The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-08-10
LOCAL NEWS.

A number of young people enjoyed an
outing on the mount on Thursday after
noon.
The coming postmaster of Mount Holly
has placed very pretty delivery wagon
in service
Elizabeth B., widow of the late Isaac
Hall, died at her home near Smithville
on Friday, after brief illness.
pr. ]. Ridgway Haines, recent grad.
uate at the Jefferson Medical College, has
decided to locate at Lumberton.
Frank, son of William Wright, who is
at Chadwick, sent number Of blue fish
to his Mount Holly friends last week.
An electric light pole in front of the res.
idence of the Misses Gaskill, on Cherry
street, fell over on Wednesday evening.
While in bathing at Atlantic City, last
week, Martin Bayersdorfer met with an
accident that will cause him to limp fol
some time to come
Sheriff Fleetwood has whitewashed all
the fences about his farm and painted the
posts red, which makes decided inn
prevement to the place.
Ellsworth Holeman is having a cellar
excavated under the rear of his residence
on Main street. When completed he will
put in a new steam heater.
The suit of Joseph Engle, Jr., against
Job E. Pharo, to recover bill for pasture
which was to have been heard yesterday
before Justice Clevenger, was settled.
Several large carp have recently been
caught on the meadows in the rear OF
Monroe street. The fish came up during
the recent high tides.
Harry Martin, of Mount Holly, left on
Wednesday for New York to join the
Breezy Time Company This makes his
fourth ear with that organization.
On Wednesday Justice Clevenger exc
cuted forty-eight pension vouchers, near
ly all of which were cashed on Friday.
This is considered pretty quick work.
Frank smith, of Willingboro township.
was committed to Jail for court on Thurs
day, by Justice Gaskill, for drawing a re-
yolver and threatening to shoot James r.
Graft.
THE News has in type the constitution
and bylaws of the Daughters of America
and lodges desiring any number of print
ed copies can obtain them at half price by
calling early at this Office.
house is fast filling in the low ground
there, and it will not be very long before
the meadows at that point will be con-
verted into valuable space.
Some riders went out to the willows on
Thursday evening to meet the wheelmen
from Burlington, who were booked for a
run to Mount Holly and Rancocas, but
they failed to put in an appearance.
Edward Bender, of York, Pa, J. Fred
Laumaster, William w. Worrell, Samuel
A. Atkinson, Samuel Holt. DIR. John j.
Flynn and Edward S. Troth left this
morning for Barnegat Pier on a fishing
trip
William Cortney, of Cinnaminson town
ship, was committed to jail on Saturday,
by Justice Thomas W., Mares, on charge
of threatening to burn some outbuildings.
The commitment is defective, inasmuch
as the compliments name has been omit
ted.
The 6.26 trolley. on Saturday evening,
caught large dog on the bridge near
Water street. and the animal came near
being killed The car was almost stopped
and yet the dog kept right in front of the
wheels. Baggagemaster James Smith gave
an old-time war whoop that drove it away.
Charles Wiley, of Moorestown, while at
Cookstown, on Thursday, committed an
assault and battery on Charles Sharp,
whom he chased and threatened to kill.
Sharp became afraid of his life and had
his assailant arrested. Justice Haines
committed the prisoner to answer at court
Benjamin w. Zelley, ex-Sheriff William
A. Townsend, John B. Townsend, Robert
L. Nixon, A. Lincoln Sailer and ]. Henry
Heaviland left last evening for Barnegat
They will stop with Richard Westwood at
the Clarence house. The party will en-
Joy fishing trip to-day and return home
tomorrow.
Charles Shemeley, John Cavanaugh and
Frederick Glenn, three young boys, caused
Josiah w. Evan some annoyance last
week. They broke down tree and de-
faced building in his lumber yard with
paint, and for this malicious mischief they
were arrested and held for court. They
succeeded in obtai ming bail.
About a week ago, as some men were
digging in the Budd Norcross sand pits
near Hainesport, a human skeleton was
unearthed by the sand sliding down an
embankment 1t was buried about four
feet under ground. 1t was evidently that
of large person, as the leg bones were
very long. This makes the fifth body
that has been found there.
The barns, outbuildings and contents OF
hay, grain, etc., of John Perkins, at Len
ola, were burned Sunday afternoon. 1t
was only with the greatest difficulty that
the dwelling was saved. The loss is
placed at $1,000, on which there is an in
surance of 5000 in the Cumberland Mutual
of Bridgeton. The fire was caused by Mr..
Perkins grandchild playing in the hay
with matches.
The scholars of the Methodist Sunday
school gathered at the church on Thurs
day morning to go on their annual picnic
to the Sylvan Lakes, but the rain caused
disappointment, and shortly after nine
o'clock the children went home with hearts
as heavy as the clouds above. The picnic
was held the next day, however, and
proved to be a very enjoyable affair.
DIR. Laura Clements, daughter of DR.
g. w. Il. Calver, of Columbus, who was
visiting her parents home, was badly in
Jured by horse running away and throw
ing her into ditch by taking fright at q
steam roller at work on the stone roads
while driving to the depot at Kinkora, or
Wednesday morning. Her nose, arm anc
collar-bone were broken, and she received
cuts across the forehead and scalp.
Water street furnished some excitemen
on Saturday morning by reason of fou
runaways occurring there in the space o
one hour. A sorrel horse belonging t