The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-08
rHE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY. JUNE 8. 1897.
LOCAL NEWS.

begin on Monday, June IA.
Albert P Cardwell and family are now
residing on Mount Holly avenue.
New semaphore towers have been erect
ed at the railroad station and at Pine
street.
Mrs. Theodosia Borden is remodeling
the first floor of her residence on Garden
street.
j. Winner Lundy has improved bis res
idence on Garden street by the addition
of front portico.
A portion of the cobbles on Water
street have been relaid in order to get
rid of some holes and ruts.
Mrs. William Wherry and Bert Street
secured the prize at the recent cake walk
held on West Washington street.
Rev. Milton Relyea will conduct the
service at the hospital next unday after.
noon at 4.15. The public is invited.
The ladies of the Baptist Church will
have bread and cake sale at the church
on Saturday afternoon from to o'clock
Samuel Brown, living on the North
Pemberton road, lost valuable horse a
few days ago from in flammation of the
kidneys.
E. B. Jones is improving his residence
on High street by putting in two dormei
windows. Other improvements are soon
to follow.
Joseph Stead threw base ball. on Fri
day afternoon, that broke the large glass
window in Engle's cigar store, causing
quite loss.
Florence, daughter of Nelson A. Guam
will be married to William H. Brinson on
June %, at st. Paul's M. E. Church, West
Washington street.
County Superintendent Stees was at the
Court House, on Saturday, to examine ap-
plicants for free scholarships in the State
Agricultural College, but nobody ap.
peared.
Prof. George Magargee, principal of the
Moorestown public school, occupied seat
on the platform at the commencement
exercises of the Mount Holly schools, on
Thursday evening
Joseph A. Madden. of Hartford, Conn,
and William Madden and family, of Rose
mont, Pa, were in Mount Holly the lat
ter part of last week visiting their mother,
who has been seriously ill.
Some sneak thieves got into Aaron Bur-
it's cellar, a few nights ago, and carried
off all the eatables together with six
pounds of butter. They gained entrance
from an outside cellar door.
On Monday, before Justice Clevenger,
Joseph McQuigan had warrant issued
for the arrest of Fred Hooper, whom he
charges with assault and battery The
defendant was held for court under 500
bail
John w. Engle, who was taken i'll on
the night of May 2S. after trying to ride a
bicycle, died at his home, on Washington
street, Sunday morning. He never re-
gained consciousness from the time he
was stricken.
An appraisement was made on Wednes-
day of the machinery and stock belonging
to the Administer Carpet company, of
Smithville. The effects will soon be ad
yertised for sale by the sheriff to satisfy a
claim of 5000 held by the H. B. Smith
Machine company
The Literary Society of the Mount Holly
High School, to the number of about forty
enjoyed refreshments and social evening
at the farm house of Samuel A. Dobbins,
on Friday. 1t was intended to have a
social. but the rain prevented this.
DIR. J. Howard Morgan, of Wester r. l.,
visited Rev. C. H. Pendleton last week.
DIR. Morgan is president of the Board OF
Education of Wester. He attended the
commencement of the Mount Holly high
school on Thursday evening. and was
very much pleased with the exercises.
On Saturday Sheriff Fleetwood sold two
tracts of land in Eastampton township, be-
longing to Deborah Nipplns. No. went
to Edward A. Colby for 1925; No. 2 to
William Burtis Pew for $1S5. The prop
erty of Emanuel Wells, in Moorestown,
was sold to Elwood Hollingshead for 500
plain gold ring was lost on Sunday,
somewhere between Mount Holly and
Rancocas or between the latter place and
graved inside the ring are the words
'R. S. to N. B. g., Sept. %, 1887" A
reward will be paid for the return of the
ring to No. So Washington street, Mount
Holly.
number of improvements are to be
made to the interior of the Baptist Church
during the present summer. The extent
of these repairs has not yet been decided
upon, but will be in charge of the Ladies
Aid Society. A special business meeting
of the church will be held tomorrow
evening, when action upon the matter
will probably be taken.
In order to secure funds for the erection
of more horse sheds, the members of the
Presbyterian Church will hold a straw
berry festival. on this Tuesday, evening
at the residence of Charles B. Hornor.
Buses will make frequent trips be
tween $50 and 7.30 O'Clock from Garden
and Main street and at the Church. Bi
cycles will also be checked.
Lawyer Jerome B. Grigg, while com
ing from Pemberton on his bicycle few
evenings since, met with mishap which
might have proved serious, but he escaped
ed with little injury. To avoid a collision
with wagon he threw himself from hi
wheel, cutting a piece of flesh out of thu
palm of his hand and wrenching his neck
The following officers have been elected
for the bicycle club recently organized b,
members of the Christian Endeavor So
ciety of the Presbyterian Church Presi
dent, William VonForinger; secretary
John ]. Cardwell captain, Frank Roken
baugh; color bearer, William McIlvain
The colors adopted are purple and silver
Amos Gibbs has purchased the bricI
for the new street pavement which he in
tends to put down in front of his Arcad
Hotel property. These bricks are made @
shale, and are the best material that cal
be used for this purpose. This will serv
as an object lesson that should prov
beneficial in fufthering the movement 70
this kind of pavement.