The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
sHERIFF,s SALES.
LOCAL NEWS.

Samuel R. Ware has been appointed
postmaster of Columbus.
Samuel t. Engle has placed a new de
livery wagon on the road.
Policeman Job Collins will be the day
officer for the next two weeks.
A pair of bouncing twin babies arrived
at the home of Charles M. Gale. on Thurs
day.
If Republicans do their duty o-day the
entire ticket will be elected by a good
majority.
Harry Marshall was fined $190 on Sat
urday night for creating disturbance on
Water street.
Wanted. at once, more boys to work al
E. L. Prickett & Co.'s factory, No. 302
Garden street.
Rev. Milton Relyea will have charge Of
the religious service at the Hospital next
Sunday afternoon.
There was large attendance at the sale
of horses by Asa Roberts, on Tuesday, and
fair prices were realized.
Saturday was pay day at Smithville.
More money was disbursed than on any
pay day for three years past.
The Smithville works are now connect
ed by telephone with the local exchange.
The work was completed yesterday.
The monthly meeting of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society will be held
in the Presbyterian Church tomorrow
afternoon at O'Clock.
). R. Gillian, of Lsnghorne, who will
represent the Penn Mutual Life Insurance
Company, has rented the Ten Eyck prop
erty on Garden street.
Miss Emma L. Dennis, of Smithville,
and Henry B. Storey. of Mount Holly,
were married at Island Heights, by Rev.
d. E. Lyon, on Wednesday.
The electric lights went out on Friday
evening on account of journal box be-
coming overheated. The lamps were
burning again in seven minutes
The condition of Charles w. Brown has
been slightly improved during the past
few days, but there is no hope of his re-
coyerv. He is now totally blind.
Harry Gleason, one of the members OF
last years base ball team, has signed to
play with the Springfield, Mass, club in
the Eastern League. the coming season.
The pulpit of the Methodist Church was
occu pied by Rev. Dr. Blaisdell, president
of the Bordentown Female College, on
Sunday, at both morning and evening
services.
An entertainment by members of Ma
rion Circle, No. 8, Brotherhood of the
Union, of Mount Holly, will be given in
the Opera House on the evening of Fri
day, April %.
The entertainment committee of the
Knights of Pythias of Mount Holly will
60 to Georgetown on March Is, where
they will give an entertainment for the
benefit of the local lodge.
The annual meeting of the Building
and Loan Association of Mount Holly
will be held on Monday evening next. A
new series of stock will be issued and Of
fcers elected for the ensuing year.
The two brass cannon that have stood
ON the campus In front of the Mount Holly
Military Academy have been shipped
Thau
have not been used since the accident ia
Prof Loos.
The Columbian Iron Works has recent
ly cast several cannon balls for a Moores
town man who is an inventor of pro
jectiles. Some of the employees who were
not in the secret thought war had certain.
ly been declared.
Grand Master JOSIAH w. EVAN has ap'
pointed the following as the Ladies Ad-
vlsory Committee of the Masonic Home
Mrs. Daniel Suffer and Mrs. ]. w. Evan
Mount Holly Mrs. Henry S. Haines and
Mrs. w. ]. Terrell, Burlington; Mrs. Chas
H. Mann, Haddonield Mrs. David G.
Baird, Beverly.
The Symphony Gee, Banjo and Man
dolin Club Of Princeton University, which
is to appear at the opera house, on Wed
nesday evening, 10Th inst, for the benefit
of the Mount Holly Athletic Association
bear the highest testimonials for the fine
selections they render and should be
greeted by a large audience. Admis
sion so, 35 and % cents.
On Wednesday night Officer Bransor
found Hungarian lying near the trolley
track at the Washington street crossing
person paper was found showing that ht
came from an intelligence Office in Phil
adelphia. The letter directed him to g
to Medford, where employment was await
ing him, and he was sent there the mex
day.
A chattel mortgage was filed in thu
county clerks office last week, executed
by the Burlington County Publishing
Company to Hilyard Stokes, Charles
Stokes, William F. Morgan, Thomas ]
Priekett, Samuel r. Wetherill. Thoma
Wetherill, John w. Harris and Theodor
Budd The instrument covers the plan
of the Burlington County Democrat and i
conditioned for the payment of $4,000 il
one year from date of execution.
On Thursday morning Justice eleven
ger held Aaron E. Burr, of Moorestown
and Mrs. Laura M. Webster, of Borton'
Landing, In $500 bail each. They, to
gether with Henry c. Webster, were ar
rested on a charge of conspiracy, preferre'
against them by Paul M. Smith, real es
tate broker of Philadelphia who allege
that the parties are trying to make hin
pay some money which he does not ow
them. Burr is alleged to have used i'm
proper methods, but this he denies, stat
ing that he endeavored to collect the &C
count in the ordinary way. If the requi
sition papers are not served on them with
in period of thirty days. the justice will
order their discharge.