The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

Clifford Bower shot large water snake
at Centreton on Thursday.
The gas company is about to continue
its mains through Brainard street.
The Diamond Wheelmen, of frankfort
Pa, took a run to Mount Holly on Sun
day.
G.. II. Baker has secured the contraci
to paper twenty-eigh houses in Philadel
phia.
Turnkey William H. Reeve was com
PEELED to go home yesterday on account
of illness.
Delicious strawberries, beans, new pc
tatoes and choice fruit at C~avanaugh's
No. so Main street.
A bargain this week, 1900 yards of good
unbleached muslin. &c a yard, at W. W.
Curtis, AS Main street.
Jacob Claypoole, Jr., who has been Ill
for two weeks, is to undergo a surgical
operation tomorrow.
Rev. c. III. Pendleton will preach at the
Baptist Church, on Sunday evening, on
Present day perils."
The former residence of Mrs. E. L.
Prickett. on Garden street, has had a neat
portico added to the side entrance.
The Anthony Phillips property IN Wa
fa. ofroof hoe haan suonrouad hxr fha oroc
ton of a new fence on the east side.
An intermediate department is to be
formed in the Baptist Sunday school with
Mrs. Fl. F.. Smith as superintendent.
A delegation of sixteen people from
Mount Holly spent Sunday at Atlantic
City, all stopping at the Holmhurst.
The Ocean County Board of Freehold
ers is a tie. Long Beach held its election
on Tuesday and chose a Republican.
Mrs. Benjamin Deacon, Of Broad street,
has issued cards for a tea on Saturday af-
ternoon next from four to six o'clock.
Charles Widemeyer, a resident of the
Home for Aged Men at Philadelphia, Wis
tied friends in Mount Holly yesterday.
There have been fourteen deaths in
Mount Holly since January 1 of persons
whose ages ranged from 70 to 90 years.
The Daughters of America have open
ed their charter, and for awhile they will
admit new members at 81 initiation fee.
Mrs. Hope Deacon and her daughter
Miss Beulah. are at Atlantic City, where
they win remain for the balance of the
month.
Mrs. Laura Perinchief came down from
Trenton yesterday to assist in celebrating
the birthday of her father, Morris Fl.
Keeler.
John Butts, the crook who recently as
saulted a bank messenger in Philadelphia,
has been sentenced to four years in the
Eastern penitentiary.
The pump at the Riverside Water
Works broke down yesterday morning
and the town and factories will be without
water for three or four days.
Hezekiah Adams has been appointed
bridge tender at the iron bridge over the
Mullica river bridge, at New Gretna, and
is to enter upon his duties on May IS.
A colored boy named Benjamin, living
on Water street, had a bad scare on Sun
day afternoon by jumping into a boat
which became partly submerged, and for
a time the lad thought his time had come.
A drain several hundred feet in length
which leads from the residence of the
Misses Newbold, on Garden street, was
successfully cleared out by a stream from
the Good Intentaengine Oh Fridayaafter-
noon.
Rev. ]. III. Durham delivered a very
interesting sermon to the young people in
the Presbyterian Church on Sunday even
ing. His theme was David, the Shep
herd Boy; the Beginning of a Life of In
fluence."
A great deal of complaint has been
made against boys who make a practice of
playing ball on Sundays in an open lot,
corner of Pine and Hume streets. Officer
Severns, on Sunday, warned them to dis
continue the act.
Erma r. Dayis, aged nearly three years,
died Saturday morning of scarlet fever,
and the funeral took place at Lumberton
in the afternoon. Deceased was the
daughter of Edwin G. and Tillie R. Da-
Wis, of Madison avenue.
Owing to a leak in the wall surround
ing the fountain and also a stoppage of
a pipe, the water has been shut off for a
few days, which makes it rather incon-
venient for those who have been in the
habit of watering their horses there.
County Superintendent Stees gives no
tice of the tenth examination for free
scholarships In the New Jersey State
College. This is an opportunity which
should be grasped by every boy in the
county who desires a college education.
The machine shops at Smithyille are
being wired for electricity, and a dynamo
has been purchased for that purpose.
This improvement will extend to the res
idence of William s. Kelley, and may
eventually be used to light the whole vii
lage.
Mrs. Alice L. Edwards, of West Wash
ington street, died Sunday morning of
dropsy. The funeral will take place to-
morrow from the residence of her brother,
Eli Thomas, at Medford, and the inter
ment will be made in the Baptist GENE
terry.
You often read about ''best meats,
but it is very seldom you see the genuine
article as advertised. S. F. Sapp, Garden
street, has in some of the finest cattle this
week that was ever sold in this town and
atcomparatively lower prices than skins
are sold for.
The Epworth League of the Methodist
Church will celebrate its anniversary
on Friday evening, 26th inst, with ap.
~propriate exercises. Invitations have
been extended to the Christian Endeavol
Society and the Baptist Young Peoples
Union to be present.
Supervisor John B. Davis stopped worl
on the Burlin gton stone road one day las
week because he found that the contrac
was being violated. 1t is stipulated tina
the road bed shall be rolled with a ten
ton roller before any stone is placed on it
lint the contractor began the work with