The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-19
Florence townships tax rate is a. 30.

Ten boys wanted in factory. Weave
Manufacturing Co.
Sausage and scrapple have made thei
appearance on the market.
Captain George H. Branson will act a
day policeman for the next two weeks
William Slaughter has rented the brio
dwelling owned by Nathan Lippincott, o
Buttonwood street.
The Sorosis foot ball team has been OF
} ganized for the coming season with Fran
els o. Durand, manager.
Bennett Risdon left for Atlantic City, o.
Tuesday, where he has accepted a positio
as clerk at the Holmhurst
The Relief Fire Com pany will give
snapper supper in its engine house, o.
Thursday evening, 21st inst.
| John Spencer, an aged colored man, EN-
ployed by the late Judge Joseph Carr TO
many years, died Friday morning.
James Fl. Birch, the carriage builder o
Burlington, last week shipped larg
number of carriages to South Africa
Barton Dennis, contortionist, formerly
of Mount Holly, is now making tou
through Canada with Guy Brothers min
strels
Goldy Worreil has given up his bicycle
and he now travels around in new rig
having recently purchased fine driving
horse.
| The members of the Union Hose Com
pany have furnished their meeting room
which now presents very cheerful ap
pearance.
John B. Herbert is making improve
ments to his property on Buttonwood
street 1t will be occupied by Mrs Bayles
and family
! The scholars of John NJ Huff's class OF
the Methodist Sunday school, win give an
oyster supper in the Masonic Temple on
October 18th.
Albert W. Atkinson contemplates re-
moving his family to Camden, where he
has been employed as foreman in large
machine shop for several years.
New beams are to be placed under a
section of the platform in front of the rail
road station, and new planks will take
the place of many that are worn out.
Amos Aaronson, Earl Assay and Chief
Hawkins represented the Mount Holly
fire department, at the Relief Association
meeting, at Long Branch, ON Wednesday.
While attending the supper given in the
Methodist Church, on Thursday evening,
Miss Mary Quicksall had the misfortune
to sprain her ankle by falling in the yesti-
bule.
Among the United States grand jurors
for the next term are Samuel P. Bartlett,
Tuckerton; Joseph Camp, New Egypt;
Alfred |. Davis and ]. Goldy Montgom-
cry, Pemberton.
Samuel Stewart, of Kansas is spending
the week with relatives here. He is en-
gagged in the meat business and states that
the choicest cuts of beef bring % cents per
pound out there.
Michael Garland, the farmer who was
recently injured by the cars at Haines-
port, and who is in the hospital, is getting
along nicely, but it will take some weeks
for him to recover.
Miss Lille Baker, of Burlington, sister
of Mrs. James D. Flynn, of Mount Holly,
entered the St. Joseph's Hospital, Phila-
delphia, on Tuesday, to have an operation
performed for appendicitis.
Arrangements have been entered into
with the Cinnaminson Electric Light Co.
by the Monmouth Traction Co. to furnish
power for the trolley line that is expected
to run through that section.
Those interested will please notice that
the next meeting of the County Board of
Examiners for Teachers Certificates will
be held at Beverly instead of Burlington,
as heretofore The dates are Oct. 6 and Z.
The deacons, deaconesses, Rev. G. H.
Pendleton, John D. Clevenger and George
Stead were elected delegates, on Wednes-
day evening by the Baptist Church, to at
tend the annual meeting of the Camden
Association at Moorestown.
Harrison Eastborn, of Manayunk, Pa,
was arrested on Wednesday night by Po-
liceman Severns for being drunk He was
liberated the next day, as he had job at
moulding with the7H. B. Smith Machine
Company at Smithville, to which place he
was trying to get when he was overtaken
by the fumes of bad liquor.
There were two or three light frosts last
week which caused some anxiety to farm.
ers and particularly to the cranberry
growers who have been hurrying the pick
ing in order to escape the threatened dan
ger as these berries are very susceptible to
frost When bitten they become soft and
worthless, and one good frost will cause
much damage if the crop is not gathered
in time.
The pension papers which Dennis Sey-
mour lost in Mount Holly in August, a
mention of which was made in THE News
last week, were found on Tuesday by Off
Ger Job Collins For week previously
he had noticed bundle lying in the lot of
John D. Rock, and when he saw the no.
tice in the paper he concluded to examine
the package. When it was united, out
came the papers which the owner priced so
highly. They have been returned to the
owner
On Thursday the Gaping machine at
Anderson's canning factory broke down.
and as result business came to stand
still, and by evening over 1850 baskets of
stored away in the yard, and when the
Gaping machine was repaired, the force
went to work in the evening and made en-
deavors to catch up. This firm will have
display of their goods at the National
Export Exposition in Philadelphia. Jones
and Ireland for several days past have
Hdu JIG SbAcceS III enOh HclSHuOIHOou cOA-
gested with wagon loads of tomatoes that
were received faster than they could han
die them.
The new water system at the Masonic
Home is in working order and is said to be
highly satisfactory. The water comes
from series of springs in small piece OF
woods on the farm of Edward Rigg along
the Burlington Railroad, and is collected
in large reservoir which is also in the
woods From there it runs by gravity to
tha Homo naarlv milo distant This ic