The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-09-18
LOCAL NEWS.

Thomas w Nipplns has sold the I'm
ley farm, just east of Unionville.
Henry Nippins.
At A. w. Lohand's sale of cows I
Marlton, on Saturday, prices ranged froI
500 to S6l.50
The sale of refreshment stands at tn
Burlington County Agricultural Society
grounds, will take place to-day.
Judge Joseph II. Gaskill has been al
pointed receiver for the Burlington Cal
pet Company, pending litigation.
A. A. Anderson's bicycle was stolen Of
Friday morning from in front of the can
ming house office on Water street.
The district meeting of the Knights 0
Pythias will be held in the castle hall o
New Jersey Lodge, No. |, of Mount Hol
ly, IN October.
Martin Bayersdorfer has new adver
tisement this week. Mart's goods are II
keeping with the times, both in style anc
in price. He is a reliable dealer.
More testimony was taken, on Tuesday
in the contest over the will of DAME
Everham, of Wrightstown. The lawyers
will argue the case on the Goth.
On Friday evening of next week, Sep
TENDER q, the annual meeting OF the
Mount Holly Fire Department will be
held in Good Intent engine house.
An outbreak of typhoid fever is report
ed at Hartford and number of deaths
have occurred. 1t is said in each case
the trouble was traced to the water sup
ply.
The concert given by the Mount Holly
cornet band last Tuesday evening was
yery creditable indeed. The selections
were good, and we're rendered in line
style.
A state branch of the Children's Home
Society was organized at Trenton, on
Tuesday. Mrs, Morris Fl. Keller, OF
Mount Holly, was elected member oil
the board of managers.
Matlack & Son, the fruit dealers, Will
remove their store to the building now
occupied By Oliver L. Jeffery, on Mill
street, which is to have a new front and
be otherwise improved.
The members of the New Jersey State
Committee of Colored Men are requested
to meet at the Union Republican rooms,
81 Bellevue avenue, Trenton, on Monday,
September "a, at eleven o'clock, a. nj.
Bows between the ages of ten and thir-
teen years are wanted to sing in the choir
of st. Andrews Episcopal Church. A
small compensation is paid. Apply to
George A. Lippincott, Broad street.
Grant, the clothing dealer, has made
new departure, and in addition to provid-
ing clothing for man, also has it for beast
Read his advertisement in which ne
quotes horse clothing at very low prices
The new gas company has awarded to
George D. Worrell the contract to do It's
plumbing and pipe laying. Where SER
vice pipes of consumers are too small the
company will lay new pipes to the curb
stone free.
The members of Good Intent Fire Com
pany, last evening presented Alfred j..
REYNOLDS with handsome gold fireman's
badge. for service rendered the company
in repairing the:engine. The presentation
speech was made by Harmon Baugh.
In this weeks issue Charles P. Brewin,
of Burlington, has something to say of
interest to every reader. He shows plain
" how to get a free ride to Burlington,
and at the same time save money. Read
his advertisement on the fourth page.
A defective flue caused the destruction
by fire of the residence of Mrs. II. N. Gil
son at Tuckerton, on Sunday. The flames
spread to several adjoining buildings, but
they were saved through the exertions OF
the citizens. The ellison property was in
sured for $4,000.
George Burr who works at Bowker's
shoe factory, was badly hurt on Wednes-
day evening. His horse became fright
ened and ran down Union street. Burr
was thrown out, striking his head against
f:he curb and rendering him unconscious.
n ss head was badly cut.
There was change in the time table
vester, lay The Long Branch express
from Market street wharf, leaving at 190
PM. we elk days, was changed to run on
Saturdays only, and the returning train
leaving Long Branch at IL A. M, week
DAYS, will run on Mondays only. .
At the residence of Mrs. Henrietta Han
cock, at Locust Hill" near Deacon's sta
ton. on Wednes, lay evening, Mrs. Han
cocks daughter, M ISIS Mary B. Grant was
married to Franklin J.. Johnson, clerk
in the Mechanics National Bank, Burling-
ton. Miss Mary Barrows, of Mount Holly
and Miss Florence johnson, sister of the
groom, we're bridesmaids.
The barns and outbuildings on the
farm of Albert Haines, near Masonville,
were entirely destroyed by fire Saturday
morning. The barns we're stored with
hay and grain, which made an exceeding
" hot fire. A lot of farm implements,
wagons, ETC., were destroyed. The loss is
about $500. The origin of the fire is
not known. 1t broke out in the centre OF
a large barn, near the roof
William Fl. Cheeks, who stole $2l6
from John R. Gaskill few weeks ago, has
been heard from. He is in Dayton, Ohio
and saws he is broken down in health and
spirits. He wants to come back to Mount
Holly, either to be forgiven or to receive
lust punishment 1t will probably be the
latter, as orders have been sent to the
DAYTON authorities to arrest him.
At the annual meeting of the Electric
Light Company. on Tuesday evening, I
dividend of five per cent. was declared
The following directors were elected
Amos Gibbs, Benjamin F. Lee, DIR. Rich
ard II. Parsons, Edward d. Stokes, JOSEPH
C. Cowgirl, James l.. Jamison, Robert
Nixon, Samuel A. Atkinson. Amos Glib
was elected president, Samuel A. Atkin
son, secretary and treasurer.
IF the people of Burlington county wi
patronize the 48th annual fair of the Bul
lington County Agricultural Society.
will be a success. This is what is needed
A very large sum of money has been ez
pended, and the attractions secured fo
this season are something new. novel an
interesting. The issuing of compimer
tary tickets is to be greatly curtailed, j