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

The Knights of Pythias will elect off.
GERS next Friday night.
There will be bicycle race at the Bor-
dentown driving park on July 5.
The midsummer change in the time
table will take effect next Sunday.
George w. Durand has laid new pave.
ment in front of his Water street proper
ty.
Some of the ox-heart cherr les about
town are being ruined by destructive
insect.
Ellis Parker, of Columbus, has been
sworn in as state detective by the Gov
ernor.
Charles Gauntt, the butcher, bravely
stopped runaway horse on Main street
last week.
The closing exercises of Brainard school
take place at the opera house on Thurs
day evening.
A new floor has been laid on the Bis
pham street bridge and the structure Is
being painted.
William Sulser has invented an i'm.
proved repeating rife, for which he has
applied for patent.
Howard Darnell, of Mount Laurel, sub
mitted to an operation in Philadelphia
hospital on Tuesday.
There will be picnic on the mount to-
the Methodist Church.
The Junior Mechanics, of Vincentown,
gave a successful fair and festival on Fri.
day and Saturday evenings.
Asa Roberts, the horse dealer of M ores-
town, says he has sold one b orse day on
an average for several years.
The Epworth League, of Lumberton,
gave a very enjoyable Japanese tea and
festival on Saturday evening.
A new barber shop has been opened at
the corner of Water and King streets by
William Brown, of Vincentown.
Annie Hart, who lives near Beverly, is
spending ten days in Jail for imbibing toe
freely of the cup that inebriates.
Job BadmintoD, machinist at the old
carpet mill, has at last secured employ
ment at the Amber mills in Kensington.
Samuel A. Atkinson has rented cot
tage at Lavallette for the season, and it
will be occu pied this week by his family.
1t is said that young married woman
of Mount Holly has disap 2eared after
failing to agree with her husbands family.
Howard Flanders, of Burlington, has
been appointed Supreme Court Commits
sioner by the Judges Of the Supreme
Court.
John A. Vansciver, of Camden, entered
bail before Justice Schmitz on Wednes-
day to answer charge of keeping dis
orderly house.
Some friends of Sheriff Fleetwood have
presented him with very fine piece of
statuary, which he will keep in the jail
Office to show his callers.
A large quantity of wild oats has
sprung up in various parts of Smithville.
Some say they are the wild oats sown by
residents in their younger days.
Mrs. Benjamin Fl. Deacon, of Broad
street, has been confined to the house for
some time from sprained ankle, which
she received while riding her bicycle.
Monday is the day set by law for the
observance of the 4th of July. During
the present century that day has come on
Sunday fourteen times. including the COM
ing one.
Lewis W. Ancker having resigned his
position as president of the Epworth
League of the Methodist Church, the va
cancy has been filed by the election of
Howard E. Alcott.
Samuel Heller, who was recently dis
charged from Jail, has been engaged to
canvass for the Collier Publishing Com
pany of New York. He will be employ
ed in the vicinity of Baltimore.
The armory of the 9th Regiment, at
Camden, was turned over to the state on
Saturday afternoon. This beautiful build
ing was erected by Harry Roydhouse
who is summering in Mount Holly.
1t seems as though fate is against the
clerks about town. Most every time when
their night off comes around it seems to
rain, As many of them ride wheels, this
circumstance is not appreciated to very
high degree.
In front of the Jail can be noticed q
young tree some fifteen inches high,
which is growing out of the stone ledge.
There is no earth from which it can alb
sorb nutriment, and the plant is healthy
in every respect.
United States Marshal Thomas ]. Al
colt, on Tuesday, seized 1896 glass eyes
that had been brought from Rotterdam
on the steamer Veindam, for non-pay-
ment of duty, which am ounted to 40 per
cent of their value.
Officer Denness. on Saturday, stopped a
peddler from doing business who was
selling goods on the instalment plan for a
Camden house. The horse and wagon
were taken possession of and will be held
until the fine is paid.
During the past week pipes have been
attached from the court house to the
sewer, which necessitated another tear up
of the stone read. The plumbers have
nearly finished the work of preparing a
toilet room for ladies.
Miss Erma Ireland, of Grant street.
gave very enjoyable lawn party, on Sat
urday evening, to large number of
friends The Chinese lanterns used for
decorating the yard, presented very
pretty sight.
Jerome Bruere, of Chicago, is visiting
his mother on Cottonwood street. Mr..
Bruere has resided in the west for some
fifteen years, but he has about made up
his mind to purchase property and To-
cate in Mount Holly.
Mrs. Sarah Lacey Ashhurst, widow of
the late DIR. Francis Ashhurst, died in
Philadelphia, on Friday, after an illness
of several months. The funeral took
place yesterday, interment being made in
Trinity burying ground, Mount Holly.
Surrogate Kirkbride has granted letters
testamentary on the estate of John Dono-
van, deceased, of Mount Laurel township,
to William r. Lippincott, of Fellowship !: