The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-12-19

d After the next grand jury meets yer.
7. important arrest may be looked for.
. The men employed at Bowker's sho
d factory are now working on full time.
Several deer have arrived at Jobstow
n for the game preserve of Pierre Lorillard
The Standard Hicks Hammock work
are now giving employment to 62 persons
Matlack is selling pure, handmade toy
!. at 12c pound. Warranted. White grapes
u 18c.
= Clifford Vansant has secured an absC
lutte divorce from his wife, Nettie NJ. Van
SAINT
Bennett Risdon is now acting as book
Il keeper for the Weaver Manufacturing
Company.
) Edward W. Rossell, recent gradual
in pharmacy, has opened drug store a
+ Jobstown.
!. The Presbyterian Sunday school vii
# hold its Christmas anniversary on Tues
+ day evening, the 26th inst.
There was perfectly clear weather Oh
+. Saturday evening and many people wit
\ messed the eclipse of the moon.
1t is necessary for William Britton, o
Buddtown, to submit to a second opera
: ton for the removal of a cancer on hi
lip.
! Mrs. Samuel Gaskill, of Juliustown, i
suffering from a sprained ankle, whicl
she recently received by falling down tn
cellar steps.
A beautiful stained glass window ha
been placed in st. Stephens P. E. church
Beverly, by L. N. Walton, as memoria
of his late wife.
Woman wanted as working housekeep
er in family of two. Good plain cool
with tidy habits. Apply at 116 Cherry
street, Mount III oily.
Two weeks of the open season for rab
bits yet remain, and the worst thing thai
could happen to the bunny family would
be the fall of a tracking snow
The post office will close on Christmas
morning at 10 o'clock and remain CLOSED
for the balance of the day. The same
conditions will prevail on New Years day.
G. w. Dubell and Raymond r. Wills,
of Columbus, and James Hansell, will
give an invitation masquerade dance il
the hall at Rancocas on New Years night
The News extends its congratulations
to George E. Marcellus, editor of the LIE
Roy IN. Y.) Gazette, who has just been
appointed postmaster of that thriving
village.
For the first time in many years there is
great scarcity of tramps in this section.
Most of these Migrants hang out at other
places, and invariably they are committed
to the county Jail as plain DRINKS.
The first public sale by Sheriff Fenton
took place at Zelley's hotel, on Saturday,
when his auctioneer, Joseph S. Gibson,
sold the property of Samuel S. Rosenthal,
in Burlington, to Joseph Goldsmith, for
S., 900.
Articles in china, medallion pictures,
Ipocket books and purses, white aprons,
lhandkerchiefs in great variety, damask
towels, and many other articles pretty and
useful for Christmas presents. S. s.
Evan, 28 Main street.
A young man by the name of Beebe
came down Pine street, on Wednesday
evening, and when he struck the crowd of
loafers at Worrell's corner, general riot
ensued among the boys. Officer Denness
soon Strengthened matters out, however.
w. Roland Warrick, of Moorestown, was
on Tuesday sworn in as county clerk for
a full term of five years, by Judge Joseph
Fl. Gaskill. A bond for the sum of 50, 600
was given, signed by John B. Warrick,
Richard A. Warrick and Charles K. Cham
bers.
The ice cream parlor of Joseph G. Bow
er is filled with an elegant assortment of
Christmas candies, which are being sold
at prices consistent with good goods. Mr..
Bower is doing large business in this
| line, and his sweet meats are giving sat
| isfaction.
Work will be Immediately resumed by
| the Trenton and Camden Traction Com
pany, formerly the Monmouth Traction
Company, in Burlington. Several car
loads of material have arrived, and a
large force of men will be put to work on
the road.
William B. Tomlinson has sold his res
idence on Garden street, now occupied by
William w. Worrell to his mother, Mrs.
S. E. Tomlinson. Mr.. Worrell is arrang-
ing to have house built on Broad street,
next to the residence occupied by the
Misses Wyllie.
The statement that the terms of Notaries
Public will expire January 1, is not cor
rect. The terms of all appointed before
the passage of the present act, which took
effect in 1894, will expire July 4, 1900
All appointed since 1894 will hold office
for five years only.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Mount Holly Street Railway Company,
on Friday evening, a proposition was dis
cussed to lease the road to Joseph Cross
for year. If the negotiations are sue
cessful the new management will assume
control on January /.
The Grand Army veterans were very
successful with their baked been supper
which they gave in the Masonic Temple
on Saturday evening. They realized about
$50, and the members of Shiras Post de-
sire to thank all those who in any way as
sisted or patronized them.
Thomas Riley, who was convicted of
murder on December 2, at Easton, Md,
for the killing of George Balm, has been
sent to the Maryland penitentiary for ten
years. The deceased formerly resided in
Mount Holly. He joined Unity Lodge,
No. SO, l. o. 0. F., in 1884.
Unclaimed letters remaining in the post
Office for the week ending December IS:
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Black, Ben Coles, Mrs.
Mandy Adams, Mrs Isaac Aston, Miss
Eta Cooper, Mrs Lizzie Grover, Katie
Monicorn, Mrs. John Shoemaker, Miss
Sue b. Sager Mrs. Mary Rorerk.
]. Fred Kiner was a disappointed man
on Saturday because of an occurrence
which robbed him out of his contemplat-
ed Sunday dinner. Fred had been fatten-
ing two chickens for the occasion, and
when he went to kill them he was much
chagrined to find that they had escaped.
AS they were the same in appearance as
the rest of the flock he could not identify
them.
While attempting to regain a stocking
W no nd
the machinery at William F. Taubel's
mill, at Riverside, Tuesday, Philip Schmid,
Jr., bright lad of 10, had his right arm
caught in the swiftly revolving wheels
and drawn in among the shafting. En-
ployes rushed quickly to his aid, but the
arm was horribly mangled and torn away
little above the elbow before the machin-
cry could be stopped.
The renovating which the court house
has received during the past week is a
most welcome change. Some new mat
ting is to be added and new carpet is to
be placed on the platform. Three feet of
the left hand side of the railing is to be
cut off in order to give a larger passage
way to the Judges room. The Judges
desk is to be raised and the front railing
made straight. Hereafter the sheriff will
sit by the side of the County Clerk.
Chickens turkeys and geese, lying dead
and dying all over the farmyard, was the
sight that William V. Hackney, promi-
nent farmer of Bridgeborough, saw when
he arose few mornings ago. He con-
cluded that some person, who had a
grudge against him, was using poison.
During the day the fowls died by the
dozen and by night the coops were almost
depleted. The dogs were poisoned. Thurs