The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-11-29

A ball will be given at Jacksonville tc
morrow evening.
Scarlet fever is said to be quite preva
lent at Smithville.
One pound extra quality writing pane
and envelopes for 15c, at Wetherilps.
Henry H. F. Davis, of Riverton, ha
been granted patent for horseshoe pad
1t is said that Curtis Davis, of Pember
ton, will engage in the hotel business a
Medford.
Frank A. Foy, former resident o
Mount Holly, is about to be ordained
Catholic priest.
Samuel F. Fowler, father of Mrs. A s
L. Doughty, of Mount Holly, died at hi
home in Allentown, on Wednesday.
Ladies', misses and children's coat:
and capes, from 50 to $1s. w. w. Cur
tbs, 48 Main street, Mount Holly, N. j.
Turkeys, chickens, ducks, and all kinds
of seasonable game at Ogburn's meat
market, Mill ST., under Red Mems hall.
Intrinsic Value" is the title of an arti-
/ Gle which appears in the National Money,
from the pen of Prof Frank Parsons, OF
Mount Holly.
Dairymen, take notice that Wetherill,
No A Main street, has few tubular Ian
terms left from the Jobstown store, which
will be sold at cost.
On Saturday, December 10, at the Ar
cade Hotel, Mount Holly, there will be
offered for sale four farms to close the
business of the Mount Holly Insurance
| Company.
H. J. W. Frederick proposes to revolu-
tionize business during the holidays. He
intends to make his goods move if he has
to give them away. Read his advertise
ment on another page.
Station agent Samuel Hawks, of Pal
myra, who for many years has not worn
any sort of head gear either in winter or
summer, has at last purchased hat which
he is now wearing regularly.
A literary society has been organized
at Vincentown, with Francis B. Lee as
president. Meetings are to be held every
two weeks at the home of one of the
members, of whom there are about fifty.
William Croshaw and Jehu Edwards,
living on the road to Smithville, are num-
bered among those who have lost turkeys
and chickens by the gang of thieves who
have been operating successfully in this
section
Rev John G. Fryer, formerly in charge
of the Lumberton Baptist mission, but
now located at Berwyn, Pa, spent Thanks
giving with Aaron Bozarth, at Eayres-
town On Friday he was greeting friends
in Mount Holly.
Charles Sutton, former resident of
Mount Holly, and a well-known railroad
conductor, has become insane and is now
being treated at hospital. He was taken
last week on his train, and overwork is
ascribed as the cause of his trouble.
Columbia Germantown woods, Column
bia Saxony woods and knitting yarns, Ice
wool, embroidery and knitting silks
Ladies and children's slipper soles, all
sizes Cashmere and taffeta gloves, good
quality, for % cents per pair. S. S. EVAN,
% Main street.
The Brotherhood of the Union and Ju-
nior Mechanics, of Mount Holly, are ar
ranging to have a bill drawn up to abol-
ish convict labor in the state prison. The
measure will be presented to the Legis-
lature by the Republican Assemblymen
of this county.
George w Lukens, of Mount Holly,
who has been acting as tourist agent for
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, has
been ordered to go to Pittsburg, Pa,
where he is to take charge of the city
ticket office of the company, a promotion
that carries with it added responsibilities.
Capt Charles H. W. Vansciver, Adju-
tant of the Seventh Regiment and Chief
Engineer of the Lambertville Fire De-
partment, was married at that place on
Saturday evening to Mrs. Nellie Stern Der
ger, of Philadelphia. The ceremony was
performed in st. Andrews Church by the
rector, Rev. H. s. Smith.
On Saturday evening Justice John ID.
Clevenger married Miss Ida Gibbs, OF
Mount Holly, and Charles S. Smith, of
Riverside. When the bride entered the
office she wore an ordinary costume, but
after the doors to the bridal chamber had
been closed for time, she emerged fully
attired in a becoming wedding dress
These new books have been added to
the Mount Holly circulating library;
Birds of North America, Chapters on
the Natural History of the United States, "
''The Nations Navy, '"The Pride Of
Jenniso, ''The House boat on the Styx, !"
"The Pursuit of the House boat, y 'Mo-
riah's Mourning" The Mighty Atom, ,
1.-THE Raiders"
Stacy B. Lippincott was surprised on
Tuesday evening by number of friends
calling at his residence to celebrate the
tenth anniversary of his marriage, an oc-
casion which Mr.. Lippincott had evident
ly forgotten. 1t was sheet and pillow
case party, and the noise made by beat
ing of tinware as the guests took posses
sion of the premises is still ringing in
Stacy's ears.
1t is said that Emma Sooy, whose re
cent marriage to Thomas Holland, col
ored barber, caused the latter to be driven
from town, has left her husband, but
the report has not been verified. Mrs
Holland was in Mount Holly last week,
and as on former occasions she was
stunned by her friends. 1t is rumored
that Holland takes care of room at the
Broad street station, Philadelphia.
The assault upon Mrs. Dobbins and her
daughter, of Vincentown, several months
ago, was freshened in the minds of people
there last week by an attempt on the part
of villain to gain entrance into the
house of Samuel Montgomery, while the
owner was absent No one was home but
the wife, who was greatly frightened as
the robber broke two panes of glass and
removed the window fastening. The fell
low had things all his own way until a
vicious dog appeared on the scene and
probably saved the lady from assault.
The man was tracked to the edge of the
town and suspicion is directed towards
certain party.
A Mount Holly gentleman, while in