The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-07-12
The Medford glass works have closed

The Baxter property, on Water street,
has been purchased by Stephen Clevenger
for 5000.
Harry Mason has secured position in
the Office of the Sunday Journal of Phil
adelphia
Labor day will be the next holiday un-
less Blanco evacuates Havana before
September.
Miss Jennie Cowan, of Marlton, who
recently cut her finger with an axe, nearly
died from the loss of blood.
Improvements are soon to be made to
the road leading to the Bidwell factory
out West Washington street.
The band concert at the Arcade Hotel
on Saturday evening drew large num-
Der of people in that vicinity.
A reconciliation having been effected
John Mcfarland and wife are now living
happily together on Water street.
| W. S. Gale has received the contract to
pave the lower end of Water street. Hor-
ace Cronk will supply the curbing.
Several persons are now recovering
from injuries which they received on the
Fourth of July.
Charles Force, the shoe manufacturer
on Water street, who did but small bust
ness, has returned to Burlington.
Negotiations are on foot to have a man
ufacturer of bicycle sundries occupy the
vacant dye house on the carpet mill prop
erty.
Sportsmen who wish a copy of the
game laws can secure it by sending two
cent stamp to Game Warden Wise, Bur
| lington.
Lauder, the young man who plays
third base for the Philadelphia ball club,
was formerly pupil at the Mount Holly
Academy.
As the result of falling off load of hay
on Wednesday, Milton Christman, farm
hand at Mount Laurel, had one of his
arms broken.
The Kiner shoe factory on Water street
has been rented by Frank S. Davis, who
is now engaged in getting out line of
shoe samples.
J. Parker Tomlinson and son Harry
have been held under bail for assaulting
John Stanton, the offence having occurred
on Mill street ON Tuesday.
A notion and confectionery store has
been opened on West Washington street
by Mrs. Euphemis White, who recently
removed from Philadelphia.
Sheriff Fleetwood has gathered twenty
baskets of onions from his plot of ground
in the Jail yard. The ground is now be
ing prepared for a crop of beans.
County Clerk Worrell has received the
blanks for lunacy proceedings under the
new law passed by the last Legislature.
Physicians can obtain them at the clerks
office.
BY the upsetting of the ice wagon of
Isaac Shinn on Friday that gentleman
was somewhat injured in the face by
being dragged along the ground while
holding on to the horses.
The gold watch and chain is still miss
ing that was stolen from the residence OF
Mrs. Mary Matthews on the Fourth of
July A reward of So will be paid for
return and no questions asked.
Arthur E. Hotchkiss of Brooklyn was
-. l. of
Gle railway. That enterprise certainly
needs some attention as well as many OF
the unpaid coupons that have been ne
elected.
A recruiting officer of the New Jersey
Volunteers paid short visit to Mount
Holly on Sunday, and attracted consider
able attention as he wore the new tropical
uniform of the U. S. army. 1t is very
neat and business like attire.
The fixtures in the former Craig Moffett
drug store were removed on Thursday.
Elmer D. Prickitt will use some of them
in his branch store at Lumberton; also the
soda water fountain. The counters and
other fixtures were bought by ]. L. Jami-
son.
Black India linen for lining, only 10
cents per yard. Leather belts, silk belt
ing by the yard, Il and inches wide.
Belt buckles, side combs, ties and bows.
A new lot of white skirts trimmed and
plain, from so cents up S. S. Evan, %
Main street.
On July 1st A. H. Peak went down
cellar to clean up. There was a pool of
long time. From this there was poison
Gus gas arising, and striking Peak in the
ewes caused bad case of inflammation to
set in from which he has not yet recov-
cred.
| If some of those people about town
who own vicious dogs would keep them
chained there probably would not, in
some cases, be such a delay on the part of
some of the delivery boys, number OF
whom have been seen to hesitate about
entering yards where such dogs are very
much in evidence.
Sheriff Fleetwood and William II.
Reeves took two prisoners to the state
prison on Thursday, and while there they
had talk with Alfred Clymer, the muir
derer, who says he hopes to secure his
freedom in the course of the next fifteen
or twenty years. Clymer is said to be
one of the best behaved prisoners in the
institution.
Try George W. Durand if you want
strictly pure groceries and provisions at
the lowest cash prices. He has large
stock at his store corner of Water and
King streets, Mount Holly. Orders called
for and delivered. Prompt attention given
to all customers, and satisfaction guaran-
teed Also fresh and salt meats can be
obtained at lowest market prices.
| Unclaimed letters remaining in the
post office for the week ending July g.
John w. Collins, L. E. Clair, Miss Mary
Finney, Miss Carrie Jankins, Daniel D.
Likes, Mrs. Anna Logan, Mrs. Sara Min
gen, Miss Jennie Mitchell, Isaac Schaffer,
Mr.. Slack, David E. Wins; postals, Fred
D. Bridgman, Elson Corn, Mrs. Maggie
Oakerson, Henry II. Pine.
Those persons who have kilograms tC
} send can save time and trouble by using a
one-cent revenue stamp as the law re
quires. In many instances this little mat
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