The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-27
LOCAL NEWS.


Robert Priestly, OF Mount Holly, has
removed his family to Hainesport.
A bicycle path is to be constructed be-
tween Fellowship and Moorestown.
Mira. William Kiner, of Water street, is
suffering from dropsy and erysipelas.
A large flag pole has been erected at
the Eayrestown public school building.
Landlord Zelley has been having fresh
paint applied to the Washington House.
The hockey pokey man and the snow
ball boy will soon make their appearance
again.
Thomas Casby, of Camden, came to
Mount Holly, on Sunday, with number
of wheelmen.
]. Fred Kiner, of Rutland avenue, is
confined to his bed with slight attack
of pneumonia.
There are more recruits in the ranks Of
cyclists In town this spring than in any
previous year.
Charles H. Deacon will again be the
steward at the Engleside hotel, Beach
Haven, this summer.
Henry Plummer is laying a brick pave
ment on Mark R. Sooy's property, on
the Rossell street side.
Firman Dubell lost IL 900 bricks by the
freezing weather of the Goth inst. They
were made the day before.
The annual business meeting and cleo
ton of officers of the Baptist Church will
be held on Monday evening next.
Late on Saturday night there was some
shooting out on Garden street. The Off
GERS were unable to discover its cause.
The team of silver tails, belonging to
Charles H. Pew, of Jobstown, have been
purchased by Ridgway Stoddard, of Mount
Holly.
Undertaken Morris K Keller removed
the body of Seth Thomas wife from Bev.
erly to the Mount Holly cemetery on
Thursday.
Col. G. M. Sloan will remove his insur-
ance Office to his building opposite, re-
Gently vacated by Miss E. D. Alexander,
the milliner.
On Saturday Sheriff Fleetwood sold
three tracts of land in Shamong town.
ship, property of John Wells, to Jacob
Sailer, for $500.
The ordinance regulating bicycle riding
on the side walks should be printed in
hand bill form and posted at every ap-
proach to the town.
At the suggestion of General E. Burd
Grub, in letter to Capt. E. H. Kirk
bride, the reunion of the % Regiment has
been postponed for the present.
Mordecai s. Butterworth assumed the
management of the Arcade hotel yester-
day. The former landlord, William L.
Butterworth, will conduct hotel at Ok
ford, Pa.
Regimental Adjutant Micajah E. Mat
lack will ride the handsome horse be-
longing to John u. Johnson in the Grant
memorial parade to be held In New York
city to-day.
Thomas J. Alcott was sworn in as
United States Marshal yesterday. His
bondsmen are Charles Evan Merritt,
John B. Trick, Joseph Powell and Joseph
c. Kingdom.
There was a large attendance at the APP
pointed public meeting at the Friends
meeting house on Saturday evening. The
speakers were Henry Outland and John
H. Dillingham;.
Strawberries in all styles will be served
at the festival of the Good Intent Fire
Company on May and s. An excellent
orchestra will furnish music for dancing
each evening.
The Friendly Society ofTrinity Church,
which is composed of Mrs. r. P Hole
mans Sunday school class, will give an
entertainment in the opera house on
Thursday evening of next week.
Mrs John L. Severns, of Shreve street,
is quite seriously Ill, aud when her con-
dition permits she will be taken to the
University Hospital, Philadelphia, where
an operation will be performed.
The Friends of the Hicksite branch,
at the corner of High and Garden streets,
have made a decided improvement in
placing water trough and spouts on the
north side of their meeting house.
Chalkley Borden, who ran away when
he learned that he was wanted for being
connected with the theft of fish net be-
longing to the Jobes boys, returned on
Tuesday and he was promptly arrested.
Joseph Haines, Jr., of Masonyille, who
was removed to the asylum recently,
grew worse very fast after his admission
to the institution, and died on Sunday.
Deceased was brother of Philip Haines,
of Mount Holly.
Mrs. Rachel Sailer gave a reception to a
dence on Main street, Thursday evening.
The house was prettIly decorated with
plants and flowers. Music was furnished
by Philadelphia orchestra.
Joseph Haddon, of Pemberton, was
brought to Jail, on Saturday, charged with
an attempt to criminally assault Sarah
Herbert, aged 70 years, who lives in
Mansfield township. The occurrence took
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just been apprehended.
Gov. Griggs, on Saturday, signed the
general borough act. The election in
Pemberton next Monday will be held I'M
der this law and the question of license
will not have as much bearing on the re-
suit as heretofore, as the new law repeats
all special charters and the power to grant
license will be restored to the courts.
Phoebe Handleton, wife of George W.
Handleton, was taken i'll with pneumonia,
at the residence of Granville Frake, on
East Mill street, last Monday night, where
she had been visiting. She could not be
removed and died Sunday morning The
body was removed to the residence oil
her daughter, Mrs. Morgan Reeves, Pine
street.
Policeman Thomas Denness presented
fine appearance, on Saturday, as he rode
up Main street on bicycle. The sight
prompted several to ask if the township
intended to supply mounts for its officers.
1t would be good idea for the day police.
man to be supplied with wheel, for in
this way he could better patrol a larger
portion of the town.
The remains of the late Fl. B. Smith
are to be removed from ST. Andrews
burying ground to the Smith family lot in
Woodstock. The remains of Agnes Gil
kerson will be left in st. Andrews, the
lot in which they lie having been given
to the family of the latter. The marble
monument of Agnes, which is at Smith
vile, was also offered to her relatives,
but they declined it, so it will be broken
to pieces.
Deputy Sheriff Whomsley and Joseph
Fleetwood went to Taunton yesterday to
serve some papers. While there they
had good view of the raging forest FIRE
the flames from which we're leaping high.
They could see the FIRE burning on all
sides of houses situated in the burned
district, and these had beon saved by
blowing up the earth around them and
thus checking the progress of the flames.
They could see stretch of three miles
that had been burned over.
Thomas Dolan and Mark Kilbride were
arrested, on Saturday, on a charge of as.
saultiDg William F. Nitterour, a young
man who, with Charles Andrews, lives in
house boat stationed at Irish wharf. On
Friday, while down the creek, Nitterour
whipped young Dolan. On Saturday
night the two defendants lay in wait for