The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-10-10

! kill confined to his home on Paxson stree
for several days.
On Tuesday Samuel A. Atkinson wa
: sworn In as member of the United State
court at Trenton
e Miss Carrie Candy, of Trenton, is nov
e employed at the millinery store of l. II
Lippincott, on Mill street
The large apple and pear crop in thi
Y section will place much ready money il
the hands Of the farmers.
, A pleasant dance was given on Frida,
e evening at the residence of Mrs. Georg,
Clothier, on Washington street.
The household goods of William S
Kelley have been removed from Smith
vile to Garden street, Mount Holly.
: Charles Chamberlain, of Crosswicks
: was committed to Jail ON Wednesday fol
neglecting to provide for his family.
A number of people have been attract
7 ed to Grant street during the past weel
to witness the operations of the steam
roller
The ladies of st. Andrews church will
give supper in the gymnasium ON Fri
day and Saturday evenings, October q
and 81
Miss Bessie Pease will spend the winter
in New York, where she is taking course
of study in art, in which she is becoming
quite proficient
The members of the Colored Rcpubli
can Club had good time at the fan
grounds on Thursday evening, where
they held dance and cake walk.
Reinert Clausen, employed in the black
smith shop at the Smithville Machine
Works, had the misfortune to burn his
foot few days since while at work.
John II. Dillingham; and Henry Out
land, ministers of the Society of Friends,
held an appointed meeting In the meeting
house on Buttonwood street Sunday even
ing.
Edward Groom, residing ON Garden
street, who is past 80 years of age, has been
engaged in erecting new fence in front of
his house. Mr.. Groom certainly pos
sesses remarkable activity for man of his
age.
Postmaster Cowperthwait has been max
ing further improvements to the office this
week by extending the partition from the
box fixtures to the ceiling, thereby max
ing it much more comfortable for the en-
ploy6s in cold weather.
james McCauley, on Wednesday, Sc
cured judgment against Joseph Tallman
for $23.84, and against Martha r. Tall
man for sos, II for consignment of
brewers grain. The case was heard be-
| fore Justice Laumaster.
Constable Jesse Woodruff, on Wednes-
day, arrested William Pelham, who I'M
dertook to take possession of the West
property on Washington street while
drunk. The defendant paid fine inn
posed by Justice Laumaster.
Rev. Frank w. Thompson received a
surprise on Wednesday evening. 1t was
the occasion of his birthday and some of
his parishioners had arranged to celebrate
the event. When he was summoned to
the house of friend, he found a large
gathering present, who presented him
with sum of money and a large cake
with his name and age inscribed on it.
A fire of unknown origin on Friday af-
ternoon destroyed small barn In the rear
of the residence of Andrew j. Kelley on
Main street. There were consumed two
bicycles, one two-seated carriage, five sets
of harness, and some hay and grain, en-
failing loss of some $500, on which
there was an insurance of $780, A horse
was rescued by the man who first discov-
cred the fire.
Several members of the Burlington
County Medical Society met in Burlington
on Wednesday and discussed the location
of the new insane asylum to be BUILT in
this county. 1t was the sense of the meet
ing that the building should be located
elsewhere than New Lisbon. Drs. Parry,
Ships and N. N. Stokes were appointed
committee to address the Board of Free
holders on the subject.
Edward r. Smith chaperoned a party of
sports to Pole Run, near Browns Mills,
on Wednesday. They went after pike,
but nary pike did they see Edward
caught an old stump, George Heisler
caught black snake and Howard STRAIT
ton caught cold. The fish gave the party
the grand shake, no doubt thinking they
were lot of Pemberton politicians. The
trip cost $6, hut George says that as they
had eight dollars worth Of fun, they di-
vided the other two dollars between them.
Pedestrians in the vicinity of Broad
way and Federal street, Camden, Tues
day morning, witnessed William NJ Og
den thrash Peter Walker, formerly of
Mount Holly. Leaving his victim bleed
ing and battered, Ogden walked to his
home, few steps away. Upon his arriv-
al there he said he had domestic troubles
which he attributed to Walker The lat
ter said he was aware that he was accused
of being responsible for the trouble in the
Ogden household, but he said there were
no grounds for such accusations No ar
rests were made. Ogden at one time lived
in Mount Holly.
The authorities here were notified on
Wednesday to look out for the parties who
during the previous night had stolen some
1900 feet of copper wire from along the
trolley track near Burlington. This wire
has the letter P stamped ON it and it can
easily be identified as property belonging
to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Before the facts of the case were known
in Mount Holly, day Policeman Collins
saw two strange teams of rag pickers
pass through here, but they were not
stopped as their actions were not sus
Ipicious. 1t is supposed that the booty was
taken across the river to the Pennsylva-
mia shore.
Manager Edward S. Troth will have for
an attraction at the Opera House. Monday
evening, October IS, Geo. W. Peck's fam
GUS play, "Peck's Bad Boy" This is the
fifteenth year of continued success of this
bright and sparkling comedy, but like
rare old wines it improves with age.
There probably has never been any one
play that has been kept up to the stan,
dard and improved from year to year as
, this piece. The play has been rewritten
and new scenery has been painted by
, Seavey, the well-known scenic artist. fol