The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-07-03

Church will have an entertainment o.
the lawn adjoining the church, and wi
be pleased to welcome their friends at
o'clock and after There will be ligh
tea, ice cream, cake, lemonade; music dur
ing the evening.
New Jersey Lodge, No. l, Knights o
Pythas, have elected these officers 70
the ensuing six months Chancellor com
mander Budd Witcraft; vice chancellor
Edward S. Troth prelate, Albert II
Lear master of work, Edward f. Burns
master at arms, Harry w. Kempte; trus
tees, John 7. Nippins and Horace Cronk
The Directors of the State Agricultural
Society, at their meeting on "Wednesday
last in Newark, decided to have the annu
al Fair at Waverly during the week be
ginning September 8, as on last year
Special attractions will be offered fol
Labor Day w. i. Tompkins was unani
mously elected vice president, in place
of the late George A. Halsey
The following Burlington county stu
dents graduated from the Normal School
at Trenton on Thursday Mary A. Yates,
Mount Holly; Anna NJ. Russ, Beverlyi
Annie r. Smith, Burlington; Mabel M.
| Appleton, Irene Durand, Bordentown;
Hannetta Arndt, Cecilia M. Steuber, RiY-
erside; Carlotta s. Barnitz Delanco; Pris-
ella E. Gardiner, Mount Laurel; Marga-
ret NJ. Hemphill, Riverton.
The Gibbs boiler was gwen another
trial on Saturday and again demonstrated
it superior qualities. The boiler tested
was l6 inches diameter and 26 inches
high. 1t has "a square feet of heating
surface and one square foot crate surface.
The temperature of the feed water was
7Oo F., and 80 lbs. steam pressure was
used The water eyaporated was 3l3 lbs.
and the horse power developed, 9-22.
The contract for paving a very small
portion of Brainard street has been sign
ed and work will be commenced in about
two weeks. The present prospect is that
the street will be paved only about one
half the distance that was suggested by
the town meeting and for which money
was appropriated. 1t seems like baby
play to let this pavement stop IN such
short distance.
During the vacation of Rev. DR.. S.Giffard
Nelson, pastor of the Baptist Church, the
pulpit will be occupied as follows; August
9Th, Rev. J. Wesley Sullivan, of Snyder
A-o~ro lo1&;e+ Churob pbiladafnhio
August 18th, Rev. Robert F. Y. Pierce, of
Rockford, Ill. August 10th, Rev. II. M.
Finch, of Tabernacle Baptist Church,
Camden; August Goth, Rev. F. NJ. Good
child, of Spruce Street Baptist Church,
Philadelphia.
Walter Becksworth, of Philadelphia,
aged 10 years, lies at the home of Robert
TAYLOR, near Columbus, suffering from
and his condition is regarded
as serious. On Thursday he climbed
cherry tree, hung fast with his feet, head
and after working in the field
all the afternoon he complained of pain
in his head and sank to the ground. He
was laid on cool place on the lawn and
soon was subjected to violent fit.
The Land Improvement Company
which originated at the same time that
the new water company saw life, and
which expects to hold the title to the
water power, contemplated putting in an
electric light plant. In order that it
might not have the appearance of an at
tempt to freeze out the stockholders of
the electric light company now in exist |
ence, a committee from the new concern
has made an offer to purchase the pres
ent works.
Richard Carpenter, of Hartford, was adj
mitted to the hospital on Sunday with a
broken collar bone, caused by being
thrown from a wagon near Unionville on
night. William Perring, of Bur
lington, was admitted to the institution
on Tuesday He is suffering with badly
lacerated hand, injured by the explosion
of pistol. William Charles, of Colum-
bus, is being treated for broken collar
bone. There are now thirteen patients in
the hospital.
The necessity is being discussed for
having an iron cage at the Jail in which
to keep murderers when under sentence
of death, so that their every movement
may be watched without SO much trouble.
The death watch over Wesley Warner is
becoming tired of its charge, SO difficult
is it to observe the prisoners movements
through the bars of his cell door. Such
cage is used to advantage at Camden,
and as the cost is only about $50. it is
quite probable that our Board of Free
holders may purchase one.
Relief fire company, at its meeting last
evening, employed special Waterman
who will 90 on duty this evening and re-
main until tomorrow morning, in order
to prevent the ringing of the fire bell
Relief company feels that the bell is for
fire alarms only, especially at this season
of the year, and the members are deter
mined 1t shall be used for that purpose
only. America Company has agreed to
allow its bell rung. What the other two
companies have determined upon is not
known.
The persons who were sitting in front
of Chancery row, on upper Main street,
on Saturday afternoon, were startled at
seeing figure flying towards Zelley's
hotel, hatless and shoeless, and coat tails
flying at an angle of 80 degrees. Pursuit
was made and it was found that the flyer
was Capt. Bennett, Sheriff Townsend's
auctioneer He was taking little rest in
Prosecutor Budd's Office, when he sud-
denly remembered that there was a sale
that he was to cry. He sped to the hotel,
which he reached just in time to hear Joe
Gibson say gone"
Rock bottom prices prevail at the groc-
cry and provision store and meat market,
corner Water and King streets. A few
orders will convince you of this fact
Orders called for and delivered. G. w
Durand.
The Water Question.
The stockholders of the Mount Holly
Water Company held a special meeting in
the Lewis building, on Wednesday even
ing, to discuss the subject of the town own
ing the water works.
There are 1900 shares of stock IN the
water company, and !, 1920 of these were
represented B. Frank II. ShreYe occu