The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-14

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Pine street bridge by Freebooter Colby.
Walter 7. Stewart will probably manag,
Mount Holly's foot ball team this season
John D. Clevenger will conduct the ser
vices at the hospital, on Sunday afternoon
at 4.15.
Much complaint is being made of tbs
poor condition of the King street draw
bridge.
The tramps that have been camping in
Bispham's bog, have gone to the cranberry
districts.
A number Of friends gave David Evan
of Burlington, surprise party on Wed
nesday night.
Howard Cooper, who has been suffering
from typhoid fever, is able to be out, al
though very weak.
John Seeds, ST., of Bridgeborough, has
disposed of his household goods and will
remove to the south.
Floyd Townsend, son of ex-Sherif
Townsend, bagged six fine gray squirrels
before breakfast one morning last week.
On Wednesday morning DIR. Wander
veer placed very pretty cupola on top Of
his barn, which adds much TO its appear
ance.
The politicians gathered in force at
Mount Holly on Saturday and discussed
their various booms with numerous
friends.
James Corners. of Pemberton, was over
come by the heat in Philadelphia, on Fri
day, and was taken to the Pennsylvania
hospital.
A few days since about 200 pounds Of
copper wire was stolen at Browns Mills,
from the line connecting the dynamo with
the hotel.
At the annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the Mount Holly Shoe Com.
pany. on Tuesday, all the old officers
were reelected.
The colored camp meetings in this sec.
ton have been visited by light-fngered
person who has been successful in com.
hitting several thefts.
William l. Brown, formerly of Mount
Holly. has entered the printing business
in Philadelphia with William ]. Fitz-
maurice as his partner.
Thomas Newman, of Smithville, caught
pike on Thursday last in the creek
above the dam there, weighing 81 pounds
and measuring "a inches in length.
The Birmingham Inn will soon close.
Although the season has been short yet it
has been quite successful. There has been
as high as eighty guests there at one time.
A lawn and box social for the benefit Of
the Asbury M. E. Church rent fund will
be held at the residence of William s.
Anderson, Taylor's lane, on Saturday
evening next.
Joel Rossell, former resident of Mount
Holly. who farms the William Borden
place on the Oxmead road fell from the
NOW of his barn on Thursday and severe
ly injured bis back.
Irwin II. Rodenbaugh, who was con
victed of stealing bicycle from Luther
w. Perkins, of Beverly, was taken to
Trenton, on Thursday, to serve six
months in state prison.
The young peoples prayer meeting to
be held in the Baptist Church next Sun
day evening will be in charge of Miss
Alice Shinn and Miss Lille Worrell. The
topic will be- ''The Only Satisfying God. :
While assisting in unloading hogsheads
at Jones canning factory on Thursday.
one of them rolled out of the wagon and
struck Charles Flowers, cutting cash in
his forehead that had to be stitched, and
also mashed one of his thumbs.
A test will soon be made in town of the
Little Giant" fire extinguisher It is
proposed to erect small building and
fill it with infammable material. This
will be set on fire, and the object of the
test will be to prevent its destruction.
Friday was considered the hottest day
of the year. The thermometer registered
SO degrees at six o'clock, the atmosphere
being exceedingly oppressive. In some
cases people we're compelled to quit their
days work earlier than usual. In the
large cities there were many prostrations.
Constable Claypoole arrested George
Loveland, on Wednesday, at Joseph Arm.
strong's, near Three Tuns, on a warrant
charging him with assaulting Michael
Chubarof on trolley car coming from
Burlington about two weeks ago. In de-
fault of 5000 bail he was committed BY
Justice Slack
The lawn social held at the residence
of Caleb Huff, on the north Pemberton
road on Thursday evening last was large
ly attended, about 200 being present, and
Mount Holly was represented by about rs
persons. The object was to raise funds
for the Smithville M. E. church. Over
$50 was cleared.
A peculiar incident occurred in the
postoffice the other night. An ink bottle
that had been left on the desk was found
split in two the next morning, which al
lowed the contents to flow over the desk
and on the floor. The bottle parted in
halves, and the cut was as clean as though
made with knife.
This evening, In the court house, there
will be lecture by A. deVarona Quezada,
president of the Jersey City Cuban Amer
lean Patriotic Union, whose mission is to
assist the Cuban women whose fathers,
husbands, sons or brothers, are fight.
ing for independence. The admission
will be free, but a collection will be taken
G. w. Owen, the Madison avenue hot
bed man, offered two prizes last spring
for the three best and heaviest egg plants
raised from plants purchased of him
The award was made on Saturday. Alvah
Colkitt, of Eayrestown, got the first prize
his three plants weighing 20 lbs OF
John Lippincott. of Lumberton, got sec
ond, the weight of his three being II lbs
IA OF.
Thomas Phillips, of Burlington, was ar
rested on Wednesday by Officer Claypoole
and the defendant was held for court BY
Justice Baker The charge against Phil
lips is one of mayhem. On August %, il
O'Neill's saloon, on Federal street, Their,
occurred an alteration between Phillips
and Isaac Harris, of Mount Holly. tn,