The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-09-14

with gas.
The early closing movement among on
merchants will cease after this week.
| A bicycle path is being built from Col
umbus to the farm of Caleb s. Rldgway.
A colored camp meeting will be opene'
this week in Davis grove, near Medford
Mrs. Nathan Schuyler will close he
cottage at Ocean Grove in about tw'
weeks.
The Alcott iron foundry has been doini
considerable work during the past few
weeks.
Judson Gaskill has turned out nea
delivery wagon for Thomas Hamilton, o
Pemberton.
are having quite an extension of theil
season this year.
Some friends of Wilmer S. Chance en-
joyed watermelon party on his lawr
Tuesday evening.
The Mount Holly Shoe Company il
taking things easy this week, as only 8
part of the force is working.
The camp meeting near Smithville is
being attended by a number of Mount
Holly people who 60 up awheel.
Deputy q. S. Marshal Howard E. Alcotl
has been confined 10 the house for few
days with an indisposition resembling hay
fever.
Mrs. Peter Mornen, of Water street,
having disposed of her household effects
has gone to philadelphia to reside with
relatives.
The convention of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union of Burlington
county will he held at Delanco. on Friday
October LIST.
The annual session of the Camden Bap-
fist Association will be held in Mount
Holly on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sep
TENDER % and 90.
The annual meeting of the Northamp-
ton Fire Department will be held at the
Good Intent house ON Friday evening
18th inst, at 8 o'clock.
This year the Jewish New Years day
will fall on Monday, September 81, and is
followed by the day of Atonement on
Wednesday, October +.
An excursion to Washington Park will
be given on the new iron steamer Annie
l.. Vansciver, on Sunday, September 49,
The boat leaves Centrston at A. M.
On Friday, while engaged in trimming
some trees in his yard, William T. Hard
ing fell from a step-ladder. His right hand
struck two fence pickets and was badly
lacerated.
A meeting will be held on Saturday
evening next, at the residence of Benja
min R. Lamb, for the purpose of effecting
reorganization of the Women's Chris
tan Temperance Union.
Miss Sarah Budd, of Mount Holly, who
is graduate of Mount Holyoke, and also
of the Normal Training College, has been
added to the corps of teachers of the
State Model School at Trenton.
1t has been learned that the injury re-
Gently received by Miss Anna Burr il
confined to her hip, the socket being
crushed badly. She will not be able to
get about for long time and may be
crippled for life.
Officer Denness, on Friday night, with
considerable difficulty took a drunken
man home, and when he arrived at the
house, all he received for his trouble was
heap of abuse. The next case of this
kind will go to Jail.
While DR.. Darlington was driving down
Main street on Thursday afternoon his
horse slipped on the stone crossing opposite
Judge Laumaster's Office and fell. The
horse sustained a slight injury and one
shaft of the carriage was broken.
Now that Chancellor McGill has return
ed home from his summer vacation, it is
expected that he will give his attention tc
to the accounts presented by the trustees
of the Smith estate. and that the proper.
ty will soon be turned over to Captain
Smith.
Quite a number of people were disap
pointed at not seeing the ball game or
Saturday afternoon, because the street cal
failed to make its $50 o'clock trip to the
fair grounds Instead of coming dowI
town as usual, the driver put his car in
the stable.
Every rider of bicycle should be 9
member of the League of American
Wheelmen, the nominal cost of one dol
lar per year emitting him or her to many
times that amount in actual value receiv
ed. Full information regarding the or
ganization can be obtained by sendini
your address to Edward F. Burns.
Counsel for Kahn & Allen, of Trenton
made application to Judge Garrison, OF
Saturday, for rule to show cause why Q
writ of certiorari should not be issued
against the Board of Freeholders of Bur
| lington county to review their action in
granting to W. G. Stanley contract fol
the construction of stone road between
Riverton and Riverside. Counsel claimed
that Kahn & Allen were the lowest bid
ders, and the contract lwas awarded tt
Stanley, the highest bidder, instead Of
the lowest bidder. The rule was allowed
and was made returnable in two weeks.
All voters should carefully read the pro
posed amendments to the constitution
which are published in another column
of this paper, especially that one in rela
ton to gambling. 1t is a matter of vita
importance to the people of this state, ant
its fate will be made known in two week.
from to-day. Hardly one person In
hundred can tell anything about it, simply
because they have not studied the matter
and this apathy is liable to cause its de
feat. If the amendment is passed, i
takes from the Legislature the power tt
legalize gambling IN any form, and sucl
action can never again be taken by AM
judicial body unless the constitution il
changed, and this will be hard to &C
complish.
Before Judge Garrison, on Saturday
counsel for Isaac Brown, township collect
or of Delran township, made application
for rule to show cause why a writ of Ger
tiorari should not be issued against tn,
inhabitants of Delran township and tn,
township committee to prevent then