The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-04-05
sHERIFF's SALES
LOCAL NEWS.


Friday morning.
Joseph Day is again in charge of th'
Mount Holly cemetery.
The scholars of the public schools will
be given holiday on Friday.
Thomas B. Denness will be the day po
lice officer for the next two weeks.
Allinson's delivery horse was taker
with the collie on Sunday and died.
The canning factory of ]. L. Anderson
& Son. on Water street, is to be painted.
Fred. Bennett, who has been under thu
Christisn Science treatment, died yester
day.
Samuel A. Atkinson has been reap
pointed counsel for New Hanover town
ship.
John Pearce, a former Mount Holly
man, is an inmate of the Norristown in
sane asylum.
Two candidates were given their thirt
degree by the Knights of Pythias on Fri
day evening.
Charles W. Brown died at his home OF
Main street, on Saturday, after an illness
of long standing.
Mrs. Wayne Garland, of Florence, hal
been granted divorce from her husband
George 81. Garland.
The afternoon service at the hospital OF
Easter Sunday will be conducted by thu
Epworth League. 1t will begin at 4.15.
Edward P. Borden has severed his con
nection with Shinn's hot houses, and il
now working on farm near Buddtown.
Rev. John w. Lynch. of Riverside
preached at the NJ E. church on Sunday
Conference has been requested to sent
this young man to Vincentown.
The marriage of Claudia II. Stevenson
to William D. Oldershaw, is announced
TO take place on Thursday evening, 18th
inst, at O'Clock, at the formers residence
ON Madison avenue.
The worst piece of road to travel over
in the county is that portion of the road
in Westampton township running from
the stone road at the WOODLAND station
toward Burlington.
The Epworth devotional meeting IN the
M. E. Church, on April 10th, will be led
by B. Frank Stidfole. The subject will be
Temperance. The young men of the town
are particularly invited to be present.
At Allentown, last week, Fish and Game
Warden R. A. Wood, of West Creek,
prosecuted Frederick Vreamer, of Cream
Ridge, for killing rabbit with a club
The defendant was fined 500 and costs.
Horace G. Pease, who recently lost on {
of his eyes by an accident, made his ap
pearance on the street Thursday. He was
warmly greeted by his many friends, who
expressed the greatest sorrow over his
misfortune.
Word was received in town, on Satur-
day, of the daath of Mrs. John Keefe, at
Denver, Col. Deceased was formerly
Miss Mary A. Quinn, daughter of Bernard
Quinn, of Mount Holly She died oil
pneumonia.
The monthly meeting of the Women's
Foreign Missionary Society of the Presby-
terrain Church will be held tomorrow af-
ternoon at 4 o'clock. The Spring meet
ing on Tuesday and Wednesday, April II
and 49,
Miss Hannah Forker died at her home,
corner Union and Cherry streets, on Sun
day night, as the result of injuries sus-
tanned by tall several weeks ago. De-
ceased was IS years of age. She was sis
ter of the late Samuel Forker.
On Saturday afternoon Archie Severns,
of Bridgeboro, attempted to scorch on q
strange wheel. His knee struck the han
dle-bar, and he was violently thrown to
the ground. A rib was broken and he
was otherwise seriously injured
1t would seem to be much better plan
to make each one of the policemen serve
three months day duty at one time, in
stead of their changing off every two
weeks The officers claim that the latter
arrangement has tendency to break
them all up.
Tuesday night, on Union street, Officer
Job Collins found house wide open, as
the occupants had gone to bed without
even closing either the front or vestibule
doors. After some difficulty the occu
pants were made aware of their neglect
and the doors were then locked.
1t is now an assured fact that Davis 4
Hancock, manufacturers of tapestry cur
tains and table cloths, will remove thei
factory to Mount Holly. They will occu
by the dye house on the carpet mill prop
erty, and the brick Office building OF
King street. The work of preparing tn,
buildings for the firms occupancy was be
gun on Friday.
On Saturday afternoon Officer Severns
was called to arrest man who was tryins
to gain an entrance into Deacon's Goa
Office on Washington street. The fellow
was drunk and gave the name of Johr
Ross, of Camden. No charge was pre-
ferred against him for breaking and en-
tering, so Justice Krayer gave the prison
er ten days in Jail.
In the Court of Quarter Sessions, OF
Saturday, Nathan Vansciver, of Burling
ton, pleaded guilty to having assaulted
Torrance McCabe fewsdsys ago. and wal
sentenced to six months in the State
prison. like sentence was pronounced
on Washington Sutton, who pleaded
guilty to having robbed the blacksmith
shop of George Arndt, at Riyerton, of
quantity of tools.
The local telephone proved its useful
ness on Friday, al the same time inter
fering with the business of newspaper
A gentleman came into THE News offic
and said he had picked up horse blank
ct on the South Pemberton road, and h
wanted to advertise it. On the blanke
were the letters "a. P. Co." The tele
phone was put into service and the Al
Inour Packing Co. was called. They sal
they had lost blanket and were abou
to send an advertisement to that effecI
So the telephone did the work and Tn
News is out half dollar.
Several members of the Board of Free
holders, Councils of Beverly, Burlingto
and Bordentown. with invited guests, too
special train on Thursday to New Bruni
wick, where they were met by represer
tatives of the New York and Philade
phia Traction Company which desires