The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-21

200, 900 tomato plants for sale at Owen
Bros
To-day is the longest day of the yeal
and the first day of summer.
The whist players of Mount Holly now
hold the county championship.
An effort is being made to have bicy-
Gle path built from Moorestown to Mer-
chantville.
The religious services at the hospital
next Sunday afternoon will be conducted
by Christian Endeavors.
| In about two weeks the township com
mittee will begin the Improvements to the
lower end of Water street
Samuel L. Bullock's workmen are en-
gagged in painting the property of DR. W..
W. Whitehead on Main street.
Epworth League day will be observed
on Thursday at the Fletcher Grove camp
meeting ground, near Delanco.
George D. Worrell is now engaged in
doing large job of plumbing at the resi-
dence of C. B. Coles, Sea Side Park.
Eighteen acres of land in Lumberton
township have been sold by Henry G. Herr
to the Lumberton Sand Company for 5000.
Be sure and go to the fair grounds in
Mount Holly on July 4th, as there will be
some fine attractions there in the after
noon.
Shed Holland has planted a choice as
sortment of flowers in the yard adjoining
the Farmers National Bank on Mill
street.
The township committee has been pay
ing attention the past few days to persons
who make habit of throwing refuse into
the streets.
The mother of the Rev Milton Relyea
of the First M. E. Church is seriously i'll
Mr.. Relyea left here yesterday afternoon
to visit her.
The advertisement of Phil Karg, the en-
terprising King street grocer, will be
found on another page, in which he offers
number of bargains
A horse driven by Frank Curtis ran
away on Main street on Wednesday even
ing, but the animal was brought to before
any damage was done.
| George w. A. French went through the
pines last week, and now he is suffering
| from the effects of poison vines, his face
and hands being broken out.
William Marshall, of Birmingham, has
been compelled to kill two valuable dogs,
as they had been bitten by a rabid cur
and he was afraid they would go mad.
| Mrs Nora Messler, of Trenton, died
yesterday morning from typhoid fever.
| Deceased formerly resided in Mount Holly
and was a niece of Mrs. J. Howard Shinn.
a. MI
| light plant and water works at Sea Side
| Mount Holly, and E. L. Mathis, of Penn
| berton.
Gillespie & Esham have been awarded
the contract to build cottage for Samuel
| A. Atkinson, at Sea Side Park, the cree
ton of which will be commenced imme-
diately.
A crowd was attracted yesterday after
noon in front of the Arcade hotel by a
number of boys giving exhibitions of
trick riding on their bicycles. Some of
their performances were quite difficult.
The former residence of ex-Sheriff
Emley, ON Garden street, was struck by
lightning a few days ago. This place has
been rented by Martin Bayersdorfer, who
says he hopes that the lightning will not
strike twice in the same place.
| History is authority for the statement
that Captain Thomas Mendenhall, of
Lumberton, planted the first American
| flag on foreign soil in 1776 at Porto Rico.
1t is said that the Captain manufactured
the flag. The deceased has two grandsons
living at Lumberton.
The public water supply was somewhat
fol p6 dow
ence to some residents in the upper part
of the town. The cause was not dis
covered until last evening, when it was
found that one of the valves at the reser-
voir was out of order, preventing a free
outlet of the water
Philip Murphy died this morning from
| typhoid fever.
Try George W. Durand if you want
strictly pure groceries and provisions at
the lowest cash prices. He has large
stock at his store, corner of Water and
King streets, Mount Holly Orders called
for and delivered Prompt attention given
to all customers, and satisfaction guaran-
teed. Also fresh and salt meats can be
obtained at lowest market prices.
Thursday was graduating day at the
| Normal School, Trenton. In the class
from this neighborhood were: Kate P.
Allen, Lillian w White, Bordentown;
Alice C. Antrim, Burlington; Sara G..
Clevenger, Gertrude G. Folwell, Mount
Holly; Lille Crossette, Beverly; Myra
Kindley, Browns Mills Abigail NJ Lane,
Tuckerton; Eloise Straddig, Edgewater
Park
On Wednesday, before Justice Slack, was
heard the case of Mrs. Hannah S. Black
against Isaiah G. Jones, of Vincentown
The action was to recover on the sale of
four COWS. The defendant made partial
payment and gave an order for the bal
ance on third party, and as this was dis
honored, the plaintiff was compelled to
sue for the whole amount. The justice
gave verdict in her favor for $73
Thaddeus Helmes, former employee at
Smithville, and member of a Pennsyl-
MIA regiment, recently went to Chick
amauga where he found little to eat, no
tobacco and very little clothing He
made these facts known to a friend at the
H. B. Smith Machine works, after which
the men took up collection of SO, with
which they purchased box of miscella-
neOus articles and sent him.
On Friday Harry Matlack traded his
horse for sorrel horse that was in the
possession of Benjamin Montgomery, OF
Smithville 1t was represented to be
sound, but when Harry got the horse
home he found that it had the heaves
very badly In addition to his own ami
NAL he paid a cash difference of $27. 90.
The horse now in Harry's possession is
claimed by Charles Blake, who says that
he only let Montgomery have it for its
keep. Matlack has engaged counsel in
order to have his deal satisfactorily adj
| justed.
Surrogate Kirkbride has issued letters
testamentary to Albert L. Burns and Mary
Burns on the estate of Charles D. Burns.
deceased, of Bordentown; to Harrison B
Hall, on the estate of Sophia G.. Sutton
deceased, of Riverton; to Mary w Greg
DRY, Edith H. Gregory and Anna NJ
Gregory, on estate of Mary L. Gregory
deceased, of Beverly; to Edward s. Har.
mer and Joseph S. Haines, on estate OF
Joshua L. Harmer deceased, of Moores
town. Also letters of administration tC
William H. Bodine on estate of Thomas
Mullen, deceased, of Florence.
A hearing in the suit of Edgar Baxter
VS.. Isaac w. Rogers, of Pemberton, was
heard before Justice Clevenger on Satur-
day Baxter who worked ON Rogers
farm, claimed that there was So back
wages due him This was not denied
but Rogers put in an offset amounting tc
4.50, and just enough of this was allowed
to offset the claim. Baxter then swort
out warrant for Harry Bennell, who, on
the 10Th of October last received the s.
owing Baxter from Rogers, the latter re
questing that he give it to the plaintiff
which he did not do. Bennell was arrested
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