The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-06-20
Go to Allinson's for bicycles.

A new crossing has been laid on Wash
i ington street, opposite Trinity Church.
. Mrs. Haines, widow of the late Davi
! Haines, near Columbus, died last night.
The school census of Marlton show
that place to have 361 children of schoo
, age.
The County Collectors report for tn
month of May appears in TIE News to
| day.
From some unknown cause the DO,
bushes that line the pathway leading t.
the Jail steps are dying.
DR.. James NJ Crowell of Philadelphia
preached two excellent sermons on Sun
day at the Presbyterian Church.
Rev. S. A. White gave Bible reading
in the rear of the Court House on Sunday
afternoon to quite large audience.
The newly appointed constable for the
township of Springfield is Albert Phares
who succeeds George Rigg, deceased.
The huckleberry crop this year will bt
an unusually large one and the berries are
lnow being gathered in some sections
/ "a Secret of Happiness" will be the
subject next Sunday evening, at the Bap-
fist Church, by Rev. c. H. Pendleton.
In several of the townships dogs are
now wearing muzzles, and the law in this
respect should be enforced in Mount Hol-
ly.
Stacy West, of Florence, is at the
German Hospital, Philadelphia, under
going his second operation for appended
tbs.
Flag day was observed in Mount Holly
by liberal display of the stars and
stripes, which are pretty and inspiring at
all times.
The funeral of Mrs. Sarah E. Reynolds,
of Smithville, occurred on Friday. De-
ceased died in Jewish Hospital, near
Philadelphia
Dickinson College has conferred the
degree of Doctor of Divinity, on Rev.
Annanias Lawrence, pastor of Hamilton
avenue M. E. Church, Trenton.
Miss Champion, No. 81 Buttonwood
street, will teach music and painting dur
ing the summer months, to pupils from
town or country. Terms moderate.
Charles, son of Judge j. II. Gaskill, of
Mount Holly, has been appointed mem
Der of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany's engineer corps at Altoona, Pa.
William Walthers and Miss Florence
Wright, of Lumberton, were married last
fweek at the home of the bride. The bride
and groom went south on their wedding
trip
The Court House was occupied on Sun
day by the members and friends of the
Timbuctoo Church to celebrate the ami
versary of the founding of the church at
that place.
A dangerous hole in the pavement in
front of the building on Main street, for
merly occupied by Lorenzo W. Prickett,
has been repaired by the partial laying of
a new walk
A large surplus stock of tomato, pep
pers and potted egg plants: also, several
thousand plants of geraniums, coleus,
heliotrope, asters, etc., to be had at bar
gain prices at Rosbach's, Pemberton sgt
The vacancy in the Board of Freehold
ers caused by the death of Abram E. Con-
row, of Delran, has been filed by the ap-
pointment of Nathan Conrow, son of
Clayton Conrow, and cousin of deceased.
On the United States grand jury just
drawn are Charles s. Tunis, Imlaystown;
Charles G. Crane, Mannahawken; Joseph
r. Deacon, Bordentown; Philip R. Sprague,
West Creek; Samuel W. Semple, Burling-
ton.
The members of the Junior League of
the Methodist Church were taken to the
picnic grounds in the Hainesport woods
on Thursday afternoon. There were two
shelvings full of young people and all en-
joyed the outing.
The Knights of Pythias on Friday
night conferred the third rank on four
Esquires, elected four candidates and re-
ceived one proposition for reinstatement.
On next Friday evening, when officers
will be nominated, nine candidates will
be given their first and second degrees.
The Masonic Grand Lodge held meet
ing in Trenton, on Wednesday, and among
other things they decided to enlarge the
Masonic Home near Burlington The i'm
provements will cost some $4,000, and
when completed will give additional ac-
commodation for the reception of indi-
gent members.
The outbuildings, together with two
cows, two calves and some hay on the farm
of William s. Gulick, between Crosswicks
and Ellisdale, were destroyed by fire on
Wednesday night. Mr.. Gulick was over
come by heat and smoke while helping to
save the farming implements. The origin
of the fire cannot be accounted for.
People throughout the county are be-
ginning to realize that Mount Holly will
be the centre of attraction on July 4th.
Very few towns in this section will have
demonstrations on that day, and as re-
suit those who want to have a good time
from sunrise until midnight at very little
expense will come to the county seat.
Apollo G.. Dunfee, of Smithville, who
had been fugitive from justice for some
time on charge of stealing milk cans
from the station at Smithville, preferred
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
came to Mount Holly on Friday and sur
rendered himself to Sheriff Fleetwood
About week ago the prisoner came here
with the idea of giving himself up but he
changed his mind and left again, going as
far north as Canada Dunfee admits hav-
ing had the cans in his possession, but he
says he bought them.
The large number of bugs lowering
nightly about the arc lights on Main
street has been one of the attractions dur
ing the past week. On Tuesday evening
these pests became so annoying at the cor
ner of Main and Garden streets, that peo-
pie using the cross walks were compelled
to pass through thousands of them, so
low did they fly. Robert L. Nixon tried
to annihilate them by burning a newspa-
per under the bunch and turning the hose
on them, but this didn't do any good as
they are still doing business at the old
stand
As result of the recent assault upon
Mrs. John Shemeley, a white woman liv-