The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-02-23

LOCAL NEWS.
Lumberton township paid out $112.9:
last year for sheep and turkeys destroyed
by dogs.
A number of new books have been add
ed to the library of the Presbyterian
Sunday School
Mrs. Margaret Hooper. Pine street, wht
recently fell and broke her hip, died or
Wednesday night.
Mrs Eveline Verona Smith, widow o
the late Hezekiah B. Smith, died Al
Woodstock, VT, on Sunday.
All the stock of the Vincentown Water
Company has been sold, and the corpora
ton is doing good business.
Ann, widow of the late Henry Hughes
died at the residence of Jesse v. Bickford
on Budd street, Sunday morning.
While walking across pit at the Flor
ence foundry, on Tuesday, Peter Nader
fell and broke bone in one of his arms.
Micajah E. Matlack had a wound on his
right hand cauterized Sunday, which was
received by dog biting him accident
ally while at play.
The annual encampment of the Sons Of
Veterans was held In Trenton, on Thurs
day. Howard Brown, of Mount Holly, was
elected Hospital Steward.
The America hose house is draped in
mourning, in memory of Benjamin B.
Phares, late vice president of the company
and one of it's oldest members
Alfred B. Taylor has rented the build
ing formerly occupied by Thomas Nippins,
on Mill street, where he will remove his
laundry about the first OF March.
The 165th anniversary of the birth OF
George Washington was observed yester-
day. In Mount Holly the schools, banks,
county buildings and post-ofice were
closed
Benjamin Warren was thrown off a
hand Car last week while passing through
the cut near the fair grounds. He was
painfully bruised about the face and had
to quit work
Elias Hargrove died at his residence,
corner White and Church streets, on Sun
day evening. Deceased was veteran of
the late war and prominent worker in
Gen. A. E. Shiras Post.
Capt. W. S. Gale, of Co. F, went to Tren-
ton, on Thursday evening, to aid in the
election of Colonel of the Seventh regi-
ment to succeed Col. Skirm. Lieut. Col
Charles Y. Bamford was chosen.
The annual meeting of the New Jersey
Gas Improvement Co. will be held at the
Office of the company, 103 Main street,
Mount Holly. N. j., on Monday, March l.
ALI unpaid gas bills must be settled before
that date
The supper given at the residence of
J. Howard Shinn, on Saturday evening,
for the benefit of the Mount Holly M. E.
Church, was a success Notwithstanding
the stormy weather. Between $75 and
$50 was Melted.
The latest piece of society news is that
a couple on Nam street have been mar
ried for three months, and have up to the
present time been able to keep the mat
ter from the public. Even now the names
of the couple have not been disclosed.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Baptist
Church, will give supper and bazaar on
Friday and Saturday There will be a
large number of useful and fancy articles
for sale and an excellent bill of fare has
been prepared for the occasion, including
all the delicacies of the season.
Bert Donnelly, Harvey Thomas and
William Clevenger, the three young men
confined in jail on charge of burglary,
have all expressed desire to plead gull
ty and receive an early sentence. They
hope they may be taken in court to-mor-
row or Saturday and their cases disposed
Of
The Ladies' Home Missionary Society
will hold its regular monthly meeting in
the Presbyterian Church tomorrow after
noon. On Thursday evening the month
ly missionary meeting of the Christian
Endeayor Society will be held, with Miss
Mary Folwell as leader. A paper on
Robert Morrison will be read by Harold
Hornor.
Ann R., wife of William c. Curtis, died
on Sunday morning, at the residence of
her son, William w. Curtis, of pneumonia,
after brief illness. Deceased was in the
Saith year of her age and was one of the
WatkInson sisters, whose longevity has
made them remarkable She was born at
Pemberton in 1918 and was married in
Mount Holly to William Curtis in 1885,
Mrs. Curtis was a devout Baptist and a
regular attendant at all the services of the
church. In 1884 she united with the
church at Pemberton and brought her
letter to the Mount Holly Baptist Church
March 9th. 1877.
Squire Krayer was called upon on Fri
day evening to hear complaint from
Arthur Schroeder, bartender at Charles
Heiss' hotel David and Henry Parker
went into the place and ordered drinks.
They put the money on the bar but before
Schroeder could get it they picked it up
again, and then they behaved so badly
that the bartender insisted on their leav-
ing the hotel. A scuffle ensued in which
Schroeder was bitten by Henry. The
justice held the Parkers on a charge Of
assault and battery. Henry was unable
to furnish bail and was taken to Jail yes
terday.
On Friday Sheriff Fleetwood sold three
tracts of land at Bordentowp, property Of
Timothy Connolly, as follows First tract
to Mary Crawford, Trenton, for So, 800
second tract to same, $500 third tract tc
John p Hutchinson, for $780, Property
in Bass River township, belonging te
Mark W. Adams, was sold to Thomas J.
Gaskill for 500. On Saturday these sales
occurred Property of Jeanette Johnson
WrightstowD, to Charles Fl. Smith & Bro
$50; house and lot in Mansfield town
ship property of William Peoples, wai
bought by the defendant for $500; farm
of Philip B. Lippincott, Westamptor
township, to Susan A. Kirby, 1886.