The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-29


day.
Frank Weldy, who was recently drown
ed at Ocean Grove, formerly resided a
Jobstown.
Miss Anna johnson has been installed
as matron of the Burlington County Chill
dren's Home.
The pug dog owned by w. w. Curtis
died mysteriously last week, and it wa
given quite burial.
Joseph NJ. Brick, well-known bushes
man and storekeeper, of Marion, diet
suddenly Saturday night.
Wanted Girls to work in factory
Must give reference. Also, bright boy
for office. Weaver Mfg. Co.
Marlton will be full of strangers to
morrow, the occasion being the dedica
ton of the new Methodist Church.
The members of Company E, ThirC
Regiment, will be measured for new uni
forms at their armory next Monday even
ing,
| A quartette of Mount Holly singers at
tended the religious exercises that wer'
held at the State Masonic Home on Sun
day.
The little son of Henry Rossell wal
buried yesterday in the Brotherhood Gem
etery. His other child died about weel
ago.
George Lytle, of Bridgeboro'. is suffer
| ing with a broken leg, which resulted
from the kick of horse that he wa
driving.
James Tyler, Young man from Bur
| lington, was received at the jail on Sun
day. He is charged with stealing ST.
from his father.
The Westampton township committed
is now engaged grading the Burlington
road, along which the macadam stone
road ia to be built.
Catherine Green, wife of Dennis Green
of Pemberton, has been granted a pen
sion of IS by the government, Blanchard
Fl. White was her attorney.
a Sheriff Fleetwood reports that from
some unknown cause the large green
peaches on his farm are rotting badly, and
he can only asoribe it to damp weather
The meetings of the Volunteers of
America, part of last week, were es-
pecially interesting on account of the
presence of Lieutenant George Scarbor.
ough, of Trenton
While riding on the Hainesport road on
Thursday, E. s. Couples received fall
by the fork of his bicycle breaking. His
chin was badly cut. He also sustained
some painful bruises.
No notice to creditors will be publish
ed in settling the estate Of the late Fran
els Branln, of Medford because there are
no debts, the deceased having paid cash
in all his business transactions.
Louis Gray, the uptown barber, does
not like the imputation put upon him
whereby he has been characterized as a
thief. He admits being at the place men
toned, but says the proprietor was there
with him.
For over two years past a family in
Mount Holly have been drinking the
water from we'll which contained the
dead carcass of dog During this long
period they had no mixing that anything
was wrong with the water.
Letters testamentary on the estate of
Sarah Harbert, deceased, of Mount Hol-
ly, have been granted to Isaac R. Parker.
The daughter, Helen G. Harbert, receives
the house on White street, where the hus-
band can live as long as he desires.
The Methodist Sunday school has as
sumed the responsibility of raising 81, 1000
to be applied to the church Indebtedness,
and it was in the interest of this measure
that the social was given at the residence
of Alfred Eddy, on Grant street, Friday
evening.
A certificate of incorporation of the
Philadelphia Watch Case Company has
been filed in the County Clerks office.
The authorized capital is $25, 900, and the
incorporators are Theophilus Zurbrugg, of
Riverside; 3. T. Stolesbury, John Law
Der Welsh, Caleb r, Fox, OF Philadel-
phia; Howard L. Roberts, Haverford, Pa.
Pensions have been granted to the fol-
lowing persons: John E. Smith, Borden
town, increase from "a to So; John F.
Thompson, Imlaystown, increase from So
to So; Richard Williams, Bordentown, IS;
James Phillips, Burlington, So; Joseph
H. Jones, Indian Mills, So; Jacob Miller,
Florence, increase from IS to $1e; Mrs.
Mary E. Buffin, widow, Bordentown, IS.
Following is a list of the unclaimed
letters remaining in the post office for the
week lending August 26; Mrs. Mabel AL
len, Miss May Armstrong, Mrs. Florence
d. Bell, Amanda Dellsan, Miss Addie
Dennis, Mrs. Frake, William Gouldy, A.
Goldstein, Mrs. Mary Griffin, R. ],
Hughes, Mrs Mary A. James, Benjamin
McKelvey, Miss Margaret Megin, Charles
Nixon, Miss Lena Smith, Mrs, Marie E.
Smith, Miss Laura Shinn, Paul Wood
ward. Edward Welsh, Mrs. George Wal
ker
The members of St. PauPs A. NJ. E.
Church held harvest home on the fair
grounds on Thursday, and there was a
fair attendance. A programme of events
had been prepared calculated to please
all, and it did not fall far short of its mis-
sion. The afternoon was a period inter.
esting to the spectators, who witnessed
the foot races, sack races, creased pig,
and base ball In the latter contest the
locals were defeated by the Moorestowr
players by score of IS to Z. The prin
cipal feature of the game was the many
errors made. In the evening much inter
est was centered in cake walk, which
was very successful affair. A band
from Chester, Pa, furnished music, bu
most of its notes went to protest Thu
day was one of much social enjoyment
to the colored people.
Rail birds are said to be unusually plen
tiful upon the meadows this year, owing
to the favorable condition for breeding
and absence of floods during the prolong
ed dry weather in May and June. Reet
birds, however, are not seriously affected
by climatic conditions, as they nest abov
the floods They are bobolinks in Jun
and reed birds in the fall, when they hav
changed their gay nlnmage and fattenet