The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-06-25
he MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

bly, in the Presbyterian Church on Sun
day.
Charles Straugh has bought hotel a
Farmingdale, and will take charge thiI
week.
Clarence H. Polhemus has just return
ed from short trip to Schenectady, N
Y, where he visited Howard G. Lewis.
DR.. E. A. Hambright's house, on Garden
street, will be sold at public sale on Sat
urday, June 20. 1t is desirable property
Henry r. Armstrong, who has been at
tending school at Nazareth, Pa, viii
enter Lafayette College, Easton. in th'
fall.
public school. took her scholars on triI
down the Delaware to Paramount parl
yesterday.
Joseph Stoltz, convicted at the last tern
of court for assault and battery on hi
son, has been sentenced to 80 days in thu
county Jail.
The assessor of Mount Laurel has JUS
completed the census, and finds the pop
ulation of that township to be 1868. In
1890 it was 1899.
All interested in the formation of city
troop are requested to meet at Charles K
Chambers law Offices on Friday evening
at 7.30 o'clock.
The Pennsylvania Machine Company
with headquarters in Philadelphia, has
filed articles of incorporation in the Bur-
lington County Clerks Office.
By REIMBURSEMENT of salaries of post
masters Mount Holly gets $1,000 pei
year, an increase of 500, and Palmyra
Jumps from 81, 100 to 81, 300.
The Epworth League of Mount Holly
M. E. Church will give moonlight ex-
cursion down the Delaware river on
Thursday evening, August l.
John R. Howell, of Mount Holly, and
Nathan Haines, of Burlington, have been
named by Gov. Werts as the Republican
members of the Burlington county Board
Of Election.
James K. Parker has made several I'M
provements to his shoe store, which
greatly add to its appearance. Mr.. Par
ker's name has been put on the bulk
windows in gilt letters.
Ephraim Parker's cat gave birth, last
week, to four kittens, all of which were
fastened together, so that they had the
appearance of being one animal with four
heads and sixteen feet.
1t is proposed to have fine display of
fireworks on the grounds of the Mount
Holly Athletic Association on the night
Of July 4. A ommittee is soliciting sub
scriptions for the purpose.
Mrs. John S. Bozarth died suddenly at
her home on West Washington street
yesterday morning. She had been wash
ing, and not feeling well went upstairs,
dying soon after she got there.
The readings by Rev. DIR. Nelson and
musical exercises by talent of the Baptist
church are postponed until Monday even
ing, July l, owing to the unavoidable abb
sence of some who are to take part.
The carpet mills will probably be again
put in operation next Monday week,
C. H. Masland & Sons, of Philadelphia,
having leased the property. Richard
Westwood, superintendent of the mill
under the former management, has been
engaged since Saturday, when the con-
tract was closed, in putting the mill and
its contents in shape.
Frank, the seven-year-old son of Thomas
Gulick, of West Washington street, ran a
splinter in his hand on Friday. Blood
poison ensued and the lad was taken to
the hospital. where he died on Saturday.
A postmortem showed that death was
caused by embolism, which is a clot of
lymph settling in the pulmonary artery
a very rare case.
DR.. Lewis D. Harlow died suddenly in
Philadelphia, on Sunday. DIR. Harlow
studied medicine with the late Drs. II.
P. Ely, Of Medford, and Benjamin FL.
Stratton, of Mount Holly. He was married
in May, 1916. to Miss Anna R. Rogers,
daughter of James Rogers, of Mount
Holly, who was county clerk from lS4S
TO 184S. She died March 80. 1892, leaving
no children.
Miss Miriam L. Early, of Smithville,
who will graduate at Pennington Sem
mary next year, stands very high on the
rolls of that institution. Last Tuesday,
in prize essay contest, she was awarded
a gold medal. She has just been elected
president of the Callilagian society of the
Seminary. She has been first on the roll
of honor for six terms in succession-s
record that no other pupil has maintain
ed.
At the Normal school commencement,
in Trenton, on Wednesday, we're the fol-
lowing graduates: Kate S. Allen, Med
ford; Louise Arndt. Riverside; Fannie d.
Bishop, Louisa S. Irwin. Nettie S. Simp.
son, Emma s. Southland, Beverly Mary A
Conover Bridgeboro Alethia P. Haines
Moorestown Rebekah T. WINS, Joseph
inc +. WINS, Burlington; Florence g.
Thompson, Juliustown Helen R. Wool
man. Crosswicks; Mary M. Anderson
Milford.
The forty-frs annual convention of the
New Jersey State Teachers Association
will be held at the new high school build
ing, Asbury Park, on Monday and Tues
day, July and q The president of the
= association is H. Brewster Willis, New
Brunswick; vice president. Charles d
Raine, Mount Holly; secretary, ]. H. Hui
sart, Dover; treasurer, H. E. Harris, Ba
yonne. The headquarters of the associa
ton will be at the Ocean hotel, Asbur.
Park. An interesting programme ha
been prepared.
Justice Clevenger's Office was the seem
of an interesting trial on Thursday. Re
becca johnson sued Andrew and Mar,
Malsbury for 5000 damages caused b.
water flowing on the land of the forme
on Green street and damaging her proper
ty. Malsbury bought q strip of groun'
sometime since and built an embankmen
around an old water course. which cause
an overflow. The jury rendered yer
dict of $45 in favor of plaintiff. who wa
represented by Blanchard II. White an
Samuel w. Shinn. George Hillman cor
Quoted Malsbury's side of the case.
Isaac B. Fox was taken before Justic
Kraver ON Sunday charged with break