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

iciently from his recent illness TO be on
again.
Frank Gibbs. who was recently seizeC
with hemorrhage while at work in Bow
ker's shoe factory, is improving
George Austin has given up his position
as clerk in T. Pop Bowker's cigar store
The latter's father Is now in charge.
At the meeting of Relief Fire Company
last evening, w. Scott Matlack was elected
janitor. vice Michael Rossell, resigned.
The Fl. B. Smith Machine Company hal
received an order for FIVE wood workinl
machines to 90 to Christians, Norway.
Twenty more hands-boys and girls
are wanted at once at the pocketbook fac
tory of E. L. Prickett & Co., on Garder
street.
Martin Bayersdorfer has received hi
fall styles of clothing, hats and furnishing
goods. Read his new announcement else
where.
William Kiner, the newsboy and assist
ant at Cline's hardware store, entered THU
morning on q clerkship IN William Allin
sons store.
Joseph B. Atkinson. who was born neal
Burlington, in May, 1843, died in Phila
delphia, on Sunday. He removed to thai
city when child.
Henry Darnell closed his hotel at Berke
ley Arms yesterday as the season II
over. Mr.. Darnell and family will return
to Mount Holly in few days.
George J. Robertson goes to Jersey City
to-day as representative of the knights
of the Golden Eagles, where the grand
lodge will hold two days session.
The three-legged, tailless calf born on
the farm of Robert Sutton, near Burling-
ton, Eve weeks ago, continues to thrive
and draws curious hundreds to see it.
The wife of ]. Il. Scott, of Pointville,
has been relieved of cancer weighing
thirty-one pounds. After the operation
was performed two others of large size
were found. 1t is believed she cannot re-
cover.
Samuel Branin, living near Medford,
who recently secured hired man from q
Philadelphia employment bureau, was
last week relieved of SIS, some jewelry
and clothing. The whereabouts of the
fellow is unknown.
George W. A. French, who is one of the
marshals, attended the field day exercises
of the Knights Of Pythias yesterday at
South Amboy. He was accompanied by
one or two members of New Jersey Lodge,
No. |. of Mount Holly.
The public schools opened last Wednes-
day, and the number of children who ap-
piled for admission was % more than the
seating capacity. A meeting of the Board
of Education will be held this evening to
consider the matter.
Richard Leeds barn at Evesboro was
struck by lightning Wednesday night.
The fluid followed the iron track for the
hay fork, passing out at the gable end,
knocking out several rafters and weather
boarding. Although the barn was full oil
hay, it did not take fire.
George Glass, fireman at the Electric
Light works, fell from the Water street
railroad bridge on Saturday night and
broke his leg. He had been to Cape May
and got home on the train arriving here
at 11.30. He was crossing the bridge on
his way to bis home on Water street when
the accident happened.
Inquiry is being made at Bordentown
as to whether a man named Robert Cor.
coran, of Canandaigua. N. r., is buried
there. Corcoran is supposed to have been
drowned two years ago in the Delaware
and Raritan canal. Nothing can be learn
ed of any such drowning having occurred
at Bordentown.
Contracts were awarded yesterday by
the bridge committee of the Burlington
county Board of Freeholders for the new
iron bridges on the road from Riverside
to Riverton, which is to be improved.
The Groton Bridge Company, of Groton,
N. Y, got both contracts at their bids Of
$102S for the bridge across Pompesse creek
and 1857 for that across Swede's run.
Possibly with the idea that fish make
brains, Judge Gaskill, on Saturday, pre-
sented the editor of THE NEWS with a blue
fish that weighed 10 lbs, and which was
caught while the Judge was getting ready
to come to Mount Holly. The real pretty
part OF this story is that the Judge did not
even pretend that he caught the fish.
On Saturday Sheriff Fleetwood sold the
following properties: Eighteen acres in
Northampton township, belonging to AL
bert Zelley, to Sarah G. Morgan for 500
house and lot in Delran township, belong
ing to Silas Hughes, to Mary Thackara
for $3.50 ; several lots in Burlington, be-
longing to Thomas w. Wilson, to Elmer
son c. English for $500.
On Sunday morning at 4.30 O'Clock,
Officer seyerns found Lottle Middleton
who lives near Pemberton, fast asleep or
door step out Pine street. She said tina
while waiting there for party to TAKE
her home she fell asleep. She was colo
and chilly and wanted to be locked up
but the policeman started her on thu
stone road leading to Pemberton.
Realizing that they can get better price
for their tomatoes in Philadelphia than a
the canning houses, some of those farm
ers who made contracts with the packer
have peen detected in thus disposing of
portion of their crop, which is very shor
this year. A firm in town found it neces
sary to read the riot act to one such OF
fender. A lawyer was consulted and
the offence is repeated a suit will follow
The cunning season for several kinds Q
game opened on Wednesday, and tn
sportsmen were out in full force. Rec,
birds are not as plentiful as they will be
on account of the reeds not being the
roughly ripe yet. More rail than rec
birds have been gathered thus far, it
said. Squirrels are plentiful and are bein
shot in large numbers. Fortunately n
serious shooting accidents have occurre
in this vicinity.
On August 80, Elwood W. Anderso
and two companions hired horse an
wagon from William Madden. The
drove the animal very hard and abused
considerably, after which they abandon
ed the team. 1t was afterward found an
restored to its owner. A warrant was il
sued for Anderson, who was charged wit
false representation and over driving. O