The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-28


killed at Magnolia.
The infant son of Joseph Powell, Jr.,
died Friday at the Arcade hotel.
Needed repairs have been completed on
the organ in st. Andrews Church.
Now is the time to pull in your straw
hats, duck trousers and hammocks.
DR.. W. w. Whitehead, having disposed
of his practice. will remove to Boston.
Miss Amy Whitehouse has gone to Bor-
dentown to act as nurse for Miss Anna R.
Burr.
The post Office at RiYerton will be rails
ed from the fourth to the third class on
October l.
Horsepower cutters are now being used
by some of the farmers in gathering their
corn crop.
Rodman W. Bowker is Frightening the
appearance of his shoe factory with fresh
coat of paint.
John K. Scattergood is acting as an
Adams express agent at Trenton, during
the fair this week.
Captain Lutte has presented the public
school at Hainesport with an American
flag and pole complete.
The Beverly wheelmen gave very sue
cessful clam bake, Saturday afternoon,
along the bank of the Delaware.
There was quite an attendance at the
opening of the dancing academy in the
Masonic Temple on Friday evening
A horse belonging to Samuel R. Gilbert,
of Jacksonville, was recently badly cut
by running into barbed wire fence.
The Funeral Benefit Association of the
Jr. o. U. A. NJ, of New. Jersey, will hold
its annual session at Trenton on October
19.
few nights since John p L. Atkins
found his fence on fire. Several fires of
this character have been discovered of
late.
Thieves are again at work on the rail-
road. On Thursday night 100 feet of the
copper feed wire on the trolley road was
stolen.
The track on the fair grounds is getting
in bad shape for want of use 1t is COW
cred with rough sand ridges that have
been blown up by the winds.
The members of the Knights of Pythias
are again hustling for new material, and
are being received from
Lumberton, Pemberton and other places.
William Monahan. of Moorestown, who
was brought to Jail on Tuesday in order
that his sanity might be inquired into,
was committed to the Trenton asylum on
Friday.
The United States grand jury met at
Trenton, on Tuesday. The members from
this section are: James w. Caldwell, Cross
wicks William w. Worrell, Joseph G.
King don. Mount Holly George L. Shinn,
New Egypt.
County Clerk Worrell last week issued
licenses to George H. Robinette,
of Wilmington, Delaware, and Lille Hall,
of RiYerton Frank Griscom, of Phil
adelphia, and Flora Abel Lippincott, of
Mount Holly.
Surrogate Kirk bride has fitted up COM
Portable quarters for himself in the small
room adjoining his Office. The place is
carpeted, contains comfortable furniture,
has gas, heat, etc., and is a pleasant room
in which to pass idle time.
The twelfth annual convention of the
Womens Christian Temperance Union
of Burlington county will be held in the
M. E. Church, Delanco, on Friday. Ladies
from twelve different towns in the county
will take part in the exercises
Judge Miller in Camden on Wednesday
formally dismissed the case OF Ere edom
G. Lippincott, who contested the election
Of George G. FELTON, as City Treasurer of
The case will now 90 to the
Supreme Court for review at the Novem-
Der term.
The Burlington county members of the
United States petit jury for the present
term are: Henry Asher, Edward S. Buzz
by, Elwood E. Carslake, Absalom E. Cox.
Howard Hance, franklin B. Keeler,
Lewis P. Thompson, Bordentown; Blan-
chsrd II. White, Pemberton.
One of the old Camden & Amboy shops
at White Hill has been leased and is be.
ing put in readiness for the manufacture
of chains for crane, dredging and various
other purposes. 1t will be known as the
White Hill Chain-Works and will give
to quite number of men.
Douglass Fisher, of Southampton town
ship, was arrested some months ago on
charge of cutting down and carting away
forty trees belonging to Buchanan &
Smock. His bondsmen having given up
his bail, Fisher was arrested again and
spent Tuesday night in Jail. On Wednes-
day his father went his security in the
sum of $780,
Commodore James Comfy, who has been
spending the summer at the seashore. ar
rived home from Beach Haven last week.
His launch Panku reached Mount Holly
on Saturday, having been brought over
land from West Creek on wagon. Since
its departure from here last spring the
launch has sailed distance of over 1900
miles.
Imlaystown, the village which was the
scene of disastrous fire on Sunday, has a
merchant who is hustler. His name is
B. P. Maulsbury, his general store having
been completely cleaned out. He at once
secured the Knights of Pythias Hall, and
on Tuesday went to Trenton with six
wagons furnished by neigh boring farmers
to bring back the stock of goods he pur-
chased, and began selling again at once.
Widows of veterans will do well to be
on their guard against swindler travel
ing through this State who represents
that he can have their pension increased.
He charges fee of SIS for preliminary ex-
penses, and that is the last the widow sees
or hears of him. He is about 40 years
old, feet inches tall, of medium build
and dark complexion, and has brown
mustache and side whiskers. He speaks
German and nglish.
]. J. Hughes, of Brooklyn, N. Y, as
sumed an active interest in the Bidwell
hammock factory on September l. Henry