The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-23

Inc wills 1eeQ mill at the loot OF BUD
street is to have a new steam boiler.
Edward Williams, of Mount Holly,
clerking for Hiram Stanton, at Jobstowr
The Pennsylvania Railroad Compan,
has erected a new coal trestle at Smith
vile.
Rancocas is to have connections wit
the telephone service by way of Mason
vile.
Amos z. Dubell, of Columbus, grad
uated in medicine at Philadelphia on Sat
urday.
Mrs. Sarah Garwood, widow of Johl
Garwood, was buried at Bridgeboro' OIL
Thursday.
George Hates had a fall from his bicy
Gle, and as a result he sustained a disloca
ton of his shoulder.
Walter Oliphant, of Bispham street, en-
tertained his niece, Miss Hannah Earl, O
Pemberton, last week.
The Franklin degree will be conferred
tomorrow night by Marion Circle, Nc. 9
Brotherhood of the Union.
The Vincentown Bicycle Club has com
menced the construction of the cycle patti
from that place to Smalley's Corner.
Leave word at his store, No. 80 MAR
street, and Thomas Cavanaugh will cal
on you every morning with vegetables.
The wife of Samuel s. Potts, of George
town, was buried on Saturday. DEATH
resulted IN Wednesday from apoplexy.
Edward s. Troth completed the school
census on Saturday and enrolled 1885,
children, an increase of 81 over last year.
The inmates of the Masonic Home will
be entertained on Thursday evening, June
1,..by the Mount Holly Banjo, Mandolin
and Guitar Club.
An entertainment will be given in the
school house at Red Lion on Friday even
ing. June 2, by Messrs. Bryant & Dalton,
of Mount Holly.
Clifton Shinn, the present acting assist
ant postmaster at Lumberton, will fill the
position of assistant baggage master in
Mount Holly after June1.
The common council of F~ieldsboro has
reconsidered it's determination not to have
a licensed hotel in the place, and on We'd
nesday night granted a license to Thomas
Mealey.
On Thursday Sheriff Fleetwood took
Nathan Vansciver to the state prison,
where he will serve three years and six
months for assaulting two policemen at
Burlington.
Having recovered from her attack of
pneumonia, Mrs. Julia Matlack, of Lum-
berton, who has been receiving treatment
at the Burlington County Hospital, has
returned home.
David d. Engle, of the American Print
ing House, Philadelphia, has disposed of
his interest in that firm and will remove
to Newark to take charge of a large
printing establishment there.
The residence of Howard Stackhouse at
Juliustown caught fire from the chimney
last week. The flames did very little
damage, but quite a scare was produced
before the fire was extinguished.
J. Blake Slack. Thomas Logan Gaskill
and Nelson B. Gaskill will soon become
members of the Burlington county bar.
They take their examination next month,
and there is no doubt as to the result.
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the Mount Holly post office: Richard
Carpenter, Mrs. Priscilla Flickener, Lor-
rance Gibbs, Mrs. Rena Peters, Marie
| Shedaker, Frank Smith, L. D. Woodward.
Over 5000 packages of vegetable. flow
er and grass seeds are to be distributed
free in this Congressional district by the
government, whose distribution this year
throughout the country will be over IA,
600, 900 packages.
Henry G. Risdon, superintendent of the
Mount Holly cemetery, has a force of men
engaged in tearing up the driyeways and
having them relaid with cobbles, which
will add much to the appearance of this
beautiful burying ground.
A week ago Charles Wright, son of Ell
lis Wright, lost So worth of tickets for
the Junior Mechanics entertainment to
be given in the Opera House N Thursday
| evening. Fortunately they were found
by a little girl and returned to the owner
$50, 900 late tomato plants, Paragon or
Stone, 81 per 1000 to farmers. We will
give free 100 plants on each 1000 you buy
from us. Can you beat that Come and
see us. We will give you true stock.
Owen Bros, Madison ave-, Mount Holly.
Immediately after the railroad accident
at Exeter, Pa, recently, Commodore
James Comfy, of Mount Holly, went to
Norristown, as he had one or two friends
killed in the terrible catastrophe. He
made the journey in his naphtha launch
Panku.
These officers have been elected by the
Methodist Sunday school at Rancocas
Superintendent, William A. Fish; assist
ant, Mary E. Bovine; secretaries, G. H
Bishop aud Guy B. Wilson; treasurer
George Armstrong; librarians, @. H. Bish
OPP and Howard J.. Hart.
Spirea "Anthony Waterer" is one of tn,
most desirable plants for the cemetery
Foliage, pink, yellow and white. Entire
ly hardy and a constant bloomer, to b'
had at Rosbach's, Pemberton, at 20 cent
each. A sample lot at s.. P. Cline's hard
ware store, Mount Holly. ct
The Fletcher Grove Camp Meeting a
Delanco will open on June % and con
tinue until July s.. The workers to b,
present will include Rev. DR.. Pepper, O
Philadelphia; Evangelist Jos. H. Smith
of Indiana; Rev. D. F. Brooks, of Tro,
conference; Rev. Mr.. Dempser, a con
June q will be temperance day, June 3
Epworth League day. Full information
can be obtained by addressing Rev. Geo
w. Ridout, Delanco, N. J..
The A. M. E. Conference, at its session
at Orange last week, made the following
appointments for this district: Presidin
elder, Rev. l. W. L. Roundtree; Burling
. ton, Rev. D. J. w. Fishburn; South Bul
, lington, Rev. J. w. Dukins; Mount Hol
ly, Rev. F. w. johnson; Bordentown
Rev. j. H. Morgan; Pensauken, Rev. l
w. Shovel; Moorestown, Rev. D.
Bayard; Allentown, Rev. P. Stewar
Beverly, Rev. R. Fawcett; Mt. Laur'