The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-04

Tuesday.
George W. Card we'll is running an oil
route again.
George Brown lie working In a shoe fac
tory at Burlington.
F. B. Shreve is now the sole owner of
the trotting mare, Mollie Murphy.
Insurance agent John R. Howell put a
Mosler safe in his Office on Thursday.
James Hoffman and Maggie Meaney
we're married at Jobstown on Wednes-
day.
Isaac B. Huff has been appointed to
take the census of school children in
Mount Holly.
A large Scotch terrier dog was recently
struck by the cars at the bog railroad
bridge and instantly killed.
Jones & Ireland are running a large
force at their canning factory, on King
street, putting up asparagus.
Eli Parker. the officer who routed the
Columbus fire bugs, has made application
to become a state detective.
Rachel Rogers, an aged lady living at
Columbus, is slowly recovering from in
juries received by a severe fall.
Usually in spring time the young mans
fancy turns to thoughts of love, but now
it is a question how he can get a bicycle.
Gen. E. Burd Grub has rented his
residence at Edgewater Park for the sum-
mer to Michael Ehret, a Philadelphia
merchant.
A birthday social will be held In the
Presbyterian Church this evening. The
proceeds are for the famine-stri cken peo-
pie of India.
Irish wharf, below Centreton, is now
the scene of many fishing parties, which
haye been successful in catching a large
number of shad.
The contest for City Treasurer of Cam
den has been settled. The recount re-
suited in favor of George G.. Fenton,
who beat Freedom G. Lippincott by
nine votes.
You can get everything for the flower
or vegetable garden at Rosbach's, Penn
berton, at such prices as should make it
an inducement to favor him with your
patronage. \
John P. Lippincott, living near Vincen-
town, has a force of carpenters at work
building temporary sheds to take the
place of the barns that were recently de-
stroyed by fire.
The hotel at Sea Side Park will here
after be known as The Manhassett. This
is the name of a tribe of Indians which
once occupied the beach where Sea Side
Park now stands.
Charles Throckmorton, Shreve street,
made his appearance on the street last
week for the first time since he was in
jured by Child's delivery team, which he
was driving, several months ago.
Samuel Forker was buried in the Mount
Holly cemetery on Thursday afternoon.
The pail bearers were the young men
whom deceased always welcomed at his
little carpenter shop on Union street.
On Tuesday night the police force was
notified of the presence of three suspic- |
ious characters in town. The officers got
together and arranged to make a capture
should an opportunity present itself, but
nothing unusual occurred.
100000 plants. Now is the time to
plant your garden. I have all kinds of
plants for sale, from seed true to name.
Come and see me, and l will give you
good stock. Hot beds on Madison ave.
nue., Mount Holly. G. W. Owen, P. o.
Box 1914. y
The second sermon of a series on the
Programme of Christianity was delivered
in the Presbyterian Church, Sunday
morning. by Rev. ]. H. Durham, his
subject being, 'The Religion of Regene-
ration for the Soul" James L. Jamison
led the Christian Endeavor meeting in
the evening.
Following is a list of mail remaining
uncalled for in the Mount Holly post
Office for the week ending May l: Let
ters-Mrs. Josephine Aceey. Charles An
derson. Bert Bowker, Mrs. Joseph Cole,
Miss Bertha Horn, Mrs. E. E. Jackson,
Fl. L. Madderback, Miss Sara Maxwell,
Willard Shinn, Chas. Smith, Morris Still.
Postals-Mrs. Betty Butler, Walter Turne,
s. ]. Watts, Ezra Wisham.
Special officer John P. Saar, of Palmy-
ra, saw a tramp acting in a suspicious way
on Tuesday evening and Swallowed him
and was rewarded by catching him with
stolen property in his possession. The
rascal went from house to house, pretend
ing to be begging, but when he came out
of S. R. Stoy's wall paper place, he picked
up a roll of about 20 yards of table oil
cloth and was making off with it. When
accosted he claimed to have bought it of
a tramp for ten cents. He was promptly
locked up and on Wednesday morning
was given a hearing before Justice Hires
and committed to the Mount Holly Jail for
trial. He gave the nam of Isaac Green
and claimed Camden as his home.
As a general rule churches are willing
to take In members to their flock that con-
form to the various requirements thereof,
but the Baptist Church has been intruded
upon and several have gained admission
to the fold the past few weeks that have
proved themselves a source of great an
noyance to the congregations that assemble
for worship from time to time. The pas
tor has had occasion to openly rebuke
them during the services for their mis-
behavior and persistent annoyance. Their
cases have been brought to the attention
of the good deacons of the church, the
faithful trustees have also been consulted
in regard to the matter, and the last re-
sort has been to call upon the sexton to
remove these unwelcome members from
the building and throw them into the
street. This appears to be harsh treat
ment and a very poor display of brotherly
love, but these intruders are none other
than the specie of rodents known as
church mice. These little creatures take
occasion to come out for exercise during
the prayer services and campo about
the platform and floor merrily, much to
the annoyance of the nervous sisters.
During the prayer service on Wednesday
evening there were three of these little
mice playing a game of hide and seek on
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