton and took the cars there for a we'd
ding tour. Upon their return they will
reside at the Shady Side stock farm, now
owned by Horner Bros. The bride is a
beautiful and popular young lady The
groom is man of genial manners and
much thought of in the community, which
be has served as tax collector.
The commencement exercises of Prof.
Geo. D. Horner's Seminary were held in
the M. +. Church. last Tuesday evening.
The patrons and friends filed the church
to its full capacity. The programme was
an unusually interesting one. Essays
were read by trlda Lundhal, jennie Hull
se Lizzie Brown and Lottie Martyr.
Declarations were gwen by Wesley Bur
tbs, Charles Emley. Gillette Burtis, Hope
butcher, H. Leon Jameson, Estelle H.
Grove, Sadie Kirby, Lou Mers, Albert G.
Hendrickson, Anthony VanHise, Harriet
Tyler and Lou Chamberlain.
There was French play in four parts,
rendered by Lena Burtis, Maud Chafey,
Victoria Brown and Estelle H. Grove,
The programme closed with calistheniC
exercises. The manner in which all OF
the pieces were rendered showed very
plainly what careful and thorough train
ing the pupils at this school receive in
defamation and elocution. Lou Cham
berlain, Lou Miers and Anthony VanHise
all of Hornerstown, carried off first, sec
ond and third honors respectively. With
such uniform excellence it is only fair to
say that the efforts of the French and
German scholars, and the essays were
each equally good in their line. Prof.
Ernest Stevens again demonstrated to the
public that we have a music teacher with
us who has superior ability.