The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-03

I Capt. Walter A. Barrows has had new
flooring placed In his law office.
The Knights of Pythias on Friday even
ing will not meet until s o'clock.
Officer Job Collins will act as the day
policeman for the next two weeks.
The theatrical company which appear
ed in Mount Holly last week took in $700.
The forty first annaul State fair is being
held at Waverly Park, Newark, this
week.
A new rectory for the Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church, of Bordentown, is be-
ing built.
George j. Robertson has removed to the
house owned by Michael Woolston, on
White street.
Flags were displayed in Mount Holly
on Friday and Saturday in honor of Ad-
miral Dewey.
Benjamin W. Zelley's bay mare, Ellen
Tree, won second money at the Trenton
fair on Friday.
There is one thing certain, that is that
horseless carriages will not gnaw the
shade trees about town.
County School Superintendent Herman
A. Stees, of Beverly, was at his office in
the Court House on Saturday.
Mary Morris, of New Albany, was an
arrival at the Jail on Saturday. She is
charged with assault and battery.
The Sorosis foot ball team, of Mount
Holly, will play the Riverside Jrs., at the
fair grounds on Saturday, October 18th.
The electric lights went out on Saturday
evening for short time, caused by the
burning out of an armature at the works.
Officer Collins gathered in two tramps
who were q nuisance on the street Satur
day night, and they were given thirty
days each.
Andrew Moen and Charles Martin took
a spin on tandem to Berlin on Sunday.
three hours.
Fred L. Owen, who has been picking
few strawberries during the past two
weeks, left sample of the May King
berry at this office.
Beverly townships tax rate has been
fixed at $1.82, against $1.86 last year. In
Delanco the rate is .$1.72, which is six
cents less than last year.
The Moorestown Baptist Church has
abandoned the idea of establishing mis-
sion at Hartford, and have sold the land
purchased for that purpose.
The Philadelphia Marine band will fur
nish music for the Relief Engine Com
pany, of Mount Holly, at West Chester,
Pa, on Friday, October 10.
According to State Road Commissioner
Budd, about 400 miles of stone roads are
now in course of construction. The cost
is from $4,000 to $4,000 mile.
Frederick Lurch. an alleged burglar,
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while looking at foot ball game, by three
detectives from Philadelphia.
Emil Emichel and Samuel A. Ander-
son, of Bass River, were arrested on Sat
urday and committed to jail, charged
with stealing lot of chickens.
Frank Risdon, of Philadelphia, came
to Mount Holly on Sunday to visit rela-
tives, and to see his brother Bennett, who
is confined in the Burlington County Hos
pital.
A man from Retreat, known as "Texas
jack" was arrested early on Sunday
morning while drunk. He said that he
had been robbed of $22 by woman who
is well known to the police.
On Friday evening the Knights of Pyth-
las elected three members and gave one
candidate all three degrees Conditions
made this meeting one of the most inter
esting that has been held for years, and
the absent members missed rare treat
William Tucker, of Medford, while
shooting with rifle on Friday had the
misfortune to hit Samuel Barnes, the bull
let entering his abdomen. The young
man was arrested, but it was shown that
the shooting was accidental, and the de-
PENDANT was discharged
One of Dewey's heroes has arrived
home at Delanco after an absence of ten
years, and the town let loose its enthu-
siasm on him. He is David Calm, sea-
man on the Olympia, who took part in the
battle of Manila Bay. He presented a
drew COLON, his former guardian.
Harry Gaskill, who lives at Spout
Spring woods, was rather disorderly last
week. On Wednesday evening he was ar
rested on charge of assaulting his wife.
On Saturday night it is alleged he again
abused his wife, and on complaint of her
brother warrant was issued. Justice
Slack imposed sentence of sixty days in
jail
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the Mount Holly post office: Charles
Aronson, Edward Clark, G. H. Curtis,
j. R. Gillen, G. A. Henry, Miss Addie
Hargrove, Walter Harvey, Mrs Louisa
jackson, Mrs. Elizabeth johnson, Mrs.
Rachel Lippincott, Miss Vera Leaford,
the Misses Mullen's, Chas. Mullen, Geo.
McKelvy, Mrs. Joel Parker Miss Jennie
Shreve, ]. NJ Tobias, H. w. Merriam Shoe
Co., J. F. Walsh.
After lighting the stoYe in her kitchen
on Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. j. Hosier,
of Riverside, threw the match under the
table where there was a pile of paper.
Going out of the room and returning she
found the place filled with smoke and the
paper fercely burning. Thomas Fair
brother and George Potter, of the Fire
Department, happened to be going past
at the time and hearing the lady's cries Of
alarm, rushed into the house and put out
the flames. There was no damage beyond
smoked walls.
| Personal.
Thomas W. Hume is enjoying q triI
through Canada.
| Ell. Coffin. of St. Louis. Mo-, was IL