The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-21
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

Holly on Friday.
Mrs. William B. Abbey will give a re
ception this evening in honor of her sis
ter, Mrs. William A. Slaughter.
1t has been ascertained by actual coun
that 1900 wagons pass over the Waite
street railroad crossing in week.
While eggs are high, keep your hen
laying by using Herbert's ground mea
and bone. Box 1871, Mount Holly.
John Dilks was gathered in while drum
on Saturday night by Officer Denness, AM
Justice Krayer gave him three days il
jail
The New Jersey State Agricultural So
ciety, which conducted its fair at Waiver
ly for SO many years, has decided to qui
the business.
The Commissioners of Appeal will NEE
In the America Hall this afternoon at
o'clock, to hear any grievances on the par
of taxpayers. They will also sit mex
Tuesday
A nice line of corsets in long and shor
r. & G. corsets, 81; P. NJ, 81; N. H., SOC
Peerless, Soc; also very good one for 2!
cents. s. s. Evan, % Main street.
A call has been made by the Interna
tional Sunday School Convention for tn,
observance of the Worlds Sunday Schoo
Temperance Sabbath next Sunday.
Jerome B. Grigg. Edward D. Stokes
William Rogers, Micajah E. Matlack
Henry Darnell and son Albert, enjoyed {
cunning trip in the pines last week
As result of the four weeks religious
revival that has been in progress in the
Methodist Church at Indian Mills, TWEEN
ty-seven persons have been converted.
Two propositions for membership were
received on Friday night by the Knights
OF Pythias. Next Friday night the first
and second degrees will be conferred.
Loxley R. Parsons, formerly of Mount
Holly, was married on the 10Th inst, to
Miss Sadie Irene, daughter of Miss Eliza
beth Thompson, of Los Angeles, Califor-
mia.
People in this section were panied to
learn on Friday of the death of the wife
of Hon. George Wildes, of New Hano-
yer, which occurred after protracted i'll
ness.
Some of the best talent of the town, in
Guiding the Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar
Club, will take part in the entertainment
at the Baptist Church. ON Thanksgiving
night.
Christian j. Krayer has on hand an as.
sOrtment of terrapins, including the Ju-
niata. Queens and Mountain varieties
which he will dispose of at reasonable
prices
Horace C. Pease will remove his family
to New York city next week. His resi-
by Edgar A. Alcott, who is now living on
Garden street.
A dangerous trick is being played by
some person at Retreat, who persists in
placing rails and sticks across the foot
path at night for the purpose of throwing
. bicycle riders.
The Burlington County Christian En-
deavor Union will meet at the Presbyte-
rian Church, Mount Holly, on Thursday
evening Of this week. DR.. Wayland Hoyt
will be the principal speaker.
Mrs. Mary B. Hinton, sister of Mrs.
Henry c. Risdon, of Garden street. left
yesterday for Santa Cruz, California She
was accompanied by Miss Kate Rhees,
who will spend few weeks at Los Ange-
les.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has made a new cinder walk at the Grant
street station, which is even with the
platform. When the other portion of the
sidewalk is filed in, that thoroughfare
will be greatly improved
The price of printing paper has ad-
vanced over 25 per cent. during the past
few weeks. Prompt payment of sub
scriptions will materially help publishers
in this unpleasant turn of affairs.
The balance of $52979 due by Beverly
township to the county treasury for taxes,
was paid over to County Collector Powell,
last week. This is the last instalment due
on the defalcation of John G. Hippen-
stiel, the former collector of taxes.
George Kellock entered a saloon on Sat
urday night to get man out so that he
could go home with his wife, and this led
to q disturbance with man from Penn
berton, who had Kellock arrested He
was taken before Justice Laumaster, but
as the defendant had committed no crime
he was discharged.
The lady minstrel entertainment at the
opera house on Tuesday evening W as de-
cided success. The house was packed to
the doors and some were unable to gain
admittance The singing was good, the
jokes were much appreciated, and the
cake walk was first-class. About $40
was realized for the hospital.
When the last meeting of the Masonic
Lodge adjourned, some of those in at
tendance were not particular in securing
their headgear. 1t was not long before
it was discovered that general mix up
had taken place, and for week past some
of the members have been wearing hats
which did not belong to them.
Civil engineer R. G. Pearson, with a
party of surveyors is at Tuckerton, max
ing survey of Tuckerton creek by order
of the government, with view of esti-
mating the cost of dredging the creek and
Its approaches. Congress provided for
such survey at its last session as the in
creasing oyster business has made the
deepening of the water way necessity.
Miss Avarene Budd, daughter of the
. late DIR. Andrews E. Budd, and Professor
James H. billiard, of New Orleans, were
married on Saturday morning by Rev. J.
H. Durham, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church. at the residence of the brides
mother, Mrs. Harriet L. Budd, on Garden
street. Only the family were present.
The bride is a sister of Prosecutor of the
Pleas Eckard P. Budd. The groom is
connected with university at New Or
leans, where he will take his wife to re-
side
Fully 500 delegates were present at the
annual convention of the Burlington Coun-
ty Sunday School Association, which was
held in the Methodist Episcopal Church in
Beverly on Thursday. The election for