The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-07-18

ing built from Moorestown to Glouceste
S Read THE NEws if you want to get {
the local happenings while they are fires
il Governor Voorhees, passed through he
on Tuesday while en- route to Beach H
o ven.
/ The Prudential Insurance Company hi
had the window of their Office neatly r
3 lettered.
q Amos A. Zelley, of Marlton, has secure
position as clerk in the Philadelph
' post office.
One of the prettiest pieces of runnin
ivy to be seen in town is that on the ea'
side of the jail.
r William B. Wills has leased his gri'
mill near the railroad station to B.
Lewis and Elwood Mount.
( The annual picnic of the Baptist Sur
day school will be held in the Smithvill
woods on Tuesday next.
The employees on passenger trains c
the Pennsylvania Railroad are no longe
allowed to wear russell shoes.
A white bull dog with aspotted nos
belonging to Mrs. Sims, on Broad street
has been missing the past week.
The township committee of Mansfiel
has appointed Amos Keller assessor t
succeed his son, Thomas A. Keeler.
, A lawn social was held by the Baptis
Young Peoples Union at the residence o
! Mrs Charles Tilton, on Madison avenue
last evening.
A large number of the railroad tie
which have been stored along the tract
above Grant street station, were removed
on Saturday.
A number of turkeys were killed las
week on the Samuel Fl. Chambers farm
on the Jobstown pike, by dog belong
ling to Jacob Lorillard.
| Bricks are now being hauled from tn
Hulme brick yard, on the Rancocas road
for the addition to be made to the Stand
ard Hammock factory.
The members of st. Paul's NJ. E. Churcl
have selected Thursday, August "a, a
the date on which they will hold har
vest home at the fair grounds.
E. II. Burtis, of Burlington, was il
Mount Holly on Thursday, taking charge
of the telegraph Office while Miss Tilli'
Assay attended the Epworth League rally
at Smithville.
A resolution was presented at the meet
ing of the Good Intent Fire Company OIL
Tuesday evening, imposing fine of 81
cents on members who do not assist in tax
ing the apparatus to and from fire whel
they are present.
The American General Electric Com
pany, it is said, has secured an option OF
the Moorestown Electric Light plant.
is rumored that the concern will endeavo
to purchase all the lighting plants il
every large town in the county
The announcement is made of the en-
gagement of William Won Forienger, for
merly of Mount Holly, but now of Guelph
Ontario, Canada. and Miss Mary E. Guen
ther, of North Cramer Hill. The wed
ding will take place in September.
The following officers have been in
stalled by Nonpareil Lodge, No. 25, Of
Mount Holly: w. NJ, Alvin Staley; Jr
M, James A. Tice; chaplain, Frank Den
mis-; conductor, Arthur Toy; l. S., Carl
ton Dalton; o. S., George II. Peak.
The contract for lighting the streets Of
Beverly has again been awarded to the
Cinnaminson Electric Light, Heat and
Power Co. Thirty arc lights are used al
$3.50 per annum. The contract is for two
years, with privilege of three years
extension.
Edward F. Burns is arranging a pleas
ant trip for himself and family over the
great lakes to Duluth, Minnesota. They
will take one of the handsome vessels Of
the Northern Steamship Line at Buffalo
passing through Lake Erie, Lake Huron
and Lake Superior.
Last week Edward Danley brought suit
against Wainwright Danley. This is al
action between father and son, and is sale
to be the outgrowth of i'll feeling. The
son is accused of stealing buggy, but il
is said that he simply took it without OBJ
tanning permission.
Eddie Lucas, who lives back of Garder
street, near Buttonwood street, straye6
away from home on Wednesday, The
little fellow was walking down the middle
of Main street with his play cart full O.
sand, when he was discovered by Police
man Denness and taken home.
Justice Clevenger was quite busy las
week. In four suits judgment was giveI
the plaintiffs. Two cases were settled ant
two were adjourned There were TIVE
litigations between landlord and tenant
and there were also seven actions on con
tract, six of them having been instituted
by the Singer Manufacturing Company.
A joint meeting of the bridge commit
tees of the Boards of Freeholders of Cam
den and Burlington counties was held il
the Court House, Camden, on Friday, ant
the action of the Camden County Free
holders in awarding the construction of
new bridge across Pensauken creek to tn
Groton Bridge Company, of New York
was ratified.
One of the dreaded North African In
sects, known as the strangling bug, ant
which have made their appearance il
Philadelphia, was seen in Mount Holl,
by three persons on Sunday evening as i
vainly fought to pass through window
screen. 1t was identical in appea -ence t.
that published in the Philadelphia In
quirer yesterday. Martin H. Girven cap
tured one of these insects last evening.
All the old favorites are with the Cubal
x Giants this year = Jordan, Jackson
White, Williams. Nelson, Selden, Robin
son, etc. The latter is the pitcher tina
shut out Atlantic City without hit 0
run two weeks ago. They will be at tn
Mount Holly fair ground tomorrow after
noon, Wednesday, July 10, at $780, Ad
mission % cents.
Two bull dogs met in front of TIL
News Office on Friday evening. This Q
course meant fight, and for time ther
was a lively mix up. The animals &c
each other by the throat alternately, an
despite the efforts of their owners the
could not be separated, but they let g
when ammonia was dashed into their eye!