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

The dancing school in the Masonic Tenn
pie will open on the Goth inst.
Mrs. Wardell Phares, of Shreve street
had five chickens stolen on Tuesday.
\ Farmers Institute will be held a
i Moorestown on the 22d and 23d of thi
. month;
) Lucilla F. Haines, of Pearl street, ha'
: sold her house and lot to Mary B. Taylor
/, for s., 900.
W. Frank Dean will probably come ou
in the spring as a candidate for clerk OF
the Democratic ticket
: Edward Peak, of Medford, is nursing 6
couple of broken ribs as the result of g
: kick from a fractions horse.
The Union steam forge at White HILL
recently destroyed by fire, has been re-
built and is again in operation.
The Grand Army post at Vincentown
will give a supper in the town hall on
Friday and Saturday evenings of this
week.
A shooting match will take place al
Richard Lambs hotel, at Pointville on
Thanksgiving day. The prize will be q
mammoth hog
The Ocean County Bible Society, aux
iliary to the American Bible Society, will
hold its 47th annual meeting at Manches-
ter, on Thursday.
Alexander Dubell, now employed at
Oxford, Pa, will return to Mount Holly
this week and take charge of the drug
store of E. B. Jones'
Freebooter Edward A. Colby has i'm
proved the appearance of Upper Main
street by having the surface dirt removed
from the stone road.
Edward A. Tice of Mill street, who
has been suffering from symptoms of
appendicitis, is much improved, and his
early recovery is looked for.
The Ladies' Aid and Home Mission So
cieties of the Presbyterian Church met
yesterday afternoon at the residence of
Mrs. Streaker, on Pine street.
Homemade sauer kraut, at Garbarino's,
57 High street. Manufactured from sound
New York cabbage Also, new supply
of macaroni, just in from Italy.
The sorting and packing of cranberries
is now giving employment to many peo
pie in the pines. Five carloads of berries
were shipped from Medford in one day last
week.
A district meeting of the Knights of
Phythias will be held at Medford on the
evening of Wednesday, November %, at
which time there will be a special session
of the grand lodge.
The Methodist Church at New Egypt,
which has been closed for repairs, will be
opened again next Sunday, when Rev.
DR.. Thomas O'Hanlon will preach both
morning and evening.
A rabid dog was killed at Marlton last
week after having bitten several other Ca
Mines, some of whom were dispatched by
their owners before they had an opportu
nifty to do further damage.
Rev. James Stoddard, of St. Andrews
Church, was a very interested spectator
at the polls, on Tuesday, watching the
method employed in voting in New Jer
sey, which he had not seen before.
Columbia Germantown woods, Column
bia Saxony woods and knitting yarns, Ice
WOOL embroidery and knitting silks.
Ladies' and children's slipper soles, all
sizes Cashmere and taffeta gloves, good
quality for % cents per pair, S. S. Evan,
| % Main street.
Robert Black, of Cream Ridge, has a
hog that weighs some 1850 pounds, and by
the first of December, when it will be
killed, the porker is expected to tip the
scales at 1900 pounds. 1t is a Jersey Red
animal and is fattening at the rate of over
three pounds day.
A prominent Democrat living in the
| first ward said that after hearing Elvin
W. Crane speak at the Court House, he
| felt satisfied that he would not be elected
Governor of New Jersey, as Crane GER
tainly hurt the party wherever he ap
peared as a speaker.
On account of an edict having gone
forth to the effect that all recruits must
stop the use of tobacco John Mcfarland
has ceased to further affiliate with the
Volunteers of America. John says he is
willing to part with his sins, but when it
comes to his tobacco-never!
The opening of the cunning season on
Thursday was great disappointment on
account of the storm that prevailed; but
even this did not deter some of the sports,
who went out and had fairly good luck
Frank Dill had the fortune to kill a skunk
bagged two fine pheasants near Arney's
Mount.
A curiosity was shown US on Saturday.
| 1t was a National currency bill of the
denomination of 50, issue July 1, 1865.
The bill is No. 1, of the series issued by
the Farmers National Bank and bears the
signatures of W. H. Pancoast Cashier,
and J. Black, President, both as plain as
when originally written. The bill came
came into possession of its present owner
in peculiar manner. 1t was the top bill
on deposit made by an athletic associa-
ton in Philadelphia bank. The re-
ceiving teller was formerly clerk in the
Farmers Bank here. He thought the
bill was counterfeit, but on closely ex-
aiming it, he discovered its true value
and sent it to Mount Holly.
1t is surprising what ignorance is dis
played by some of the election officers
throughout the county. This fact is made
more apparent at the County Clerks office
where the returns are filed. The ballot
keys were this year filed there and one
fellow, coming from a distance, brought
with him a key three inches long
to which was attached a large piece of
wood 1t was probably used fifty years
ago. 81 had to give a receipt for that
key" said the individual, as he cautioned
the clerk not to lose it. In a number of
instances returns that should have gone
to Trenton were brought to Mount Holly,
and some of them were only partially
made out, while others were filled in
the most ridiculous manner One ignorant