The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-05-22
LOCAL NEWS.

June 10 will be Odd Fellows Memoria
day.
The Board of Health, of Bridgeboro'
have adopted measures to prevent spread
of scarlet fever.
Before buying bicycle for 1900, cal
and inspect the Rambler" at Storey &
Sons, Paxson street.
William II. Earring will be placed on
trial on Friday for the killing of James
Mullen at Rancocas.
In the Methodist Church at Lumberton,
next Sunday evening, there will be a
special service for soldiers.
The Epworth League, of Lumberton,
= will give light tea and lawn festival on
Saturday evening, June 2.
On Thursday new planking was placed
over portion of the culvert at the corner
of High and Water streets.
New Jersey Lodge, No. 1, Knights of
Pythias, has decided to purchase new
uniforms for its degree team
Commencing last Wednesday and contin-
uing until the end of term, there will be
but one session daily in the public schools.
The funeral of Mrs. James FL. Birch, of
Burlington, took place on Saturday. The
remains were inferred in the Mount Holly
cemetery.
Miss May Robbins, of Jacksonville, is
a patient in the German Hospital, where
she went to be operated upon for appen-
dicitis.
T. Harry Bowker disposed of three
horses during the past week. One of
them, fine animal, was secured by Thos.
W. Hume.
Phillips band and orchestra, of Burling-
ton, has been engaged by the G. A. r. to
furnish music for their celebration on
Fourth of July.
Bedding plants, vase plants, basket
plants, cut flowers and floral designs; also
vegetable plants in variety at Rosbach's,
Pemberton, N. ].
Phi Goldbladt who has been conduct
ing and 9 cent store on High street,
closed his establishment last week and re-
moved to new fields.
All the property of the Knickerbocker
Ice Company at Kinkora has been trans
tered to the American Ice Company,
which represents the ice trust.
The Franklin Fire Company, of Col
nool:1oJ Gao f,o,,, SIC roooyf oy,tor
tainment. There will be an election of
fire commissioners on the 26th inst.
Edward Schwabenland, of Riverside,
has announced his candidacy as a delegate
to the Democratic National Convention,
to be held at Kansas City, on July 4.
James II. Wilson, of Hainesport, and
Miss Josephine D. Wells of Burlington,
were married on Thursday afternoon in
the Baptist Church by Rev. T. M East
wood
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Metho
dist Church, at Jacobstown, will hold
their annual lawn festival on Memorial
day, and the usual pleasant time is antici-
pated.
The statement published in THE News
two weeks ago concerning the proposed
free mail delivery for Mount Holly, was
printed with the knowledge and consent
of the postmaster.
The person suspected of setting fire to
the barn of Elmer Tallman, at Columbus,
was young taken girl, Phoebe Gleason,
who has been returned to the House of
Refuge in Philadelphia
Geraniums, 60 and rs cents per dozen;
heliotrope, ageratum and monkey plants,
so cents per dozen; coleus, 80 cents per
dozen. Other plants proportionately low.
Lewis F. Smith, Lumberton.
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the Mount Holly post office: Mrs. John
Billey, Miss Uytendale Grey Samuel
Hutchinson, Mrs. Ella Mitchell, Mrs
Sallie Stiles, Thomas Johnson.
The committee appointed by the Board
of FreehoIders to view the Pearl street
bridge and determine whether the trolley
should be permitted to cross it, met on
Tuesday, but did not reach any definite
conclusion.
There is a fair prospect that High
street, in Burlington, will be macadamiz
ed from curb to curb. The county will
build sixteen feet, and the rest of the ex-
pense will be borne by the city, the troll
ley company and the property owners.
To-day has been set for the date
of meeting of the mayors and county
and city school superintendent of the State
for the purpose of making arrangements
to purchase silver service for the battle
ship New Jersey, now being constructed.
Washington Council, No. 5, Jr o. U.
A. NJ, has received a dispensation from
the state council, permitting it to open its
charter for six months beginning June 1.
The initiation fee will be $500, between
the ages of Is and rs years. Members
will be reinstated for $780,
On Tuesday afternoon as Hiram FL.
Earnest was driving on Washington
street with his family, the carriage sud
. denly went to the ground when opposite
Bispham street, by reason of the spokes
falling out of rear wheel. The horse
stopped at the first command, and no one
was hurt.
Theodore Phillips, of Water street, was
arrested on Tuesday, on capias, at the
suit of Miss Anna s. Bullock, of Atlantic
City, whol claims that Phillips several
years ago promised to marry her, but
instead of doing SO married another
woman. The case was supposed to have
been settled long ago and his re-arrest
on the same charge was not looked for.
He was released on bail.
Jacob Hotchkiss, we'll known bucks
ter who resides at Palmyra, was struck by
a train on Tuesday evening, while driving
across the tracks of the Pennsylvania
railroad, at West Palmyra. The horse
was cut loose from the wagon and Hotch-
kiss thrown out with such force as to rem
der him insensible The train was stopped
and the injured man was put aboard and
taken to the Cooper Hospital, in Camden.
At a recent meeting of the Board OF
Directors of the Monmouth County