The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-12

g Edgar A. Alcott is now occupying thu
Pease residence on Brainard street
s Samuel NJ Holt will not be can didat,
for denomination as township collector
: The members of the DeSouza dancing
class enjoyed a masquerade on Friday
night.
Earnest Barrios, son of the President
' OF Ecuador, is attending the Mount Holly
Academy.
' Sheriff Charles R. Fenton will draw
his first panel of petit jurors on Tuesday
December 26.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Cross will cele-
brate their silver wedding anniversary on
Saturday evening next.
Rev G. H. Pendleton, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, was greeted with
large congregations on Sunday last.
An "old maids convention" is to be
held in the lecture room of the NJ E.
Church, on Friday evening, Goth inst.
The religious services at the hospital
next Sunday afternoon, at 415, will be
conducted by the Baptist Young Peoples
Union.
The members of the Farmers Social
Club were pleasantly entertained on Fri
Atkinson.
While driving on the Lumberton pike
on Tuesday evening, Charles Coles met
with collision and had wheel taken off
his carriage.
Linwood foot ball team came to Mount
Holly on Saturday and played its third
game. Mount Holly was victorious by
the score of II to O.
An expert accountant representing the
American Investment Company, of New
York, is in town going over the books of
the Electric Light Company.
Twelve actions on contract were begun
before Justice Clevenger yesterday. Two
of them are set down for Saturday, and
the other ten on the 22d instant.
AS the result of trespassing onI the farm
of John Black, while out cunning recent
ly, it cost Joseph Rogers, of Lumberton
township, just 1915 cents for shooting
rabbit.
The house on Water street, belonging
to the Rogers estate, which was recently
purchased by Amos Gibbs, was sold by
the latter gentleman on Saturday to Ed
ward B. Jones'
Mary Rogers, the woman who recently
assaulted Benjamin W. Zelley in the din
ing room of the Washington House, was
taken to the asylum at Trenton on Tues
day by Sheriff Fenton.
A number of young people from Mount
Holly went to Vincentown on Friday
evening to attend birthday party given
| by Miss Myra Wright, pupil of Miss
Jamison's school.
Basket ball is played every Tuesday
and Saturday night at Burlington. 1t is
a great game and Burlington has a fine
team Yon can see the entire game and
get home on the last trolley.
William J. Shannon, of Mount Holly,
and Richard B. Wilson, of Eayrestown,
were on Thursday presented with $500
each by the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, for their continuous service of
five years.
While Edward Caffrey was chopping
wood at Jacksonville, on Saturday. his
axe glanced from the block and nearly
severed one of his feet The prompt ser
vices of a doctor saved him from bleeding
to death.
There was fire at the Aged Woman's
Home in Burlington last week, which de-
stroyed carpets and furniture Any cit
liens Of the county having articles of this
character that they do not want will con-
fer favor by sending them to the Home.
The Northampton Volunteer Firemen's
Relief Fund held its annual meeting last
evening. The following officers were
elected: Charles Bennett, president;
Franklin Dill, vice president; Edward S.
Troth, secretary; Joseph G.. Kingdom,
treasurer; John B. Herbert, Joseph s.
Shreve, trustees.
William Rose, a tramp blacksmith, who
occasionally stops in Mount Holly. got
into a fight with ''Spikey' Reeves on
Wednesday evening The fellow also
made nuisance of himself in Bayersdor-
fer's clothing store. He was arrested by
Officer Severns, and Justice Krayer sent
him to Jail for thirty days on drunk
and disorderly charge.
Mount Holly Lodge, No. IA, F. and A.
NJ, elected the following officers last night:
Worshipful master, Charles r. Fenton;
senior warden, George M. Hillman; junior
warden, Christian ]. Krayer; treasur-
er, Charles Evan; secretary, ]. Will
mer Lundy; proxy, Edward B. Jones.
This lodge will install the officers
on Friday evening, the 22d instant, at
which time banquet will be served.
Sheriff Fenton and Postmaster Cow
perthwait have purchased $50 pounds of
turkeys and engaged large quantity of
other good things which they will serve
at their dinner, perhaps on Christmas day,
to the poor children of Mount Holly. The
Good Intent engine house seems to be the
most desirable place in town for the pur-
pose and it may be secured. The children
will receive ticket for their dinner, and
these may be distributed through the me-
dunn of the different churches, or by
some other plan. Several ladies have
kindly offered to assist on this occasion,
and the promoters would be glad if others
would do likewise. The undertaking will
be attended with considerable work, as it
is expected that $50 children will be fed.
The affair is to be f1rst-class in every par
ticular
The American Investment Company,
which has purchased the mill property
here, has also gained possession of the
Electric Light Company, and expects to
have all the stock of that corporation
transferred before Friday of this week.
Negotiations have been pending for some
time on this sale, and it is only within the
past week that the final arrangements
were made. The stockholders of the
Electric Light Company will get 500 per
share in cash, and $50 per share in the
bonds of the new company. The works
are to be handed to the new corporation
free of incumbrance and for this purpose
another 500 per share was added. This
makes $170 per share for the stock, which
is considered pretty fair price. The new
company does not expect to increase the
price of lights but it may extend its field.
1t already has charge of the gas works
but so far as quality of the gas is concern
ed nobody would ever surmise that there
had been chang