The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1896-12-22
LOCAL NEWS.
The days are now growing longer.


THE News wishes all It's friends and pa
irons merry Christmas.
A new turn-table is being constructed
at the Vincentown station.
The Misses Wyllie will close their
school on Thursday for the holidays.
John Younker. of Lumberton, sold his
household goods at public sale on Satur-
day.
Fred Shreve is said to have been the
first man out with a sleigh on Tuesday
evening.
Apples brought from $1.25 to $1.75 per
barrel at the public sale at the freight
station on Saturday.
Rev. II. G. Johnson, pastor of st. Paul's
Church, delivered an address at the Y. M.
c. A. rooms Sunday afternoon.
Owing to the removal of George Cole
man to Masonville, Harry Branin has
been appointed janitor of the opera house.
Joseph w. Colkitt is now proprietor of
the -four and feed store on Mill street,
which he purchased of Henry M. Thorn
son.
Joseph J. White, of New Lisbon, has
disposed of his entire crop of cranberries.
large shipment was made to San Fran
cisco.
Anniversary exercises of the Trinity,
st. Andrews, Baptist and Methodist Sun
day schools will be held on Thursday
evening.
The Sharp farm of 80 acres, near Ma
sonville, now occupied by Langdon Hen
erickson, has been sold to Mrs. Lizzie
Sharp for $4,000.
E. L. Pickett & Co. sold 100 money
purses to the M. E. Sunday school last
week, which are to be given out as Christ
mas presents to the infant scholars.
The Christmas exercises by the primary
department of the Baptist Sunday school,
in charge of Mrs. Daniel Suffer, will be
held this evening, and promise to be very
interesting.
Lieutenant E. C. Bullock, of the Sew
enth cavalry, U. s. A, died of pneumo-
mia, on Tuesday, at San Bernardino ranch,
Arizona. He was native of Jobstown,
where his mother is still living.
DIR. J. Hume Carter went to Philadel-
phia on Wednesday and performed diff
ficult surgical operation on horse. While
walking down Chestnut street the doc
tors large fur overcoat attracted much at
tention.
Ex.Sheriff William A. Townsend re-
moved to his farm in Mansfield township
on Thursday lie leaves behind many
friends who regret his departure. On the
same day Sheriff Fleetwood removed to
Mount Holly.
Bickford & Co., machinists, of Mount
Holly, who have branch shop at Prince
ton, have a contract to do the electric
wiring in President Cleveland's new res
idence recently purchased there. Jesse
Bickford will do the work.
The anniversary exercises of the Jobs
town Baptist Sunday school'will be held
on Wednesday evening, December 80.
There will be music. recltations, dialogues,
tableaux, ETC.. which may be witnessed
for an admission of 10 cents
The Brotherhood of the Union held a
meeting on Wednesday evening, and after
the exercises were over a collation. was
served. Several grand lodge officers we're
present, and there were visitors from
Smithville, Masonvile and Pemberton.
The Philadelphia Watch Case Benef-
cial Association. of Riverside. has filed
articles of incorporation in the county
clerks office. The incorporators are:
President. Harry R. Gaul; secretary,
James Nelson; treasurer, Theodore Eur
brugg.
Joseph H. Deacon, who at one time was
a farmer near Lumberton, died sudden
" in Camden. on Wednesday night, from
apoplexy. He was SO years of age. De-
ceased was a brother of B. Frank Dea-
con, and father of Benjamin II. Deacon,
of Mount Holly.
Samuel w. Shinn has sold the Gleason
farm at Pemberton to John B. Trick, of
Vincentown, for 81, 800 Mr.. Shinn has
also sold the Horace B. Lippincott farm,
at Jobstown. which he recently purchas-
ed at sheriff's sale. to Mrs. Hope Butter
worth, of Pemberton.
An elderly gentleman who was sitting
in the cars Wednesday morning, gazing
intently at the large influx of school
teachers who came here to attend the in
stitute, was heard to remark: "What
a shame to make such pretty birds come
out in this bad weather"
Rev. J. II. Durham, pastor of the Pres
tyterian Church, who was to haye de-
livered special sermon to the children
on Sunday morning, was not present ow-
ing to the death of his brother, who died
on Saturday. Rev. DR.. Crowell, of Phil
adelphia occupied the pulpit.
The supper given at the residence of
George d. Worrell, on Thursday evening"
was pronounced success. The net pro-
ceeds amounting to $4,000. have been
handed over to the Y. M. G. A. l.. H.
Park & Co., of Philadelphia, furnished
the coffee for the supper and sent man
to make it.
The remains OF John K. Tripler were
taken to Philadelphia for burial on Thurs
day. His nephew. Isaac 81. Wainwright,
who was down south on a cunning trip.
did not arrive home in time to attend the
interment. The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company rendered special car for use of
the funeral cortege.
The following unclaimed mail remains
in the Mount Holly post Office: Letters
Mrs. Dora Briks, Mrs. Dora Emma Brown,
Miss Elizabeth Campbell, Ed. Dannely,
Mrs. Anna B. HUM, Mrs. Kate Newbold,
Mrs. Elizabeth Ryan, Frank Star, Mrs.
Elizabeth K. Wells, William P. Younker
Postals-W. H. Weigle.
The commissioners to assess the bene-
fits derived by persons owning property
along the new stone road from Mount
Holly to Pemberton met last week. The
residents nearest Mount Holly are pretty
we'll satisfied, but those on the Pemberton
end are complaining pretty loudly over
the expense they will be put to.
Company was inspected by Col. D. B.
Murphy on Thursday evening. The
Colonel said it was one of the best IN
spections he ever held, the guard mount
receiving special praise. After taps the
officers entertained in the Arcade hotel