The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-26

sunday
John w. Harris has rented the house OF
Main street, formerly occupied by Mari
R. Sooy.
Rev. James Stoddard will conduct tn,
religious services at the hospital mex
Sunday afternoon at 415
A large drove of cows and calves, from
Lynchburg, Va, was delivered to AaroI
Pitman, at Vincentown, on Friday.
On Friday evening, while handling
good-sized crab Captain Branson had tho
end of one of his fingers painfully bitten
William Kiner who has been a clerk al
Allinson's grocery store has accepted
position with James Gardiner, on Garden
street.
Rev. Walter Semple, formerly of Mount
Holly, now missionary in Mexico preached
in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday
morning.
Clifford Kelly, of Chicago, arrived in
Mount Holly yesterday. He is now in
the employ of the Otto Gas Engine Works
at Philadelphia.
Mount Holly was visited on Sunday by
large number of bicycles This town
seems to be a favorite place to stop at
about lunch time
Amos Gibbs has purchased handsome
pair of horses from ex-Sheriff William A.
Townsend. They will be delivered the
first of September
There will be six harvest homes in the
vicinity of Hightstown within the next
seven days, and four more will follow in
the month of August
Walter Evans died on Wednesday at his
residence on Mount Holly avenue. The
funeral took place on Saturday interment
being made in the cemetery.
John W. Murphy, of Burlington, has
been released from State Prison on parole
The fact that his offence was malfeasance
in Office prevented full pardon.
Ex-Assemblyman M. E. Matlack an
nounces himself a candidate for the office
of county clerk County Clerk Worrell
and Franklin Dill are also candidates.
Rev. Martin Aigner, rector of Trinity
Church, Mount Holly, exchanged pulplts
on Sunday morning with Rev. Mr.. Ohm
sted, rector of st. Marys Church, at Bur-
lington.
The merchants about town will appre
ciate the opportunity which they will
have to attend the ball game between the
Cuban Giants and Mount Holly, which
takes place at the fair grounds tomorrow.
Office for the week ending July %: Cliff
ford T. Cross, Thomas j. Ford, Walter
Flenard Mrs. James Hartzone, Mrs.
Martha Perrine, Mrs. Rebecca Williamson.
G. Foster Cox, president of the Mount
Holly Gas Improvement Company, while
overseeing the construction of some work
at the gas house on Thursday, fell and
broke two ribs.
The funeral of Samuel E. Frake on
A very handsome broken column of flow
ers over four feet high was sent by the
P. R. r. employees.
The sermon of Rev C. H. Pendleton
of the Baptist Church on Sunday morning
subject: Paul before Agrippa' was one of
unusual merit. A large congregation
listened to the dissertation.
Amos Gibbs and Mrs Louisa S. Weth-
Grill were married yesterday by Rev.
James Stoddard Only few intimate
friends were present. The ceremony took
place at the brides residence.
Herbert Carver, of Philadelphia, was
given three days in jail by Justice Lau
master, on Saturday, for being drunk and
creating disturbance at the auction
rooms of Harley Shemeley on Washing
ton street.
The annual Epworth League outing
at Browns Mills on Thursday promises to
be a grand affair. Every arrangement for
the comfort and pleasure as well as enter
tainment of the visitors has been carefully
looked after.
Fishing in Barnegat bay was never
better than now. Great strings of weak
fish are brought up on the trains daily.
On Sunday last the Burlington boys were
unusually successful and brought home
hundreds with them
A mad dog belonging to Frank Bryan,
on Pine street, was killed on Thursday.
The animal was bitten two years ago,
since which time it has killed several
chickens and bitten two or three persons,
the last being lady living at Medford.
Thomas Eardle, of Moosehead, Mime
sofa, who purchased from the Quicksall
estate the lot adjoining Jos. w. Colkitt,
on Madison avenue, will erect handsome
house in the early spring. The house
will probably be built of stone. Mr..
Eardle is nephew of George Mehl.
Henry l. Budd, State Road Commits
sioner of New Jersey, will accompany
the State Highway Commissioners of Cal
ifornia and Rhode Island on trip to
Massachusetts, in August, for the pur-
pose of inspecting the highways in that
section, where $800,000 is annually ex-
pended on new roads.
James w. O'Brien is quite i'll at his home
on Water street. He has been delirious,
and during the temporary absence of his
nurse on Saturday morning he jumped
through the window of his room to a
porch roof and then to the ground. Be-
yond the shock he did not suffer any bad
effects. He is improving.
A Chinaman in Mock Ock's laundry was
maliciously assaulted ON the cars while
coming from Philadelphia Sunday night
The little fellow showed the courage of a
Spaniard and fought his assailant vigo-
rously but with little success. The cpl
sode brought out the fact that the Celes-
tial was well up in the English vocabu-
larry of profanity.
Three Mount Holly young men started
from Bayersdorfer' store at midnight of
Saturday and rode to Atlantic City, arriv
ing there on Sunday morning at O'Clock,
their cyclometers registering 70 miles.
After spending eight hours there at the
shore they started home, arriving here
about 10 P. NJ. apparently none the worse
for their trip.