The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-06
LOCAL NEWS.

rented house on Pine street
1t will not be long before the majority
of people will exchange their worry abou
the heat for tina about coal bills.
The First-day schools of Burlington
county will hold union at Mansfield
meeting house next Saturday, beginning
at ten A. NJ.
The remains of Thomas S. Collins, o.
Smithville, were buried yesterday in the
Brotherhood of the Union cemetery il
Mount Holly.
1t is reported that large quantity Of
fruit has been completely stripped from
many trees in the yards of vacant houses
about town.
DIR. John j. Flynn has sold his mare
Alice M, to a man residing near Bristol
This is very promising mare she hav
ing made mile in 2. 25.
The Tiger Cycle Company, of Phil
adelphia, has removed to Mount Holly
and secured headquarters in the store
next to Barrington's pharmacy.
The annual meeting of the Mount Holly
Fire Department will be held in America
Hall, on Friday evening, September IS
to elect chief engineer and assistants.
County Clerk Worrell has received the
books and blanks to be used at the fall
election. They will be distributed to the
various election officers in short time.
A bunch of keys was lost last week
The finder will confer favor by return
ing them to the residence of Mrs. Smalley,
High street, opposite the Court House.
George j. Richardson, of Philadelphia
vice president of the Vacuum Gas Engine
and Power Company, while in Mount
Holly, on Wednesday, was overcome by
the heat.
The fact that Sunday school began in
the afternoon on Sunday, was not gener-
ally remembered by some of the faithful
attendants, few of whom went in the
morning as usual only to be disappointed.
The men engaged in erecting the new
were compelled to quit early on Wednes-
day on account of the intense heat. The
stack is now completed. 1t is 81 feet
high.
Franklin Johnson, who says he resides
in Philadelphia, was brought to Jail on
Sunday morning, charged with having as
saulted A. A. Adams, of Woodmansie,
with black jack while drunk on Satur-
day night.
Edward E. Holeman left yesterday for
Scranton Pa, where he has secured po-
sition as stenographer with the lnterna-
tional Correspondence Schools, which are
under the management of the Collier En-
ginser Company.
A union meeting of the W. G. 7. U. and
Y. w. c. T. U. will be held at the resi-
dence of Mrs Henry l. Budd, 212 Main ST.,
next Tuesday evening, to discuss import
ant business relative to the county CON
vention to be held September 30.
Edward McCarty, one of the men who
has been employed on the stone road lead
ing to Columbus, has been arrested and
placed in Jail on charge of being drunk
and disorderly. He was engaged in the
fight on Saturday night when William
Cain was stabbed.
The fire departing mt was called out at
one o'clock on Wednesday, in response to
an alarm from Top-e-toy, where tenant
house on George Moore's farm was on
fire. The flames were confined to the
upper story of the house. A defective
flue was responsible for the fire.
At meeting of the members of Com
pany F, held in their armory last evening
an informal election of officers took place
with the following result: Captain, JOS
hua M. Reeves; First Lieutenant, j. Blake
Slack; Second Lieutenant, Samuel Wor-
lin. The formal election will be held next
Monday night
A son of Gotleib Moisel was arrested
Wednesday on a charge of stealing set
of harness from George Harker, who oc-
.cupies the Henry |. Budd farm near Lum-
berton Moisel, who lives near Medford,
worked for Parker, and after he left the
harness could not be found This young
man was also suspected of stealing Josh
Willitts' clothes, but there was no evil
,dence to hold him and he was discharged
The household goods of John Shemeley,
who has been living in small house on
Pine street, above the railroad, for the
past three months were summarily re-
moved to the street yesterday by Con
stable Claypoole, condition brought
about by the non payment of rent. The
wife told the constable that it was not hel
fault, as her husband didu't pay rent any
where. Justice Clevenger has been wait
ing for cold wave before tackling this
lob but he became tired of waiting.
There was a small riot in Columbus, Oh
Saturday night in which William Cair
was seriously cut. Several men were to
,gether during the evening and as result
,of too much drinking quarrel ensued
George Ryan, employed on the stone roac
NOW under construction was arrested a:
THE man who did the stabbing. He wa!
IbEought to Jail about 3 o'clock Sunday
morning. Ryans face was badly bruised
and it looks as though he had been very
roughly handled by somebody.
j. Alfred Cox appeared at Justice Lau
masters office on Thursday, presenting /
iforlorn appearance. His face was bounC
mp and he could speak only with Difficult
ty. His jaw was broken and some of hi
front teeth had been knocked out He
charged Alfred Dillett with having in
flicted the injuries. Both men work il
Jones & Ireland's canning factory, ant
Cox accused Dillett with being too init
mate with his wife. This aroused tn
latter's ire to such an extent that he at
tackled Cox in savage manner Dillet
claimed that he acted only in self defence
but Justice Laumaster could not see any
thing in the affair to justify such bruta
action, and he held Dillett to see what tn
grand jury would do about it,
A lady residing at Bordentown, VIII
had been engaged to teach school l
Springfield township, and who desired
resign on account of having secured
better position, had great difficulty
doing so on Sunday, when, in eompan
with a friend, she came to Mount Holly