The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-26
LOCAL NEWS.

the creek at Hainesport.
The Pennsylvania Railroad tracks be
tween Burlington and Camden wer
sprinkled with oil Friday.
A carload of the famous brand of as
paragus put up by Jones & Ireland, wa
shipped to England last week.
Rev. Milton Relyea attended class re
union at New Hayen, Conn, last week
He reports very pleasant time.
Charles Wiedmayer will sell his house
hold goods at his residence on Gardel
street, tomorrow afternoon, beginning a
one o'clock.
On Thursday, at Burlington, Sheriff
Fleetwood will sell the property of Georg
w. Gage & Son, shoe manufacturers 0
that city.
Rev. G. NJ. Perkins, of Salem, formerly
of Mount Holly, preached in st. Andrew
Church on Sunday. In exchange with Rev
r. A. Rodrick.
William Holt has bought the Clayton
zelley land, on the Jacksonville road
which was recently sold by tue sheriff
The price paid was $500.
Mrs. Z. M. Thatcher, of Florence, hal
gone to Toronto as delegate to the
worlds convention of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union.
Remember the supper to be given in the
gymnasium of st. Andrews Church on
Wednesday aud Thursday evenings. The
bill of fare will be elegant.
Tuesday, November 9, will be donation
day at the Burlington County Hospital.
Contributions of money, food, clothing,
ETC., will be much appreciated.
The Volunteers of America will prob
ably not hold extra religious meetings
here, owing to their inability to secure
the use of any of the local churches.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Sons OF
Veterans gave lunch box social in their
hall on Water street on Friday night. The
storm somewhat interfered with the at
tendance.
There are LOO C. E. societies In New
Jersey. 1913 were added the past year.
The total membership is 40,703. The So
cities have given $12, 567.51 to missions
during the year.
The HI. B. Smith Machine Co. has been
offered the contract to manufacture new
ly-patented bicycle lamp, which is abso-
lutely non-extingulshable and has num-
Der of other good features.
The fact that Henry Beebe was ac-
quilted of burning the barn of DIR. Brown
is giving general dissatisfaction at Vincen-
town. as the people there think the boy
should have been committed to the reform
school.
Burglars entered the store of Mathis
Bros, at New Gretna, on Tuesday night
They bored into the safe and removed
the tumblers in the lock, and stole $I10
and two gold watches. The work had
the appearance of that of professionals.
A shooting match will take place at
Grant Davis hotel, at Centerton. on
Thursday, at one o'clock P M, for a
sweepstakes. Nottingham rules will gov
ern the match There will be plenty of
birds for other matches.
Robert Ryan, of Mount Holly, who
went fishing at Centreton bridge, on Tues
day, had the proverbial fisherman's i'll
luck, as he fell overheard. Robert was very
much scared on account of being unable
to swim. He was fshed out by DR.. Van
Derveer and Grant Davis.
DIR. ]. Hume Carter was called to Co
lumbus few days since to attend to sew
eral horses and cows belonging to G. Craig
Tallman, which accidentally got into the
barn and ate large quantity of threshed
wheat. They became very i'll, but all
were saved with the exception of young
horse.
New ballot boxes for Northampton
township have been received by Free
holder Edward A. Colby. They are su-
perior to the old ones. The election of
ficers will be required to put each ballot
in tin tube, six hundred of which came
with each box. The three boxes and tubes
cost $3.50.
The farmer who is getting good price
for his potato crop does not care a CONT
mental for wailings of the free traders
over the 25 cent duty on each bushel of
foreign grown potatoes. If it were not
for that the country would be flooded,
and the home producer would be as poor
ly off as he was last year.
At the Methodist parsonage in Mount
Holly, on the Sd of last April, occurred
the marriage of Ezekias W. Esham and
Lillian A. Field, a school teacher of Phil
adelphia. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Milton Relyea. Mr.. and Mrs
Esham have gone to housekeeping on
Cherry street.
The wedding of Harry Hawkins, Jr.,
and Miss Clara King Gaskill took place
on Wednesday evening at the residence
of the brides father, Edward B. Gaskill.
Rev. Martin Aigner officiated. Miss
Clara Morris, niece of the bride, acted as
flower girl. After the wedding supper
the couple left for Philadelphia.
William B. Tomlinson has been after
some chicken thieves with hot shot lately.
He fred his gun at man who was carry
ing of some of his fowls, but with what
result he has not yet ascertained. Several
other farmers have been similarly visited
by these midnight marauders and some
fine pullets have been carried off.
For a while there was reason to be-
lieve that George Kellock knew who had
hand in stealing copper wire from along
the trolley road, and that he would proba-
bly, give some information to the authori-
ties. Previous to his departure to the
state prison he was closeted with two de-
tectives, and although they used him lib
orally, nothing was learned that would
throw light on the mystery.
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the Camden County Clerks Office, on
Thursday, by the Philadelphia and Daw-
son City Gold Mining Company. The OBJ
iects are to conduct a general mining bust
ness In Alaska The capital stock is $3.50,
600, and the amount paid in is $1,000.
The corporators are Robert Balfour and
Richard T. Crappen, of Philadelphia, and
Frank Lyster, of Palmyra.
The Grand Lodge of the United Work