The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-22


TENDER 6.
On Friday evening the Knights o
Pythias received one candidate into full
membership.
The delightful temperature of the pas
week is said to have been due to the Yves
Indian hurricane.
The New Jersey Firemen's Relief Asso
citation will hold its annual convention a
Long Branch next month.
The reed and rail bird season will opel
on Friday, and the indications point to al
abundance of these birds.
| Miss Walker, graduate of Bryn Nav
College, has been engaged as teacher il
the Misses Wyllie's school
The annual reunion of the veterans o.
the 29th New Jersey Regiment will b.
held at Matewan on Wednesday, Septem
Der 49,
In the great parade of the G. A. r., al
Philadelphia, on September 5, the vete
rams of New Jersey will be in the fourth
! division
The interior of the clothing store of E
Holeman & Son has been rearranged
which makes the place more convenient
and comfortable.
The Methodist Sunday school will now
hold its meetings in the afternoon instead
of in the morning, as has been the custom
for several weeks past
On Saturday Sheriff Fleetwood sold a
lot of woodland in Shamong township,
the property of Annie E. Johnson, to
Mary A. Lippincott, for 5000.
There are people living within mile of
Burlington who don't visit the town once
a year. Gazette. Of course not, Jacky.
They like Mount Holly better.
The potato crop is being ruined in some
sections on account of excessive rains
Last week farmer was in town selling
fine potatoes at 10 cents basket
The Volunteers of America held an in
teresting meeting in their hall on Friday
evening Col. F. F. Keppel and Anna
Hughes were the principal speakers.
According to law farmer has to pub
fish in newspaper that he allows no
trespassing on his property, and to also
post notices on his grounds to that effect.
John j. Mitchell, of Evesham, has is
sued circular letter asking his friends to
aid him in his fight for the Republican
nomination for Steward of the Aims
house.
There is marked improvement in the
condition of Ralph Sooy, who has been
suffering at Atlantic City with appendi-
citis, and the prospects are bright for his
recovery.
Annie Anderson, of Pemberton, who
has been living with Charles Davidson,
was committed to Jail on Saturday, by
Justice Kelsey, charged with being dis
orderly person.
Thousands of tons of salt hay have
been gathered from the meadows along
the coast, and owners are holding their
crop for good prices, owing to the scar
city of fresh hay.
The weavers at the Stanwick carpet
mills went out on a strike last week A
demand was made for the restoration of
their former wages, alleging that the car
pet business is now good.
Inmates of the New Jersey Home for
Disabled Soldiers at Kearney, have de-
cided to test the right of the Board of
Managers of the institution to keep from
them any portion of their quarterly pen
sion.
The Stanley staff of stone road build
ers have returned to this city and will
proceed Immediately to finish the macad-
am road in the city limits and then go to
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W. G. Payne, of Pittsburg Pa, is in
Mount Holly settling up the accounts of
the New Jersey Gas Improvement Com
pany, and putting business in shape for
the new company which takes control on
October /.
Miss Belle Sninn, of Atlantic City, a
former resident of New Egypt, has sign
ed with j. M. Jacobs of the ''Merrymak-
ers, to play in that company the coming
season. She will travel under the stage
name of Bessie Saywood.
Within few weeks the post office in
every city where there is free delivery
system, will inaugurate plan whereby
valuable mail matter may be registered at
the door of any house or place CT bust
ness by the carrier who delivers the let
tiers.
Lawyer George NJ Hillman, of Moores-
town, who is member of Mount Holly
Lodge, No. IA, F. and A. M, for the first
time since he has been a member of the
order, missed meeting last Monday night.
George said he had good excuse, as it
was bouncing baby boy.
Joshua Willitts cut quite figure last
week. During the evenings he paraded
up and down the streets dressed in an up
to-date bicycle suit, and the matrimonial
candidate looked like French gendarme.
Josh has been learning to ride the wheel,
and he says that two friends have agreed
to buy him bicycle this week.
Some time since Postmaster Cowper-
thwait of Mount Holly made slight mis-
take in sending five letters to Camden
which should have gone elsewhere, and as
a result the official at the latter city sent
in complaint. Ordinarily such trifiing
mistakes are allowed to pass unnoticed.
Early last week, however, when the Cam
den pouch was opened here, Mr. Cowper-
thwait found over thirty letters which had
been distributed wrong by the Camden
postmaster.
The last trolley on Tuesday night from
Burlington killed cow near Trick and the
car was much splattered when 1T reached
the station. The animal was owned by
Albert H. s. johnson. She got out of
the field by breaking down the fence and
then began to browse in ditch along the
track. The approaching trolley scared
the COW, which ran directly on the track,
and before Motorman Willitts could ap-
ply the air brakes the so ton weight of
the car ground the animal to pieces. 1t
was buried the next day.
1t is sad spectacle to see man throw
himself away, and sadder still when re-
formed drunkard renews his old habits of
debauchery. Two cases of this character
have came to the attention of the people