The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-11-29

Large boxes of Mason's backing, 70
five cents, worth 10 cents, at Wetherills
"A Main street
Capt. Frank Patton and his wife sale
on Wednesday for another long voyage t.
the Hawaiian islands.
The engagement is announced OF Fran
Laessle, editor of the Moorestown Reput
lean, and Miss Ella Pancoast.
Choice veal, lamb and mutton at Og
burns meat market, Mill street. unde
Red Mems hall. Look at his stock.
1t is said that Elton A. Smith has vol
unteered to pay the expense of putting
new roof on the church at Smithville.
Freebooter William P Younker, o
Lumberton, has opened bakery there a
the corner of Main and Landing streets.
Mrs. Britton, of Lumberton, had some
clothes stolen from line last week, anC
the thief also relieved neighbor of a flint
turkey.
A number of people met with the un
expected on Thursday evening as they
walked carelessly over the first snow o.
the season.
The annual meeting of the executive
committee of the Burlington County W
c. T. U. will be held at Lumberton to
morrow afternoon.
| lo+ o. rrrhioh halnpo
ed to the estate of Hiram Taylor, de-
ceased, occupied by w. F. Bishop, has
been sold to w. D. Hartshorn for 50, 600.
Gents underwear. White shirts, made
from Wamsutta muslin, first class shirt
in every way, in long or short bosoms, fol
SOC. w. W. Curtis, 4S Main street, Mount
Holly, N. ].
A meeting of the Columbus Grange,
under the auspices of the New Jersey
State Board of Agriculture, was held in
the hall at Columbus last night Several
interesting speeches were made.
1t was expected that the Brotherhood OF
the Union would confer the Franklin de
gree last Wednesday evening, but the mat
ter was deferred until tomorrow evening
on account of the absence of one of the
degree team.
Fish Warden Wise, of Burlington, who
has been on trip to the lake regions, got
home on Tuesday, and brought lot of
bass and pike with him. He put some of
the fish in the creek at Browns Mills and
at Smithville.
T. Wood Martin died at the home of
his father, at Long Branch, on Wednes-
day He was one of the best known
horsemen in the country. Patrons of the
Burlington County Agricultural Society
remember him as the starter of horses in
many races.
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the Mount Holly post office: William
Anderson, Mrs Annie Fisher, Miss Fannie
Lippincott, Mrs. Louisa Matthias, Edward
Peineo, James P Shea, William Sampson,
Mrs. Esther Thomas, W. E. Vail, Miss
George Webster.
One or two parties that went out gun
ming on Thanksgiving day have been
kicking themselves ever since for their
foolishness. One sport returned home
with a rabbit and two pigeons, although
he did not shoot his gun during the entire
time he was out.
The outbuildings and contents on the
farm belonging to Walter Bird, near
Crosswicks, were destroyed by fire Tues
day morning The loss is estimated at
81 500, partially insured. The origin of
the fire is unknown, but is supposed to
have been started in the hay now
A wedding took place at the residence
of Howard Batchelder, on Buttonwood
street, Thanksgiving afternoon, at 8
o'clock. The contracting parties were
Miss Mary Elizabeth Emmons, of Mount
Holly, and Richard s. Church, of White
Hill. The ceremony was performed by
Rev w. H. Carter, of White Hill. The
happy couple will reside at White Stone,
Long Island.
Mrs. Sarah Allen, of Eayrestown, came
to Mount Holly last week, and soon she
was in consultation with the police and
justices, alleging all sorts of offences on
the part of her husband. Her manner in
Dictated that she was not right mentally,
and this proved true, for it became neces-
sary to remove her to the asylum at Tren-
ton, and this was done by Constable Clay
poole on Wednesday.
Peter Kelly, tramp confined in the
jail, is the possessor of an accomplish
ment that is sufficient to make him a good
living. He is an excellent player on the
mouth organ, and his music has charmed
a number of our citizens who have gone
to the prison to hear him play. His imi-
tations are well executed and his melody
the sweetest, all of which are rendered on
the cheapest kind of an instrument.
The past chancellors of the Knights of
Pythias, on Friday evening next, will
vote for grand lodge officers and two SUI
preme representatives Of the latter two
are to be elected, and there are five can
didates. 1t is quite probable that Walter
F. Hayhurst, of Lambertville, and Will
liam II. Mccullough, of Swedesboro, will
be chosen. The lodges in South Jersey
are making determined effort to elect
the latter gentleman All past chancel-
lors are requested to come out and vote
U. S. Marshal Thomas J. Alcott had a
funny experience last week when he went
down in the pines somewhere to sell some
land. AS nobody appeared on the scene
it became necessary to adjourn the sale.
To do this legally the Marshal mounted a
log and declared: by virtue of the pow
er invested in me, etc There was not
even clerk present to enjoy the ludi-
crous situation, and the official was COM
PEELED to address his remarks to old
stumps and lot of trees, after which Mr..
with himself and meandered home.
Thanksgiving passed very quietly in
MOUNT holly, even SUI passing olo stlllheSS
of Sunday, and many were i'll at ease
for something to do. The Episcopal con
gregations held services and there was a
union meeting in the Methodist Church,
at which Rev J. H. Durham preached an
excellent sermon. The western blizzard
brought hail, snow and rain, which made
the day a very disagreeable one, and
caused the mercury to drop below the
freezing point. Quite number of fami-