The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-07-10

the postal authorities, the salary of tn,
Mount Holly postmaster has been re
duced 500.
Jesse French, of New Gretna, anC
James L. Young, of Moorestown, are tht
Democratic members of the county Bosrt
of Registration.
At the fair ground, ON Saturday, the Al
brecht base ball club, of Philadelphia
played the Mount Holly team, and was
defeated by score of l6 to Is.
County Superintendent Haas has fixed
Friday of this week for the election o.
school trustees. The school house will be
the polling place and the polls will open
at P. NJ
Lee A. Stroud, who recently had charge
of the West End Hotel, has purchased
the Centennial Hotel at Waretown, for
merly kept by James d. Hammell, de-
ceased.
The famous Centreton hotel is about to
change hands, the present proprietor,
Frederick A. Sanders, having disposed of
his interest to Moses Redmond, of Wayne
Junction, Pa.
The awning in front of James K. Park
er's shoe store caught fire about half past
six on Wednesday morning, but by the
prompt action of Joseph Huff, the flames
were soon extinguished.
Rev. DIR. George K Morris, formerly of
the New Jersey M. E. Conference and once
stationed in this town, has been unani-
mously elected to the chair of practical
theology in the Theological Seminary at
Boston, Mass.
A woods meeting was begun on Sunday
in the rear of the Lumberton NJ. E.
Church, and will continue until the 22d.
There will be services every night except
ing Saturday with preaching by members
of the New Jersey Conference.
The following haye announced them
selves as candidates for school trustees:
Edward Wills, Franklin Dill, Joseph G..
Bower, Eckard P. Budd, Joseph c. King
don, Robert s. Gaskill, Isaac B. Huff,
Joseph S. Shreve, DR.. w. P. Melcher and
Henry C. Buckley.
Robert Wilkinson, living on Branch
street, died suddenly on Tuesday. He
was engaged at WORK in the sand pits at
Birmingham, and was taken with severe
cramps in the stomach. He was brought
to his home in Mount Holly where he
soon died.
James Cathcart. engineer at Risdon's
machine shops, died suddenly on Thurs
day night. He had been at work in the
evening, and when he got in the house
about 10 o'clock, was attacked with some
thing like paralysis which resulted fatally
in a short time.
Mrs. Snyder, aged IS years, sister of
P. B. Hornlng, the proprietor of Mornings
Grove. while crossing the tracks of the
Camden and Burlington County railroad
from her house to the Grove was struck
instantly killed.
There we're two games of base ball at
the fair ground, on the Fourth, between
the Keystones, of Mount Holly, and the
Keystones, of Moorestown. Honors were
even. Moorestown won in the morning,
II to IL. In the afternoon the home
team was victorious, IA to Is.
Judges Glasgow and Lippincott an
nounced yesterday that they had refused
the application OF Henry H. Smith for a
saloon license at Riverside The applica-
ton had been made at the April term and
a remonstrance filed. The case was held
under advisement until yesterday.
At its meeting on Tuesday evening, the
township committee passed an ordinance
prohibiting bicyclers from using the side
walks, on and after the fourth day of
August. This is right. but the ordinance
should have contained clause prohibit
ing wheelbarrows, pushcarts and the like
from being propelled on the sidewalks.
The Fourth passed in Mount Holly
without any public demonstration. The
usual firing of crackers and guns began
about midnight, but 1t was not as heavy as
that of year ago. The bell ringing nui-
sance began about the same hour and con-
tinued about halfh All the fire bells,
except that of Relief company, were
rung.
When Mrs. Sallie Mack went into her
house on Paxson street, last evening,after
a short absence, she found the room full
of smoke, which came from a lamp that
in which had in some manner become ig-
nited The lamp was hastily thrown into
the yard, where it exploded, the oil burn.
ing for over an hour.
Coroner Justice. of Camden. on Friday
was notified that the 6-weeks-old child of
Mrs. Joseph Stratton, who resides on the
Marlton pike, in the town of Stockton
had died under suspicious circumstances
The Coroner Investigated the case anC
found that during the night Mrs. Strattor
had rolled on her infant and smothered
it. A certificate of accidental death wa
given.
The Rev. Joseph Gaskill, of Trenton
one of the oldest cergymen living in thu
State, fell down an elevator shaft in tn,
store of Joseph Wainwright, in Ocear
Grove, Tuesday, and was picked up IN
conscious. He soon recovered his senses
He fell only one story, but as he is 81
wears old and weighs nearly 200 pounds
Il is feared he may die of his injuries
Physicians found cut on his head an'
that his spine was injured.
Don't fail to go on the Moonlight Elk
cursion down the Delaware river on tn,
paIace steamer Columbia, July IL. Tn
excursion is run under the auspices of tn
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Price of tickets for the round trip from
Mount Holly is but ninety cents. Chi
dren half price. A special train will leav
Mount Holly at 7.15 and return after al
rival OF boat in Burlington. Tickets ca
be procured of the members Of the Leagu
before the date Of the excursion and wi
also be sold at the depot by the commit
tee on the evening of the 18th.
Raymond Lukens, aged four years, 80
of Augustus N. Lukens, died at his father
home on Brainard street, on Sunda
night, from burns received during th
day. The boy found some old fire-cracl
ers in the street and took them into th
house to fire them off. He put straw {
paper in the stove to get light, and tn