The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-01-11

Several deep ruts have been worn in tn
stone road on upper Main street.
The San Francisco MINISTRIES will sool
give performance at the opera house.
The residence of Reeve Stewart, oil
Washington street, has been newly paint
ed
Evangelist Hyde concluded his labor
in the Methodist Church on Sunday even
ing.
A partial eclipse of the moon was OBJ
served between seven and eight o'clocl
on Friday evening.
James VAIN, of Wrightstown, was re
Gently run oyer with threshing machine
and had a leg broken.
William Brown, of Burlington, is spend
ing thirty days in the county Jail for BENZ
drunk and disorderly.
A much needed change has been mad'
in the location of few electric lights il
the upper part of the town.
Capt. Ottinger did not forget to ham
out his flag on Saturday, in honor of thu
birthday of Andrew jackson.
Gillespie & Esham are putting a new
front in the building occupied by Del
monico Smith on Main street.
William Priestly has removed his fam
lily to Riverside, where he continues hit
position in Hollis paper box factory.
Harley Shemeley is now pegging away
at his trade of shoe making on Washing
ton street, trying to earn an honest living
A petition is being circulated for ma
cadam road from Crosswicks creek to the
White Horse, and from the creek to Bor
dentown.
In the Orphans Court. on Saturday, or
notion of George M. Hillman, the sale O.
lands of estate of Abraham Witcraft, de-
ceased, was confirmed.
Good Will Lodge, No. IA, A. o. q. W..
pleasantly entertained number of guests
at banquet held in the Masonic Temple
on Tuesday evening.
| A. w. Lofand leaves this week for Iowa
to get carload of frst-class horses which
he will sell at public sale at Medford or
Saturday, January 20.
Robert M. Early has resigned his posi-
ton as bookkeeper for the II. B. Smith
Machine Co., and will open printing Of
fee on Fourth street, Philadelphia, next
week.
John w. Bodine, railroad station mas
ter at Camden, was in Mount Holly, on
Sunday. He is the proud possessor of 9
handsome gold Grand Army badge,
which was presented to him by Post Of
Camden.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the post
Office for the week ending January g.
Miss Esther Borton, Miss Emma Coles,
Mrs. Henry Donahue, Mrs Augusta Evan,
Mr.. Ben Hicks, Mrs. Ida 7. House, Mr..
Maddox, Mrs. Amanda Oatman, Mrs.
Mary A. Taylor; postals, E. A. Barton. M.
Gardiner.
Meetings will be held every evening
this week at the Baptist Church, with the
exception of Saturday. Rev. Kerr Boyce
Upper and Rev. DR.. Wayland Hoyt, oil
Philadelphia, are each expected to be
present one evening. The meetings held
last week were largely attended and very
successful.
Job Collins. chief of the Mount Holly
fire department, happened to be in Bur
lington, on Tuesday, when an alarm oil
fire was struck. The chief rendered as
sstance to the Young America boys, but
the opportunity to give the fire laddies
there some pointers was lost by reason of
the alarm being false one.
People want to be on the alert for two
chaps who are travelling through the
country selling soap at IS box, promis-
ing forty yards Of Brussels carpet as a
premium if the money was paid in ad-
vance. The soap is said to be worth
about one dollar. There are several vic
tins waiting for the arrival of the carpet.
The Good Intent engine and hose car
riage will be placed in Judson Gaskill's
carriage repository on Garden street, to-
morrow evening, where they will remain
until after the supper to be given by the
company on Friday and Saturday even
ings. 1t is the desire of the company to
keep the apparatus in the upper part of
the town.
1t has been discovered that vacant
house on Green street, owned by John B.
Davis, has been visited by burglars or
tramps and used for sleeping purposes. A
vacant house at the corner of Pine and
Wall streets, was also recently entered
by some thieves, who broke open the
shutters and knocked out some of the
window glass.
William Murray, while working on
William Gallagher's farm at Evesboro, on
Thursday, met with a very painful ac-
cident. He came from the haymow, and
stepped on the table of steam thresher
that was in motion. His foot slipped and
caught in the thresher and it was ground
to pulp, nearly to the knee. The in
jured man was taken to Cooper hospital,
Camden.
The following officers have been elected
by the Mount Holly Baptist Sunday school
for the ensuing year: Superintendent,
Joseph w. Colkitt Assistant Superintend-
emit, Fred M. Shemeley; Secretary, Charles
Norcross; Assistant Secretary. Elmer J.
Shinn Treasurer, Albert w. Atkinson
Superintendent of primary room, Mrs.
Daniel Suffer; Organist, Mrs. Stella Tilton:
Pianist, Miss Elsie Hughes.
On Tuesday, Surrogate Grover, of Ocean
county, granted letters of administration
for the estate of Hiram Taylor of New
Egypt, who died at that place on the 23d
utl, from gangrene of the foot. d. Taylor
Deviney is the administrator. Mr.. Tay-
lor died intestate and left no direct heirs,
so that the estate-the personal property
representing some $12.000-will be divid-
ed among his nephews and nieces.
The annual meeting of the H. B. Smith
Machine Company will be held on Mon
day next, when proposition will be
made to increase the capital stock, which
is now 100000. More capital is needed
to expand the business. The real estate
of Smithvllle will soon be put up at public
sale in order that the estate may be di
vided among the heirs and others having
claims upon it. The machine company
will buy it in when offered for sale.
A team of horses belonging to Wesley