The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-25
Bows and Daen wanted. Good opportun

| ity for steady work. Weaver Manufact
uring Company
William B. Ogburn yesterday presented
the Burlington County Hospital with ~
pound turkey.
Stiles & Co., the eye specialists, will be
in Mount Holly on Wednesday, January
9, instead of the 10Th.
John NJ Collins, of Scranton, Pa, came
home on Saturday night to eat his Christ
mas turkey in Mount Holly.
Fred B. Jones, of Grand Rapids, Mich
igan, who is to marry Miss Helen Cross
OF Thursday, arrived home on Friday.
The post office employees and express
men have been overworked buring the past
few days handling Christmas presents.
The merchants of Mount Holly, after
this week, will close their stores on Tues
day and Thursday evenings at 8 o'clock.
Forepaugh 6 Hubin's Uncle Toms
Cabin Company will appear in the Mount
Holly Opera House on Christmas night.
The company comes well recommended.
The Board of Pardons has refused to
interfere with the sentence of John G.
Hippinstiel, of Delanco, and the default
ing tax collector will have to remain in
state prison until next March.
Daniel Shinn received many thanks
from the residents of Shreve, Hume and
south Pine streets for sending his horse
and scraper out on Saturday morning to
clear the snow from the sidewalks.
Pocketbooks and purses, white aprons
handkerchiefs, bureau scarfs, center
pieces, pictures, and a great many arti-
cles in china. All useful, pretty, and suit
able for Christmas gifts. s, s. Evan, %
High street.
Albert Evans, of Jobstown, who has
been in trouble more than once, is again
in the tolls. This time he impersonated a
police officer in Philadelphia and arrested
a young woman. He will probably suffer
severely for his latest escapade.
A large and first-class fresh stock of
groceries can be found at Durand's new
store on High street. Call and see the
goods and get prices. Then you will be
sure to buy. Also meats and provisions.
Orders called for and delivered to all parts
of the town.
Detective Ellis 81. Parker has received
from Superintendent Byrnes, of New York
city, a handsome book containing the
photographs of all the well known crimi-
nails of the country The book gives the
record of each person and will serve to
identify prisoners of that class.
Buy your Christmas skates and sleds at
Engle's hardware store, 80 High street.
He has a large stock of tool chests for
boys, toy carpet sweepers for the girls
pocket knives, scissors, express wagons
toy wagons, banks, toy clothes wringers,
tin horses and wagons, and many appro-
pirate articles for the holidays.
Joseph G. Bower has an exquisite line
of imported chocolates and assorted bon
bons for the holidays, which he is selling
at prices much below what the same goods
are bringing in Philadelphia. This is the
first time he has ever handled this class of
CONNECTIONS, which are meeting with
ready sale. Try them.
Postmaster Cowperthwait has received
official notification that free delivery will
go into effect in Mount Holly on the first
of April next. The postmaster has been
directed to make the necessary prepare
lions for the civil service examination
which must be taken by applicants for
positions as carrier There will be three
carriers and one substitute.
Banjamin Driscoll was tried and con
victed in the Ocean county court, on
Thursday, of robbing peddler, David
Abravowitz, at Tuckerton, of goods val
ued at $3.50 some time ago. Samuel Chat
ton was also indicted for assisting in the
crime, and he pleaded guilty Detective
Ellis Fl. Parker, who made the arrests,
was the principal witness against the Of
tenders.
A full line of up-to-date boots, shoes
and rubbers for ladies, misses, children,
men, boys and youths as cheap as the
cheapest. Stop in and examine for your
self. No trouble to show you if you buy
or not. The better the judge of shoes the
better like it. You will buy the faster.
Custom work and repairing. Leather and
shoe findings for sale. John Bill, 81
Church street.
Seth Thomas, of Camden, spent Sun
day in Mount Holly. For twenty years
Mr.. Thomas was the head man in the
store of Wanamaker s. Brown. He went
to Washington and measured Abraham
Lincoln for the suit of clothes which he
wore when inaugurated President OF the
United States. Mr.. Thomas also measur-
ed the Pennsylvania Railroad employees
for their blue uniforms.
The worst piece of sidewalk in Mount
Holly is that belonging to the Mount Holly
National Bank, on it's Brainard street
front. In rain storm the passerby is
compelled to edge to the curb or receive a
down-pour of water. In the winter the
pavement has about twenty five feet of
ice which is constantly fed by 9 stream
from the roof. All this is caused by mat
tention to the pipes leading from the roof.
On Saturday, while Charles Britton was
floating about town under the influence Of
holiday liquor, he became somewhat dis
orderly, and when asked by Policeman
Denness to keep better order, he remon-
strated by saying that the Lord knew all
about it. Britton then surprised the off
Ger by striking him singing blow on the
right ear. The old man was then taken
to Jail, where he developed insanity on
the subject of religion.
Early Saturday morning thieves visited
Beverly and forced an entrance into the
residences of Councilman Morris 81. R.
Levin and the Rev. Mr.. Sechrist, pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
the stores of William Worth, Howard
Luker, Russ Farmers Hotel and the
Warren street pharmacy. They broke
open cash registers and gathered what
iewelry they could find. No clue has
been discovered.
The prizes to the section bosses of the
Pennsylvania Railroad have been distrib-
uted and two Mount Holly men are again
l,oLu For tha hi os,est general average,