The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-11-30
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Samuel p Cline is having his store
property on Main street painted.
George Glass has resumed his position
as fireman at the electric light works.
Steam was used on the trolley road
Thursday while repairs were being made
to the engine at the power house.
William Holt has been removing the
stock and machinery Of his paper box
factory to Riverside during the past week
The annual reunion of the Twenty
fourth Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers,
will be held at Glassboro on December ID
The Rendell Shoe Company, of Tren.
ton, received an order two weeks ago from
Cincinnati that will keep them going fol
year.
Amos Gibbs has erected galvanized
awning in front of his property at the
corner of Main and Water streets, occu-
pied by grocer William A. Norcross.
Mrs. Joseph Southwi became i'll while
attending service at the Presbyterian
Church on Sunday morning. Her hus-
band, who was sent for, took her home.
An address on 1.-THE Bible" will be de-
livered by Rev. R. K. Braun, on Tuesday
evening, December 7, in the room of
Washington Council, No. 5, Jr. y. U. A. M.
At the sale on the William G. Lppin-
colt farm yesterday, the personal proper
ty sold at low prices. The farm was of
fered and withdrawn, the highest bid
being $50 per acre.
Members of A. E. Shiras Post are So
Letting subscriptions to assist in defraying
the expense Of supper which they will
give on Saturday, December II. These
worthy patriots should be literally sup
ported.
Michael Joselyn, of Chatsworth, was ad
mitted to the almshouse, on Tuesday. On
the previous Sunday he attempted to
commit suicide, and succeeded in cutting
quite cash in his throat, but it was not
of sufficient depth to result fatally.
A game of foot ball has at last been ar
ranged with Camden A. A. 1t will be
played at Riverton next Saturday after
noon at 2 o'clock. This will be we'll
worth witnessing and should be attended
by those who want to see good game.
Judge Armstrong. of Camden, delivered
lecture in the Baptist Church on "The
Constitution of the United States" to a
fair sized audience, last evening. The
judge is very pleasing speaker and the
lecture was listened to with marked at
tention.
Rev. William Dayton Roberts. of Cam
den, has accepted call to the First Pres
byterian Church, of Williamsport, Pa.
Mr.. Roberts received this call some time
ago, and only accepted after mature DELHI
Grafton and much hesitancy about leaving
the Camden Church.
Rev. A. Lawrence, former pastor OF
the M. E. Church here, and now of Ham
ilton Avenue M. E. Church, Trenton,
preached on Sunday, having exchanged
with Rev. Milton Relyes. Rev. Mr.. Law
renee was pastor here during the building
of the new M. E. Church.
Mount Holly's second eleven and Bris-
toll played warmly contested game OF
foot ball Thursday afternoon at the lat
ter place Bristol winning by the score OF
6 to 4. In the first half Mount Holly made
touch down and kept Bristol from scor-
ing. In the second half Bristol made q
goal and touch down, scoring six.
An arrangement with Bishop McCabe
has been effected with the committee ap.
pointed at the preachers meeting,at Cam
den, that changes the date of holding the
session Of the New Jersey Annual Confer
ence from the last week in April to March
goth. The conference will be held at
Camden, in the Broadway Church.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the
H. B. Smith Machine Company, held at
Smithville on Saturday, the following
officers were elected President, William
s. Kelley vice president, Elton A. Smith
secretary and superintendent. George A.
Lippincott; treasurer, Charles FL. Chick.
ering directors, Joseph H. Gaskill, Will
liam O'Byrne and A. M. Hall.
The Board of Education of Mount Holly
had a regular meeting on Friday evening.
Robert S. Gaskill and Jerome B. Grieg
were appointed committee to draft suit
able resolutions on the death of DIR. W.
M. Risdon. The ianitor was directed to
hang the school flag at half-mast, and the
schools were ordered closed at noon yes
terdsy. The Board adjourned until this
evening. as
On Friday Sheriff Fleetwood sold the
Silver Lake property, at Burlington, to
the Burlington Savings Institution for
$4.7l050. These properties were sold on
Saturday House and lot of Robert and
Ann McDermott, at Palmyra, to Charles
p. Dobbins. 5000; farm of Charles D. Mar
ter. in Beverly township. to Edmund M
Evans, $500; house of Hannah Brown
at Bordentown, to Josephine Williams
$3.50.
A thief broke the large plate glass win
dow of Harry M. Abdill's shoe store abou
three O'Clock this morning and stole
pair of shoes and few odd ones An Of
fort was first made to break the small
pane on the end with chisel but thi
failed. The large glass was broken with
plank, after which he grabbed the shoe
and ran away. Mrs. w. B. Ogburn, liv
ing opposite, heard the crash and notified
the police, but the thief escaped.
number of persons haye visited thu
railroad freight yard the past few days Il
see small gasoline engine that is bein
experimental with to furnish the powe
for a flying machine. 1t was brough
here by Prof. Langley, of New York, an,
Prot. Elfreth Watkins, of Washington, t
be tried on the tracks of the Medford rail
road, as there is not much traffic on tina
road to interfere with the experiments
The engine was mounted on a hand cal
which it propelled on Saturday at a rat
of six miles an hour. The power is az
Piled to two propeller blades, each abou
four feet long and covered with muslin
the rapid revolutions of which drive th
car forward. that motion being first de
sired in flying machine, after which, l