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

AOusc OWHcu ny MOTIFS II. heeler, on Oa
den street.
Oriental Court, No. 10, of the Juni,
Mechanics will hold their annual supp,
and entertainment this evening.
The last mail was made late on Satu
day evening by reason of the train xii
ing two men at Hightstown.
j. L. Anderson & Son put up $50, OF
cans of pears this fall. In short tim
they will begin to make pear butter.
Robert G. Parvin, of Ocean count,
who was recently burned out, has lease
DR.. Caley's farm on the Smithville road
Three persons were made members {
the Knights of Pythias lodge on Frida
evening. All three degrees were confer
red.
Sheriff Fenton has in his possession
glass decanter which belonged toe hi
great grandmother. 1t is over 100 year
old.
There will be doll show and sale i
the gymnasium of st. Andrews Churc
on Saturday afternoon next, from to
o'clock.
At the return whist game between tn
Mount Holly and Moorestown clubs, OF
Tuesday evening, the former won b,
seven points.
Edgar L. Horner, of Burlington, ant
Miss Louisa Armstrong, of Mount Holly
were married by Rev. T. M. Eastwood OF
Monday, November ~.
The supper given in Hollis box factor,
on Tuesday evening. by the members o.
Fred Shemeley's Sunday school class, wa
avery enjoyable affair.
Joseph Wills, of Shamong, was placed
in Jail at Q o'clock on Sunday morning
He was arrested for creating a disturb
ance at an oyster supper.
The Baptist ladies gave an excellen
supper in the Masonic Temple on FRIDAY
and Saturday evenings. Like all simila
occasions 1t was well patronized.
Extra efforts are being made by tn,
Messrs. Stanley to complete the Burling
ton stone road before the severity of win
ter interferes with the work.
Three tracts of land on West Washing
ton street, belonging to the estate of Zach
ariah r. Reeves, deceased, have been sole
to Lewis A. Tomlinson for $780,
1t is said that several Burlington coun
ty sports have leased a tract of land II
Woodland township, on which they pro
pose to establish game preserve.
Mrs. Catharine johnson, John D. John
son and George D. Worrell have received
the thanks of the Children's Home for the
bathroom outfit which has been put in the
institution.
Everybody is requested to attend the
supper to be given in the Masonic Tenn
pie on Saturday evening by the members
of Shiras Post Go and help along the
old veterans.
The Daughters of America, after theil
regular meeting on Friday evening, hello
social in their rooms in the Gaskill build
ing, which brought out large portion
of the membership.
Mrs. Elizabeth Griscom, aged SO wears
who died last Monday night, was buried
on Friday. Deceased was grandmother
of Mrs Martin Fl. Girven, and a relict Of
the late Thomas Griscom.
Caleb D. Shreve is circulating a peti.
ton against an early closing of the post
office after the first of the year. On &C
count of the language used in the peti
ton many have refused to sign it.
William Sevan, Jr., of Lumberton, wa!
arrested in Camden on Tuesday by Con
stable Parker, on a warrant charging hin
= with bastardy. The complainant is ,
young lady living at Masonville.
A full line of hemstitched and EN-
broidered handkerchiefs for ladies anC
children. Gents tape border and hem
stitched. All at the lowest possible prices
Lancaster ginghams. S. s. Evan, q
Main street.
A handsome new photograph camera
for taking pictures 14x20 inches in size
has been bought by the II. B. Smith
Machine Co. 1t will be used principally TO
taking photographs of machinery manu-
featured by the company.
A young man giving the name of John
Fitzsimmons was picked up on MAR
street Sunday night by Officer Collins
The stranger said he was foot sore, an(
as he could find no work he asked to b,
committed to Jail under the tramp act
and his request was complied with.
A cantata will be rendered by the Bap
list Sunday school on Thursday evening
Dist inst, and the following Thursday
evening" 28th inst, an entertainment will
be held in the lecture room of the church
for the scholars, when the Christmas trea
will be given, which will be more elabo
rate than in previous years.
The following letters remain uncalled
for in the post Office for the week endinl
December Q: Mrs. Rose Anderson, Franz
Belle, Mrs. Hannah s. Clayton, c. Cham
berlain, Esq, Augustus Hildebrand,
B. Mendenhall, Mr.. Keller, Mrs. Saral
Rosel, Fred White, Mrs. Hettie Ann Ste
venson, Thomas Pryor, Hope Penn, Mis-
Ella O'Leary.
Captain Martin l., Haines, of Vincen
town, has shipped this year four cars o
cranberries to Kansas City, four to MINI
eapolis, one to St. Paul, one to Duluth
one to Milwaukee, and two to Chicago
He has one car left. He has just put up
telephone line, six miles in length, from
his bog at the Birches to Chatsworth sta
ton. He also contemplates putting up
line from Vincentown to Red Lion, Tia
bernacle Goose Pond, the Birches, Speed
well and Tranquility.
There will be course of six lecture
given on English Prose Writers of tn
Present Era" in the Court House at week
ly intervals beginning January 18th. DR.
Frederick H. Sykes, A. NJ, Phi. D., one o
the staff lecturers of the American
Society for the Extension of UniveI
sity teaching, will deliver these lee
lures, and it is the intention of the com
mittee in charge to have them illustrate,
by stereopticon, if sufficient number o
subscribers will warrant such action.
Quite a serious accident occurred t
Miss Anna and Miss Alice Assay, of Jack
sonville, as they were driving home fror
Burlington on Saturday afternoon. Thei
horse became frightened at a COW an
some burning leaves when near the OLE
Edgewood Sunday school building an
ran away A third lady was in the cal
rage with them, which was turned uI
side down and smashed beyond all value
The ladies were thrown out and severed
cut and bruised in many places, but n
bones were broken. The ladies were Gel
tainly sight when gathered up by tn
neighbors. The horse broke loose frol
the wagon and ran home.
Charles c. Cowperthwait has been pos
master long enough to learn something {
the trials and tribulations of one VIII
holds that office, and there is no wondt
q at the desire to close the place at 8 o'clocl
This position brings one in contact wit
many people of peculiar dispositions, bl
there is no reason why the people in tt
office should be needlessly insulted, whic
in some cases amounts to an outrage
short time since lady approached Il
window and exclaimed: "Give me TIL
letter." When informed that her box W;
empty, she continued, 81 don't care;
want you to give me that letter. Mr.
- said she was going to mail it to n
five days ago, and want it" An inve
tigation revealed the fact that the lett
had never been mailed, but of course tt
excited complainant made no apolog
In another instance five children called i
side of twenty minutes and asked if the
were any letters for man living on Il
hill. Although his patience was sore
tried, the postmaster looked for each app
cant, and yet some of them went hon
.,1i4h 4La atatamant that he refused