The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-12-14
The MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER IA, 1897.
LOCAL NEWS.

Cranberries are now being shipped ir
large quantities. Four carloads went from
Medford to the west last week.
Catharine Williams, of Lumh4rton, hal
discontinued her breach of promise sui
against Robert Meyers, of Mount Holly.
Game Warden Wise spent a few day.
down in the pines last week and arrested
and fined several persons who haye beer
sharing rabbits.
The Epworth League of the Methods
Church conducted the Christian Endeavol
meeting held in the Presbyterian Church
on Sunday evening.
If you cannot afford to give a watch al
Christmas present, get some other &C
ceptable article, of which there are many
at Doron's, 81 Main street.
In default of 500 bail, Joseph Jobei
was committed to Jail on Saturday nigh
by Justice Clevenger for assaulting hi
wife and biting her hand.
For throwing stones at George Single
ton and wife, Joseph and Robert Viii
liams, two colored boys, have been placed
under 500 bonds to keep the peace.
The pay car of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company was in Mount Holly, or
Saturday, and large amount of money
was distributed among the employees.
The Ladies' Aid and Home Missionary
Society of the Presbyterian Church mel
yesterday afternoon at the residence o.
Mrs. Wilmer Chance, on Broad street.
A large shipment of cypress wood, from
Florida, was received at Smithville or
Wednesday, most of which will be used
in repairing the dwelling houses there.
Policeman Denness has been quite i'll
during the past week. He is not only
wrestling with chills and fever but has
suffered great pain from some form Of
rupture.
William Ireland, T. Lacy Atkins and a
number of friends spent most of last week
down at the shore cunning. They were
very successful IN killing rabbits, but had
no luck with ducks.
The Daughters of America are consider.
ing the advisability of changing their
meeting night from Friday to Monday,
as such change would be convenience
to many of the members.
Shaw Bros, of Camden, will give an ex.
hibition of Edison's projecting kIneto
scope and new concert phonograph in the
Methodist Church on Friday evening,
December 18th, at s o'clock
Charles r. Fenton, Edward s. Troth
Joshua Matlack, Jr., and few others pro.
pose visiting several adjacent towns and
giving exhibitions for the benefit OF
Knights of Pythias lodges.
Commodore James Comfy is trying to
get up party of gentlemen to take a triu
to Florida in his naphtha launch "Panku. u
If he does not succeed in this, Mr.. Comfy
will spend the winter at Bermuda.
On Friday Sheriff Fleetwood sold these
properties Hotel of Mrs. Elwood Evans
at Jobstown, to Maria l.. Evans, for $3.50;
the Hannah FL. Woolston farm, in Med.
ford township. to John A. Lamb, for $4,325
A. Lincoln Sailer is thinking quite seri-
ously of ordering pleasure boat for his
own use. He wants a craft 35 feet long
containing an 8-horse power engine. Such
a boat as this, however, could scarcely be
used on the creek here.
A quarterly meeting of the First-day
schools of the Society of Friends, was held
in the meeting house at Mount Holly, on
Saturday. There was large attendance
The children gave very interesting en-
tertainment in the afternoon.
The township committee gave a lesson
in discipline to the members of the police
force on Thursday night. The chief
thought his men needed some instruction
in view OF the many attempted robberies
that have taken place recently.
A Christmas cantata entitled "Santa's
Surprise Party" by the children of the
primary room of the Baptist Sunday
school, under the direction of Mrs. Daniel
Suffer, on Tuesday eYening. 2lst inst, at
o'clock. Admission Is cents.
The iron fence on the property of the
Friends, on Garden street, has been Civ
en- a coat of paint and gives evidence Of
permanently remaining where it is in
spite of the order of Commissioners to set
it back in accordance with the proper line
William Holman, living on the EImwood
road, went to Medford Wednesday night
to attend a show. He hid his bicycle in
an alley, and when he went to get it the
wheel was not there. Neither the thief
nor the machine have yet been heard
from.
During the stay in Mount Holly of the
Comedy Company, at the Opera House, q
silver ice pitcher will be given to the fire
company receiving the highest number Of
votes as being the most popular company
In town. Everybody has vote at each
performance.
Gorham 0. Hall, of the firm of Hall
Brown, of st. Louis, manufacturers Of
woodworking machinery died quite sud
denly on December 9th of pneumonia.
He had only been i'll about one day. Mr..
Hall was at one time employed in the
works at Smithville.
The old Grand Army vets had a royal
good time at their baked bean supper on
Saturday night. Everything passed of
in satisfactory manner, and those who
attend we're well pleased. Quite a neat
sum was realized. The members express
their thanks to all those who in any way
contributed to the event. They cleared $50
The Monmouth Traction Company has
been incorporated at Freehold to build
an electric railroad from the county-seai
to Keyport The incorporators are Col
Edward Morrell and H. v. Massey, OF
Philadelphia; A. B. Stoney, of keyport,
and Mitchell B. Perkins, of Beverly. The
company has bought the horse-car line
from Matawan to Keyport. fef
On Saturday night several ladies', after
passing the disgraceful crowd of Ioafers
that congregate nightly down town, stopped
in front of jones' drug store and examined
their skirts to see if tobacco juice had not
been squirted on them. 1t does seem
strange that the township committee OF
the police have not sufficient courage tc
break up the loaing at the lower end Of
Main street, to which their attention has
80 often been directed.
Charles Fl. Chickerlng, of Smithville
treasurer of the HI. B. Smith Machine
Company. met with painful accident II
Philadelphia on Thursday. He came
down the Market street hill on his bicycle
to catch the ferry boat, and in doing sc
the front fork broke, throwing him to the
Or0und His haad and fooa ucro hodlx
cut and be was rendered unconscious
He now has the appearance of having
gone through threshing machine
The teacher at Deacon's school, on thu
Burlington road, was notified on Friday
to put stop to the foolish and dangerous
practice which the scholars have been in
dulging in of late. They seem to hav,
found much pleasure in getting on the ca
track in front of the trolleys and not
getting off until it was absolutely neces
sary. If one of these children should
happen to stumble before getting off the
track there would probably be fatal &C
cident that some one would try to faster
on to the motorman.
The recent attempt of Edward Kelley
a farmer, residing near Moorestown, t,
give trouble to the Camden and Suburban
Railway Company by walking his team
on the tracks of the company, thereby de
laying traffic, resulted in the company
bringing suit against Kelley for $500
damages. The action of the company re
suited in Kelley's counsel appearing be
fore the railway officials, pleading lgno
rance of the law for the defendant and OF
Kelley's promise to ''go and sin no more,
counsel for the railway company an
nounced that the suit was off, The com