The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-01-31

| Daniel Evan, of Smithville, is film
his ice house with four inch ice.
) The heavy wind of last week did som
damage to Fred Schrayshuen's new ic
, house.
Mrs Kellock will probably succeed
Frank A. Hubs as postmaster at Bridge
boro
An American flag belonging to the pub
lie school near the Florence station, wa!
stolen last week.
Lewis Pool, of Manchester, and Miss
Eva Wright, of Indian Mills, were mar
ried on the 18th inst.
A boy, aged II years, of Hainesport
who died of scarlet fever on Wednesday
morning, was buried in the afternoon.
William Mitchell, of Bridgeboro, is suf-
fering from injuries which he received by
being run over with horse and wagon.
The services conducted in the Presby-
terrain Church on Sunday evening by the
Christian Endeavor Society were of an
interesting character.
The first night of the early closing move
ment among our merchants goes into effect
on Thursday, on which occasion you may
look for wet weather.
The mercury in the thermometer at DR..
Flynn's drug store, on Friday afternoon,
held its own at 81 degrees, with the sun
shining brightly upon it.
The remains of Benjamin H Thorn,
aged 81 years. of Hainesport, were inter
red in the Friends burying ground in
Mount Holly on Sunday.
Elwood P. Rodman, postmaster at Bev-
erly, has posted notices offering 5000 re-
ward for the arrest of the thieves who
burglarized the office on January s.
The First Baptist Church, at Scranton,
Pa, that was totally destroyed by fire on
Saturday afternoon, is not the church of
which Rev. R. F. Y. Pierce is pastor
The Home Manufacturing Company has
increased its capital stock $500, making
the same $50, 900, being the full amount
authorized by its certificate of incorpora
| ton.
At the residence of Howard W. Parker,
at Columbus, tomorrow, will be sold a
lot of miscellaneous articles and house
hold goods to satisfy judgment held by
Frank Rigg.
The Burlington County Children's
Home received many liberal donations in
cash, provisions, clothing, etc., on Thurs
day, for which the managers extend their
sincere thanks
Corsets. Good corsets, cheap, only %
cents. About $50 of them, odd lots. Some
were roc up to $3.50 Take your choice
at 25c. while they last. ]. Howard Shinn,
40 Main street.
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector
John s. Spencer has been looking up a
number of dealers in oleomargarine in
Burlington county who are said to be
evading the government tax.
A musical entertainment was given on
Saturday evening at the residence of Jesse
Woodruff, on Washington street Some
very fine music was rendered and the
guests were served with refreshments
G. B. Parsons has some extra fine home
dressed beef, veal, lamb and mutton this
week. Don't forget the butcher shops
and stores will all be closed hereafter on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings at six
o'clock.
The Burlington Field and Gun Club
has filed articles of incorporation in the
County Clerks office. The incorporators
are Charles Hedler, William Thompson,
George Mccormick, Joseph Nixon, Ed
win Hoover and Samuel Minnick, Jr
An alarm of fire doesn't do thing to
the people in the telephone exchange but
keep them busy. Everybody wants to
talk at once, and the impotence of some
really makes them believe that the ex-
change attendants are slow, but this is
not the case.
One of Samuel D. Sleeper's horses be-
came frightened yesterday afternoon,
while unloading oysters at his residence,
and ran away. The animal started toward
Mill street and in turning the corner the
wagon was upset and several bushels of
oysters were scattered along the street
The Mount Holly Banjo, Mandolin and
Guitar Club will appear in the opera
house on Tuesday evening, February IA.
The refined parlor MINISTRIES, also local
organization, will close the entertainment
with an interesting programme. Sale of
seats at Jamison's will open on Friday.
Captain Vansciver, of the Philadelphia,
Rancocas and Mount Holly Transporta-
ton Company, announces that its boats
will commence the season on Monday,
February 6. If business will warrant it
he will in all probability put an electrical
storage battery transfer team in service
between Mount Holly and Centreton.
The differences between Captain Walter
A. Barrows, of Mount Holly, and Attor-
ney Mayne, representing the Bechtold heirs
at Riverside, has been amicably settled in
the Court of Chancery, and persons de-
string to purchase real estate there held
by Mr.. Barrows, can now do so without
the possibility of a protest from Mr..
Mayne.
Try George W. Durand if you want
strictly pure groceries and provisions al
the lowest cash prices. He has a large
stock at his store, corner of Water and
King streets, Mount Holly. Orders called
for and delivered. Prompt attention giver
to all customers, and satisfaction guaran-
teed Also fresh and salt meats can bt
obtained at lowestmarket prices.
Thursday will be ground hog day, and
according to popular tradition this is the
period when the ground hog prognosti
Gates the weather for the next six weeks
If the sun shines and he sees his shadow
he returns to his lair and remains for si1
weeks, for he knows then that winter
weather will still prevail. If cloudy, h
cannot see his shadow and remains out
for that is his signal that balmy weathe
is at hand.
The report of policy claims paid in De
cember by the Mutual Benefit Life Insur
ance Company of Newark N. j., show
three payments in Col. Sloan's district
J one an endowment to Charles M. Willitts
of Smithville, of $1,000. Theodore Au
mack, prominent citizen of Freehold
and Monmouth county official, was in