The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-20
LOCAL NEWS.

Madison avenue, to which he will soon
remove.
The machinery in the Howard Manu-
featuring Company's factory is now il
position and begins to run to-day.
Sing Lee, the Chinaman who opened {
laundry on Main street, near Paxson, hal
closed up his place and left town.
Benjamin Shemeley, of Mount Holly
and John Karg, of Hainesport, were ar
rested as drunks on Saturday night.
The highest point of land in Burling
ron county is Arney's mount, the top Of
which = $50 feet above the sea level.
e. L. Prickett & Co. are considering
the advisability of going into the whole
sale business of manufacturing harness.
Stafford Hagerman, of "a Cherry street
has in his possession a laundry check
which he found on the street, and which
awaits an owner.
T. c. Keeler found purse containing
a small amount of money on Main street
on Saturday The owner can have same
by calling on Mr. Keller.
s. A. Dobbins, Jr., of Mount Holly
a member of Company K, Third Regi
ment, now stationed at Fort Wadsworth,
is i'll with typhoid fever.
Some thirty eight members of the Bap-
fist Young Peoples Union attended the
service at the hospital on Sunday which
was in charge of John D. Clevenger
A party from Mount Holly enjoyed a
delightful trip down the Delaware river
to Marcus Point, on Wednesday, on j.
Holmes Longstreet's steam yacht May.
The household goods of John G. Hip
pinstiel, the defaulting collector of Bever-
ly township, have been seized and will be
sold at Sheriff's sale on Monday next.
The Monmouth Traction Co., which is
building a trolley road from Bordentown
to Trenton, expects to have cars running
between those cities by next Saturday.
The directors of the Burlington County
Telephone Co visited Burlington, on
Friday, to consider the question of ex-
tending the line from Mount Holly to that
city.
Sheriff Fleetwood has pullet that was
Matched in April, and during the past 81
days she has laid 81 eggs, only missing on
Sunday. This is considered remarkable
record.
An old clock belonging to Mrs. Ro-
sauna Pine, of Mullica Hill, and which
has been silent for 20years, struck 436
times on Wednesday, and then started
running.
Suit has been brought against John
Bowers, a farmer of Fork Landing, for
5000 damages for running over Alfred
Quinn's bicycle and smashing it, on Gin
naminson avenue, Palmyra.
1.-The Popular Tom Thumb Wedding
will be celebrated Tuesday evening, Octo-
Der 25th, by children of the town between
the ages of s and 8 years, after which
reception will be given in the lecture room
of the Baptist Church.
Walter Moore, of Vincentown, young
man about 10 years old, engaged in fight
while drunk on Sunday morning early, on
Mill street, and succeeded in whipping a
man much larger than himself. He made
a hasty retreat when the police arrived.
Benjamin r. Lamb has received a curl
GUS plant from the island of Dominica,
West Indies 1t is commonly called the
Lace plant, and the bloom is number OF
LAYERS of lace like growth of extraordinary
fineness resembling delicate machine
made lace
Benjamin Shemeley and William Ora
watt got into quarrel on Saturday night
about midnight Gravatt claimed that he
had been stabbed Officer Denness ar
rested both men, and they were fined
sc. 90 each. Gravatt paid the fine; Shem-
eley went to Jail for ten days.
w. Frank Dean and Walter T. Stewart
are arranging to supply the people OF
Mount Holly with Sunday papers They
are making canvass for patrons and thus
far they have been very successful They
intend to furnish any of the New York
and Philadelphia papers.
The fire department was called out, on
Wednesday, by fire at the house occu-
pied by Harry Harker, on Garden street
The shingles on the roof had got ablaze in
some unaccountable manner. The flames
were extinguished without much trouble
The house is owned by Mrs. Ann E.
Zelley.
Samuel Stradling, representative OF
Marion Circle, No. 9, Brotherhood OF the
Union, accompanied by about a dozen
past officers, attended the state conven-
tion yesterday at Atlantic City. The
convention will also meet to-day. The
next meeting will be held in Mount Holly
during the third week in September OF
next year.
On Saturday Sheriff Fleetwood sold the
following. Farm in Burlington township
property of David M. Hess, to Equitable
Trust Company, of Philadelphia, $1,000;
farm in New Hanover township, property
of Thomas NJ Parker, to Hiram Pancoast,
81. 210: house on Main street, Mount Holly
for Howard Flanders as agent, to Margar-
ct C. Bispham, 1870.
On Thursday, before Justice Clevenger
the suit of Taylor Bros, of Camden, VS.
George T. Middleton, an action on con
tract, came up, and judgment was givel
the plaintiff for $5293. After the judg
ment was given, it was found that the de
PENDANT had paid 1923 by check, for which
they had not received credit. If the mat
ter is found to be correct, it will be al
bowed
Surrogate Kirkbride has granted letter
of administration to Rachel Haines, Oh
the estate of Frank S. Haines, deceased
of Mount Holly; Benjamin F. Ferguson
lon estate of Mary A. Bradley, deceased
eof Bordentown Letters testamentary
were also granted to Harvey Satterthwait
Albert w. Satterthwait and Clifford SAT
.terthwait on the estate OF Harriet u. SAT
Herthwait, deceased, of Crosswicks.
David Rigg, of Jacksonville, butte
and egg dealer, while serving his custom
ers in Mount Holly, on Friday morning
met with an accident that caused his stoc
to become pretty well scattered. Will
his horse was unmanageable the bit BROKE
and the animal, tearing himself loose frol