The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-22

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June weddings have been quite numer-
Gus in Burlington county this year.
Miss Addie Atkinson has placed neat
iron fence IN front of her yard on Main
street.
james Gardner has left McIlvain's gro
Gerry store and accepted clerkshlp with
William Atkinson.
TheSunior Epworth League of the
Methodist Church is picnicing in the
Smithville woods to-day.
Some 200 copies of the Inquirer were
lost in transit. ON Sunday, that had been
shipped to Mount Holly.
Miss Maude II. Folwell, of Mount
Holly, has been elected as teacher in the
Moorestown High School.
Mrs. Daniel Suffer resigned as teacher
Sunday school on Sunday.
Another large order for moulding ma
chimes has been received from Sweden by
the H. B. Smith Machine Company.
Rev. J. H. Durham will conduct the
service at the hospital next Sunday at
ternoon at 415. The public is invited.
Charles Vansant, ST., who has been at
the hospital for several weeks. is now Ill
at the residence of his son, Clifton Van
SAINT.
A COW belonging to Ezekiel Mount, at
Georgetown, was killed by lightning while
standing under tree In field on Sunday
morning.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Baptist
Church will hold strawberry festival on
Saturday evening in the lecture room of
the church.
Rev. Norman " p Lewis occupied the
pulpit of Trinity Church on Sunday morn
ing. He will preach at ST. Andrews
Church next Sunday.
Black mohair skirts, ladies' linen collars
and cuffs, ruchings, ties and laces. Do
not forget the 40 cent shirt waists at s. S.
Evans, % Main street.
John r. Howell has improved the en-
trance to his insurance Office, on Main
street, by putting in a large single door.
the glass of which is to be lettered.
At the 8 o'clock service, held Sunday
morning in the Sacred Heart Church,
there were fifty young boys and girls, all
dressed in white, who partook of their
| first communion.
On Wednesday William Rogers, living
on Water street, set seventy snapper
hooks along the lower creek. When he
took them up he found snapper on
every hook but one.
Thomas, the young son of Samuel A.
Atkinson, fell down a. flight of stairs at
his home, on Sunday, for the third time.
He escaped without receiving any inju-
ries. When he received his second tum-
BILE the little fellow broke off four front
teeth.
On Tuesday night large barn on the
farm of E. Budd Heisler, near Burlington,
was burned to the ground. One horse
so chickens, $50 bushels of corn, and lot
of hay and straw, and all the farming
utensils were destroyed. The fire is sup
posed to have been of incendiary origin.
Fred Curtis, of Water street, was arrest
ed yesterday for the alleged larceny of
boat belonging to Samuel J. Taylor. The
craft was moored to Mayors wharf; from
there it disappeared and when discovered
1t was found on Curtis property. The
young man was held under 500 bail Tor
court by Justice Slack.
The prompt and liberal settlement of
the Frisbie loss CSC, 1907 has given the
Royal Insurance Company big boost
Al new policies added to its schedule is a
pretty good showing since that loss oc-
Cured. Mr.. Howell says he can take care
of all that comes and the losses will be
settled as promptly as was Frisbie's.
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the post office Mr.. G. c. Dufie, The
Misses Gaskill, Charles Longstreet, Mr.
Risdon Milbright, Mrs. Alfred Moore,
Chas. NJ Newbold, Mr.. Jessie NJ. Powell, |
Mrs. L. Priestly. August Snyder. Postals
Miss Anna Haines, Mrs. Frank Hustled,
Mr.. Edward Mailer, Eli Parker, Mrs.
Nellie Thomas, Mr.. David Wilkins, Mr..
John Welbraid.
Since the township committee an
nounced its intention to improve the con-
dition of Water street, that thoroughfare
has been busy with improvements. In
addition 70 fba ruv,oh or u,bo ora o,,rh;no
many sidewalks are being filled in and
the bricks relaid. 1t has taken many
loads of dirt in some instances to raise
the walks to the proper line. No street
in town needs more attention than Water
street.
Samuel W. Shinn has been exercised
somewhat for day or two over the sup
posed loss of borrowed bicycle. The
machine was left standing against fence
on Saturday night, only for a short time,
while calling at q house on upper Main
street. A man employed at the fair
grounds came along. and thinking the
wheel was lost, took it with him to
await an owner. He delivered it to Mr..
Shinn last night.
Nearly all the townships surrounding
Mount Holly now have good bicycle paths
The one leading to the willows from
WOODLAND is almost worthless on account
of the heavy growth of weeds and grass
that has nearly covered it. few dollars
expended on this path, to cut the weeds
and widen it, would only be in apprecia-
ton of what others have done for the ri
ders of Mount Holly. The necessary
amount could easily be raised if the old
committee who built the path would So
licit the same. Why not put the path in
good shape before it is ruined?
Several changes took place in the Office |
of the Burlington County Democrat last |
week. Albert Cardwell, the foreman,
was requested to step down and out to
make room for a relative of one of the |
directors Then Elwell Shemeley, re-
porter, went out. but was re-engaged. H. |
c. Hale, business manager, resigned on
Saturday. and Thomas ]. Prickett, editor, |
rendered his resignation the same even
ing. but it was not accepted. Verify, the
Democrat has troubles of its own.
Miss Maud Kellogg led the Christian
EudeaVor meeting at the Presbyterian |