The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-06-01
LOCAL NEWS.


sheds in the rear of the Baptist Church.
Harvey r. Deacon is now employed in
the pattern shops at McNeal's foundry,
Burlington.
The recent cold snap has retarded the
growth of corn, and in some cases 1t has
made the leaves yellow.
Surrogate Kirkbride spent Sunday and
yesterday at Newark, where he took part
In the Memorial day exercises.
Ezekias Esham is recovering from an
attack of lum bago, which confined him to
his bed portion of last week.
The finest Strawberries we have seen in
town yet came from the farm of Fred
Owens, on the Lumberton road.
Harry w. Kempte now resides next
door to the Relief Engine Company, of
which organization he is foreman.
Isaac B. Huff, school census enumerator,
reports the following children of school
age in Mount Holly: white, 1885; colored,
T. Clifford Keller has been granted a
manufacturing quite a number of these
articles.
John w. Harris and Joseph A. Ward
rode to Atlantic City on their wheels,
Sunday. They returned on the cars in
the evening.
Levi Lippincott, prominent citizen OF
Moorestown, died suddenly on Saturday,
aged 70 years. The funeral will take
place to-day.
A large audience greeted Rev. G. II.
Pendleton at the Baptist Church, on Sun
day evening. His sermon was appropri-
ate to Memorial day.
T. Harry Branin, the carpenter, left
last week for Sea Side Park, where he
has secured employment with ]. S. Rog-
ers in the erection of new cottages.
The Philadelphia and Mount Holly
steamboat line placed new wagon on the
road last week, to be used for carting
freight from their wharf at Centreton to
Mount Holly.
An Epworth League bicycle lub has
been formed in the Methodist Church.
Twenty-three members now compose it.
They took their initial run to Pemberton
last evening.
Two of the young lady pupils of the
Priscilla Braislin school at Bordentown,
were expelled, on Saturday, for flirting
with young men from their rooms. The
girls are 16 and IL years of age.
In short time the manufacture of ham,
mocks. ETC., will begin In the Bidwell
novelty factory, on West Washington
street. A large quantity of the machinery
has arrived from Germantown.
Walter Thomas, son of Mrs Thomas, of
Grant street, arrived home Sunday from
Brooklyn. Twelve years ago, on Memoir
ial day, the young man left Camden, and
since that time he has travelled over the
whole country.
The police of Mount Holly have been
instructed by the township committee to
arrest all persons found after dark riding
a bicycle on which there Is not lighted
lamp or bell. These orders are to be
carried out to the letter.
Sixteen out of the sixty-seven note
holders of the Agricultural Society met at
the Washington House, on Saturday
Owing to the slim attendance no business
was transacted. Another meeting will be
called in about two weeks.
The bottom seems to have fallen out of
the Sunday closing movement at Burling-
ton. Day before yesterday the cigar
stores, restaurants and soda fountains
were open as usual. The BARRIERS claim
that they will get In line next Sunday.
While the game of base ball was in
progress yesterday, John Foster, who was
viewing the contest from a tree outside
the fence, fell from his perch to the
ground, distance of about twenty feet
He was badly shaken, but escaped injury.
Instead of the regular service at the
Methodist Church, on Sunday evening,
the Epworth League conducted a praise
service which was interspersed with short
NH aul oh afnh rff hn 1f
the hymns that were used on that occa-
sion.
On Sunday evening services appropri-
ate to Memorial day were held in the
Presbyterian Church, where Rev. ]. H.
Durham preached sermon to a large
congregation. The members of Shiras
Post, Sons of Veterans and Company F
attended in a body.
An exhibition of the work done by the
pupils of the Mount Holly public schools
will be made on Friday afternoon, June
4, between two AND five o'clock, in the
school buildings, to which the public is
invited. The highly creditable work of
the scholars is well worth an inspection.
A. S. Russell and wife returned to their
home in Philadelphia, on Saturday, after
an extended visit to relatives in Mount
Holly. While here, Mrs. RUSSELL was
dangerously i'll at the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. William s. Rendell, on
Mount Holly avenue, where she suffered
greatly from sciatic rheumatism.
Foil owing is the list of unclaimed mail
remaining in the Mount Holly post-ofice
for the week ending May 30 s. G. Cobb
HI. l. Connell, Edward Coerr, Miss Carrie
Doland, Mrs. Matte Haines, E. G. Shaw,
Mrs. Sarah Tomas, Joseph T. Wood ; pos
tails, Mrs. Maggie Barber, Mrs Mary Ger.
ran, W. 81. Pride, William Taylor, ]. L.
Trikman.
John W. Engle, of Washington street,
attempted TO learn the mysteries of bicy-
Gle riding on Friday evening He was
practicing for some time and then re-
turned to the house in a high state OF
perspiration. He soon became i'll and
about midnight he became unconscious
from paralysis or the rupture of a blood
vessel. His condition is serious.
Surrogate Kirkbride has issued letters
testamentary to the following Estate Of
Sarah K. Powell, deceased, of Rancocas
Edward A. Powell, Trappe. Md, executor
estate OF Isaiah S. Stevens, deceased, Of
Mount Holly, Hettie A. Stevens, Mount
Holly. executrix. Letters of guardianship
have been granted to Samu 81 Richard
SUI, kudfuian VI rIauCoc anu Odmuo
Richardson.
Prosecutor Budd's assailant, Frank
Hess, was taken to the Trenton asylum
last week. When he arrived at the in
stitution he asked DIR. Ward for a drink
of liquor, land when refused he was pre-
vented from assaulting the physician by
Deputy Sheriff Whomsley and an attend
ant. The asylum officials say that Hess
is not insane, but he will be closely con
fined in the criminal ward.
Michael Egan, of Hartford, was arrest
ed and placed under bail for murderously
assaulting two bicyclers just outside o.
Moorestown on Sunday night. 1t is said
that Egan was drunk and attacked Pat
rick Murphy and small boy named
Percy King without provocation. Muir.
ply was considerably cut about the head
with cobblestone in the hands of Egan
and his wheel demolished. Outside in
reference saved the small boy from prob
able serious injury.
Samuel Heller. who was sentenced to
nine months IN state prison for chicken
stealing, has been released from the Jail.
His companion, Harley Shemeley, VIII
was given eighteen months, has had his
sentence reduced to five months In the
county Jail. Neither prisoner had beer
taken to Trenton, and this disposition o
their cases has been made for good cause
Heller has been gwen employment il
Johnson's iron foundry at Hainesport
and will now endeavor to support his wifi
and seven children.
Elwood Mitchell, the insur ance agen
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