The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-30
LOCAL NEWS.


The Mercer county wheelmen have a
run scheduled to Mount Holly for May 9.
Five of the public school teachers were
off duty at one time last week, owing to
illness.
Seven candidates are to take their third
degree in the Knights of Pythias on Fri
day evening
be given in the hall at Smithville to-mor-
row evening
The Northampton Board of Education
on Thursday night elected franklin Dill
as distric. clerk.
Don't put too much confidence in what
you see or hear on Thursday, as it will be
the first of April.
The petit jury for the May term of court
will be drawn at tie Court House on the
18th day of April.
Franklin P. Endicott is in the west
purchasing lot of horses. He will have
another sale soon.
Court Crier Barzillai L. Thompson has
been suffering with an attack of rheuma-
tism in his hand.
Harley Shemeley and William Heller,
the turkey thieves, will be taken to state
prison tomorrow.
The ordinance of baptism was admins
tered to two persons at the Baptist Church
on Sunday evening.
The sacrament of the Lords supper
will be administered at the Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning.
Carlton Gardner has been given the
contract to carry the mail between
Moorestown and Mount Laurel.
A cow belonging to ex-Sheriff Town
send gave birth to twin calves last week.
One of them died Sunday night.
The directors of the Y NJ C. A. have
decided to postpone for the present the
supper that was in contemplation.
William Taylor has been very i'll with
the mumps at his home on the Hankin-
son farm, just beyond the fair ground.
Rev. R. A. Rodrick will conduct the
service at the hospital next Sunday
afternoon at Ais. The public is invited.
Benjamin Seaman, of White street, has
been dangerously i'll for the past few days,
and it was thought he could not recover.
Senator Parry's bill, providing for COM
missioners to take the place of boards of
freeholders, was defeated in the Senate
last night.
The Jail officials are proud of new 60
candle power Welsbach lamp that has
been placed in front of the prison by the
Gas Company. 1t makes very brilliant
light.
There will be public meeting at the
court house on Wednesday evening of
next week to reorganize the Mount
Holly Board OF Trade. Efforts will then
be made to boom business here.
Rev. James NJ Crowell, of Philadel-
phia, who preached in the Presbyterian
Church on Sunday, spoke entertainingly
ON the work of the American Sabbath
School Union, of which he is the secre-
tary.
John w. Lynch will cease his labors as
general secretary of the Young Mems
Christian Association on Thursday, April
9Th, and will enter the ministry, assuming
charge of the Methodist Episcopal Church
at Riverside.
The police have just been notified of
the theft of about half ton of brass
from the T. H. Risdon machine shops.
The thieves broke open window in the
rear part of the shops. The theft took
place two weeks ago.
Petitions are being circulated against
the Delaware river dam project at Tren-
ton. The bill has passed both houses of
the Legislature and is now in the Cover
nor's hands. He will listen to public
hearings on the matter before acting on
the bill
Freedom G. Lippincott, former resi-
dent of Burlington county, has been
named for City Treasurer, by the Demo-
Gratis of Camden. Mr.. Lippincott lived in
Evesham township when a resident of
this county, removing to Camden several
years ago.
At recent meeting of the directors of
the Marlton Turnpike Company. propo-
sition to turn the road over to the county
was discussed, but nothing definite was
done. The road is we'll built, and, with
a few repairs, would be as good as any or
binary road in the county.
John H. Bidwell, who recently moved
from Germantown to Mount Holly, has
begun the erection of his factory for the
manufacture of hammocks, school bags,
ETC., on West Washington street. When
completed it is said that about sixty
hands will be employed.
A free lecture, under the auspices of the
Epworth League, will be given in the
Methodist Church, on Friday evening, by
Rev. J. W. Marshall, D. d., of Camden.
Subject, Eighteen hundred feet below
Sierras the Columbia River the Rising
of the Sun on Mt. Tacoma"
A gang of thieves made a raid on the
town of Rancocas last Friday night, and
though they got into several houses and
turned things topsy turvey, they secured
little booty. The houses visited were
those OF DR.. William Martin, Harry
Leeds, Richard Lippincott and Horace
Haines.
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the Mount Holly post office: John
Austin, Miss Mary g. Battersby, William
II. Brewer, Mrs. Lizzie F. Gardner, Sara
A. Gibbs, B. Haines, ]. Howell, ESQ.,,
Clayton Rogers, Mrs. Hannah Sutton,
Mrs. Rachel Traiser, d. C. Wilkins, Mrs.
Caroline Warner.
Do not fail to attend the birthday social
at the Methodist Church on Thursday
evening. Each person attending will be
expected to bring penny for each year
of their age. There will be an interest
ing programme and the refreshments will
be free. The Heavenly Twins are ex-
pected to be present
Sheriff Fleetwood denies the state
ment which appeared in the Burling-
ton Gazette on Wednesday, wherein 1t
was stated that he was instrumental