The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-02-28

LOCAL NEWS.

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on Sunday.
Rev. G. H. Pendleton will deliver
lecture in the Baptist Church this wen
ing.
Five notices to vacate were served OF
as many tenants yesterday by one real es
tate agent in town.
J. Howard Shinn has improved the ap
pearance of his residence by placing glass
in the front doors.
Rev. James F. Olmstead, rector of st.
Mary's church, Burlington, will preach in
st. Andrews church, on Friday evening.
from CSC, Sic and 25c to 10c each until all
are sold. j. Howard Shinn, 40 Main
street.
Next Sunday will be the last Sunday OF
the conference year. Rev. Mr.. Relyea
will preach both morning and evening in
the Methodist Church.
David Boxer, brakeman on the local
freight train, had his right hand severely
mashed at East Burlington while coup
ling cars on Saturday evening.
Benjamin w. Zelley and Benajah P.
Wills have leased the fair grounds for an
other year, during which time it is hoped
that an attractive array of sports will be
presented.
Fred Schrayshuen fell through the ice
on his pond, Friday, and got in up to his
neck. He became chilled and quite ex-
hausted, and was pulled out just in time
to avoid serious results.
Representative Gardner has recommend
ed these appointments as postmasters;
Charles G. Cowperthwaite, Mount Holly;
James w. Kelley, Tuckerton; Agnes Xii
lock, P~ridgeboro.
While playing with matches on We'd
nesday morning, Frank Bryant's young
child set fire to some bed clothing at their
house on Hume street. Neighbors assist
ed in extinguishing the flames. The child
escaped injury.
On Monday night of the blizzard Gar
rison Mitchell started to walk from Mount
Holly to his home at 'Bucto. AS a result
of the journey Zee boy has since been
nursing two frosted ears, one hand and
some fingers of the other hand.
The purifiers are now completed at the
gas house and were put in use on Satur-
day night, considerably improving the
service. The Gas Company offers to clean
the pipes and fixtures at any house where
the service is still defective.
Hiram Fl. Earnest, of Mount Holly, and
Miss Laura Gibbs, of Pemberton, were
married at the latter place, on Tuesday
evening, by Rev. E. g.. Hulse, pastor OF
the Methodist Church. Only the fami-
lies of the contracting parties were pres
ent.
John S. Gratz, indicted some time ago
for the unlawful packing of oleomarga
rine, in Camden, pleaded non vult, in the
United States Court, yesterday, and was
sentenced to one day in the Camden
county Jail, with the additional penalty of
a $50 fine.
Bishop Scarborough confirmed a class
of four persons at st. Andrews church on
Sunday morning and administered the
same rite to a class of ten at Trinity
church in the evening. The Bishop Wis
tied Lumberton in the afternoon and con
irmed three persons.
Last week Thomas J. Alcott s. Son, of
Mount Holly, received an order for two
54-inch turbine water wheels from Prof.
Albitrzy, of the Technology Institute,
Kharkov, Russia. At the time this order
was received a small 12-inch wheel was
shipped to the Professor for experimental
purposes.
After two unsuccessful attempts to get
rich in the jewelry business in Mount
Holly, A. Gouley left town on the early
Atkins express Wednesday morning, his
entire outfit having been carted to Phil
adelphia, where he will continue in the
same business. All goods left at his store
for repairs were placed in the hands OF
Justice Slack.
Two men with a horse and a pint bottle
in the carriage drove in a reckless manner
out the South Pemberton road, on We'd
nesday, e~ndangering the safety of pass
ing teams. Finally the occupants and
their rig were all landed in a snow bank,
and the horse in foundering about broke
"a t. IL n11nra1 that fh nCn
men interfered with a funeral procession.
The Boards of Registry will sit at the
various polling places on next Tuesday,
M arch Z, from l to 9P. M, to revise the
list of voters and adding the names OF
persons who prove their right to vote at
the spring election. This will be the only
sitting Of the board for this purpose. The
County Board of Elections will sit at the
Court House, Mount Holly, on Thursday,
March 8, and Saturday, March IL, for the
purpose of adding names of voters to the
said registers.
Owing to the increase of the volume of
water in the upper creek, on Wednesday,
the food gates were opened to relieve the
pressure on the lam The large body OF
water that passed over the sheeting filled
up the surrounding meadows. The water
entered some of the back yards on Mon
roe street, causing the removal of some
chickens, but as a whole very little dam
age was done. When a freshet was fear
ed many places were watched, but danger
in this respect soon passed away.
The back water at Smithville on Thurs
day was so great at the machine works
that the power was shut off from the
water wheels and the gates opened. The
steam engine was impressed into service
for the first time in ten years, but it was
not adequate for the purpose, and a TEN.
porary shut down followed, which proved
to be a serious inconvenience on account
of the great rush of work, the firm hav
ing more orders booked now than at any
time since 1898. The work was not Sc
cured by any special solicitation, but is
general indication of the manner in which
business is increasing all over the coun
try. Last week the company put on
dozen new apprentices.
The question of who is to be the mex
postmaster at Mount Holly was settled OF
Saturday by Congressman Gardner rec
o%mmending Charles G. Cowperthwait
There were but two prominent candidates
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