The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-01

A. S. Kellogg, of Union street, has haC
his house attached to the water main.
Harry Hamilton has been quite ill fol-
several days with stomach trouble.
Edward F. Burns has placing an electric
light under his porch on Union street.
Constable Frank Banks, of Pemberton
has opened his new hotel at Chatsworth.
William Holt managed to get out or
Wednesday for the first time in ten days.
A large number of the unsightly maple
trees on Ridgeway street have been cut
down.
James E. Assay had his hand badly lac.
Grated on Thursday by the kick of a
horse.
Mrs. Bruere. of Buttonweod street, has
removed to the Barbe farm, recently pur'
chased by her son.
A representative of Dun's Commercial
Agency visited the business men Of
Mount Holly last week.
Frank G. Woodington. who is connect
ed with the James Allen Shoe Company,
has rented house on Pine street.
There are many men about town who
express a desire to go to Cuba in case
there should be war with Spain.
1t is stated that johnson Oatman, Of
Lumberton, will open a 40-room board
ing house at National Park on the 10Th oil
May.
A new tin roof has been placed on the
Office building at the carpet mill property.
The old roof had been damaged by wall
falling on it.
To every purchaser of bicycle W. 8.
Rendell will present an L. A. w. member
ship ticket or bicycle insurance policy
against thieves.
Captain Patton and wife, of the ship
Henry Willard, which sailed for Portland,
Oregon, last September, arrived at that
port on Thursday.
Taylor Wainwright, of Pointville, re-
Gently received six dollars for the skin OF
large otter, which he killed at the head
of Hanover pond.
At the school houses on the Burlington
road, flags are flying at half mast in honor
of the sailors who lost their lives by the
destruction of the Maine.
On Thursday Sheriff Fleetwood sold the
Silver Lakes property at Burlington for
81. 700. 1t was bid in by Howard Elan
ders for the Burlington Sayings Institu-
ton.
Micaiah E. Matlack has rented quarters
in the Opera House row, at Burlington,
and will open law office there, dividing
his time between that city and Mount
Holly.
Charles Higgins, of Hornerstown, killed
the champion flock of capons last week.
He had 10S birds that averaged IL pounds
Among them were birds that weighed 153
pounds each.
Edward Venable, of White Hill, has
been suffering from injuries which he re-
ceived last week by falling twenty feet
from the roof of building on which he
was working.
T. Lacey Atkins, on Thursday evening.
removed the household goods of Samuel
s. Bower to No. 1908 Market street, Phil
adelphia, where Mr.. Bower will shortly
open an eating saloon.
Hubert DeCamp, of Mount Holly, and
Anna May Flenard, of Burlington, were
married at the Union street parsonage,
Burlington, on Friday evening, by Rev. J.
D. Bills. They will reside in the latter
| city.
Isaac Wilson, of Bloomfield, Ontario,
Canada, will be present at meeting to be
held in the Friends meeting house on
Main street this morning. He is an emf
nent minister and should be greeted by o
large audience.
In view of the excitement over the
blowing up of the Maine, Robert M. Huff,
of Mount Holly, who is one of the crew
of the battleship Massachusetts. is ex-
pecting every day to be recalled into SER
vice again. Robert is home on an indefi-
mite furlough.
A dinner and reception was given in
Hope Lodge, No. 124, F. and A. M, of
East Orange, Wednesday night, in honor
of Josiah W. Evan, Grand Master of New
Jersey. About three hundred Masons
were present, and James B. Dill presided.
He made happy speech in introducing
Mr.. Evan to respond to the toast, "The
Most Worthy Grand Lodge of New
Jersey"
day afternoon in the case of Philip Schick-
edanz, who was arrested for assaulting
Frank Danser. The former is bartender
at the Mill street hotel, and in putting
somewhat injured. The testimony was of
such character that the justice conclud-
ed that honors were about even, and he
dismissed the case.
On Tuesday evening Officer Seyerns
found man hugging the lamp-post in
front of Justice Krayer's Office in order to
keep himself from falling. The fellow
was unable to navigate, so he was arrest
ed and committed to Jail. The man gave
his name as Joel Daily and said he lived
at Jobstown. "You can't get the best of
me, Squire" he blurted out. "I'm q
thief have robbed three banks and I
will rob you if get chance" The man
was evidently nothing but a. blooming
hobo with q load on too heavy to carry,
and when searched at the Jail nothing
was found on him but SIS bill.
AS an illustration of how some of the
postmasters in the smaller towns through
out the county charge for mail matter, it
may be noticed that when County Clerk
William W. Worrell received the regis
ters from the various election officers last
fall. those that came through the mail
and they were all of the same size and
weight-there were hardly any two con-
tanning the same amount of postage. The
smallest sum on any book was eight cents,
and this amount kept running up until it
reached 80 cents. The ones on which
there was deficiency of postage were
discovered In the Mount Holly postoffice,
and the county clerk was compelled to
pay the difference.
Edward s. Troth, of Mount Holly, dis
tinguished himself at the recent session
of the Grand Lodge KNIGHTS of Pvthias