The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-15

Rev. John d. Bradley, of Tuckerton
has been chosen chaplain of the Nationa
Soldiers Home at Hampton.
A small house has been erected at thu
Water street railroad crossing for the use
of the fagman stationed there.
A certificate of incorporation has beer
filed in the county clerks Office by thu
Progressive Club of Moorestown.
Book agents have been quite numerous
in town recently. Not meeting with
much success, some of them left town
without settling their board bills.
Harry Cross has resigned his position
a. member of the engineer corps of the
Pennsylvania Railroad company.
The determination OF the officers to en-.
force the bicycle ordinance has practically
put stop to riding on the sidewalks.
Private apartments for ladies who are
compelled to attend court are being con
structed in one OF the upper rooms in the
court house.
Howard E. Alcott and bride are now oc
cupying their new home on Union street
They returned from their wedding TRIP
on Tuesday
The Brotherhood cemetery is receiving
much attention from Superintendent
Throckmorton. The place always looks
clean and tidy.
One million dollars is said to be the ag-
gregate reduction to be made on the as
Sc ssed value of farm land in Burlington
county this year.
The members of the M. E. Church at
Lumberton will hold Japanese tea and
fair in Mechanics hall, that place. Satur-
day evening, June 10. II stormy, next
clear weekday evening.
The Knights of Pythias received two
propositions for membership on Friday
night, and three candidates received their
| first and second degrees. As usual they
pulled the cork clear under water.
AT the Grand Army encampment at At
lantic City, last week, Gen. A. E. Shiras
Post, of Mount Holly, was represented by
Charles EVAN Merritt, John Throckmor-
ton, John T. Nippins and Joseph Grooms.
1t was thought for while on Tuesday
morning that FIRE had started in the eel
lar of Edward p Holeman's house, on
Main street, occupied by FL. Fl. Earnest,
but 1t proved to be smoke issuing from a
heater fire.
On motion of Capt. c. E. Merritt. in the
Orphans Court, on Saturday, Judge Gas
kill appointed the Burlington County
Safe Deposit and Trust Company trustee
under the will of Mordecai Matlack, de-
ceased.
Mrs. Catharine Madden, widow of the
late William Madden, died at her resi-
dence on Water street. Tuesday evening,
from heart disease. The funeral was held
Saturday morning at $50, from the
Sacred Heart Church.
The weather on Wednesday somewhat
interfered with the pleasures of field day,
held at Trenton by the Seventh regiment.
The members of Co. F, of Mount Holly,
were not enthusiastic over the exercises,
on account of the wet and mud.
Armenia and Her Turkish Tyrant,
WAS the subject of very interesting illus
trated lecture given in the Baptist Church
on Tuesday evening, by Prof. W. Grabla-
choff, Bulgarian. The severe storm that
evening caused a small attendance.
bob white" is very frequent whistle
heard along the country roads. and the
indications are that there will be plenty
of quail this season. Favorable reports
have been received from the English
pheasants recently liberated in this Sec
ton.
Charley Sing, the Chinaman who re-
Gently opened laundry next to Gauntt's
meat market, left here on Tuesday after
settling all the bills he owed about town.
The laundry he had on hand was left at
Mock Ock's, and it is very probable that
the latter firm bought him off.
On Saturday of last week postal cards
were sent out to the petit jurors and con-
stables notifying them that the criminal
court business had been postponed from
June 9th to 14th. Some of these were
not received, and as result four jurymen
and one constable reported for duty on
Tuesday.
Douglass Fisher, of Retreat, was
arrest on Friday by Constable Claypoole
for cutting timber on the pine land Of
Buchanan & Smock. 1t is claimed that
forty trees were consumed in this manner.
Jonathan Fisher, of Mount Holly, went
his bail in the sum of $500 for a further
hearing, which will be gwen him to-day
before Justice Slack
The present weather is the coolest we
have experienced in June for a number
of years. Overcoats at times have been
comfortable, and we have had snow and
frost. There has been an abundance Of
rain, the ground being soaked with water
and the wells should soon fill up. If this
state of affairs continues the usual period
of hot weather will be very short indeed
Some of the patrons who have free en-.
trance to the ball games could assist the
association somewhat by getting their BIZ
cycles checked and well cared for Il
only costs five cents, and Edward Kinel
Is always there for that purpose. Some
times fifty to sixty wheels can be seen
stored promiscuously under the grand
stand. Revenues of this kind assist in
furnishing good ball.
Henry Carnley, who worked on the
farm of Bloomfield Pew, on the Jobstown
turnpike, last winter, had the misfortune
to get his feet frozen. The injury gave
him much trouble and he was compelled
to seek relief at the Burlington County
Hospital, at which institution he has beer
receiving attention for some time. His
case grew 80 bad that a week ago it be.
came necessary to amputate several of his
toes.
THE News is the only paper published
in Mount Holly for one dollar year. In
this respect it is cheaper than any Other
paper, and in other respects 1t is bet.
ter because it contains all the news
and is the first paper issued during the
week. Business men get as good results
from the seed which they SOW In our ad.
yertising columns as from that which they
plant in any other paper. This is true be