The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-01-19


George L. Cook, of Lumberton, will
! have sale OF household goods at his res
idence next Saturday.
Z Nonpareil Lodge, /. o. NJ, of Noun
Holly, attended the Presbyterian Church
on Sunday evening,
A number of young people from Noun
Holly will attend birthday party to b,
. given at Burlington this evening by Mis-
Maud Shinn.
]. Cowperthwait. living on the Flenart
farm. near Vincentown, had public salt
yesterday of stock, farming implements
and other property.
1t is rumored at Hainesport that tht
iron foundry will resume operations THU
week. Since the shut down a number O
repairs have been made.
The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Mount Holly Athletic Assoca
ton will be held this evening at the office
of Charles K. Chambers
Oscar Haines, living on Rldgway street
while skating, on Thursday, fell on the
ice and cut bad cash in his chin. 1t re-
quired four stitches to close the wound.
Eighty shares of stock of the Camden
and Burlington County Railroad Com
pany sold at auction in Philadelphia, on
Thursday, for $S5.25 per share. Par value
$25.
The county board of examiners will meet
at Burlington, on Friday and Saturday,
February 9TH and 9th, to examine appli-
cants for second and third grade teachers
certificates.
Joseph Pew, living near the Jackson
vile road, has invited large number of
friends to attend his hog-killing this week,
when thirty-seven fine porkers are to be
slaughtered.
| Bishop Warren, at the solicitation of
the presiding elders of the New Jersey
Methodist Conference, has changed the
time of its session from the 10th of
March to the goth of the came month.
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Der, Whyland canning house at Moores-
town, and will conduct it in connection
with their works in Mount Holly. They
are now contracting with growers for as
paragus and tom atoes for the coming sea-
son.
The skating fraternity were very much
excited on Thursday over the possibility
of contest of skill on the ice between
John Saturday and Willard Tomlison,
both of whom claimed to be able to out
do the other. Saturdays friends put up a
stake, but the affair was dropped.
DR.. William Haines, while engaged in
telling trees in cedar swamp, near Red
Lion, last Tuesday, came very near losing
his life. He was struck by falling tree
but fortunately got only his legs under 1t
when it struck the ground. He was 80
badly bruised that he is confined to his
bed.
The Camden Post, of Saturday, says
that Rev. r F. Y. Pierce, the wonderful
chalk talk illustrator. concluded his series
of meetings at the First Baptist Church,
lat Stockton, Friday night. Three candi-
dates we're baptized and several gave their
experience, and the meeting resembled
an old-time love feast.
The Webster Foundry Sand Co., of
Borton's Landing, has filed articles of in
corporation in the County Clerks Office.
The capital authorized is $3.50, 900, of which
100000 is paid in. The incorporators
are: Laura NJ. Webster, Wayland S. Nc
Herman, James P. Holmes, George A.
Wilbur and Fred c. Dean.
At the meeting of the Mount Laurel
Pursuing and Detective Company last
week, the following officers were elected
President, Joseph Evans secretary and
treasurer, Howard Darnell; directors,
Joshua S. Wills, John E. Darnell, P. v.
B. Stroud. Joseph Dunphey, Edmund
Darnell, Clayton Haines, Joseph H.
Haines, Joseph Powell. Josiah Rogers and
Mark H. Buzby.
Thomas r. Finley met with an accident
on the bicycle railroad on Thursday
While riding toward Mount Holly his
bicycle struck the end of a loose rail,
which had turned up about two inches
The machine came to a sudden stop,
throwing Mr. Finley off, injuring his leg
and otherwise bruising him. The bicycle
was badly broken, and part of it fell on
the young man while he was lying on the
ground.
Relief hose carriage was hauled from
its house on Friday afternoon to attend
to what was supposed to be fire on
Church street. There was plenty of smoke.
The occupant of the house had made a
new chimney hole over the old one, sup
posing that he was cutting into the Chin
ney, but the latter ran in a slanting
position and the new hole did not strike
it. When the fire was made in the stove,
the new chimney hole did not draw and
smoke poured into the room, creating the
idea that the whole house was on fire.
It is quite possible that some of the fires
in this vicinity lately have been the re-
suit of revenge on the part of unsuccess-
full chicken thieves or DISCHARGED en-
ployes with a grievance. Farmers are
becoming alarmed over their frequent &C.
currence and are wondering who will be
the next. The latest victim is George A.
Baker, farmer living two miles from
Medford. Men who were thwarted in
their designs on his hen roost threatened
to burn him out, and on Wednesday all
his outbuildings and crops were destroy
ed by an incendiary fire. The live stock
was saved The buildings were insured
for 81 $50, but the loss is nearly So, 200.
The loss on the personal property was
adjusted at 1884, so by John R. Howell's
agency.
Testimony was taken at Smithyille on
Thursday, in the suit of Gormully & JEFF
frey against the Sager Manufacturing Co..
for infringing on a patent for bicycle
saddle. In 1883 St. Louis man invented
saddle made with a continuous wire
spring covered with leather. He sold the
patent to Gormully & jeffrey. The same
year William S. Kelley, now president of
the H. B. Smith Machine Co., invented a
similar saddle. The testimony taken last
week was to prove that the Kelley saddle
was prior invention to that of Gormully
& jeffrey, and was sold on the Star bicy-
Gle hAfnra the ST Lonis mans natent WAS