The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-13
LOCAL NEWS.

The harvest home held at Smithville
was very successful affair.
Wilbur F. Shinn, who has had his share
of Sickness is able to be out again.
George Hall, of Garden street, removed
his family to Camden on Thursday.
Thursday evening will be the last of the
early closing of the stores in town for this
year.
There has been quite demand for va
cant houses about town during the past
month.
The second quarterly meeting of st.
Paul's NJ E. Church will be held next
Sunday.
Fall overcoats made their appearance
on Thursday evening, and they were quite
comfortable.
Henry Mcdonald is demonstrating his
ability to cope with any of the anglers in
this vicinity
Edward Wills, near Columbus, occupied
by Craig Tallman.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union will
conduct the religious services at the hos
pital next Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Philip F. Slack has in her yard, on
Main street, Bartlett pear tree that con-
tains both fruit and blossoms.
Harley Shemeley will hold auction sales
in the cranberry districts for few weeks,
while the berries are being harvested.
Daniel A. Sweeney, Jr., of Mount Holly,
has gone to learn the plumbing business
under Elwood G. Worrell at Moores-
town.
John Throckmorton chaperoned party
down the creek on Thursday, and before
returning home they bagged three dozen
reed and rail birds.
Rev John G. Fryer, late of the Haines-
port mission, has received a call to the
Baptist Church, at Berwyn, Pa, and has
entered upon his duties.
At the annual meeting of the Mount
Holly Shoe Company, on Tuesday, the
old officers were re- elected and a ten per
cent. dividend declared.
Harry Mason is temporarily employed
in the Office of John h. Howell during
the absence of J. Sexton Folwell, who is
spending a few weeks in the cranberry
districts.
The G. G. Hughes property, on Chester
avenue, Moorestown has been rented to
Geo. M Hillman, one of Mount Holly's
attorneys, who will open law office in
that town.
Theodosia Borden has purchased the
farm of William r. Porter, on Wood Lane
road and the latter, having sold his milk
route to Andrew Taylor, has removed to
Burlington.
Rev. c. II. Pendleton, of the First
sermons, commencing with the first Sun
day in October. The subjects will be an
nounced hereafter.
A. S. L. Doughty and Charles r. Fen
ton will have an exhibit of poultry and
cattle feed at the Trenton Fair They
will exhibit some poultry that has been
fed with their feed.
The case of John E. EVAN vs. Caleb A.
Vansciver, an action on contract, was
heard before Justice Clevenger yesterday
and judgment given plaintiff in the sum
of $142. 45 with costs of suit.
On Thursday, the ed inst, there will
be an entertainment in the opera house,
at Burlington, for the benefit of the Old
Ladies' Home. Some of the musical tai
ent of Mount Holly will participate.
The infant child of Edward and Helen
Fuller, living at Magnolia, died on Tues
day night of strangulation. Coroner
Grobler viewed the remains and found
that death resulted from natural causes.
Chief Job Collins, Harry Hawkins, Ed
ward s. Troth and Lorenzo L. Sapp will
represent the Mount Holly fire depart
ment at the annual meeting of the State
Firemen's Relief Association, at Atlantic
City, tomorrow.
Edward Dickinson, aged 80 years, of
Moorestown, walked into Cooper Hospi-
tai, Camden, Sunday night, and informed
the physicians that he had been assaulted
by some unknown person. An examina-
tion showed that he had fractured jaw.
The members of the foot ball team
were greeted by large audience at their
fair and festival given on Friday and Sat
urday evenings in the Arcade hail. Quite
a neat sum was realized, which will be
invested in the purchase of new uniforms.
Samuel T. Engle and s. P Cline report
a greater demand for reed bird shells than
last year at this time. Gunners are out
early for the luscious reedies, but they
are not to be seen in very large quantities
vet, as the reeds are backward in ripen-
ing. The next storm will probably make
them plentiful.
Ellis Parker, the Columbus detective,
met with quite loss on Saturday. He
had been hunting Peter Test, who was
wanted in this county. While over in
Pennsylvania Parker's horse was taken
sick and he was compelled to leave it.
On Saturday night he received word that
the animal was dead.
On Saturday Sheriff Fleetwood sold the
following: Farm of Dillwyn Lippincott,
in Shamong township. to Charles Gar
wood, 81, 900; property of John Wilson,
in Mount Holly, to Mount Holly Building
and Loan Association, $3.50; property Of
George G. Browning, in Mount Holly, to
Maria L. Brown, $500.
The heavy storm on Wednesday die
considerable damage throughout the state
In this section corn was blown over anC
fences leveled to the ground. The vino
was very heavy, and for while it blew
like young cyclone. Among other thing
the large flag at the railroad station wa
torn from its halyards and torn to pieces.
HI. w. Herrell, who has been in charg
of the services held in Mount Holly b!
the Seventh Day Adventists, has BEEF
transferred to Baltimore, Md, by the an
nuai convention which met at Whining
ton, Del, on August % Mr. Herrel
will leave for his new field of labor Oh
October 1. In the meantime he will SCI
some personal effects, which are noted /
an advertisement.
During the past week Surrogate Kirk