The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-27
LOCAL NEWS.

Holly and is living on Church street.
Officer John L. Severns will act as thu
day policeman for the next two weeks.
The Baptist congregation at flights
town has adopted the individual commun
ion cups.
A horse belonging to William Cow
perthwait, of Vincentown, died last Wed
nesday night.
Rev. Milton Relyea was in Mount Holly
on Tuesday, attending the funeral OF Mrs
Richard G. Shreve.
On Thanksgiving the post office will
close at 10 o'clock and remain closed fol
the balance of the day.
Daniel Lucas, employed at the Flor
ence Iron foundry, had his foot badly
mashed few days since.
The Weaver Manufacturing Company,
on Garden street, has put an acetylene
gas plant in their factory.
The Methodist ladies of Lumberton
gave an oyster supper on Saturday even
ing for the benefit of the carpet fund.
A beautiful meteor passed over Mount
Holly on Wednesday evening. 1t was
very large and faded away in the north
west
Most all the sand was blown off the
stone roads by the high wind on Wednes-
day, leaving them very bare in number
of places.
The third degree in the amplifed form
was conferred on one esquire by the K. of
P. on Friday night, and one candidate
was elected.
While Frank Durand was engaged un-
loading ice at the freight station, on Fri
day, large cake slipped, and striking
him on the head cut bad cash in his
forehead
DIR. Oscar L. Grumbrecht, who left
Mount Holly last spring and located in
Atlantic City, removed to Camden on
Thursday, where he will resume the prac-
tice of medicine.
Edgar Shreve came home from the
shore on Friday night, where he spent the
week cunning on the bay. He brought
up seven pairs of ducks and had more
game shipped by express.
District Deputy Harris, of Camden,
paid visit to Good Will Lodge. No IA,
A. o. U. W., last Tuesday night On
December A, Past Grand Master Work
man Vanzant will be present.
The members of Washington Council,
No. s. Jr O. u. A. NJ, attended the
Presbyterian Church in body on Sunday
evening, and listened to an interesting
sermon delivered by Rev. J. HI. Durham.
For gunners' supplies of all kinds. car
rage robes and horse blankets, washing
machines and glass wash boards, shoe
findings, pocket and table cutlery, paints,
oils, varnishes, glass, ETC., go to the hard
ware store of s. T. Engle No. 20 High
street, Mount Holly.
Old soldiers are warned to beware of a
swindler who is offering to sell book and
also certificate which he claims will
make it easy for their wives to get pen
sion after they are dead. He asks one
dollar down and two more on the delivery
of the book.
On Saturday morning while some chill
dren were burning brush in the yard OF
Frank Wright, on Union street, the fence
took fire. just as the blaze was starting
up quite lively it was discovered by fire
chief Harry Hawkins, who bounded over
the fence and extinguished the flames.
There will probably be an effort made
at the coming Legislature to enact sun
set law. It is argued that New jersey
now votes two hours after dark, and these
two hours are the longest and most dan
gerous of all the hours of election day
It is in the dark hours that fraud and cor
ruption seek their best opportunities.
While Joseph Thompson, residing near
Vincentown, was cunning near Red Lion
on Saturday, he lost his pocketbook, but
did not discover his loss until the next
day. Thinking he might have dropped it
along pond where he had been lying in
wait for ducks he went to the spot and
found the missing purse. 1t contained
$73.
Some people unconsciously use slang
phrase without intending TO do so. This
was the case on Friday with lady who
entered Mount Holly bank. After max
ing deposit she stood for second and
looking at the clerk caused smile to pass
around by exclaiming Rubber and then
an elastic band that had been forgotten
was hastily placed around her account
book.
M. Jenkins Douglass, a well known res
ident of Beverly, where for over forty
years he was ticket agent at the railroad
station, while on a recent visit to Tren-
ton, discovered that he has been paying
interest on $500 mortgage on his house
that was settled for twenty five years age
by his father, who died quite wealthy,
but whose estate has been in litigation fol
years.
During the past week George W. Du-
rand has received many compliments on
the fine appearance of his new grocery
store, which is one of the best to be found
in the county. His advertisement in an
other column gives the details of his
stock. Such a store should be supported
in Mount Holly. and if Mr.. Durand real
ICES his expectations, he has other innova'
lions in store for the people in this Sec
ton.
Josephus Sooy, of Buddtown, while GU
driving on Tuesday, stopped along thu
road to pay bill He thought he hat
replaced the wallet in his pocket, but at
ter he had gone about two miles furthe
he discovered that it was missing. He a
once drove back to the spot where he hat
taken out the money, and found maj
had just picked up his pocketbook. ID
called the man back and secured the wal
let, which contained about $50.
Under the new schedule of the Penn
sylyania Railroad, which went into effec
on Sunday, three additional express train
will be established between Philadelphi
and New York, via Camden, on weekdays
as follows: Leave Philadelphia $50 a. m
Arrive New York, Desbrosses and Cort
landt streets, 1928 p. m. Leave Ne'
York. Desbrosses and Courtlandt streets
1000 a. m. Arrive Philadelphia 1890
Taova Naxu Work Deshrosses an