The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-26

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The Baptist Sunday School will prot
2 ably render cantata at Christmas, EMIT
led ''Shiloh."
The Cinnaminson township tax hs
| been fixed for this year at $2.12 on tn
800 valuation.
A bank of earth recently fell on th
| foot of David Anderson, of Hainespor
causing painful injury.
The Texas horn fly has made its appear
ance in South Jersey, and farmers say 1t
more annoying than any other species.
There will be plenty of rabbits an
quail this year, and sportsmen are lookin
forward with pleasure to the opening o
the season.
Roland Hendrickson has returned HON
) from Beach Haven, where he has beel
acting as carver at the Engleside during
the summer
Walter Oliphant and force of mel
were out several days last week with tn
repair car overhauling the electrical wire
of the trolley road.
The water company proposes to lay
new main next spring on Madison avenu
and extend it through the Norcross tract
also one on Mill street.
The engagement was announced las
week of Mrs. Emma ]. Chamberlain, wild
ow of the late DIR. Chamberlain, to Ed
ward Fl. Burling, of Huntingdon Valley
Pa.
| While painting the Friends meeting
house at the corner of Main and Gardel
streets, Restore Lippincott found bulle
imbedded in a door, which is undoubtedly
a revolutionary relic.
Mrs. James D. Flynn, of Mount Holly
visited her sister, Miss Lille Baker, OF
Wednesday, who is confined in Phil
adelphia hospital. where she has been op
Grated on for appendicitis.
There is no law permitting Governor
Voorhees, to proclaim Saturday, September
80, as legal holiday, but he may issue an
order requesting general observance Of
the day 1t is Dewey day
George P. Sutton, of Camden, Deputy
Master Workman, Ancient Order United
Workmen, was in Mount Holly, on Tues
day evening, assisting Good viii Lodge,
No. IA, in its initiatory work.
Caleb Henry, of 'Bucto, made com
plant before Justice Slack, last week,
charging Adam Gibson with shooting his
chickens. After hearing the story the
Justice concluded not to issue warrant,
as only one fowl had been injured.
During the recent visit of Joseph W.
Colkitt to Scranton, Pa, he learned, while
passing through the Collier School of Cor
responcence building, that the business
was of such magnitude that the company
expended s., 900 week for postage.
Last week horse belonging to Consta-
Bile George Parker, of Lumberton, at
tempted to defy train on the Medford
branch. The animal ran in front of the
cars and then fell down bridge The
| injuries are of such a nature that the
horse may die.
There is evidence of Improvement in
the condition of things about the West
| End Hotel since Charles Vansant, Jr., as
sumed charge Some of the element that
congregated there has been cleared out,
and Charles has started in to give the
place better reputation.
The burial of John Spencer, colored,
took place on Tuesday, and the funeral
was largely attended, as the deceased was
quite a prominent man among his race.
He was very religious man and the eu-
logies over the remains in the church, al
though very lengthy, were not inappro-
pirate.
On Wednesday evening the colored peo-
pie of Mount Holly held meeting in
Mount Moriah Church and organized a
branch of the Afro American Protective
League. The objects of the organiza-
ton were ably set forth in an address de-
livered by Miss M. G. Burnett, of Phil
adelphia.
The report of Eli Shaw's marriage to
Miss Wood has been denied. George P.
Sutton, of Camden, who was in Mount
Holly on Tuesday, says that Shaw's atten-
lions to Miss Wood have caused separa-
ton of her father and mother, but that the
matter had not yet got into the news
papers. The father believes in Shaw's in
nocence, but the mother couldn't see
things in that light.
| During the absence of DR.. Charles Har-
ker at Sea Side Park, where he spent the
summer, there has sprung up in his yard
an elegant crop of fine grass There Is a
noticeable absence of weeds in it, and its
condition and general appearance have
brought out numerous remarks. Strange
to say that when the family were home ii
seemed impossible to get good lawn in
Mr.. Harker's yard.
| The cranberry growers are hurrying
along the picking in order to escape the
coming frosts, which have already done
considerable damage. Joseph J. White
expects to secure about II 900 bushels this
season. In about three years Capt Mar
tin L. Haines, of Vincentown, thinks he
will be able to gather some 10000 bushels
from new boys which will yield at that
time. AS the general price for picking Ii
so cents per bushel, it can readily be seen
from the number of boys in South
Jersey that nearly $4,000 is distributed
among those engaged in gathering the
fruit.
An unusually large quantity of toma
toes was received at the canning houses
last week, and the proprietors are getting
tired looking at them. The yield ha'
been so great that the packers in some in
stances are running out of cans, and they
are compelled to purchase them in large
quantities at an increase over their re
cent cost of manufacture, simply becaus
tits necessary to take all the contracted
tomatoes from the farmers in order tt
save trouble. There have been no com
plants this year on account of contract
ors slipping some of their goods to Phil
adelphia in order to get better price.
On Wednesday before Justice eleven
ger, the attachment of John S. johnson
of Springfield, against Charles Baird, o
Philadelphia was heard, The troubl
arose over horse that johnson had taken