The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-10-12

Miss Pearla Huff is acting as book
keeper in Parsons meat market.
John K. Williamson has removed fron
Rutland avenue to Germantown, Pa.
William Newcomb, the moulder, has sc
cured employment at Baltimore. Md.
"Peck's Bad Boy" and some other bat
boys will appear at the opera house to
morrow night.
Fred Claypoole is acting as messenge
boy in the office of the Western Uniol
Telegraph Office.
Albert Taylor, the telegraph operator a
East Moorestown station, has been trans
ferred to Hartford.
Theodore Wright was at Camden las
week, acting as baggage master at thu
Haddon avenue station.
J. Frederick Shaw led the youn,
peoples prayer meeting in the Baptis
Church on Sunday evening.
The condition of James Stewart hal
been very alarming to his relatives anC
friends for the past few days.
The entertainment which Miss Edit
L. Black, of Jobstown, recently gave fol
the missionary cause, Melted over 500.
Several Mount Holly mechanics have
found employment in Burlington of late
notably painters, masons and shoe ope
rators.
According to orders from Chief Collins
the Relief and America Fire Companies
will answer the next call for assistance
out of town.
The Fl. B. Smith Machine Co. is making
arrangements to open branch Office ant
store at Atlanta, Ga, to be the southern
headquarters.
The Beverly Athletic Association will
give theatre benefit at the Broad Street
Theatre, Philadelphia. on Thursday even
ing, November 49,
Clarence T. Atkinson will go to Massa
chusetts on October 20 to assist George
Fred Williams in his campaign for Cover
nor of the Bay State.
The members of st. Luke's Church, al
Columbus, will have tea and cake sale
in Haryey's ice cream parlors on Friday
afternoon and evening.
A lodge of the Daughters of America
was instituted at Vincentown on Thurs
day night. The floor work was perform.
ed by members of Medford lodge.
Policeman Denness circled around
among the truck dealers Friday morning,
as complaint had been made of their en-.
croaching too much ON the side walk.
The first and second degrees were con.
ferred by the K nights of Pythias on Fri.
day night. A delegation from Pemberton
came down to SUE the work performed.
George Glass, whose leg was recently
broken by fall on the Water street
bridge, is improving slowly. Last week
he was up on crutches for short time.
Dame rumor says that one of our popu-
lar young business men on Main street is
preparing to take out life policy on the
affections of young lady living in Mount
Holly.
James Mortland, the Mount Laurel
stage driver, who recently lost the con-
tract for carrying the mail, was last week
arrested for keeping the words gu. s.
Mail" on his coach after having been or
dered to remove them.
Several persons here have received in
vitations to the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
L. Powell, of Harrisburg, Pa, which is
announced for the Goth instant Mr.. Pow
ell was former resident of Mount Holly.
A new scheme that is now being prac-
ticed by the note raisers is to 60 into a
store, make one or two small purchases,
and while the goods are being put up ask,
"Can you take that out of a twenty ?" Ifa
negative answer is given the worthless
note is not shown.
On Tuesday night thief smashed q
large plate glass window in Adams drug
store, on Cooper street, Beverly, with a
brick, and stole a revolver and several
boxes of cartridges. Nothing else was
taken, although the window was full Of
valuable articles.
Senator Robert B. EngIe has been max
ing some extensive improvements to his
residence on RIdgway street, one OF
which is an addition on the east side
which has been fitted up handsomely as a
bath room. George D. Worrell has placed
In the house system of water heating.
The election boards will sit to-day to
compile their registers. Two of these will
be posted in each ward tomorrow for
public inspection, and they should be ex.
amined by every voter. At this sitting
of the board names will be added and
stricken from the list as occasion de.
m ands
The guests to the Woolston- Norcross
wedding on Thursday who desire to at
tend the reception, can leave Mount Hol.
ly on the 73O P. M. train to Ewanville,
where carriages will be in waiting to take
them to the house. There will be spe.
cial train to leave Ewanville at 1910 for
Mount Holly and Philadelphia.
On Friday morning Coroner Grobler
viewed the remains of the 4-year-old
child of Aaron Rambo, living at Wood
lane station, which died on Wednesday
night of conyulsions before the arrival OF
a physician. About a year ago the child
fell and never fully recovered. AS death
resulted from natural causes burial GER
tificate was issued.
William A. Slaughter, of Lynchburg,
Va. is visiting DR.. and Mrs. William M.
Risdon. Last month Mr.. Slaughter passed
successful examination and was adj
mitted to practice as an attorney and
counsellor at law, the honor having been
conferred by the Supreme Court of the
state of Virginia. Mr.. Slaughter studied
under his brother-in-law, Judge Duke, OF
Charlottesville. He has not decided yet
where he will locate.
The regular meeting of the Burlington
County Teachers Association was held on
Saturday, in the Brainard street school
house. Heretofore it has been the GUS
tom to have business meeting followed
by lectures on various subjects, but on Sat
urday it was determined to change this
procedure. The lectures will give way to
classes, which will be conducted by teach.
ers who will instruct on the subjects as
signed, as follows: Algebra, Wilbur Watts
Literature, Mrs. Ella Aitken; German
Miss Doert.
Letters of administration have beer
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