The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-08
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Justice Clevengef executed forty leigh
pension vouchers on Friday.
Miss Emma Brown is now employed il
Philadelphia rubber factory.
/ One hundred copies of the Evening Bul
letin are sold in Mount Holly daily.
! Upholstering, furniture repairing ant
| polishing at F. Kerk's, 81 Mill street.
John L. Severns went to Camden OIL
. Thursday to visit his sister, who is yer,
ill.,
Rev. Milton ReIyea will conduct ser
vices at the hospital on Sunday at A. Il
P. NJ
The bastardy suit against William H
Dante, preferred by Ada R. Sbinp, wa
settled on Thursday.
Job Mcintosh is acting as flagman a
the Pine street railroad crossing during
the disability of John Wolfsberg.
Isaac L. Shinn had force of men en-
gagged cutting ice all Friday night. L
was nearly seven inches thick
The water boiler in Ezekias Esham'G
house on Union street froze up last week
causing the bottom to snap out.
W. Sharp Naylor. of Vincentown, died
last week from the result of injuries re-
ceived by falling over year ago.
Having concluded to adopt law as 9
profession, Harry Cross is now a pupil in
the Office of Charles Evan Merritt.
During the past week Justice CleveDger
has had several applications from persons
who desire to rent houses in Mount Holly.
The Fl. B. Smith Machine Company re-
ceived another order for woodworking
machinery from Norway, on Wednesday.
Judge Garrison will not try the suit OF
James O'Leary against the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company until the next term OF
court.
Pension papers belonging to the late
George L. Brown were found on the street
on Thursday and returned to the widow
by Officer Collins.
Phil Karg, on King street, has only
frst-class groceries and provisions and
his prices are extremely low. Also dry
goods at city prices.
The members of the W. c. T. U. will
hold their regular meeting at the home of
Mrs. A. F. Deacon, Broad street, to-mor-
row afternoon at two o'clock.
i The unsightly maple trees on Union
street, east of Buttonwood, have been
topped, and now that neighborhood has
assumed better appearance.
Rather remarkable coincidence ig the
fact that the Baptist international Sunday
school lesson for last Sunday was exactly
the same as that given ON September 4,
1889.
George C. Whomsley, who served q
year as deputy In the sherifps Office, has
entered the plumbing business at Bur-
lington, having purchased the establish
ment of William E, Farmer.
William Holt, of Riverside, will never
again be able to use the finger that was
recently injured by the fall of some ma
chinery which he was repairing, on ac-
count of haying a stiff joint.
The Armour Packing Company has
brought suit against Alexander F. RuloD,
Burlington butcher, to recover on the
sale of some meat. The case will be heard
before Justice Clevenger Oh Friday.
On Wednesday afternoon sun dog"
was observed to the left of the sun, which
gave every appearance of there being two
suns. Their brilliant light caused beau
tiful rainbow to flash across the western
heavens.
Andrew NJ. Moore, Philadelphia mil
lionaire who recently died, has left $1,000
year for life to his. brother, Samuel A.
Moore, of New Egypt, and at bis death
the income of S., 900 ID to be paid to Sam
uel's widow for life.
All question as to who will be Assem-
blyman Horner's successor in the Board
of Freeholders was settled on Wednesday
by that gentleman stating to the editor of
THE News that he will relinquish the po-
sitIon of Director, but will not resign as
member of the Board.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the post
Office for the week ending February 9th ;
H. Fl. Burr, Emma ]. Edwards, Mr.. Leon
ard Fisher, Miss Minnie Kane, Mrs. Lydia
Gaskill, Miss Mary CASTOR. Miss Graunita
Grey 2, Mr.. Orrin Miller. Mr.. B. E. Mont
gomery, Mr.. T. Parker, Miss Marty Pea
cock, Mrs. James Pierce, Mrs. Mary ].
Poinsell; postals, Nelson Brown, Alice
Ford, Mr.. F. Johnson.
The Daughters of America are having a
quilt made which they intend to sell when
completed. Pieces of patch work con-
tanning ninc squares have been distrib-
uted among several of the members, the
object being to get nine of their friends
to contribute ten cents each in order to
have their names worked on the squares.
In this manner the proceeds from the
quilt will add considerable to their treas
ury.
Benjamin G. Campion, one of the old
est citizens of Mount Holly, died sudden
ly here Wednesday night of heart failure.
He was in his SD year, and was remark
ably well preserved. Years ago he was
elected steward of the almshouse, and
after serving one term he retired from
politics, and had since made his home
here. His funeral took place on Saturday
afternoon, interment being made in the
Friends burying ground.
Since the appearance of the new cloth
ing and general merchandise store on
Mill street, there has been much COM
plant on the part of some merchants who
believed it was simply an itinerancy, and
the matter was brought to the attention
of the township committee, who were in
clined to exact license If the business
was not to be permanent. 1t was sug-
gested that the concern be asked to put up
deposit of $50, but to settle the question
of permanency the firm paid T. Clifford
Keller three months rent in advance for
the building. .
Mrs. Rebecca P. Troth met with most
distressing accident on Wednesday after
noon. From the caves of the back shed
at her residence on Murrell street, water
had been dripping sufficiently to form q
small quantity of ice. About five O'Clock
Mrs. Troth opened the rear door, and as
soon as she put her foot on the step she