The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31
A cat is the latest animal to be killed

| EZeKlaS w. ES0am Is erecting uOus
on Mill street, opposite Cherry.
1t is said that there may be contes
over the will of the late Capt. Douglas
Ottinger
Charles Gaskill has arranged to ente
the railroad shops at Altoona, Pa, as
mechanical engineer.
A lot of ground on Mill street belong
ing to Jackson L. Kelley, has been solt
to James R. Snyder for 1925.
The next regular meeting of the Boart
of Freeholders will be held in the Cour
House on Wednesday, FebruaryS.
H. B. Blacker, successor to T. Waite
Borton, has removed his family to Noun
Holly and is residing on Bispham street.
George D. Worrell has been awarded
the contract to put in the heating appa
ratus in the P. r. r. station at Tom
River.
Rev. Milton Relyea preached at the re
vival services held in the Union Metho
dist Church at Burlington on Thursday
evening.
Franklin B. Lewis and Edward B. Jones
with their wives, have arranged fol
an early trip to Florida, where they
will spend several weeks.
A number of colored people from Mount
Holly went over to Burlington on Thurs
day evening to attend double cake walk
that was held in the rink there.
February will be quite month. With
only twenty eight days it has two holi
days -Lincoln's birthday and Washing
tons birthday-besdes St. Valentines
day.
| All bills against Northampton township
should be presented to clerk E. D. Hole
man by Tuesday evening of next week,
when the committee will hold it's annual
meeting.
Harvey Thomas, of Grant street, who
visited his parents here last week. left
Wednesday on the Yosemite for three
years stay on the island of Guam, in the
Pacific ocean.
| Mrs. Rachel Sailer, of Mount Holly;
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Buzby, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jarret Woolman and Miss Madeline Burr,
of Vincentown, will join Robert F. En-
giles party which will start for trip to
California on February 2.
Rev. Eli Clifford, pastor of the First M.
E. Church, of Vineland, and his wife eel
ebrated the thirtieth anniversary of their
wedding on Tuesday evening. They we're
surprised by visit from their congrega-
ton, who showered gifts upon them.
Joseph Good, residing on Green street,
heard noise one night last week, and
going down stairs to ascertain the trouble,
he was surprised to find that his new over
coat and So had been stolen. Joseph
claims to know who took the articles.
Leo Murphy, of Camden, who is wanted
here on charge of stealing copper wire
from the Mount Holly and Burlington
Traction Company, was taken into custody
in Camden on Saturday night and was
turned over to the Burlington county
authorities.
Miss May Stiles, of Madison avenue,
who is employed at Hollis box factory, at
Riverside, met with painful accident on
Tuesday by having the thumb of her
right hand mashed in a stamping ma
chine. 1t was necessary to amputate it at
the first joint.
George Stevenson was lodged in Jail on
Wednesday on the charge of having set
fire to the Browns Mills NJ E. Church two
weeks ago and causing its destruction. 1t
is alleged that the defendant, with others,
secured admission to the church after the
religious services were over and played
poker and that during the game the build
ing was set afire
The attention of many people was at
tracted to the peculiar condition of the
clouds on Thursday evening, which as
sumed number of very pretty forma-
tions About o'clock there were numer-
GUS narrow drifts of clouds floating uni
formly to the eastward, but their regular
ity did not last long, which was relief
to some superstitious persons.
Joshua Willitts, who is now located at
Burlington, was arrested ON Wednesday
for victimizing the people of that city,
from whom he solicited money for the al
legged purpose of burying his wife, who
was asphyxiated at Camden some two
weeks ago. To Justice Smith he admit
ted that he was raising the money fol-
Ollie Broom, with whom he has been
stopping.
Vice Chancellor Grey on Friday ad
vised an order for Luther W. Perkins, OF
Burlington, to pay his wife, Addie L.
Perkins, 81 week alimony pending the
hearing of her application for mainten-
ance, because of alleged abandonment
and non-support by the husband. The
husband filed an answer containing init
nations of adultery but no specific charge
was made.
On Thursday afternoon Cashier Samue
l.. Tomlinson had occasion to use drawer
in one of the tables in the second story O.
the bank building, but he found it secure
ly fastened. With much difficulty he go
the drawer to slide, and when opened i
was discovered to have been swollen from
the moisture of quantity of orange
that had been overlooked at the recent an
nual dinner given by the Union Nationa
Bank.
AS result of an item which was pub
lished last week concerning the destitu
ton of family on Water street, A A
Anderson received letter on Thursda,
from gentleman with factory at Cedar
vile, saying that if there were two grow
up boys among the seven children, h
would be pleased to give them steady EN-
ployment the year round, and furnish then
with their board, clothing and spendin!
money.
The cold weather of Friday and Satur
day made excellent skating at Smithville
Some people who have purchased seasol
tickets for the Mount Holly rink are com
planning because in number of instance
their children have been deprived of tn
use of the pond in the afternoon becaus
it was desired to keep the ice in bette
shape for the evening, thus deprivin
some young people of their only oppol
tunity to skate.
William B. Ogburn, the wholesale an
retail butcher at No. 80 Mill street, is nc