The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-11-15
LOCAL NEWS.

At Atsion, Wilbur Craig shot 80 wilt
ducks on Saturday.
The roof on the electric light works
to be raised this week.
The Board of Freeholders will meet to
day at the Court House.
Samuel P. Cline has all kinds of ammu
milton required by gunners.
Thomas Denness will be the day police
man for the next two weeks.
Cortland Venaman is now in the ofi1c
of Walter A. Barrows reading law.
The announcement of coming wed
ding on Mount Holly avenue will soon D.
made.
Rev. Milton Relyea assisted at the fun
eral services of Mrs. Case, in Trenton, OF
Saturday.
A number of people from Mount Holly
witnessed the foot ball game at Princeton
on Saturday.
William r. Bishop, one of Burlington
representative citizens, was in town yes
terday afternoon on business.
Louis Garbarino No. 81 High street
has in a fine stock of New York candies
strictly pure and free from glucose
A Christian Endeavor rally OF thu
county will be held in the Central Bap
fist Church, at Palmyra, on Thursday
William H. Dobbins has been elected
trustee of New Jersey Lodge, No l, h
of P, vice William H. Stewart, resigned
Washington Council, No. 5, Jr. Order
of American Mechanics, will attend Trim
ity Church in body on Sunday evening
William Woolston died on Saturday at
the residence of DR.. Charles Harker. me
funeral will take place to-day in the Gem
etery.
DR.. LeClerc Gauntt a veterinary OF
Lumberton, has removed his office to Bor
dentown, where he will practice in the
future.
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company
has appealed from the verdict recently
rendered in favor of Miss Anna K. Burr,
of Mount Holly.
A man appeared at the office OF justice
Laumaster, on Saturday, and voluntarily
signed pledge to abstain from the use Of
liquor for one year.
Sheriff Fleetwood will give dinner to
a number of his friends this afternoon at
four O'Clock, at Zelley's Hotel, the occa-
sion being renewal of his official bond.
William Simpson and Charles Ackley,
of Camden. were sentenced to the Reform
school on Saturday, for stealing boat
belonging to Blair Ferguson, of Edge
water Park.
United States Marshal Alcott, after
sniasing train out from Burlington yes
terday afternoon, concluded to walk te
Mount Holly, which he did in less thar
two hours in good shape.
On Saturday morning the mercury was
down to q degrees and there was consld
cradle ice One farmer reports that the
ground was frozen hard enough to beal
the weight of his empty wagon.
Mrs. Adm w. Sine, of Paxson street, hac
a bad accident, on Saturday. She was
polishing a hot stove and the backing
took fire, and flashed into her face, burn
ing her hair and eyebrows. Mrs. Sine'
hands were slightly burned.
Thomas Assay of Jacksonville, had
narrow escape from injury to his eyeslgh
on Thursday, while out cunning. A com
panion killed rabbit, and two sho
bounced toward Assay and struck him, one
lodging in the outer corner of each eye
breaking the skin but escaping the sight
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church
will give supper in the Masonic Temple
,on Friday and Saturday evenings Of this
week A very tempting bill of fare vii
be presented, and all their friends are re
specially invited to come and get goot
supper which is for the benefit of thu
church.
A fellow has been going around tow
for sometime offering to give crayoI
portrait free to any person who desired t.
have such picture copied from photo
graph The mans generosity was of suci
a character as to lead to the suspicion
that he was swindler, and his offer wal
accepted by very few people
Because the election did not result a
he had hoped, Charles Schmidt, OF Indian
Mills, returned home very much unde
Al. 81 Iinlya1 his wifi
out of bed, broke the furniture and thel
attempted to shoot Edward Braddock,
neighbor who tried to interfere. Schmld
was afterward arrested and lodged in tn
county Jail.
Articles of incorporation were filed OF
Wednesday in the Camden County Clerk
office by the National Mat Company. TIL
objects of the company are to manufac
ture, buy, sell and deal in mats. The cap
ital stock is 500 600; the amount paid i
is SO, 900. The incorporators are John A
Rennie Palmyra; J. b. Hall and w. II
Knorr, Philadelphia.
On Saturday Sheriff Fleetwood sold tn
house and lot of J. Lewis Spencer, in BuI
lington, to Frank E. kirkpatrick, for $50
house and lot in Riverton, property G
Annie E. Mckinley, to John Thornton
Jr., and Henry Houghton, executors c
John Thornton, ST., deceased, for $3.50
three tracts of land in Bass River town
ship, belonging to the Penn Fruit Com
pany, to Richard Harrison for 81, 500.
Articles of incorporation have bee
filed in the Office of the Secretary c
State by the Delaware Shore Telephon
Company, which is capitalized at $15
900. The incorporators are Mitchell I
Perkins, of Beverly; Nathan Haines, J
Howard Pew, George G. Gum, of Bul
lington; Harry V. Massey, of Philade
phia. This company will be given tn
right of way through Burlington
Friends in this section will be surprise
to learn of the death of Charles H. Gas
kill, son of George E. Gaskill of Phi
adelphia, and formerly of Mount Holly
On Wednesday morning Charles wa
taken i'll, and his case being diagnosed &
appendicitis, he was taken at once to th
German Hospital, and in the afternoon a
operation was performed. Mr.. Gaski
rallied to the satisfaction of the attend
ing surgeons. He became cheerful an
stronger, but on Sunday afternoon theT
was change in his condition for til