The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-23
LOCAL NEWS.

week paid off their hands in gold.
While taking the school census, Ed
ward s. Troth saw IS houses labeled 80
rent"
George F. Branin, who has been living
at Island Heights. has moved back t.
Mount Holly.
Religious exercises are held in the Ma
sonic Home near Burlington every Sun
day afternoon.
Rev. Mr.. Stoddard, of st. Andrew,
Church, will preach at the Masonic Home
K Sunday afternoon.
strawberry" .Crammer appeared las
week and in no uncertain terms usher
ed~in the berry season.
Palmer D. Atkinson, on the South Penn
berton road, has given a contract for the
or ection of a new barn.
Workmen have been engaged in bright
ening the appearance of Col. Sloan's res
idence with fresh paint.
The public school at Lumberton is
closed on account of the prevalence Of
scarlet fever in that vicinity.
Scientific examination of the eye, free
of charge, at the Office of DR.. r. H. Par
sons every Tuesday from Q until 6.
The truck farms in Burlington county
are said to be the finest and most profita.
BILE in the state. They are now looking
beautiful.
Miss May Boycs was the seventeenth
successful contestant in solving the In
quirer's picture puzzle, and she received
a prize of So.
Over 900 acres of tomatoes are being
grown in Burlington county for the two
canneries and Chances tomato factory in
Mount Holly.
1t is expected that a business change
will take place on Main street in a few
days, by which a veteran will retire and
take life easy.
A force of men last week gave the
Brotherhood cemetery its annual cleaning
up and now the place presents a very
neat appearance.
William L. Butterworth, of Manasquan,
and formerly of Mount Holly, who re-
Gently underwent q surgical operation,
is recovering slowly.
The members of the Union Hose Com
pany are preparing for a good time at
their picnic to be held in the Court House
yard on Memorial day.
A quantity of broken glass and tacks
have been sprinkled along the sidewalk
on Madison avenue, put there, evidently,
to puncture bicycle tires.
A horse was running loose in the vicin-
ity of Union street all Friday night and as
a result several lawns along that thorough
fare were somewhat damaged.
The estate of Emily Newbold Black,
deceased, of Jobstown, is valued at about
$40, 900, and Surrogate Kirkbride admit
ted the will to probate last week.
A carload of machinery, valued at ST.
500, that was shipped last week from
Smithville to Mexico, was destroyed by
fire before it reached it's destination.
The public school at Wrightstown came
to a close on Tuesday. The next day the
teacher, Miss Lillian Buckage, of Mount
Holly, gave her scholars a very enjoyable
picnic.
A nice summer corset for only % cents.
Short summer ~corsets, beautiful quality,
so cents. Ladies' ribbed vests, four for
rs cents. Bingham skirts, 40 cents. s..
s. Evan, 28 Main street.
Miss Harriet H. Rainier and Britton c..
Smith, of Florence, were united in mar
riage at the home of the bride, in Flor
ence, on Friday, by Rev. A. s. Allyn,
pastor of the Baptist Church.
Mrs. Henry I. Budd, who has been con
fined. to her home for a number of weeks
with a broken AM se, is now getting along
nicely with the aid of a crutch. Yester-
day she took a trip to Philadelphia.
The entertainment to be given at Vim
centown on Thursday evening is for the
benefit of the Burlington County Hospi-
tai. The promoters are members of the
newly-organized literary society, and the
event promises to be an interesting one.
To satisfy a judgment held by George
d. Worrell against the Vacuum Gas En-
CINE, Power and Machine Company,
Sheriff Fleetwood has seized a quantity
of machinery, ETC., which he will sell on
Monday next. at 2 o'clock P. M.
Potato bugs are in the fields waiting for
the sprouts to come up through the
ground, and as fast as they appear they
are attacked. The wire worm has already
commenced active business, and farmers
are spraying extensively. 1t is said by
those in a position to know that the peach
crop will be light, but strawberries will
be unusually plentiful.
Edward Kelly, a tramp, was killed by a
Mount Holly train at Pavonia on Satur-
day evening. Kelly was hurrying across
the tracks to board an outgoing freight
train and ran directly in front of the pas
senger train. He was taken to the Coop
er Hospital, Camden, where he died short.
ly afterward. His skull was fractured
and both arms were broken.
On Thursday a delegation of leading
citizens from Long Island came to Bur
lington county to look up the matter o.
roads, and they were taken in charge by
State Road Commissioner Henry /. Budd
who gave them much valuable informa
tion and drove the party over a number
of our best thoroughfares. When they
started from home they were all in favol
of gravel. but when they saw some of thu
stone roads they could not be induced t.
talk about any other kind. The visitor
were highly pleased with the roads in thi
section.
On Saturday morning occurred tn
death of Anthony Phillips at his home o.
Water street. He had been i'll for a lonI
time and his death was not unexpected
Deceased was So years old, and he is tn
last charter member of Mount Holl,
Lodge, No. 10, l. O. o. F. He was
charter member of New Jersey Lodge
No. /, Knights of Pythias, and also tn
first treasurer of the Grand Lodge. De
ceased was also a member of Mount Hol
Nv Lodge, No. IA, F. and A. M. The re
mains will be buried this afternoon in tn
cemetery. A delegation of Masons wi
act as pail bearers.
While the church people were at devt