The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-07

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Thomas Cayanaugh has been shipping
large quantities of potatoes to the west.
Sheriff Fleetwood will draw the petit
jurors for the October term of court mex
Tuesday.
]. Sexton Folwell has gone to Taunton
to take charge of John R. Howells Gran
berry boys.
A. W. Lohand disposed of eighty-fvt
head of cattle at his sale on Saturday
Good prices were realized.
A number of sporting men from Mount
Holly went to Columbus, on Thursday, tc
attend the race meet there.
Harry T. Warner is now engaged al
book-keeper for the Mount H oily branch
of the Armour Packing Company.
AS the result of his wagon upsetting,
John s. Haines, of Vincentown, suffered
injuries to his arm, hip and knee.
Some men about town who think it fun
to brighten unprotected ladies at night are
only hunting trouble for themselves.
The condition of Miss Bessie Rhees,
who has been seriously ill at her home on
Garden street, is somewhat improved.
Alfred B. Jones has been spending q
part of the summer at Marion, where he
has been engaged at engineering work.
The road appropriation voted at the
last town meeting has been expended,
and work on the streets will now cease.
The ministers of Mount Holly have re-
turned from their summer vacations and
are now occupying their respective pull
pits.
The closing of the Mount Holly fair
will curtail the Street Railway Company's
revenue from the track runnin north Of
it's depot.
The young men of Lumberton repeat
ed their minstrel performance by request
on Wednesday evening to an appreciative
audience.
The committees from several townships
met on Friday and received bills from
farmers whose sheep had been killed or
injured by dogs.
Richard Westwood, of Barnegat, re-
membered number of his Mount Holly
friends on Friday by sending up a fine lot
of fish for distribution.
Peter Wilson's camp meeting, near Tab
ernacle, has been bowling success this
season. The attendance has been large
and the converts many.
While seeking shelter under a gravel
bank during heavy shower, D. Shreve
Nelson, of Wrightstown, received injur-
les by the bank caving in. His leg was
broken and he was otherwise injured.
The heavy storm on Thursday morning
washed out quite number of large gul-
lies on the trolley road embankment Just
east of the station. The rain fall was very
heavy for time and the lightning ex
ceedingly vivid.
For stealing basket of apples from
John d. Hylton's farm, near Pensauken,
John d. Stevens was sent to Camden jail
by Justice of the Peace Butler Sunday.
Farmers in that vicinity are continually
pestered by truck and fruit thieves.
The New York World yesterday pub
lished a poll of all the counties in the
state giving public opinion as to the pass
age of the constitutional amendments
The report shows evidence of apathy in
many sections and also danger of defeat
of the laws for which many people have
been clamoring for the past four years.
When Fred Shreve's friends read of his
being distanced in the races at Goshen,
N. Y, after taking the first heat in fast
time, they wondered what was the mat
ter. When Fred got home, however, he
explained the whole matter. In the sec
ond heat another team ran into him and
smashed his sHlky. Fred was thrown out
and received injuries that kept him in
bed several days.
Before Judge Gaskill, on Saturday, the
following persons were naturalized to
American citizenship: James X. Lewis,
Eyesham township; Otto Keising and
Herman Reminding, of Riverside. Yes
terday morning, before Clerk Worrell,
Krazimer Tomkewicz, of Hainesport, de-
clared his intention to become citizen
of this country.
Evangelist George D. Moore and wife
will open camp meeting to-day at Smith
vile. Rev. s. W. Lake, presiding elder,
and other ministers will be present and
speak. Thursday afternoon and evening,
the 18th, will be Epworth League rally
day, when prominent speakers will be
present. Lunch will be served at a small
cost.
Rev. ]. G. Tate. of Nebraska, Past Su-
preme Master Workman of the Ancient
Order United Workmen, will spend ten
days in this state beginning October IL.
He will be sent here by the Supreme
Lodge to speak on the benefits to be de-
rived from a membership in this insur-
ance order. Upon the death of a mem
Der his family receives $1,000, the cost OF
which, including So lodge dues, is about
500 year. Arrangements may be made
to have Mr.. Tate appear in Mount Holly.
The little village of Bridgeborough has
developed music composer in the person
of Harry M. Creed. Mr.. Creed is only
twenty-five years of age, but from the
time he was old enough to sit on a piano
stool he has been close student of music.
He has just composed bright and charm
ing march, which he has named the tx lon
dixie March," and gives evidence of con-
siderable ability as writer. 1t is pub
lished by M. u. Swisher, of Philadelphia
and has been placed on sale at all music
dealers.
The two sisters of James Robinson, the
wife murderer, who live in Philadelphia
paid him visit on Thursday evening
They reported their brother as being quite
rational but very nervous. They are com
pletely overwhelmed at the mystery sur
rounding his crime. They spoke in high
terms of the deceased wife and can as
sign no cause for the murder. They gay,
Robinson to understand that their visit
to him would have to be infrequent OF
account of the expense in getting here
The man makes considerable noise a
times when he has no apparent reason TO
doing 80.
There is general manifestation of re
greet on all sides over the fact that Their
will be no fair this year. When the dec
is passed over to the Camden Safe Deposl