The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-06
Children's day will be celebrated in the


Procurable only from Garbarino & Sh
meley, "A Main street
Are you in need of ready made shee
and pillow cases7 We haye very fir
quality. No. 10 Mill street. =
The shad fishing season at the two fisl
cries near Burlington, after fairly pro
porous season, closed on Thursday.
F. G. Dalton had number of chicken
killed on Wednesday morning by do
owned by Ernest Paget, of Pine street.
Eli Harvey, of Indiana, addressed
meeting in the Friends meeting house
on Buttonwood street, Thursday morning
The members of the Columbian Iro
Works Beneficial Society, of Hainespor
will give fair and festival on Saturda
evening.
| On Tuesday number of friends wer
entertained on the U. s. receiving ship a
! the League Island navy yard by Capt
John J. Read.
| Edwin Justin, of Water street, has bee
suffering with very sore hand, whic
resulted from cut received while lacquer
ing asparagus cans.
1 Patrick Kenny was received at the jai
on Wednesday for a racket which he ha'
at Jobstown, and for an assault and bat
terry on Mrs. Carrie Antrim.
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Columbus will receive its water direc
from an artesian WELL which will be SUM
by A. G. Dunphey, of Marlton.
Charged with having committed an as
sault and battery on his wife, Charle
Minchin, of Cinnaminson township, hal
been committed to Jail for court
| The young son of Samuel Heller, Of
Rose street, died suddenly of commissions
ON Friday Coroner Grobler viewed the
remains and granted burial permit.
Nine Esquires were given their third
degree by the Knights of Pythias ON Fri
day evening. Seven candidates were
elected and six propositions were receiv-
ed.
John B. Allen, grandson of the late
Benjamin C. Gaskill, of Mount Holly, is
valedictorian of the class of '99 of the
Oceanic graded school. His class average
was 954.
T. c. Alcott & Son received an order
last week for some general machinery,
consisting of shafting, pulleys, etc, that
lis to be shipped to Guatemala, Central
America
A suit of ex-County Clerk William W.
Worrell VS.. Lawyer Aaron E. Burr, to
recover ON bill of fees amounting to $44,
/ is set down for hearing to-day before
Justice Laumaster.
Isaac Pierce, who lost the lower lid of
his right eye in runaway accident, has
concluded to submit to skin grating OPP
Grafton, the cuticle for which will be
taken from his arm.
A nice summer corset for only % cents.
Short summer corsets, beautiful quality,
so cents. Ladies ribbed vests, four for
20 cents. Bingham skirts, 40 cents. S.
S. EVAN, 90 Main street.
County Clerk William H. Warrick has
been taking advantage of the pleasant
weather to make frequent visits to his
office. He says he feels much benefited
by his recent southern trip
Many of the bicycle riders who came
here on Memorial day were unfortunate
in having their tires punctured Cases of
this character were so numerous that it
led to suspicious conclusion.
The case of j. Henry Heaviland vs. the
freeholders of Burlington county, suit
to retain his former position as keeper of
the court house, will be argued in the Su-
preme court at Trenton to-day.
$50, 900 late tomato plants, Paragon or
Stone, 81 per 1000 to farmers. We will
give free 100 plants on each 1000 you buy
from us. Can you beat that : Come and
see us. We will give you true stock.
Owen Bros, Madison ave-, Mount Holly.*
Complaint has been made to the rail
road officials by the farmers near Bir-
mingham and Smithville of persons who
have been taking milk and also stealing
empty cans The matter is being investi-
gated.
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the Mount Holly post office: John
Barns, Louis p Clark, James Dalrymple,
j. G. Hill, NJ D., Mrs Thos. Harvey, Ell
der Lincoln, Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Laura
Ripper, Geo. Reamer, Miss Rose Sanders.
Howard V. Stratton has in his posses
sion bullet that came from the celebrat-
ed San Juan battlefield. It was sent him
by friend stationed at Camp Meade Mr..
Stratton expects to receive lot of Gu
riosities from the Philippine Islands.
Persons visiting the cemetery at Col
umbus are obliged to pass through mar
row lane which is .lined with poison ivy,
and on Memorial day several persons who
walked through this avenue are now sorry
they did So This menace should be re-
moved without further delay.
Cyclers in the excitement of the mo-
ment rode down Grant street to the fire
on Thursday morning as though nothing
was the matter with that thoroughfare.
1t is safe to say, however. that some Of
them could not repeat the performance
without falling off Their wheels.
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The Mount Holly Banjo, Aandoiin ano
Guitar Club is arranging for a " SEX o'i'
ing along the shore during the latter par
of this month. They propose giving ben
efts for churches at Tuckerton, New
Gretna, Manahawkin, Toms River, Beach
Haven and one or two other places.
The Relief and America Fire Companies
decided last evening at their meeting not
to participate in the parade on Fourth of
July, owing to the warm weather and the
expense incurred thereby. The Good In
tent and Union Companies, will in all
probability, also decline to participate in
the parade.
The G. A. r. room and hallway became
full of escaping gas on Tuesday after
noon, and for time number of men
were engaged in trying to locate the seat
of trouble, which was found to be up
stairs. There was enough escaping gas
about the premises to have caused an ex-
plosion had match been lighted at the
time.
At the residence of Prof Charles D.
Raine, in Brooklyn, on Thursday, June
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