The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-12
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

There was lots of monkey business on
Washington street last week
There was a good attendance at the
opening of the public schools yesterday
James Farr died at his home on Button
wood street on Sunday afternoon, aged n
years.
The Relief Fire Company will take part
in a fireman's parade at West Chester, "a,
on October 10.
Lost. on Garden street. on Sunday, a
lady's blue jacket. Finder will please re-
turn to this Office.
Worrell s. Harris, the tobaoconists, will
place handsome new delivery wagon on
the road next week.
On the charge of assaulting the wife OF
Edward Alcott, Walter Frake was fined
$4.25 by Justice Slack.
John Fisher has resigned his position in
Jones drug store to accept situation in a
Philadelphia apothecary's.
The Chester Township Committee has
fixed the tax rate at 1901, which is the
highest the township ever had
Prof. Gentry's dog and pony show gave
very creditable exhibition here on Wed
nesday to good sized audiences
The Grand Circle, Brotherhood of the
Union, will meet here on Monday and
Tuesday, 18th and 10Th instant.
Company e, Third Regiment, OF Mount
Folly, will hold fair and festival in Ar
cade Rall, on October IS and IA.
Rev. s. Wesley Lake, presiding elder Of
Trenton district, preached in the Metho-
dist Church. on Sunday evening
The next meeting Of the Convoca ton Of
Burlington will be held in Trinity Church
Swedesboro, September % and 49,
DR.. E. D. Prickitt lost plaid lap robe
ON Madison avenue, King or Water streets
yesterday. Finder will please return the
same
The religious services at the hospital
next Sunday afternoon, at Alb, will be
conducted by the Baptist Young Peoples
Union
AS the result of colliding with another
boy, Walter Dennis was recently thrown
from his bicycle and had his collar bone
broken.
Miss Mary L. Slack, of Mount Holly,
and DR.. Richard f. Gerlach, of Philadel-
phia, are to be married in Trinity Church
on October 4.
A very large audience greeted Rev. G.
HI Pendleton, at the Baptist Church, on
Sunday evening, to hear him discuss the
Dreyfus case.
s. Budd Norcross is employing steam
power to get the sand out of his pits, near
Bridgeboro' BY this means two boats
can be loaded at one time.
Mrs. Christian J. Krayer met with an
unfortunate accident on Wednesday morn
ing. She slipped while descending the
cellar stairs and sprained her ankle.
A. ]. Durand. druggist at Moorestown,
announces himself as candidate for the
Republican nomination for Coroner. Mr..
Durand is a former Mount Holly boy.
At the Delaware State Fair, on Thurs
day, Frank B. Shreye, of Smyrna, for
merly of Mount Holly, won first money
in the Las class in three straight heats
A large number of people from Mount
Holly went to Philadelphia during the
evenings of last week to witness the cleo
trical display and view the avenue OF fame.
The H B. Smith Machine Company has
Just received another large order for ma
chinery, amounting to about $1,000. 1t Is
probable that night force viii soon be
employed.
The police have been watching q strange
man who has been in town for several
DAYS, as the rumor got about that he had
been seen enticing young girls ON the
back streets.
Thomas Cavanaugh, the enterprising
fruit dealer, has purchased the mince
meat business of Edgar Norcross, on Pine
street, and will this week begin its manu-
facture in the rear of his present store on
Main street
Dennis Seymour, a stranger, lost his
pension papers in Mount Holly on August
10th. The papers were in small roll OF
clothing, wrapped in a newspaper. The
finder will favor the poor unfortunate by
leaving them at this office.
According to the agreement among oul
merchants the early closing movement on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings does not
cease on Sept. 10th as heretofore. but will
continue in effect the entire year except
during the month of December.
Charles Borden and Joseph Worth, both
of Mount Holly, who were arrested ano
committed to the Toms River Jail for break
ing and entering Tuckerton railroad car,
pleaded guilty on Thursday and were sen
fenced to the same jail for thirty days
Samuel Heller made complaint before
Justice Krayer, on Thursday evening
against Tony Gibbs. whom he alleges as
saulted his boy on Wednesday by knock
ing him over the head in Allinson's brancl
grocery store on West Washington street
While Walter Sherman was walking on
Garden street this morning he was struck
on the head with a brick bat and quite
badly injured The missile was thrown
by q boy named Atkinson, who was try
ing to dislodge horse chestnuts from
tree.
Frank Garbarino, who has been acting
as travelling salesman for the George +
Steel Iron Works, of Philadelphia ha
severed his connection with that compan,
and accepted position with the Unite'
Gas Improvement Company, where h
will act as private secretary to one OF tn
officials.
The annual meeting of the fire depart
ment of Northampton township will b
held in the house of the Union Hose Com
pany, on Friday, at P. M, for the elect
ion of chief engineer and three assist
ants, and the transaction of such othe
business as shall properly come before tn
meeting
The township committee have receive
bids from the Rocky Hill Stone Compan
and B. M. & J. F. Stanley for the con
pletion of the stone road on Grant stree
and it is quite probable that the contrat
will be awarded in few days The gu
ter and cobbles are being laid by Trel
ton firm.