The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-02-21

sermon at the services OF TRINITY Cnurcn
to morrow evening.
On Thursday evening Policeman Den
ness took colored tramp to Jail by thu
name of Mr.. Cabbage.
Walter Allen distributed lot of breaC
about town on Thursday. This was be
cause his horse ran away.
Mrs Esther Clevenger, an aunt Of
Overseer of the Poor Throckmorton, died
at Manayunk, Pa, on Friday.
Horace Brooks name appeared by mis-
take in the list of delinquent Taxpayers
last week. He had paid his tax.
Elwood Zelley, living on Mount Holly
avenue, who had been suffering from pa
ralysis, died on Wednesday, in his 79tt
year.
Edward Hulse, of Westampton town
ship, will act as high executioner for..Sam
uel j. Smith tomorrow, when his big hog
will be slaughtered.
A horse attached to sleigh belonging
to the Hartford Creamery Company, ran
away on Thursday. The vehicle was
somewhat damaged.
Jacob Braddock, of Medford, died on
the 10th inst, of cancer, at the age of 81
years. The burial was postponed week
on account of the storm.
Several of the sleighers who were out
last week were upset by coming in contact
with the high embankments of snow that
lined both sides of the streets.
During Prosecutor Budd's absence on
his western trip, Blanchard HI. White will
be at the formers office to attend to any
business requiring immediate attention.
farmers banded their forces together and
cut passageways through the heavy snow
drifts on some of the roads leading to
Mount Holly.
Considerable credit is due to the boys
who acted as aids at Mrs Charles E.
Travis table at the recent supper of the
Methodist Church. The boys did their
work very well.
r. A Wills, who represents the Provi-
dent Life and Trust Co., delivered a
check to Robert B. Engle, on Wednesday,
for So, $50, for an endowment policy which
expired recently.
Zediah Taylor died at Bristol, on Thurs
day At one time Mr.. Taylor lived on the
road from Mount Holly to Burlington,
conducting the blacksmith shop at Dea-
cons station for many years.
Joseph Sherman, who lives on Pine
street, while cutting ice at Durand's pond
on Wednesday, got his foot jammed be-
tween some cakes of ice and sustained a
fracture of bone in his ankle.
A postal card received from Mrs. Rachel
Sailer on Thursday, which was sent from
Mexico on the 9th inst, reports the party
of Burlington county excursionists to
California all well and having a good
time.
During the recent fire at Pemberton
the Mount Holly fire department was ap-
pealed to for assistance, but the call was
countermanded before being placed in the
hands of Chief Engineer Harry Haw-
kins, Sr.
During the severe blizzard weather of
last Monday, Thomas R. Finley and a
companion walked from Smithville to
Mount Holly. The distance is two miles,
and it took them two hours to accomplish
their dangerous task.
Jim Post and Jim Griffin, of Burling-
ton, stepped from the path of rectitude
on St. Valentines day, and upon invita-
ton of Justice Smith, the men will re-
main as guests of Sheriff Fleetwood for
the balance of the winter.
William Wright, of Union street, has
added another valuable piece to his rare
collection of Indian relics. 1t is a per
feet cup with handle and is made of soap
stone. Those in position to judge, say
it is one of the finest specimens ever seen.
The fire hydrants about town should
have been cleared of snow on Tuesday.
If the services of the fire department
had been required on that day, it certainly
would have been impossible to make con
nections with any plug on account of the
snow banks.
Extremes in the Empire of the Gar
is the subject of lecture to be given at
the Methodist Church on Friday evening
next at o'clock, by Prof. o. G. ].
Schadt, of the Peoples College, Phil
adelphia All are invited. Silver offer
ing at the door.
On account of the inability of repre-
sentative Edward S. Troth to be present,
George J. Robertson, the alternate, rep
resented New Jersey Lodge, No. 1, K. Of
p, of Mount Holly at meeting of the
Grand Lodge, held at Trenton on Wed
nesday and Thursday.
Papers come yeti" This question il
still ringing in the ears of the Assay Bros
for it was asked them over Thousand
times in two days last week. Edwin Gage
the clerk, lost his voice in giving negative
replies, so he stood at the front door anC
shook his head to all who approached thu
store.
The advertisement of E. Holeman
Son, clothiers and gents furnishers, like
many other good things, was interferet
with by the blizzard and did not appear
in this paper, but the storm somewha
prevented people from accepting theil
weekly bargains. 1t appears elsewhere
to-day.
Henry Colby, with his snow pillow ant
six horses, did some very good work abou
town on Tuesday, and if they had no
been out some of the roads would hav
been impossible. Several of our citizen
who have sent out their own men witt
small plows to clear a passage on the sid
walks, are deserving of much praise TO
their liberality.
The telephone wire running to the rail
road station was kept pretty hot last week
and it required person constantly at tn
phone who was compelled to act as
bureau of information" in answer to tn
fmany calls that were received, as so man
people were anxious about the arrival an
departure of trains.
Try George W. Durand if you wan
strictly pure groceries and provisions q
the lowest cash prices. He has larg
stock at his store, corner of Water an
King streets, Mount Holly. Orders calle