The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-07-27

Jonn bowen, employed on the rallIoau,
had his hand badly cut, last week, by be-
ing run over by hand car.
If the present appearance of black berry
bushes goes for anything there will be an
abundance of that fruit this year.
Miss Ayarene L. Budd will hereafter
teach Latin at the high school for girls In
Philadelphia, instead of English.
The employees of the Home Manufacture
ing Company, on Water street, are now
working, after season of idleness.
Robert Bailey, of Philadelphia, former
ly of Mount Holly, was in town the past
week buying potatoes from farmers.
Pictures of George w. Durand and
George Brannin, of Mount Holly, ap-
peared in Sundays Philadelphia Press.
Lumberton Council, Jr. O. U. A. NJ,
will hold peach festival In their hall at
LumbertoD, on Saturday, August 14th.
Samuel L. Bullock will place French
roof on his house on Garden street, which
he recently purchased from the Herbert
estate
Levi T. BalIinger, of Mount Laurel, is
recovering from his serious injuries re-
ceived recently by being trampled upon
by horse.
Eastampton township has thirty-six
turkeys to pay for that were recently de-
stroyed by dogs on the farm of William l.
Tomlinson.
Fred L. Owen, who has just returned
from trip to Pennsylvania and Delaware.
reports the peach crop to be failure in
the latter state.
Contrary to announcement the Kirby
brothers, of Medford, will not dissolve
partnership, but will continue in business
| together as heretofore.
Richard P. Johnson, brother of Mrs.
Mary A. Lewis, of Mount Holly, died at
Vineland, on Friday, aged rs years.
Heart failure was the cause of death.
Ernest Snyder, Smithville boy, captured
Is pound carp near that village on
Thursday. He saw 1t lying in shallow
water and gigged 1t with a pitchfork.
George w. Durand has been making
more Improvements to his property on
Water street. He has put substantial
new wooden shed in front of his store.
wagon load of coal. belonging to judi
son Gaskill was dumped on Main street
Tuesday afternoon, by reason of the axle
breaking while getting out of the car
tracks.
B. Frank Stidfole has been chosen f.
nancial secretary of Washington Council
No. 5, Jr. o. U. A. M, instead of ].
Frank Scattergood, who declined the hon
or after being elected.
"True Wisdom" will be the subject of
the young peoples prayer meeting to be
held in the Baptist Church next Sunday
evening. John D. Clevenger and Harry
Haines will be in charge.
The -four and feed mill, with saw mill
attached, belonging to Charles Wallace,
at Recklesstown, has been flooded by the
recent rains. The dam was washed away.
The damage will amount to $500.
Harold Lippincott and Thomson Sims
have been camping up the creek during
all favorable, but it took more rain than
what fell to drown their enthusiasm.
The charter of Star of Washington
Council, Daughters of America, has closed.
There was no trouble In making this new
lodge success. In about two months
they, secured over one hundred members
The Friends society of the Hicksite
branch held their annual picnic at the
Sylvan Lakes on Wednesday. Quite a
large crowd went, despite the stormy
weather, which interfered greatly with
the pleasures of the day.
While returning from Vincentown on
Sunday evening, a wheel came off the
wagon of Samuel Sleeper, the oyster deal
or, about mile and a half from Mount
Holly. Mr.. Sleeper and his family were
compelled to walk the remainder of the
distance home.
A partial eclipse of the sun will take
place on next Thursday, 29th inst In
this longitude the eclipse will begin about
S.46 and disappear about I'LL a. m.
Five digits of the suns surface will be
eclipsed. In Mexico, the Indies and
Brazil the eclipse will be annular.
The factory of the Zimmerman Bicycle
Manufacturing Co., at Freehold, was in
operation last week under direction of
Receiver John T. Rosell There is ru-
NOR that several Freehold men are max :
ing arrangements to purchase the plant
and continue the business.
The young kitten that attracted atten-
ton at the jail last week by staying up
one of the tall trees for sixty hours, fell to
the pavement, a distance of forty feet,
about noon on Tuesday. The little feline
fell from sheer exhaustion. Cat like, it
landed on all four feet, and made hasty
retreat, as dog was near by to give it
chase.
Ocean and Atlantic counties are discus.
sing a snake trust. Each county ships
weekly to New York and Philadelphia a
box full of pine snakes. A great many Of
them 60 to Europe, where the skins are
dressed and used for fashionable pocket.
books, banjo trimmings and for medical
purposes. The present syndicates pay 55
cents apiece for large pine snake.
Major Raymond's report on river and
harbor improvements in South New Jer-
sey during the last fiscal year under Gov
eminent engineers, has just been submit
ted 1t shows that work in this part of the
State was done in Rancocas, Alloway
Dennis, Cooper and Gosper creeks. II
says the Rancocas was surveyed on the
Lumberton branch and project submit
ted providing for a channel thirty feel
wide and six feet deep at mean low water
through the shoals at Patterson's Landing
below and above Paxton's Landing
which are the only important Instructions
to navigation. If the project is approved
work can be done this season.
The ordination to the ministry of Rev
]. G. Fryer, who has been in charge o
the Baptist Missions at Lumberton anC
Hainesport, took place in the Baptis