The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
R. Howard Brown is working in a shoe

join the ranks of the benedicts early il
June.
A. j. Hurschler, a resident of Lambert
vile, called on Mount Holly friends OF
Thursday.
The trotting horse and outfit belonging
to Thomas Carly has been purchased by
George D. Worrell.
200 yards of fancy silk at 49c per yard
worth 75c. w. W. Curtis, 4S Main street
Mount Holly, N. ].
A new porch has been erected in from
of the residence of Samuel H. Cham
bers, on Garden street.
Miss Bessie Atwood will graduate al
the Neff College of Oratory in Philadel-
phia to- morrow evening.
Benjamin Gauntt and a number of Other
Mount Holly carpenters have obtained
employment at Atlantic City.
The handsome residence of Mrs. Rachel
Sailer on Main street has been freshly
painted and otherwise improved.
Henry l. Budd and Mary F. Budd are
the executors of the will of Mrs. Rebecca
L. Budd, deceased, Of Mount Holly.
Rachel K. Rogers, of Columbus, aged
IS years, died on Sunday. The funeral
will take place tomorrow at Springfield.
DIR. Galley, who has offered his gold
,os,s,- 1.4E4 60, oo1o ~rs1 nrOho1Ir1 ra
move west. He has several locations in
view.
Geraniums, fuchsias, petunias, so cents
a dozen; coleus, v~erbenas, heliotropes,
etc, % cents a dozen. G. S. Ridgway,
Lumberton.
Union Hose Company will have a pic
mic on the Court House grounds on May
80. There will be dancing in the after
noon and evening.
Sallie B. Harker, daughter of Thomas
Harker, of WOODLAND, will be buried at
Vincentown to-day, with services in the
Methodist Church.
Governor Voorhees, has appointed Maja
B. Mathis, of Bass River, and Watson T.
Sooy, of Washington, as oyster commits
sioners for this county.
Mrs. Stearns, formerly of Camden, who
is living with her daughter, Mrs. George
w. Durand, on Water street, is suffering
from a stroke of paralysis.
As the result of working in her garden
Mrs. William Petit made a discovery.
She was pulling grass and making things
tidy, and now her fingers are poisoned.
The scholars of the public school were
given a test fire alarm mi day last week
and in three minutes from the tap of the
bell every scholar was out of the buildings.
Thursday was pension day, and as a re-
suit many of the old veterans are now re-
ceiving their quarterly stipend as a result
of serving Uncle Sam during the civil
war.
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the Mount Holly post Office: Ben Coles,
Lillian Conarn, Stacy L. Lippincott, Ham
inton Mill; postals, Chas. A. Cameron, ].
w. Leymer.
Ogburn has some choice Burlington
county cattle for this week. Also some
fine veal and spring lamb that is guaran-
teed. Smoked and salt meats in variety.
No. 80 Mill street.
Wesley Macklin, who recently had a
tumor removed from the back of his head,
suffered severe pains last week as the re-
suit of straining the arteries while white
washing some high ceilings.
Joseph Giberson, of New Hanover
township, was placed in jail Tuesday
evening on a charge of having broken in
to the house of Walter Sager, on April
30, and stealing dishes, victuals and some
whiskey.
The entertainment given in the Opera
House on Saturday by Maguire's trained
horses was highly appreciated, and Man
ager Laumaster certainly selected a pleas
ing entertainment for his benefit, the first
one he has had in two years.
The copious down pour of rain Tues
day evening broke the drought which had
prevailed for seventeen days. During
that period much damage was done to the
young grass. The rain was greatly need
ed and proved beneficial to all kinds of
vegetation.
An interesting programme is being ar
ranged for the fair grounds on Memorial
day, and there will be some exciting con-
tests of speed among horses in this coun-
ty. There will also be a good game OF
base ball and three bicycle races-one
mile amateur, two mile and one-half mile
open-for valuable prizes. For entry
blanks address Thomas r. Finley, Mount
Holly, N. j.
At a meeting of the Mount Holly and
Jobstown Turnpike Company last week
the following directors were elected: AL
fred L. Black, Samuel II. Chambers, Bar
clay White, James Logan, William G..
L~ippincott, Henry r. Lippincott, Frank
lin b. Lewis, William B. Wills, Samuel
Ellis. Alfred L. Black was elected pres
ident, and Samuel Fl. Chambers secretary
and treasurer. The road at the Jobstown
end is to be improved.
Asters, stocks and lobelia, 15c. per doz.
coleus, verbenas, double yellow daisies,
chrysanthemums, heliotrope, alyssum and
carnation plants, 35c. per doz.; roses in
varieties including crimson and yellow
ramblers, 75c. to $3.50 per doz.; palms,
ferns, ~begonias, pandamus, dracenas, rub
bers, etc., at reasonable prices. Early
tomato plants So per thousand. Also, the
pink, white and yellow hardy water lilies,
| one of each for &c.,, at Rosbach's. Penn.
berton, N. J..
On Tuesday evening shortly before
o'clock there was a cry of fire on Main
street, and those sitting on the Jail porch
saw flames shooting up in the parlor al
the residence of Samuel r. Wetherill just
opposite. Samuel Fisher, T. Logan Gas
kill and Squire Slack ran in and extin'
guished the flames just as Mr.. Wetherills
son passed out to the street with a blaz.
ing table spread which burned his hands
and which caught fire by a match drop
ping upon it while a lamp was being
lighted. The carpet under the table wal
somewhat scorched. There was consider
able excitement for a few moments.
Pierre Lor lizard has announced his in
%teution of residing permanently at Jobs
Town excent during the summer whel