The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-01-26
LOCAL NEWS.

Examination is now in progress in the
public schools.
Mrs. Mary J. Combs died at her home
on Pine street, Sunday afternoon, of pneu
monia.
Mrs. Stacy B. Li2pincott gave delight
full luncheon at her residence on We'd
nesday afternoon.
The regular meeting Of the board Of
freeholders will be held on Wednesday
February 10th, at the court house.
A. W. Lofiand will have public sale
of an extra fine lot of horses, cows and
bulls, at Medford, Thursday, February 4th,
The Grand Lodge Colored Knights Of
Pythias met in Trenton last week. Joseph
Buck represented Enterprise Lodge Of
Mount Holly.
Laura Wilson, aged two years. infant
daughter of Thomas and Laura Wilson, OF
Jobstown, was buried on Saturday by
undertaken Keeler.
A handsome work team of mahogany
bay mares was purchased by ex-Sheriff
William A. Townsend, on Friday, of Asa
Roberts, of Moorestown.
Quite gathering of friends assembled
at the farm of Joseph Pew, on Thursday,
and in less than four hours they killed
and dressed thirg-seven hogs.
Edward Durand went to Smithville on
Tuesday and arranged to cut ice off the
pond belonging to the Smith estate. He
began operations on Wednesday.
The efforts to boom the knights of Py-
thias order in Mount Holly are meeting
with success, and candidates are being
initiated almost every Friday evening.
The large pipe foundry of R. D. Wood
& Co., at Florence, which has been idle
for short time, started up IN full, on
Wednesday, giving employment to some
800 men.
Sheriff sales are hereafter legal when
conducted on Saturdays. 1t is only when
such sales are made on that day at court
houses and jails that the Chancellor will
not confirm.
Mount Holly Lodge, No. IA, F. and A.
NJ, will attend service at Trinity Church
ON Sunday evening next. Ri. Rev. Leigh
ton Coleman, Bishop of Delaware. will be
the preacher.
Shiras Post, G. A. R., has made John
Throckmorton its quartermaster in place
of Robert M. Brown, because the latter.
after being elected, did not come forward
to be installed.
Or. David Baird, President of the Board
of Education, of Florence, says there is
no truth in the report that Prof. Haas is
to take the position of principal of the
Florence public school.
William Kiner, son of Edward Kiner.
the young man who delivers the daily pa
pers for Samuel S. Bower, is recovering
from a spell of sickness which at one
time bordered on pneumonia.
''Christian Endeavor day" will be OBJ
served in the Presbyterian Church on
Saturday evening The meeting will be
in charge of Mrs. Elmer D. Prickitt and
the Misses Mary Folwell and Mary Bar
rows.
The employees of Bowker's shoe factory,
on Thursday, raised sum of money
equal to weeks wages, and presented 1t
to James Gibbs the engineer who was
stricken with paralysis the week pre-
ylous.
It was thought that nightwatchman
Job Collins would distinguish himself the
first night he went on duty by capturing
a burglar, but the alarm proved to be on
ly the rafting of window at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Charles Wills.
A telephone message received from
Philadelphia this morning says that Den
nets restaurant and number of adjacent
buildings on Market street. that city,
have been destroyed by fire, and that the
flames have spread to Wanamakers OPP
posite.
After FIVE days on the beach near Pea
hala, the British steamer Bodsworth.
Captain Fox, from Pernambuco for New
York, was foated at IL o'clock, Friday
night, and sailed for New York in charge
of wrecking tugs. A constant use of
pumps was necessary TO keep her adoat.
On Sunday morning Rev. J. Fl. Dun
ham, pastor of the Presbyterian Church.
preached from the subject: "The Sunday
School Idea its History and Meaning"
In the evening his theme was "The Grim
SON SINS" Mr.. and Mrs. Charles K.
Chambers and Joseph Huff sang. an APP
propriate selection.
At the meeting of the quarterly confer
ence of the Central M. E. Church, Tren-
ton, on Friday, Rev. DIR. James Moore,
the pastor, expressed the belief that
change in the pastoral relation would be
desirable at the coming conference. He
believes in the old-fashioned doctrine of
three years at a station.
Annie Higgins is in jail on charge of
bigamy. She married man named Hug
gins, of Lemontown. He left her and she
applied to the township for support. An
investigation showed that she had hus-
band living at Atco, named John Ander-
son. Higgins is minor, and his father
entered complaint against the woman.
The following mail remains in the
Mount Holly post Office unclaimed: Fred
Anderson, MISS E. B. Armstrong, Miss
Elizabeth Atkinson, Miss Elizabeth Baer,
Mrs Saul Clevenger, Miss Lille Connell,
Mr.. Earl, Mrs. Martie Garon, Capt. Merit
w. Harris, w. B. Holbrook, Frank Kelly,
John Osbon, Miss Emily Stockton, Chas.
Tilton, Mr.. DAVIS, Miss Grace Knowles,
Geo. A. Rogers.
The Union League, of Palmyra, has
elected these officers President, James
I. Miller; vice presidents, DIR. William
A. Cortright, James E. Russell, Robert M.
Gorrell; secretary, Frank w. Smith
treasurer, Charles H. Crowell; executive
committee, William B. Strang 81. II.
Temple, G. H. Umstead, George N. Wi
mer, John E. Marten, John G. Horner,
A. N. Stewart.
An interesting legal contest will soon
begin in the Orphans court, this county,
over the will of William Reed, deceased
resident of Palmyra. The contestants
are Maria and Lucy Reed, and both claim
to be the widow of William. The will,
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