The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
Lewis B. Benjamin has opened barber
shnn ON Water street

Holly have quite force of men engage,
in making tin cans.
: On Thursday, Mrs. Bussom moved int,
the house on Main street, recently vacatet
by Samuel S. Bower.
Justice Slack has been wrestling will
the grip in Philadelphia. He is i'll at tht
residence of relatives there.
The Christian Endeavor meeting in tn,
Presbyterian Church on Sunday evenin.
was led by Miss Mary Folwell.
The Office of the Columbian Iron Works
at Hainesport, has been treated to frest
coat of paint and newly lettered.
The Walter Pew farm has been rented
by Mrs. Belle Morris, of near Jackson
vile, who will take possession this month
The annual meeting and election of of
fcers of the Ladies' Aid Society of the
Baptist Church will be held tomorrow
evening.
A new lodge is about to be organized al
Trenton by members of Mount Holly
Lodge, No. Is, Ancient Order of Coco
Fellows.
Business is reported good at the Bid
well novelty factory, and it Is said the
hands are working overtime to rush ou
the orders.
Joseph B. Day is soon to resume hit
former position as janitor of the Mount
Holly cemetery, which is now held by
George Myers.
Mrs. Craft, of Columbus, daughter o.
Oscar Gillespie, of Mount Holly, who hat
been seriously Ill for the past week, il
now much better.
Constable Richard Lamb, of New Han
over, will take charge of the Pointville
hotel, soon to be vacated by Lee A
Stroud, formerly of Mount Holly.
The County Board of Elections will si
at the Court House to-day to issue certifi
Gates to those persons who are entitled to
vote and whose names are not registered
The members of the Salvation Army
held open evening meetings at the foun.
tain last week when the weather would
permit. Quite crowd was attracted by
their services.
Miss Elizabeth r. Cardwell has returned
to her home in Mount Holly, after com
plotting course at the West Jersey Home
pathic Hospital and Training School fol
Nurses, at Camden.
The funeral of James Stewart took place
from his late residence on Rutland ave.
nue., Wednesday afternoon, and was largely
attended. Interment was made in the
Mount Holly cemetery.
Miss Woolston, of Ridgway street, start
ed on Wednesday for Palestine. During
her trip abroad Miss Woolston will travel
over the Holy Land. She expects to re-
turn some time in June.
The old boiler having sprung leak at
the former Klner shoe building on Water
street, new one was ordered and it ar
rived on Saturday. 1t will be placed in
position as soon as possible.
An indefinite postponement has been
made in the matter of the contested will
case of the late DR.. Green, of Lower Bank,
owing to the absence of the widow, who
is spending the winter in Florida.
At the sale of Thaddeus s. WooIston, on
the 18th inst, between Hainesport and
Mount Laurel. fine loft of pigeons will
be disposed of, comprising so pairs of Ant
werp carriers, all from registered stock.
Mrs. Henry 1. Budd, of Mount Holly,
delivered an interesting address at the
annual meeting of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society of the Broad Street M.
E. Church, Burlington, on Thursday even
ing
The electric lights at the Rlsdon foundry
are all ready for the dynamo that is to be
put in this week. Several new hands
have been given employment there, and
the new company feels very much encour-
aged.
There was an unusually large attend
ance at the quarterly meeting of the So
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corner of Main and Garden streets, on
Tuesday. The sermon was delivered by
Isaac Wilson, of Bloomfield, Canada At
the business session lengthy discussion
took place relative to the Home for Aged
Friends recently established at Trenton.
The Ella Sloan residence on Washing
ton street, is now in possession Of
Sallie Williams. who refuses to vacate
in order that the owners may make some
needed repairs before the 25th of March,
as the property has been rented. Sallie
holds the fort against all corners, and vain
efforts have been made to get in. Officer
Claypoole forced an entrance yesterday.
John Bill, IS Church street, desires to
inform his friends and the public that he
| has on hand a line of sale work which he
offers at low Philadelphia prices. Mems
from $1.25 to 1915; boys from $1.1O to
$1.2O; youths from $1.00 to $1.1O; ladies
from $3.50 to 1925; misses from $1.00 to
$1.15; children's from rs cents to 80 cents
Also, some of his own manufacture al
$3.50. Mems half-soling and heeling al
$1.00 for sewed and 70 cents for nailed
ladies sewed rs cents, nailed go cents
misses and children's low in proportion
Leather and shoe findings for sale.
]. Howard Clothier, formerly of Mount
Holly, was arrested in Chicago, last Wed
nesday, on charge of embezzlement, pre-.
ferred by lady named Alice Wully, who
claims that Clothier collected 5000 on an
advertising pamphlet issued by her, and
which he forgot to hand over Clothiel
and the lady met on the street, but the
former passed without recognition. and she
asked policeman to arrest Clothier. The
officer hesitated to act without warrant
Clothier saw the two in consultation and
with an intlmation that he was the sub
ject of conversation, he started to run
That settled it with the policeman, who
gave chase and captured the fugitive
On Wednesday afternoon Justice Clev
enger held Robert and Joseph Williams
in 800 bail for their appearance at court
on charge preferred against them fol
throwing coal at George and Mary Single
ton. two aged colored people living on the
sand hill On December 8, last, these
boys were arrested on the same charge
They waived hearing and the matter
will probably be ventilated at the mex
term of court The two families live side
by side, and when the old mans house