The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-12-06

Charles Warner, of Lumberton, is serv-
ing milk to many people in Mount Holly.
Gunners, you can get ammunition cheap
er at Wetherill's, A Main street, than else
where
On the evening of Friday, December
%, ball will be given in the rink at
Jobstown.
Mrs Margaret Nobel, of Hainesport,
was buried on Thursday in the Brother
hood cemetery.
The grip is said to be quite prevalent at
Pointville, and number of people are
Frustrated with it.
William Gerew, a resident of Lower
Bank, is receiving treatment in Mount
Holly for cancer.
Mrs Elizabeth Griscom, Water street,
is suffering from a sprained wrist as the
result of recent fall
Mock Ock has had new step erected in
front of his laundry, which has replaced
the old one none too soon.
William j. Barnes has purchased a
building lot on Greenwood avenue. Mount
Holly, from Mrs Ellen W. Branson.
The Burlington County Lyceum of Ma
tural History held meeting on Friday
evening and reelected the old officers.
The dancing school in the Masonic Tenn
Pile opened on Wednesday evening, but
the bad weather reduced the attendance.
William W. Worrell has purchased a
barn of the Wright Bros, located in the
rear of Samuel F. Sapp's residence on
Union street.
Elisha Lawrence, of Cookstown, is suf-
fering with dislocated shoulder, as the
! result of losing control of his bicycle
while out riding.
| AS the result of burning some sumach
wood in a stove at Pointville, Harry
Swain has badly poisoned face by COM
ing in contact with the smoke.
A house and fifteen acres of land in
Washington township, belonging to John
W. Harris. of Mount Holly has been sold
to the present tenant Israel Mick.
Leather goods more popular than ever
| for Christmas presents Christmas open
| ing, Saturday, December 10th, at factory
of E. L. Prickett & Co., 302 Garden st.
Collector Samuel NJ Holt is consider
ing the matter of erecting a dwelling
house on his property facing the farm of
George o. Morris, on the Jacksonville
road.
A lecture was given in the Rancocas
Methodist Church on Friday evening by
Rev. D. E. Clair, of New Lisbon. His
subject was Cuba and the Cuban War of
1885,
On account of the mad dog that ran
amuck on West Washington street re-
Gently, all dogs showing the least signs of
suspicious actions in that neighborhood
are shot
On account of the storm, the Mount
Holly Banjo Club was compelled to post
pone its entertainment at Medford, for
last Wednesday evening, until the 18th of
December.
On the fourth page of this paper will
be found an announcement of the Philip
j. Walsh estate, who promise to sell you
anything on credit at cash prices. This is
reliable house.
The condition of Edward E. Holeman,
who is employed in the Correspondence
School at Scranton Pa, is much better,
his rheumatic pains having been reduced
to an appreciable degree
Some fifty properties in Mount Holly
were sold on Thursday by Collector Sam
uel M. Holt for the unpaid taxes They
were bought by the township with the
exception of one house on the hill.
If people throughout the town would
be prompt in cleaning off their walks af
ter snow storm, pedestrians would not
be compelled to wear their overshoes so
long, which is anything but agreeable,
While Harry Cox was overhauling the
gas pipes in the Farmers bank, on Thurs
day afternoon he was overcome by es-
Gaping gas and was unconscious for about |
twenty minutes. He was quite i'll for sew
eral days
A strange animal, leaving prints which |!
show the presence of large claws, has |
been roaming around in the vicinity of
Pointville, and now the residents there
expect a great influx of gunners who will
try and capture the beast.
The anniversary of the Junior Christian
Endeavor Society was celebrated in the
Presbyterian Church on Friday evening.
The speaker was Rev. James M. Crowell, |
D. D., of Philadelphia, who never fails
to draw an appreciative audience
Harry Dubell has been making a vain
search for young boy who has been
working on his farm on the Burlington
road. A camp of gypsies left the Foun-
tain woods at about the time the boy dis
appeared, and there are suspicious that he
was kidnapped.
The dwelling on White street, formerly
occupied by Captain Jenkins, of the Vol |
unteers of America, has been rented to
Richard Carpenter. The Captain left all
the furniture behind and portion of it
has been removed to the residence of Dan
iel Stanton, where the present captain is
boarding.
DR.. George o. Forsyth, of Pemberton,
came to Mount Holly, on Wednesday, to
show the results of recent cunning trip. |
He had in his possession fine fox, two
hares three rabbits, golden pheasant |
and number of quail. Before leaving |
town the outfit was photographed by ar
fist B. Frank Stidfole
Bert Sutherland has a job on hand to |
erect telephone wires for Capt. Martin L. |
Haines in order that communication may !
be had from his cranberry boys at Goose
Pond to the station at Chatsworth. Sew |
eral cranberry growers are adopting the
use of the telephone as valuable auxil- |
larry to their business.
List of unclaimed mail in the Mount |
Holly postoffice for the week ending De-
cember 8: Letters, Miss Sallie Durand |
J. B. Forkman, William Griffin, Charles |
Hartman, Ida Hollingsworth, John Mitch (
ell, Amenda McKelvy, Allen B. Parker,
Mrs. Walter Rossell. Postals, J. c. Par
ker, Mrs Mary Nippins, Jacob c. Guest, |
Samuel Gilbert, Miss Mary Butler, George
Rossell, Mrs. Annie Stevens, William l.
Turpin, Samuel E. Riley.
An entertainment under the auspices of
the Epworth League will be given this
evening in the Methodist Church by Prof |
J. F. Berk, VINO will deliver an illustrat-
ed lecture on Cuba, with reference to the
late war, showing many battle scenes
portraits of noted persons connected with
the war; scenes in and about Havana,
Santiago and Manila. There will be a
silver offering at the door.
A visit to Ogburn's meat market shows
that the newspapers tell the truth. There
never was a finer display of poultry in
Mount Holly than what has been seen