The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-25


Major R. M. ]. Reed will be the Me
mortal day orator at New Egypt.
N. G. Bickford has placed an additi OF
to his repair shop on Washington street
1t would now be in order for some one
TO remove the Y. M. G. A. sign at the
railroad station.
The regular monthly sale of bread, pies
and cakes took place on Saturday in the
W. G. T. U. rooms.
Stacy Bufin, of Columbus, aged Is
years, died suddenly, Wednesday, from
dropsy of the heart
Charles Stewart, an Ellisdale farmer
had one of his legs broken on Tuesday
while telling tree.
John Lockhart, of Columbus, is carry
ing an arm in sling. 1t was broker
by the kick of horse.
Sugar beet seed in large quantities hal
been distributed among the farmers fol
experimental purposes.
A number of the old carpet weaverl
have recently secured positions in Phil
adelphia and elsewhere.
]. s. Folwell has resigned his position
with the New Jersey Gas Improvement
Company, to take effect June 5.
]. E. Butterworth will have his thirc
annual sale of Jersey cattle on Saturday
next at his farm near Birmingham.
Alonzo Glpe, of Westampton township
has somewhat recovered from a spine af
lection and is able to be about again.
The large number of wheelmen who
took run to Pemberton on Tuesday
evening, enjoyed the trip very much.
The men at the Hainesport iron foun.
dry have not been working for week or
account of the engine breaking down.
/ A small fire in Allinson's butcher shoT
at Jobstown, on Tuesday morning, wal
extlnguished without doing any damage
Lee Wells acted as substitute on the
police force, on Wednesday, the day of
fcer having gone down the creek with {
boating party.
James Berry, OF Mount Holly, has is
sued challenge and put up forfeit fol
a sparring match with John McCloskey
Jr., of Beverly.
Several persons were baptized in the
creek at Centreton on Sunday afternoon
They were converts of the Rescue Mis-
sion at Mssonville
! While Miss Ella Bartlett, of Noun
Holly, was recently visiting her mother
at Vincentown, she was bitten by a dos
belonging to Harry Johnson
There was an interesting musical and
literary entertainment given in the M. E
Church on Friday evening. The phono
graphic exhibition was a pleasing feature
4 A new bicycle path running from Penn
berton to New Lisbon is about ready fol
the wheelmen. The path from Moores
town to Haddonfield has been completed
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Metho
dist Church, at Jacobstown, will give 9
strawberry festival on the evening Of
Decoration day. There Will be an inter
esting programme.
On Monday and Tuesday last Fish
Warden Wise placed 100000 small shad
in the Rancocas creek at the railroad
crossing on Washington street. They
came from Gloucester.
Rev. Dr. S. Giffard Nelson, of Brooklyn
was in Mount Holly last week. He came
to attend the funeral of Mrs. Mary E.
Buchanan, who was buried here on Wed
nesday, having died at Brooklyn.
The bill providing for separate boards
of management for the two lunatic asy
lumns in this state has been signed by
the Governor. DR.. N. Newlln Stokes, Of
Moorestown, will be member of the new
board.
Those who allow their dogs to chase
rabbits in this vicinity are hunting fol
trouble, as Game Warden Wise is after
them. William is pretty alert official
and he seldom fails in securing informa
ton of this kind when he goes after it.
Mrs. Bethsheba Bullock, of Noun
nj Ixr Coll
last week and was so badly shaken ur
that she could not arise without assist.
ance. Mrs. Bullock and her brother are
two of the oldest people living in Mount
Holly.
Charles A. Buffin, of Columbus, who ii
confined in st. Francis Hospital, Tren
ton, writes to his friend, Joseph s. Glib
son, of Mount Holly, that he is not sorry
his leg was recently amputated, as it hal
caused him great deal of trouble for the
past thirty years.
While crossing the farm of Benjamin
A. Atkinson, on the Mount Holly road
one day last week, some boys overturned
a decayed tree stump and found a cent?
pede eight inches in length. They cut i
in two with hoe and both halves began
to run away. They finally crushed it.
Joseph Smith, of Westampton town
ship, was committed to Jail, on Thursday
to await the action of the grand jury on
charge OF stealing $25 in money and
quantity of clothes from Jacob Tobieski
At least this is the way the commitmen
reads. The man Incarcerated is an Ital
ian and it looks as though Justice Manue
had committed the Italian under the dis
tinguished name of Smith.
Following is a list of the unclaimed
mail remaining in the Mount Holly post
Office for week ending May %: Letters
John Abadie, Mrs. Burnett, Rev. Robt
Forman, George Lean, G. w. Schwartz
Charles Smith postals, j. J. bennett
Rev. B. D. Hahn, l. M. Kirby (3), Mis-,
M. III. Little, VIM. Peak, Rev. VIM. Pc
terson, M. II. Pride, w. B. Smith.
A gentleman from Lumberton had hil
bicycle repaired at Storey & Sons Shop OF
Saturday. He became very friendly with
the Storey brothers and upon taking his
departure he invited them to call and SET
him. where do you live ?" was asked
"Oh, down near the cemetery" replied
the stranger. you can't miss It, / have
two tame crows, a billy goat, monkey an6
a dandy parrot, and whenever visitors ar
rive the whole menagerie starts up al
once. Come out if you want to see some
fun. They're all harmless"
The ffty-frst annual meeting of the
Burlington County Bible Society, in Trim
ity M. E. Church, Bordentown, Tuesday
elected the following officers President
Rev. W. P. FInney, Morristown vice
presidents. William H. Heisler, Pember
ton /; Rev. H. r. Hall, Columbus secre
tary and treasurer, r. M. Early, Smith
vile; Executive Committee, Rev. Henry
Belling, Rev. F. Lukens, d. c. Hassinger
of Burlington Rev. ]. L. Howard, Bev
erly Rev. J. II. Durham, Mount Holly
II. B. Aaronson, Columbus
i When your bicycle makes a noise ii is g
sure sign that something is wrong. The
perfect running machine is noiseless
A jingling sound usually means that
spokes have broken loose from their fas
Jennings at crossing points distinc
click indicates spokes Ioosened at thG
rim'; what might be termed a joggini
noise is usually caused by a loose crank
loud swapping almost invariably comel
from a dry chain, and loose sprockei
will thump. No matter what the noise Ii
or from what part of the machine it EN-
anates, it indicates trouble that should be
promptly attended to.
Commodore James Comly's naphthi
launch Panku is one of the popular in
stitutlons of the town. Nearly every day
party of pleasure seekers is given a ridi
down the creek on the snug craft. On
Wednesday a particularly select part,
took a spin as a far as the Delair railroad