The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-05-17
LOCAL NEWS.


The household goods of the late Will
liam Brown were sold at auction yester-
day.
John Bill has purchased house and
lot on Church street from Annie McCarty
for $500.
The Eagle shirt factory, at Bordentown,
is working on a large contract for the
government.
George S. Dobbins, of Mount Holly,
has had his pension increased from 81 to
$12 per month.
A brick yard is now being operated on
the WOODLAND road, by w. E. Marter, of
Edgewater Park.
Ruth c., the three weeks old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lincoln Lippincott,
died on Saturday
The stone road on upper Main street is
badly in need Of good scaping on both
sides of the street.
The Board of Education of Eastampton
township has purchased lot of ground at
Unionville from Joseph W. Candy.
Superintendent Throckmorton and a
force of men began yesterday to clean up
the Brotherhood of the Union cemetery.
Thomas Elbertson, of Mount Holly av-
enue, has been confined to his bed for sew
eral days from an attack of rheumatism
Elk Sheriff Edward Emley is now oc-
cupying his farm near Jacobstown, he
having removed from Mount Holly last
week
Thomas Somers has his ice cream cart
in operation for the summer season. He
now engaged in hunting up his old Gus
toners.
The apparatus of the Good Intent Fire
Company will be placed in Judson Gas
kills carriage factory during the latter
part of the week.
Mrs. Benjamin Deacon will welcome
the members of the W. C. T. U. We'd
nesday afternoon next at o'clock, at her
home on Broad street.
The buttonhole machine business, fol-
which Michael Chubaroff has acted as
agent for number of years, has been pur-
chased by that gentleman.
The entertainment which Amo Lodge,
No. III, Knights of Pythias, of Pember-
ton, intended giving last evening, has
been indefinitely postponed.
Notices have been posted indicating the
presence of scarlet fever on Bispham
and Church streets, and also case OF
diphtheria on Murrell street.
A new boiler has arrived for the Home
Manufacturing Company to take the place
of the one that recently sprung leak. II
will be put in position this week.
The employees of r. W. Bowker's fac
tory have received letter from Company
A, encamped at Sea Girt, thanking them
for box of pies and other delicacies.
Rev. John H. Boswell will deliver an
address in Mount Holly on the Goth inst.
when the Epworth League anniversary
will be held in the Methodist Church.
Miss Sarah Citizens has given 800, and
the township of Lumberton has voted
$500 for the purpose of building a stone
road from Lumberton to Eayrestown.
Miss jamie Jamison, proprietor of the
Brainard school on Buttonwood street
has flag floating from every window in
the building, and they present pretty
appearance.
William Ii. Holt, the Riverside paper
box maker, suffered a loss of $4O0 by the
failure of Leech Bros, the shoe manufac
turers there, who were sold out by thu
sheriff yesterday.
Mrs. j. Stratton Rogers will sell at pub
lie sale, at her residence, BOB Garden street,
on Thursday afternoon, May 10Th inst.
her house and furniture, being about tt
remove from the town.
Under the auspices of the Epwortf
League there will be an exhibition of the
American Cineograph or moving pictures
in the hall at Smithville, on Friday even
ing, for the benefit of the church at thai
place.
Warrants were issued yesterday for thu
arrest of three persons who are charged
with cutting down some % trees in Wood
land township. They took some of thu
trees to a mill to have them converted in
to logs.
The wedding of Rev. c. M. Sherman, OF
YOUNGSTOWN, and Lulu, daughter, Of
Mrs. Susan Sherman, of Mount Holly
took place at Englishtown, on Wednesday
The happy couple have been visiting
the brides mother.
Letters testamentary on the estate o.
Emily E. Bishop, deceased, of Pointville
have been granted to Charlotte t. Han
cock; on the estate of Daniel DeCou, de
ceased, of Moorestown, to Ruthanna l.
and John A. DeCou.
Robert M. Huff who recently re-en
listed in tile United States Navy, is some
what disappointed because of his inabil
ity to get birth on the battleship Mass
achusetts on which vessel he served hi
first term in the service.
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hoe b ,e aI ,;v ;a' With h;S son near Smith
vile has been missing from home fo
several DAYS, and a search is now bein
made for him. Mr. Collins was a forme
resident of Mount Holly.
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A song service was held in the Presby
terrain Church on Sunday evening, OWN
to the inability of Rev. j. Durham
preach on account of severe hoarsenes'
which destroyed MS voice several PEI
sons are similarly amcteo ABOUT to"h'
The large pole for the flag that is to :
raised at the railroad station arrived l
town on Thursday. AS soon as 1t is pain.
ed and put together it will be placed
position. At present the committee
unable to purchase flag owing to the
scarcity.
The regulars who frequent the store {
Samuel P. Cline have taken up subscril
ton of $40 for the purpose OF purchasin
a flag. Samuel ii. Chambers IS treasure
and the stars and stripes Will float trol
MIR. Clines upper window as soon as