The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-08-08

8 August is the month for shooting stars
The new station at Florence has bee
e opened to the use of railroad patrons.
The picnic of the Baptist Sunday schoo
] will not be held until later in the season
William s. Tillinghast, of Mount Hol
ly, removed his family to Burlington OF
Wednesday.
The storm on Wednesday Afternoon
was the means of giving the streets {
/ good cleaning.
A large store house is being built al
Birmingham on the sand tract owned by
s. Budd Norcross.
A young boy who was standing near 8
mule at the abattoir, on Wednesday, had
his foot stepped on.
The scholars of the Brainard school
held their annual picnic in the woods at
Smithville on Friday.
i Lightning on Wednesday afternoon
crippled the telephone service between
Mount Holly and Vincentown.
The Home Manufacturing Company
has received good offer to remove its
shoe business from Mount Holly.
George D. Worrell has disposed of his
fine cob team. They were purchased by a
gentleman residing at Lansdowne, Pa.
Eight chickens were killed one night
last week for Elwood Bunting, farmer
living at Crosswicks, by a large opossum.
The Delaware and Atlantic Telephone
Company has gang of men at work
extending its line from Burlington to
Mount Holly.
A horse belonging to H. H. Wills, of
Willingboro', received injuries of such a
nature by getting tangled in barbed
wire fence, that it died.
Abner Cross, of Washington street,
who has been critically ill for several
weeks is much improved, and the chances
are favorable to his recovery.
Frank ]. Clark is conducting the ser
vices at Trinity Church, Mount Holly,
and St. Martins, Lumberton, during the
absence of Rev. Martin Aigner.
As the result of running to catch train
at Stanwick, John Taylor, of Mount Hol
| ly, fell to the platform, cutting his hand
badly by the breaking of glass jar.
| Richard Dickerson is about to relinquish
tho b,,+obor I1,,c;roce O~o;+b.x;llo c,I
will embark in new business as partner
with Thomas Claypoole, on Mill street.
| On Tuesday evening Good VIII Lodge,
No. IA, A. o. U. W., initiated one mem
Der, and more will be received at the next
meeting. This lodge is enjoying boom.
John Throckmorton and a party went
out on Tuesday after doves and plovers,
but met with very little success, as this
kind of game is reported to be very scarce.
George Wildes, Jr., son of ex- Assembly
man Wildes, has entered the United States
service for three years. He has enlisted
in the Twenty eighth United States In
fantry.
Mrs William P Millette, of Trenton,
sold the house at No. al Mount Holly
avenue, on Friday, to Miss Ella Woolston
for $1,000. The transfer was made by
Samuel A. Atkinson.
Barney McMullen, the tenant on the
Ambrose Phillips farm near Masonville,
where two barns were destroyed by fire
on Wednesday afternoon, suffered the loss
of two hundred chickens
As result of the contest that has been
going on for some time at the cigar store
of Garbarino & Shemeley, on Main street,
Atlee D. Prickett received So gold piece
and Martin Bayersdorfer got box of CT
gars.
Richard, the young son of Ernest d.
Holeman, who is stopping at Island
Heights in company with his mother, lost
the tip end of his finger few days ago
by allowing his curiosity to put it in the
hole of cigar cutter
Quite novel sight that presented it.
self on Tuesday evening was trainer at
the fair grounds coming down Main street
on bicycle drawing sulky after him
that was tied to his waist The combina-
ton was rather amusing.
John Britton, of New Hanover, in the
absence of her husband, entered the home
of Mrs. Annie Branson recently, and be-
sides beating her threatened to put her
light out He was afterward arrested
and committed to Jail by Justice Haines.
The Union National bank placed in cir
culation last week, new notes to the
amount of so, 900, and it is expected that
80, 900 more will be circulated this week.
These notes are to replace those redeemed
by the recent expiration of the old charter
of the bank.
Colby Worrell, of Buddtown, who met
with such signal failure with his recent
bicycle meet in Mount Holly, desires it to
be known that he has forwarded to the sue
cessful contestants the prizes which they
won at this meet. He produced the ex-
press receipts for the same, and the win
ners, like Colby, now feel happy.
| A man by the name of Pennock and
wife, while driving out Pine street on
Saturday night, were run into by another
team. The spokes in one wheel were all
broken and both occupants were thrown
out, but neither sustained any injury.
Pennock's horse turned around and ran
away, but the animal was caught oppo-
site the Relief engine house.
Commodore Comfy is preparing to sur
prise his friends Not being satisfied to
skip over the placid waters of the Rance
cas- creek in his pleasure yacht Panku
Mr., Comfy, in the near future, proposes
to glide over our stone roads in an auto
mobile, and he is now erecting a shed for
its keeping in the rear of the residence of
John R. Deacon, on Main street.
The following is list of unclaimed let
tiers in the Mount Holly post office: Anna
Alsan, Games Atkinson, Edward Austin,
Mrs. Josie Baker, Frank Conover, George
Clark, Miss Rosa Crane, Mrs. Ella Conner,
Miss NJ S. Donnell, Miss Hannah NJ. Gas
kill, Miss Mary Hullings, Miss Grace A.
Haines Mrs. Rebecca Hartshorn, Mrs
Louise Joyce, Miss May Leucas, Miss Re
becca Nixon, Joseph Nippins, Mrs. Ellen
W. Prickett, Mrs. Essie Payne, Harry
Stockton, Miss Laura Shinn, Mrs. Eliza
beth w. Shinn. Harry Wright, Receiver
of Taxes, Township of Woodland.
Mount Holly was again visited by Sc