The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-06-21
The Arcade hotel is being repainted.

The Birmingham Inn is starting the
season with quite number of boarders
Officer Job Collins has frightened the
appearance of his residence with fresh
paint.
The iron fence in front of the Sherman
residence on Broad street has been re-
moved
Joseph Carney who is employed at
Risdon's foundry, burned one of his feet
quite badly last week.
Joshua Matlack, Jr., has accepted an in
vitation to deliver an Grafton at Marlton
on the Fourth of July.
A handsome American flag now floats
over the house of the Union Fire Com
pany on Washington street.
Henry J. Burtis, of Trenton, was re-
lieved of $35 last week by a young lad
whom he was trying to reform.
A strawberry festival will be held in
the hall at Hainesport on Saturday even
ing for the benefit of the NJ E. Church.
The Young Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union will meet this evening with
Mrs Samuel Elberson, ON Garden street.
Workmen have been engaged the past
two weeks in extending the long distance
telephone from Mount Holly to Smithville.
George Bodine, of Camden, formerly OF
Mount Holly, buried his youngest child
here on Saturday in the Brotherhood Gem
etery.
AS the result of the chimney taking
fire. the residence on the farm of Charles
II. Shinn, near Vincentown, was last week
slightly damaged
Black sateen skirts $1O0. Colored cot
ton skirts only 40 cents. Large size Tur-
kish bath towels, 2 for % cents. S. S.
Evan, % Main street
John Dougherty, a tramp, became SC
abusive and threatening when arrested
Saturday morning, that Justice Slack
gave him sixty days in Jail.
A strawberry festival, under the aus
pieces of the ladies of Chairville, given for
the benefit of the M. E. Chapel fund, was
held on Friday and Saturday evenings.
The members of the graduating class of
the Mount Holly high school enjoyed a
very pleasant evening at the home of Miss
Florence Uncle, at Smithville, on Friday.
Anthony Phillips, who is one OF the
oldest secret society men in Mount Holly,
fell on the brick sidewalk in his yard a
few days ago and received painful inju-
ries.
Surrogate Kirkbride could not resist the
temptation to take part in the present
patriotic demonstration, consequently he
has placed two flags at the entrance to his
office.
The Daughters of America gave a very
pleasant reception last evening to those
persons who took part in making the
handsome bed quilt that will soon be of
fered for sale.
Frank Branin, of Medford, who has
many customers in Mount Holly for his
butter and eggs, ran the tine of pitch
fork in his eye last week, which made a
very bad wound.
The early closing movement on Tues
day evening was quite successfully inau-
gurated. Although the matter had been
pretty well advertised, there were num-
Der of people seen trying to enter some OF
the stores.
On the United States Grand jury: Will
liam H. Carter, Bordentown; Henry j..
Trick. Vincentown; John T. Burton,
Tuckerton; Eugene F. Cranmer, West
Creek; Andrew F. Fitzpatrick, Joseph H..
Townsend, Barnegat.
About twenty loads of dirt have been
placed on the track at the fair grounds to
fill in a number of holes and to place the
race course in good condition. The track
has been leveled up and will be in fine or
der for the Fourth of July.
Cigar manufacturers were notified last
week that the stamps for cigars at So per
thousand were no longer available, and
that So so whould have to be paid in the
future This is war revenue measure.
The work of building a new dwelling
house on the farm owned by the Steven
son Bros, near Jacksonville, which was
destroyed by fire, has been commenced.
On Wednesday the farmers in the neigh
borhood turned out and assisted in carting
the lumber from Mount Holly.
A check for So, 400 was last week given
to the widow of Charles G. Warner by
Col. Charles NJ Sloan, it being the
amount of a policy held by the deceased
in the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Com
pany of Newark. This is the kind of life
insurance that gives protection.
The family of Joseph Engle, Jr., at
Hainesport, were alarmed about O'Clock
on Saturday evening at seeing smoke COM
ing up the cellar stairs. An investigation
showed that lamp under an incubator in
the cellar had bursted and set fire to the
rafters and other wood work. Vigorous
applications of water prevented serious
damage.
Craig Moffett has disposed of most OF
his stock. What remains after the 25th
of the month will be stored away. The
shelvings, counters and cases have been
purchased by James L. Jamison. The
telephone exchange will remain where il
is for the present, and it may not be
moved at all.
Anonymous letters written in Mount
Holly and mailed in Burlington, in which
the names of prominent business men are
mentioned, are now being freely circulat
ed. These letters are being placed in the
hands of government detective, and
some developments as to their authorship
are soon expected.
Flag day was pretty well observed in
Mount Holly on Tuesday. 1t is about
time the ianitor of the court house under
stood his duty in regard to displaying the
flag which Washington Council presented
the county. 1t was not up on Memorial
day or flag day. On account of these
omissions he should see that he has
the flag floating to the breeze on the
Fourth of July.
The Northwestern Letn6ermGra in its is
sue of June II, devotes a whole page tc
an interesting article descriptive of the
machine works at Smithville. The entire
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