The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-23
LOCAL NEWS.

JOnn w. murphy ID employed In tnt
cook room at the state prison.
Hereafter. on election days, the polls
will open at A. M. and close at 5 P. M.
Rev. Joseph E. Sawn, of Camden, will
occupy the pulpit of the Methodist Church
on Sunday
A young son of Benjamin Gauntt, the
carpenter died early this morning Of
pneumonia.
st. Patrick's day this year will go on
record as record breaker. finer day
could not have been desired.
For further information concerning the
Heavenly Twins, inquire of certain dry
goods salesman living on Union street.
A gray mare, one of the pair of match.
ed horses which T. Lacey Atkins purchased
at Asa Roberts sale week ago, died on
Thursday.
Richard R. Haines, of the Haines stock
farm, near Pemberton, died on Saturday
He has been sufferer of locomotor ataxia
for some time.
A special trolley ran to Burlington on
Saturday evening after the minstrelshow
Quite a number of Burlington people
came oyer to see the event.
John Dobbins, the popular first base
man of the Mount Holly A. A.. was in
town on Saturday, and signed to play his
old position the coming season.
Barzillai Newbold, an old resident Of
Wrightstown, died on Friday, from the
effects of paralysis, with which he had
been suffering for some time.
Workmen are engaged in repairing the
stone road on Washington street, where
the railroad track was torn up recently,
leading into the carpet mill yard.
Rev. Charles 81. Pendleton,s pastor of
the Baptist Church, will begin series of
sermons next Sunday evening, on 'Biog-
raphies from the Book of Genesis
Superintendent Brown, of the Amboy
division, has issued an order to all en-
ployes to change their places of residence
to the terminal point of the trains they
work on.
Col. D. B. Murphy. inspector of the
Second Brigade of the National Guard,
was stricken with heart failure in Cam
den on Saturday. He was slightly better
yesterday.
al lon ut A I'm oil X
Sons sale at Columbus, on Saturday, al
though the stock was up to the standard.
Cows averaged $33 and bulls $50. They
were fine lot.
An otter measuring A inches in length
was caught at Burr's Mills, on Saturday.
1t was displayed in the window of Ed
Smiths restaurant yesterday and attract
ed much attention.
On Tuesday next Sheriff Fleetwood
will sell the household goods and other
property belonging to John A. Althouse
of Palmyra. This sale also includes the
contents of coal yard at West Palmyra.
Rev. Robert F. Y. Pierce, of Philadel-
phia, assisted in the funeral service of
Mary E. Rogers. on Tuesday. He also as
sisted In the services at the funeral of
Joseph L. Lamb, at Juliustown, the same
day
The wife of Rev. William Dayton Rob-
erts, pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church. Camden, is lying critically ill
from heart disease at her home IN that
city, and little hope of her recovery is en-
tertained.
The entertainment committee of Wash
ington Council, No. 5, Jr. O. U. A. NJ, has
made arrangements for a novel contest to
take place after the session of the council
on Wednesday evening. A prize will be
given the winner.
The trotter Sadie M. and PAGER Lady,
belonging to Mrs. Eliza Zelley, residing
on Garden street, have been placed in
charge of the manager of the Belle Meade
stock farm for the coming season. They
were sent away last week.
Miss Mary Budd fell down the cellar
steps the residence OF her sister, Mrs.
Ellis, corner of Ridgway and Buttonwood
streets, on Thursday. She was carrying
lamp at the time, which was broken but
did not explode. A piece of the glass cut
a bad cash in Miss Budd's arm.
BENJAMIN F. Crozier died at his resi-
denee on Pine street early on Saturday
morning. He had been suffering with
pneumonia, but was getting better, and
his death was unexpected. Deceased was
a member of the Ancient Order United
Workmen, at Camden, and his widow will
receive $1,000
Mrs. William Troth, of Centreton, at
tended social given by Lady Marion
Home at Red Mems hall. Mount Holly,
on Saturday night. After the entertain.
ment and while going down the stairs,
she made a misstep and fell to the bot
tom. She was quite severely injured
about the hip and arm.
John II. Bishop, employed on Harri
son COMBS farm, in Willingboro town
ship, was attacked by a vicious bull on
Saturday afternoon. His collar bone was
broken and he was seriously bruised be-
fore the other farm hands could rescue
him. The bulls horns had been partly
sawed off or the mans injuries would have
been much worse.
The occupants of the Centreton hote
all attended church at Moorestown OF
Sunday morning. During their absenct
a sofa in the reception room caught fire
from an overheated stove, the carpet anC
some other furniture was burned and th,
wall paper was badly damaged. Hudson
Taylor and Michael Hart forced the doc
open and extinguisbed the flames.
Mrs. Mary B. Wills, former residen
of Garden street, Mount Holly, died OF
Wednesday night at the residence of he
son, DIR. Joseph H. Wills, in Camden
She YVES 80 years of age The deceased
was born near Mount Laurel, and had re
sided in Burlington and Camden countie
all her life. She was a member of tn
Society of Orthodox Friends. The funer
al took place Saturday from the Button
wood Street Meeting House, at Noun
Holly.
The wills of the late Eliza and Margare
B. Neale were admitted to probate yestel
day. The deceased had named eac
other as executor, but both died nearl
the same time, so Charles Evan Merritt