The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-11-07
Edward R. Smith is nursing painful
boil on his left hand.

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Abby" mince meat.
Thomas Stevens, of Springfield town
ship, who died of tumor. was buried O.
Friday at Juliustown.
r. Howard Brown has given up his pc
sition in Boston shoe factory and re
turned to Mount Holly.
Mrs. Shaw, of Garden street, recent.
met with mishap which resulted in he
receiving sprained ankle.
DR.. Faringer has purchased from Mrs
DR.. Galley the residence on Garden street
near Cherry, now occupied by the Mise
DANTE.
Caleb s. Ridgway, of Lumberton, ha
offered prizes amounting to $40, for ex
hibits at the chrysanthemum show nov
in progress in Philadelphia.
The announcement has been made o.
the engagement of Edmund Harrison
living near Jacobstown, and Miss Editf
r. Proctor, of Philadelphia
Thieves recently entered the hen roos
of Squire Houston, at Retreat, and car
ried off 1875 chickens. They also stole 6
quantity of corn from the field.
The people of Columbus have not Civ
en- up the idea of establishing a bank al
that place. At present most of theil
banking business is done at Bordentown
The way some of the election officers
leave names off the registry lists for al
legged causes, would indicate a lack Of
knowledge of the law bearing on the sub.
ject.
In the political foot ball game to be
played in Burlington county to-day be-
tween the Republicans and Democrats,
the former are expected to win by score
of 14OO to 0.
Supervisor Isaac H. Wainwright will
accompany j. Holmes Longstreet, of Bor-
dentown, and others on trip down the
Chesapeake bay in the steam yacht May.
They will start on the 18th.
George Hall, of Philadelphia, has
received $3.50 from Washington Coun-
Gil, No. 8, Jr. o. U. A. NJ, being the
amount of benefits due by the death of his
son, |. Cowgirl Hall, few weeks since.
Rev. Frank Thompson, of Mount Hol-
ly, and Rev. Joseph Morgan, of Borden
town, will go to Atlanta, Ca, in Decem-
Der, as supreme representatives of the
colored Knights of Pythias of New Jer-
sey
On Thursday before Justice Clevenger
will be heard the suit of the Centreton
Turnpike Company against Uriah Funk
The proceedings are expected to be quite
interesting, and number of witnesses
will be examined.
Judson Gaskill, the Garden street car
rage builder, is making two fine delivery
wagons, one, duplicate of that recently
built for Worrell s. Harris, to goto Bor-
dentown, and another for Haas, the
Moorestown baker
]. L. Anderson 6 Co., of Water street,
are paying out nearly $1,000 week to
those in their employ in the canning of
pears. This firm expects to continue as at
present for several months yet, as they
will keep their fruit in cold storage.
George W. Durand was the recipient of
q surprise party on Tuesday evening
Some sixty persons were invited, and
enough of these braved the storm to fill
the residence on Water street. Those
who were present speak highly of the
evenings entertainment.
The election officers in Northampton
township will this year comply strictly
with the letter of the law by delivering
the ballot boxes to the township clerk
wrapped with tape and sealed with wax
Walter T. Stewart will be the first clerk
here to furnish these supplies.
John B. Slack left yesterday for Allan
tic City, where he will open law office
in connection with a real estate gentle
man. As Mr. Slack is first lieutenant of
Co. E, Sd Regiment, of Mount Holly, it
is quite likely that he will sever his con-
nection with that organization.
The J. F. Budd Shoe Company, of Bur
lington, entered articles of incorporation
at Trenton last week. The capital stock
is 5000, 900, and the incorporators are j.
Frank Budd, John K. Mallery, James E.
Ryan and Charles r. Sapp, of Burling-
ton, and Charles s. Eveland, of Chicago.
Reuben Carhardt, prosperous farmer
of Charleston, was severely injured by
vicious horse on Wednesday Mr. Car
hardt was about to go into the stall along
side the animal, when the horse let fly
both hind feet, striking him in the side,
fracturing three ribs and injuring him in
ternally.
In the Sacred Heart Church last week
the Forty Hour Devotion was observed
on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Rev.
Father Murphy. of Mooressown; Rev.
Father Russi, of Burlington, and Rev.
Father Frank A. Foy, of Jersey City, as
sisted Rev. Father Lyons Miss Mary
Hassett displayed excellent taste in the
church decorations.
On Tuesday Sheriff Fleetwood took
Emil Emelick, Samuel Anderson and
Amos Robinson to the state prison. The
latter is the colored man sentenced to
seven years for the killing of Carol Mays
at Burlington. The young fellow is high
ly pleased that his sentence was no longer,
as he expected to get ten years.
The noise from the exhaust on the gaso-
line engine at Anderson's canning factory,
which the residents of Water stree
thought disturbed that quiet thoroughfare'
was stopped recently. The pipe from
the engine was extended to barrel sunk
in the ground which decreased the noise.
This firm is now canning about 900 baskets
of Keiffer pears daily.
A water tank of capacity of $4,000
gallons has been placed on the Standard
Hicks Hammock Company's building to
supply water for fire purposes and also for
use about the works. Fire hydrants have
been placed in various parts of the building
and each one is provided with hose. A fire
brigade is to be organized among the EN-
ployes and thoroughly drilled for prompt
and efficient action in case of fire. A
wharf is to be erected at the pond neal
the works where the fire engines may be
stationed should their services be required
Again there is rumor that the Waiver
ly Fair Association is considering the
question of purchasing the Mount Holly