The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-10

ly Washing. % Church street.
Samuel P Cline is making some i'm
| provements to the interior of his hardware
J store.
A trip through the country while the
J fruit trees are in full blossom is a most
beautiful sight.
A musical entertainment will be given
in the Trinity Parish house, on Tuesday
evening next.
A new porch is being erected in front OF
the residence of William Durand, ON But
tonwood street.
Services at the hospital next Sunday
afternoon at Ais will be conducted by
the Young Peoples Union.
B. F. Richardson will probably go to
New Mexico soon, where he has been of
fered position on railroad.
Edward S. Troth has announced him
self as candidate for the Republican
nomination for County Auditor.
Edward R. Smith has secured an auto
matte tire infator for the use of cyclers
who visit his place of business.
The Sunday school scholars of the Sa-
cred Heart Church gave very pleasing
entertainment on Friday evening.
1t is said that the pleasure steamer May,
owned by j. Holmes Longstreet, of Bor-
dentown, is wanted by the government.
Large flags were raised over Leech's
shoe factory and at Dicks and Taubel's
hosiery mills, in Riverside, on Saturday
Rev. johnson Oatman and family, of
Lumberton, have taken possession of their
new boarding house near Washington
Park
The regular monthly meeting of the
Burlington County Lyceum of History
and Natural Science was held in the Lewis
building on Friday evening.
The increased prices that usually prevail
during the progress of war are now
being realized. Sugar has gone up, and
a noticeable rise is seen in the price of
flour and potatoes.
Those who have forgotten the text book
lessons of their youth, so far as geogra-
ply is concerned, have been brushing up
considerably on that subject since the war
with Spain commenced.
Samuel P. Cline has on hand full line
of wire netting, and those who wish their
window frames or doors rewired will re-
ceive prompt attention by calling at his
store, 90 Main street.
The members of the Mount Holly Banjo,
Mandolin and Guitar Club have adopted
the style of parting their hair in the mid
die, with the single exception of Charles
R. Fenton, who is mot the only pebble
on the beach.
The bicycle path leading to Burlington
is in need of some repairs, but it is quite
possible that very little more money will
be expended on it, in view of the pro-
posed stone road that will be built next
year running from Mount Holly to the
| former city.
James Marlin who has just completed
a year in the penitentiary at Philadelphia
for robbery, was brought to Mount Holly
yesterday by Detective Ellis Parker upon
requisition papers, to answer to a charge
of having stolen watch and chain at
Columbus about year ago.
While pension is pretty good thing to
receive, yet there are mothers and daugh-
tiers in this county who consider it a curse,
for the reason that every time pension day
comes around, it means unhappiness in
the home until the father RECEIVERS from
his spree, which usually takes all the
money he receives from the government.
The members of the Mount Holly Ban
jo, Mandolin and Guitar Club are hust-
ling in the interest of their festival and
light tea which they will give on Friday
and Saturday evenings of this week in
the Lewis building. Their appeal for as
sistance is in support of good object,
and they look to their many friends for
substantial patronage.
Some thirty colored men of Moores
town have organized an association known
as the Moorestown Home Guards, it's OBJ
ject being to protect the interests of the
United States, and to place the loyalty of
the negro race on record with all other
races and to effect recognition of the
American colored people throughout this
great commonwealth.
The unruly set of boys who caused so
much trouble at the Bicycle Railway sta
ton during the administration of George
L. Hotchkiss, are still at their old capers,
and Superintendent Taylor has found it
necessary to eject them during the past
week. 1t is more than possible that some
of them may yet be arrested and put I'M
der bail to keep the peace
The code of alarm signals was not OBJ
served in ringing the fire alarm on Friday
evening and the usual skirmish for the
scene of the condagration ensued. The pres
ent code would locate the fire if adhered
! to, but during the excitement incident to
ringing the bells, the signals are lost sight
of entirely. The telephone could be used
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! from the outskirts of the town.
| During the past week Surrogate Kirk
bride has granted letters testamentary on
the estate of John Fohman, deceased, of
Florence, to Joseph Ropp and Charles
Smith, on estate of Charles Ettinger, de-
ceased, of Burlington, to his daughters,
| Mary e. Ettinper and Carrie Ettin ger.
on estate of George W. Howard, deceas-
ed, of Bordentown, to Lydia Howard.
Also letters of administration on the es-
tate of Louis Hang, deceased, of New
Gretna, to Howard Mathis
| Quite number of farmers in this vicin-
ity will be greatly benefited by the adj
vanced price in wheat Several farmers
have not even threshed their crop from
last year, as they have been waiting for
an increase in price. The amount of
wheat on hand by farmers in this vicinity
is estimated at several thousand bushels
Anticipating a rise in the price of wheat,
some of the millers have been going about
the county the past two or three weeks,
buying all the wheat they can secure, no
matter in what quantities
Geraniums SOC to $1.00 per doz; Coleus,
Verbenas, &C., 35c per doz; Astors, Snap
dragons, Cosmos (early and late flowering),
Scabiosa, (mourning bride) 1Oc per doz
Hardy herbaceous plants in variety will
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