The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-24
LOCAL NEWS.

There was another band concert at tn
Arcade hotel on Saturday night.
Rev. Calvin A. Hare. of Indianapolis
Ind. preached at the Baptist Church, OF
Sunday.
Elwood Mount will rebuild his saw mil
at Columbus. which was recently de
stroyed by fire.
Judson Gaskill is erecting a shed in tn,
rear of his factory, at the corner of Gar
den and Buttonwood streets.
Kew. Milton Relyea preached sermon
at Pltman Grove. on Friday. on "the com
parison between darkness and light"
Gen. A. E. Shiras Post, No. 26, G. A
R., went to Pemberton, on Saturday, tt
attend the funeral of Robert GrIscomb.
The Union Sunday school of Eayres
town will hold festival in the schoo
house near that place on Saturday even
ing.
Thefts of wire from the trolley road
feet of feed wire was taken from between
the tracks.
Mary A., widow of the late Samuel Nor
cross and mother of grocer William A.
Norcross, was buried at Vincentown OF
Wednesday.
The sessions of st. Andrews Sunday
school, which we're discontinued during
August, will be resumed next Sunday
week at 2.3O P. M.
A new curb has been placed in front o.
the Brainard school on Buttonwood street,
which adds greatly to the appearance o
that thoroughiare.
Ex-Sheriff Edward Emley entertained
a number of his Mount Holly friends at a
watermelon feast on his farm above
Jacobstown, on Thursday.
The Jacobstown Baptist Church will
hold harvest home on Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 9Th. There will be speaking and
singing. Supper will be served at low
rate.
James Robinson, the White Hill MUIR
derer, has made request to see his chill
dren. Their grandparents, however, do
not think the man is entitled to have this
privilege granted.
I. Clifford Keeler is meeting with much
success in the sale of the blotting pad
which he recently invented. On Friday
he made shipment of five gross to a
Philadelphia firm.
Sheriff Joseph s.. Fleetwood, as baillff,
will sell on Saturday next, all of the goods,
chattels and personal property of the Bur-
lington County Agricultural Society. The
sale will take place on the fair ground.
Miss Jane Eyre, of Lumberton, who
was elected teacher in the Mount Holly
public schools, has rendered her resigna-
ton, and will remove to Maryland. where
she and her sister have secured educa-
tional positions.
There was heavy rain along the coast
on Wednesday afternoon, which inter-
fered with the efforts of the members of
Co. F, who went to Sea Grit to practice
target shooting. Capt. W. S. Gale was
the only one to qualify.
Howard Dobbins was rendered sur
prise on Friday evening, at his home on
Paxson street, by about twenty friends
from Charleston. The merry party rode
from the latter town awheel and spent a
very pleasant evening.
One of Dr. G. W. VanDerveer's horses
had peculiar accident on Thursday
evening. 1t got one foot over the halter
while in the stable, and in attempting to
free itself tore It's scalp in such manner
as to require several stitches.
Rev. DIR. S. Giffard Nelson, OF Brooklyn,
formerly pastor of the Mount Holly Baptist
Church, gave an able and forcible address
at the prayer meeting of the church here.
on Wednesday evening, that was greatly
appreciated by the large audience present.
The open season for squirrels begins on
Wednesday, September LIST, and continues
until the end of that month. Farmers
and gunners report that this specie of
game is unusually numerous this year and
that there are plenty of shellbarks and
other nuts for them to feed on.
A straw ride composed of colored people
left Mount Holly few evenings since,
their destination being White Hill. They
evidently believed In having good time
and getting the worth of their money, as
they spent the full night and came through
town the next morning at o'clock.
The Riverton Borough Council at
special meeting Thursday night passed
the ordinance compelling property owners
on Main street to lay 5-foot wide cement
sidewalks. Many of the property owners
protest against the cement walks and
have laid brick. The matter is likely to
reach the courts for test.
James w. Deacon, after spending sew
eral weeks with his family here, left ON
Wednesday for Dahlonega, Georgia. He
has been located at Louisville, Kentucky,
the past few years, but has been trans
ferred to Georgia. The town is located
twenty five miles from any railroad, tele-
graph or telephone Office and is reached
by coach line. He will superintend a
coal mining operation.
The new steamboat, Annie L. Van
solver, that is to carry freight and passen-
gers daily between Hainesport and Phila-
delphis, was given trial trip on Thurs
day. The boat carried number of guests,
and the Bridgeborough band gave con-
cert on board. She improved fifteen min
utes on the time of her predecessor to
Philadelphia. The boat was built by
Neafe & Levy, of Philadelphia, and is
named for the captains estimabe wife.
She went into active service yesterday.
The State Camp of New Jersey Patri-
otto Order Sons of America, held their an
nual meeting at Milford, on Wednesday,
and elected George N. Winner. OF Palmyra,
state treasurer, and also national repre-
sentative. Joseph M. Thompson, of New
Egypt, was elected president Resolutions
were adopted favoring John G. Horner,
of Palmyra, for national vice president.
About 200 delegates were present. The
order now has So camps in this state with
a membership of between four and five
thousand
The parents of William Dubell, of Co.
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