The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-21
Emerson Middleton is again in the oys

Communion services will be held in th
Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning
October g.
The Annie Mitchell Repertoire Com
pany will appear in the Opera Honse Of
Octob er l, 2 and 8.
Thieves are committing many depreda
tions on sweet pototo patches in the vi
cinity of Bridgeborough.
AS the result of an abscess on his neck
Frank Smith was compelled to remain
very quiet portion of last week.
The Burlington bicycle club has dis
banded and the money in the treasur,
divided pro rata among its members.
In many sections of this county the
grape crop ID almost total failure, on &C
count of rot produced by wet weather.
Rally day will be participated in by the
Sunday school scholars of the Presbyte
rian Church on next Sunday afternoon.
The grocery, jewelry, meat and shoe
merchants of Mount Holly will continue
the two-night-a-week closing during the
winter.
The convention of the Womens Chris
tian Temperance Union of Burlington
county will be held at Delanco, on Friday,
October l.
Things are very quiet at Sea Side Park.
The Manhasset hotel has closed and most
of the summer residents aie returning to
their homes.
Edgar M. Watts is minus a portion Of
his little finger, which he recently sew.
cred while cutting shoes in Budd's factory
at Burlington.
Presiding Elder S. Wesley Lake occu-
pied the pulpit of the M. E. Church, on
Sunday evening, and was greeted by a
large audience.
Isaac L. Shinn drove up Main street on
Thursday afternoon with a load of ice
that tipped the scales at 9,l40 pounds. 1t
was drawn by four horses.
Thomas Hamilton, the Pemberton
laundryman, was committed to Jail for
four days last night by Justice Krayer,
for being drunk and dIsorderly.
Samuel Garon, of Water street, has
about recovered from the injuries which
he recently received by getting caught be-
two cars which he was coupling.
Last Friday, Clayton Allen, janitor at
the fair ground, received orders to lock
every gate and to arrest all persons who
enter the grounds without permission.
Annie Devlin, tramp, was. found on
the street Tuesday evening by Officer
Severns. She was quite ill, but before ar
irving at the Jail she proved to be tartar.
Edward B. Jones contemplates extern
sive improvements to his dwelling house
on Main street. contract for the mill
work has cen awarded to ]. F. Severns'
Sons, of Burlington.
But little was accomplished on Saturday
evening in the effort to reorganize the
Womans Christian Temperance Union
A meeting for that purpose was held at
the residence of Mrs. Benjamin r. Lamb
Mrs. Caroline B. Powers, sister of An
thony Bullock, of Chesterfield, has
brought suit against Mercer county to re-
cover $4,000 on a lot of Mercer county
bonds that fell due last month and were
not paid.
The home camp meeting in the tent,
under the auspices of the Epworth League
of the M. E. Church, will be continued
during the present week. Prominent
speakers from distance will make ad-
dresses.
The Board of Registry, which met in
Mount Holly on Thursday, appointed G.
W. Leeds. of Rancocas, on the election
board in place of A. G. Oldershaw, re-
signed, and Samuel Heal, of Beverly, in
place Of Andrew Lewis, resigned.
A few days ago John 7. Nippins visited
his sweet potato patch, and seeing the
condition of the ground be thought his
crop of tubers had all been ruined by
moles Examining hill to see what in
jury had been done. he pulled up bunch
of potatoes and found them large in size
and very healthy. In fact the potatoes
are growing SO rapidly as to cause ridges
to appear in the ground as if made by
moles.
The citizens of Mount Holly and vicin-
~ 70 ho foH ~ nd xns11o1 Ia
hibition of the Little Giant fire extin-
guisher to be given at the fountain on next
Thursday evening, at o'clock sharp. The
township committee, chief and members
of fire departments, principals and teach
ers of schools, church officials, manufac-
turers, hotel proprietors, owners of public
houses in particular, and all our citizens
and farmers In general are most cordially
invited to be present and witness the work
of this, the wonder of all fire fighters.
Henry Beebe, a boy about ten years
old, whose carelessness destroyed the
barn of DIR. ]. G. Brown, at Vincentown,
one night last week, will probably be ad-
mitted to bail. The boy, 1t is said, is not an
incendiary, as the fire resulted from an
accident. AS Henry was passing through
field he threw lighted cigarette to the
ground which ignlted the dry grass, and
this communicated to the barn. He told
his mother of the occurrence, when he
was afterward arrested and committed to
Jail.
The Grand Circle, Brotherhood of the
Union of New Jersey, met at Montclair
on Thursday. There were $50 delegates
present, and very rare occurrence was
the presence of all the Supreme officers.
Grand lodge degrees were conferred on
AZ members. William B. Pearson, of
Mount Holly, was appointed on the law
and music committee, and John S. Will
kins, of Masonville, was elected Grand
Outside Guard. Charles Throckmorton,
of Mount Holly, was elected a Supreme
representative. The order has flourished
during the past year.
A serious cutting affair occurred on
DIOau SliooI On A"uleuay altoIHoon az
about 8 o'clock, in which a well-known
Mount Holly lady was the aggressor. The
affair took place between Main and But
tonwood streets. There were no people
promenading at the time, consequently
there was an absence of the crowd that
usually gathers on such an occasion. The
principal actors passed each other about
midway between the SQUARES. when all of