The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-10-23
LOCAL NEWS.


from Green street.
Benjamin W. Zelley has been granted {
license to sell liquor by wholesale. in sd
dition to his hotel license.
John Throckmorton, sr.. acted as pc
liceman while Officer Severns was il
Ohio after prisoner.
By the will of Hannah Vandegrift, de
ceased, of Bordentown, her entire estate
goes to her son, William.
mad dog made his appearance OF
West Washington street on Thursday
and bit number of dogs. He was finally
shot.
Charles r. Fenton's term as postmaster
at Jacksonville, expires the last OF this
month Jane l. Rogers has been given
the appointment.
Pensions have been issued to Charles
Steward, Evesboro and James Donahue,
Burlington, with an increase for George
W. Hobbs, Florence.
At Sue s. Evans, 2S High street, you
will find bargains in ladies' under vests al
25 cents. few sizes of corsets selling al
81. to close out stock.
The way in which guns are heard pop
ping all over the country on Sunday,
would seem to indicate that there is a
great deal of law breaking.
Columbus has reconsidered its refusal to
purchase school books and supplies, and
has decided, by vote of IT'S in favor and
20 against, to comply with the law.
The ladies' Of st. Andrews P. E. church,
Mount Holly, will hold chrysanthemum
supper in the parish building on Friday
and Saturday, November I'd and Sd.
Evans R. Tomlinson, of Cherry street,
has purchased the house of John Cotter,
corner of Buttonwood and Broad streets,
for $500. A horse and carriage go with
the house.
A small silver locket. shaped like a
heart, was lost on the road from Mount
Holly to Masonvile yesterday. The find
or will confer favor by returning it to
this Office.
Charles K. Chambers, of Mount Holly,
and John W. Wartmap. of Camden, have
been appointed by Judge Garrison, to
defend Sidney Plummer, indicted for MUIR
der at Marlton.
Take notice We have on sale this week
1000 ladies' hemstitched and embroid
cred handkerchiefs for 124 cents piece.
worth 25 cents a piece w. w. Curtis,
4S Main street, Mount Holly, N. ].
Mrs. S. S. Keen, of Vincentown, is hav-
ing extensive alterations made to her res
idence. The plumbing work, which is
probably the finest of any house in this
section, is being done by George D. Wor-
rell.
The Burlington County Agricultural
Society and the Mount Holly Athletic
Association are trying to arrange terms
whereby the latter may lease the Fair
grounds for athletic sports during the
year.
Frank Plat, of Burlington, secured the
order for a suit of clothes, dropped from
a balloon during the fair. He came to
Mount Holly, on Saturday, and Theo. |
Grant, who issued the order, gave him
the clothes.
"Kennedy's players" occupy the Opera
House this week. At their head is the
old favorite, John j. Kennedy. who has
never yet failed to fill the Opera House.
and who has always been able to delight |
his audiences.
The Philadelphia Transportation and
Lighterage Company, that operates the !
sand banks near Hainesport. have loco
motive to haul their sand and will sell
their horses and carts on Saturday, No
vember 8, at Costigsn's hotel.
Are you going to try for one of the
prizes, $500, $500 and $500, that Nc
Twain offers for the best three loaves of
bread, made from his Cream of Mime
sofa FOUR Bread must be taken to the
store this Thursday afternoon.
The new band has received much en-
couragement from the citizens, large
number of whom have contributed to
make the organization permanent. Sub
scribers may pay their dues to Joseph c.
Cowgirl. treasurer. at any time.
William H. Cheeks, who robbed John
Gaskill of 1910, was arrested in Dayton
Ohio, last week, and Officer Severns went
after him on Friday night. Cheeks was
indicted by the last grand jury. He
reached Mount Holly yesterday.
The will of the late Mary Mackason, of
Burlington, has been admitted to probate.
1t bequeathes 500 to the Binney Fund
$1,000 to the Pennsylvania Industrial
Home for blind women; and the remand
or of the estate goes to the hospital OF
Christ church, Philadelphia.
Thomas Apologize, farmer living
near Crosswicks, is out somewhere IN the
neighborhood of SIS. He sent two loads
of potatoes to Trenton Friday in charge
of William Osborn and another farm
hand. The man sent with Osborn re-
turned alone, saying that after the tubers
we're sold his partner had disappeared.
Isaac B. Huff has been awarded the
contract to build house on st. Andrews
burying ground, on Pine street, for the
use of the sexton. 1t will be two stories
high, of brick and slate, and will be
built in the pine grove at the front OF the
ground, about % feet from the street. The
house is the gift of Edward 7. Dobbins,
of Philadelphia.
The officer engaged for the express pur-
pose of keeping the entrance to the Opera
House clear of boys is not success. if we
may Judge by his Saturday nights efforts.
Bows ran In and out of the entrance and
HING around the doors with impunity
One lad threw a handful of nuts at the
ticket seller. This offender will probably
be arrested.
William f. Mcdonald, of Burlington,
il in Jail, charged with assault and bat
terry. William was tried last week on
similar charge. After carefully weighing
the testimony and coming TO the conclu-
sion that one side was as much to blame
as the other, the jury acquitted Mcdonald,
who went home, got full, and went to
work in the same line.
Joseph C. Cowgirl had dozen brooms
stolen from in front of his store one even
ing last week. The perpetrator boldly
carried the brooms away while no one in
the store was looking. The man took
them to Lees receiving rookery. on West
Washington street, where three of the
brooms we're recovered. The others have
not been found.
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