The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-12-21

f The Burlington A. A. and Riverside A
A. are to play foot ball on Christmas da
in East Burlington.
A few nights since DR.. Calver, of Colum
bus, shot at some chicken thieves, bu
without good results.
A family on Mount Holly avenue wer
made ill last week by eating griddle cake
made from prepared -four.
A dog that has been killing chicken
for ]. Fred Kiner will not do so any more
as the animal has been shot.
The Brotherhood of the Union will Civ
the Washington degree to some twent
candidates tomorrow evening.
Master Percy Collins, of Wrightstown
is suffering from broken collar bone, tn
result of falling out of wagon.
Since returning to their home at Nor
gantown, West Virginia, Mr.. and Mrs
Richard Jobes have both heen quite ill.,
The Mount Holly public schools viii
day, and reopen on Monday, January Sd
Miss Lulu Sherman graduated as
nurse from the training school of til,
Philadelphia Woman's College on Tues
day.
A large dairy barn is to be built on thu
Gaskill farm, owned by the late II. B
Smith, and now occupied by Freeholde
Daniel EVAN.
A platform has been erected at Deacon
crossing, on the Burlington road. anc
hereafter trains will stop there on motto,
to the conductor.
There was game of foot ball on Satur
day between the Pemberton and Noun
Holly Junior teams. The latter won by
the score of 16 to o.
The next term Of court will open OF
Tuesday, January 25, 1898. The indica
tions at present are that there will bt
very little work to do.
The police are now keeping a SHARP
watch on several persons about town who
are suspected of having committed robber-
les and other depredations.
Jersey" Witcraft came near being
killed by trolley car recently while
walking across the Water street bridge.
He fell off in time to save himself.
A few evenings since Joseph Aguglia, a
barber on Madison avenue, left his
shutters open, and during the night some
malicious person scraped all the lettering
off the glass.
s. S. Evan has some very pretty things
in china suitable for Christmas presents.
Jardinieres, salad and pickle dishes, and
a variety of other articles pretty and USE
full for Christmas presents.
The Y. M. G.. A. building will probably
be converted into law Offices. 1t is said
that several Mount Holly lawyers are
willing to locate there, and this fact may
bring about such change.
Holiday goods are displayed in great
profusion by our merchants, enough to
satisfy the demands of every one. Look
over our advertisements and it will prob
ably aid you in what you need.
The proposed stone road from Cham
bers' Corner to Columbus is to be built, it
having been approved by Road Commls-
sioner Henry l. Budd. This will make
good driving and wheeling to Borden
town.
g. B. Parsons will have a fine lot of tur-
keys, ducks, geese, and roasting chickens,
for Christmas. Also, his usual assortment
of home-dressed meat And don't forget
his English plum pudding. Telephone
number 81.
The Boards of Education in neighbor.
ing townships are taking active measures
to enforce the truant law and compel the
attendance of children at school. There
is not much complaint on this point in
Mount Holly. The great trouble is to
provide quarters for those who do 90 to
school.
1t is expected that within few weeks
all the post Offices will be supplied with
the new style postal card. The new is.
sue comprises small card for domestic
use only; domestic single and reply
card, quarter of an inch smaller than
the present card, and a new card fol
foreign use.
For refusing to sell tickets to two
drunken men who desired to 90 to Tuck
erton, recently. the Beacon, of the latter
place, has this to say: eve owe to Ticket
Agent Eckman, of Mount Holly, vote o.
thanks for this kind forethought, and will
give him the freedom of the town any
time he may favor Tuckerton with a CALL
Some of the gunners in the vicinity o.
Medford are talking of purchasing. some
land in the pines, near Bear swamp, and
converting it into game preserve. The
land could be bought cheap, and by erect
ing house for the accommodation of the
members and enclosing the tract with E
barbed wire fence, the cost to each share
holder would be very small
Unclaimed letters remaining in the
post-office for the week ending Decem
Der Is, 1897. Letters: Mrs. Annie Her
bert, Mrs. Danl. Jones, Mr.. Ed. Mcbride
Arthur G. Meyers 2, Mr.. E. Parker, Mr.
Frank Peters, Miss Martha Robinson
Mrs. Sousanna Smith, Mrs. Frank Stevens
Mr.. Warrington. Postsls P. R. Evans
Mrs. Mary Coles, Ike Goldman, Mr.. Bar
KY Shinn, Mrs. Maria Smith 2.
Christmas day services at the Sacred
Heart Church will be as follows: High
mass and sermon at 6 A. NJ, mass and ad
dress to the Sunday school children at {
A. NJ, high mass and sermon at 10 A. II
All are very cordially invited to atten,
the services. The mission by the Pau
list Fathers begins January I'd, and LAST
one week. Sermons each morning anC
evening. All are cordially welcome.
Mrs. ]. c. Blackwood, of Bridgeton an,
Mount Holly, who claims to have beef
held ap by burly negro on the churcl
road in October last, and who says sh
frightened the man off by threatening t
shoot him, visited the Camden county jai
Friday for the purpose of identifyin
Francis Lingo as her would-be assailan
Lingo was brought out of his cell, an
was walked up and down the corridors
number of times. Mrs. Blackwood scrut
inized him carefully, but she stated b
! was not the man.