The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-17

A Building and Loan Association has
been started at Marion.
Daniel Edmunds. of Hainesport, died
on Friday night of dropsy.
Fine turkeys and chickens supplied by
W. B. Ogburn, butcher. 80 Mill st.
! Charles Evan Merritt has been ap-
} pointed receiver of the Burlington Archi-
tectural Terra Gotta Co.
]. G. Moore, who manages w. G. Lip.
pincott's chicken incubators, now has
over q, 600 broilers in fine condition.
Charles Matlack ran nail in his thumb
during the holidays, since which time it
has been very sore, blood poison having
been feared at one time.
William E. Mathis, of Atlantic City,
has bought of George Valiant property
on the Landing road in Bass River town
ship, below Capt. M. A. Loveland's place,
for $3.50.
Thomas L. and Nelson B. Gaskill will
study law with their father, Judge Joseph
II. Gaskill, at his Mount Holly office, I'M
til June, when they will enter the exam
ination for admission to the bar.
The Mount Holly Banjo Club will give
their entertainment in the Opera House
on February IA, on which occasion all of
Prof Eno's pupils in this vicinity
forty in number-will appear in selec
ton.
The Passaic Nesos has the following,
which is not out of place right here: "The
supreme test of good citizenship is the
promptness with which man shovels the
snow off his sidewalk" Are you good
citizen?
Rev. James A. Richardson died in Phil
adelphia, on the second of January. He
had been i'll about six months. Mr. Rich
ardson was minister of the African M.
E. Church, and was at one time stationed
in Mount Holly.
Late Saturday night, as three drunken
men were driving toward Lumberton, they
disturbed the peace on Madison avenue
by shouting and crying "Murderl" If
their horse had not been fast one they
would have been arrested.
The engagement has been announced
of DR.. Howard r. Faringer, of Mount
Holly, to Miss Clara Flint, lady liv-
ling in Vermont. Also the engagement of
George P. Miller, of Trenton, to Miss
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Extra revival meetings are being held
nightly in Mount Moriah A. M E. Church,
and remarkable degree of interest is
being manifested. Rev. F. W. Thomp-
son is in charge, and he is frequently as
sisted by ministers from other places.
Leopold Hammel, of New York, has
been engaged as foreman of Prickett &
Company's factory. Mr.. Hammel has
filled similar position for a number Of
years in the largest pocket book factory
in New York city. He will come here
February list.
The United States Grand Jury will
meet to-day. The members from this
county are: James B. Hawkins, John Fl.
Antrim, Pemberton; Edward s. Buzby,
Bordentown; Edward Emley, Jacobstown;
Charles Flanders, Burlington; Joseph
Powell, Mount Holly.
On Monday evening, December 26, last,
at Scranton, Pa, occurred the celebration
of the twenty fifth anniversary of the
marriage of Rev. and Mrs. Robert F. Y.
Pierce. Hundreds of friends thronged
the parlors during the evening, and silver
presents were numerous and elegant.
A meeting of the Firemen's Relief As
sociation has been called for this evening
in the America hose house, to take action
on the case of Harry Branin, who has
been confined with rheumatism by reason
of getting wet at the burning of George
Moore's house on Topetoy last summer.
Lumberton Council, No. 13, Jr. o. U.
A. M, have these new officers: Junior
past councillor, w. D. Mason; vice coun-
cilor, Clifton Shinn; recording secretary,
Spencer H. Powell; financial secretary,
Walter M. Voorhees,; treasurer, William
P. Younker; conductor, Harry Matlack
warden, E. P. Sharp; inside sentinel, U.
s. G.. Haines; outside sentinel F. E.
Shinn; representative to State Council,
j. K Mendenhall; representative to Flu
neral Benefit Association, William P.
Younker.
On Tuesday afternoon Policeman Den
ness saw horse standing in the bitter
cold in front of Charles R. Gauntt's meat
market. At o'clock in the evening
finding the team still there, the officer
took it to Benjamin W. Zelley's stable,
and requested the hostler to give the
horse proper attention, and not allow the
animal to be taken away unless the bill
was paid. Upon learning that police
man had taken charge of the neglected
animal the owner paid the cost without a
murmur, and it is well that he did, or the
case would have been presented to the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals.
The scientific encounter which took
place at New York on Tuesday night be-
tween Mccoy and Sharkey, was not at
tended by those Mount Holly sports who
wanted to be present, as they had the
time but not the money to spare. Some
of them who know little about the bust.
ness themselves are of the opinion that
the fight was fake, and they put up a
pretty good argument to support theil
claim. In speaking of the affair Sheriff
Fleetwood said: eff Sharkey ever hits
me, and 1 find it out, I'll make it warm
for him." The qualifying part of that
sentence is very timely.
The engagement of George Dunbar
, Shewell and Miss Lilyan A. Hoppe wal
announced in Philadelphia on Tuesday
Mr. Shewell was born in Mount Holly, anG
after being graduated from the Higl
School became connected with the firm O.
:, Hoppe & Bros. He is probably one o
y the best known amateur musicians in tn,
city, and his playing has been the chic
Il feature at many fashionable entertain
ments Miss Hoppe is the daughter o
: c. j. Hoppe, of 1922 Spruce street. Mucl
= of her life has been passed in Europe
where she was educated. A year ago sh
IL made her debut, and has been grea
: favorite among her many friends. d
d SATURDAY. Mr.. Shewell started for Jamaic