The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-05-18
LOCAL N Ews.

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Jr 0. U. A. M this evening.
Two new arc lights were placed on
Washington street yesterday.
Martin Fl. Girven will begin his official
duties as assessor on Thursday.
Chas. M. Sloan has removed to his new
office opposite the Arcade hotel.
Charles A. Sims and wife returned
from their wedding tour on Tuesday.
A musical concert is being arranged by
the choir of the Sacred Heart Church.
change IN the time table, to be found
on our first page, went into effect on SUM-
day.
Mosquitoes have arrived, and they are
just as bloodthirsty as those of former
years.
Walter Brown, of Pemberton, has open
ed wheelmen's rest two miles from that
village.
The annual inspection of Company F
will take place in the armory on Saturday
evening.
Joseph A. Southwck suffered several
days last week with an abscess on bis
right eye.
The public schools will close June A.
The annual commencement will take
place June 8.
Two or three horses were injured last
week by the loose stones on the South
Pemberton road.
Robert Berry has taken the place oil
Edward Caypool as bartender at the
Washington house.
E. B. Jones & Co. have placed a filter
in their factory, so as to have pure water
for canning asparagus.
A number of Mount Holly people at
tended a dance given at Jobstown on
Wednesday evening.
If you want good bread ask your gro
Ger for bag of HuImeville flour. You
will made no mistake.
The summer school session at the acad-
envy will open on June IA. The closing
exercises will take place on June IL.
The bicycle riders of West Creek have
taken the contract to gravel the main
street from curb to curb at their own ex-
pense.
Philip Salberg the electrician, who had
charge of installing the trolley road to
Burlington, will leave Mount Holly this
week
On Saturday 525 excursion tickets were
sold to those who attended the unwilling
of the Washington monument in Phila-
delphiG.
The Friends yearly meeting in Phila-
delphia, last week, waa addressed by
Franklin T. Haines and Edgar Conrow,
of this county.
The Rev. Daniel Bishop will conduct
the service at the Burlington county hos
pital next Sunday afternoon at 4.15. The
public is invited.
Ii the right of way can be secured, DIR.
John ]. Flynn will extend the private
telephone service in his Office to Rancocas,
for use OF DR.. Hilyard, Of the latter place.
Fred B. Shreve has his string of trot-
ters all stalled at the fair grounds The
track has been put in good shape, and
the flyers are being given daily exercise
for the coming circuit of county fairs.
Miss Miriam Early, elocutionist, will
render several selections at the entertain
ment in the M. E. Church Friday even
ing. There will also be both vocal and
instrumental music Admission Is cents.
Amos Gibbs is contemplating laying a
vitritied brick pavement in the street In
front of the Arcade row and hotel, both
of which he owns. The pavement is to
be laid from the car track to the sidewalk.
The grand jury, on Wednesday, ad-
journed to the 10Th inst, when they will
make their presentment to the court.
The adjournment was made necessary on
account OF the judges being engaged else
where.
On Saturday Sheriff Fleetwood sold a
house and lot at Vincentown, belonging to
Noah II. Peacock, Jr., to John B. Trick,
for ii 800; alsNtwo tracts of land, proper.
ty of Joseph Frank, to Florence Niche,
for $500.
Ball playing and all disorderly conduct
has been positively forbidden in the
court house yard under penalty of the
law. Notices to this effect have been
posted by the committee on court house
and grounds.
Governor GriRgs, on Tuesday, gave q
hearing on the beet-sugar bounty bill
passed by the recent legislature. Senator
Parry. Assemblyman Wildes and ex-Sen-
ator Trick, all of Burlington county, were
advocates of the bill.
Ex-Sherif Townsend has sold his black
trotting mare, Rose Rostoka, to Joseph
Kaighn, of Moorestown. This young an
imal showed great speed on the track
last fall. Mr.. Kaighn will not often have
to take any dust on the road.
Mrs. Mary E. ,-widow of the late JOS
eph Buchanan, formerly of Mount Holly,
died at her home in Brooklyn, on Sunday
afternoon, from complication of diseases.
The remains will be buried from the
Baptist Church, Mount Holly tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Charles FL. Gaskill. of Philadelphia, a
former resident of Mount Holly, is suffer-
ing from his third attack of appendicitis.
Ho oh1o IN ho oh ht,k TO- .oiI,
growing worse. An operation has become
necessary, but this has not yet taken
place, owing to the objections made by
his wife.
A very large number of people from
Mount Holly, went to Philadelphia, on
Saturday, to witness the exercises and
parade attending the unwilling of the
Washington monument in Paramount
Park. A number remained to take a look
at the bicycle parade, which was promi-
nent feature of the days outing.
In February, 1896, Mrs. Clara CANT, Of
Toms River, suddenly left her home and
1t was thought she had been foully dealt
with. Last summer her husband mar
ried lady from Manchester, who lived
with him only few weeks Last week
the first Mrs. Cant returned home. She
gave no explanation of her absence, and
refused to again live with her husband.
Freebooter Edward A. Goldy ia having
the stone road on Main street covered
with top dressing of fine stone, on which
is thrown a thin coating of clay and
then another layer of stone. The
surface dirt is removed before the stone
is put on the road bed. When it gets
thoroughly settled and packed, the street
will again be level and much improved
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
Presbyterian Church led the Epworth
yesper service at the NJ E. Church on
Sunday evening. Robert Semple read a
paper quartette, composed of Miss
Anna Deacon, Miss May Pease, Rev. j.
HI. Durham and DIR. G.. W. Vanderyeer,
rendered pretty selection. Miss Fol-
we'll played the piano. The occasion was
one of interest and religious fervor.
A noyel scheme has been arranged to
raise funds for the Burlington County
Hospital, at Mount Holly. On Tuesday,
May %. boxes will be placed in stores,
post-offices and the public schools
throughout the county, in which every
person is requested to place one penny
This amount can be contributed easily by
every man, woman and child ia Burling-
ton county, and if complied with will
raise handsome sum for this excellent
institution.
The Burlington County Teachers Asso-
citation met in the court house, on Satur-
day. DR.. Mumper continued his lectur g
on Physics, and Prof Newton gave a re-
sumo of his lecture on Drawing after
which he gave talk on Music in Public
Schools Prof w. c. Cook stated that
the teachers of Burlington County had