The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-11

ence to return Rev. Marshall Owens fol
another year.
Conductor Joshua Matlack has recover
ed from his protracted illness, and has
again assumed his duties on the railroad.
Mrs. Hannah Crouch, who is boarding
with Mrs R. H. Howard, on Mill street,
is recovering from her recent severe i'll
ness.
William Powell, of Mount Holly, was
taken to the County House, on Sunday
by John Throckmorton, Oyerseer of the
Poor
Eckard P. Budd was on Saturday elect
ed director of the Camden and Bur-
lington County Railroad Company, vice
Daniel Suffer. deceased.
Edward B. Gaskill, the Mill street har-
ness dealer sold several horse blankets the
past week. The cold snap of Sunday
caught several owners of fine horses wish
ing they had purchased. Do it now.
Dr. Richard Il. Parsons represented the
Mount Holly Board of Health at the meet
ing of the State Sanitary Association held
in Lakewood on Friday and Saturday
DR. Parsons was made a member of the
executive council.
Caroline Barlow, a well known teacher
in the Farnum Preparatory school at Bev-
erly, died on Sunday at an institution of
the Christian Scientists in Philadelphia.
Miss Barlow was strong Deliver in Chris
tian Science, and was removed to the in
stitution at her own request.
The artesian well being driven by the
Mount Holly Water Company, has reached
the depth of 562 feet and the prospect for
good water is excellent. The foreman says
the bed of gravel which has been struck is
as fine as any he has ever seen. The test
pipes were sunk yesterday afternoon and
test will be made some time to-day.
A Philadelphia paper last week con-
tanned an account of the alleged crooked
conduct of the Rev. Harry Tesnow, while
the latter was pastor of church in
Denver. Colorado. Mr.. Tesnow is a resi-
dent of Delanco and has gone to
Denver to meet the charges. He says they
were made by man who was prompted
by spite.
Miss Minnie Lester, former Mount
Holly favorite, will be seen as Roxy, the
Tom Boy" with the ''Down On the Farm"
Company which appears at the Opera
House ON Thursday evening. Charles
Marley, one of the best portrayers of
Yankee character, is the star of the COM
pany, and is ably supported by large
coterie of singers and dancers.
Frank Brannan, aged SO years, was
found dead on Friday morning in an alley
in the rear of Union street. He had evil
IDENTIFY been there nearly all night as he
was seen the evening before at nine
o'clock Death resulted from Bright's
disease. Brannan was probably taken
with convulsion and became bewildered, |
falling where he was found.
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, 80
Church street
The will of the late Samuel K. Wilson, |
of Trenton, was probated last week. The
estate is estimated to be worth about a
million and half of dollars. Five be-
quests of S., 900 are made to religious cor
porations. Samuel K Robbins, nephew,
receives $4,000, and Sarah Slack and
Mary Stratton each $500. The residue
goes to the wife and daughter. The
executors are the widow, Isabelle G. Will
son, Samuel K. Robbins and Barclay L.
Stokes.
Judge Nixon attended court yesterday
and heard the case of Joseph Wharton VS..
Andrew J. Rider. The complainant
claims that he was damaged to the sum of
$500 by having some cranberry bog de-
stroyed. Riders men were clearing
some underbrush and the fire they started
got over to Wharton's bog, burning 1t
The defendants said they had fired their
own bog. Between it and that of Whar-
ton there was a stream. This the defend
ants expected would keep the flames from
adjoining property, but there were some
tufts of grass above the water to which
the flames caught and rapidly jumped over
the stream Prompt measures were taken
to extinguish the flames, and they were
finally conquered. The amount claimed
is said to be far in excess of the damage
sustained. jerome B. Grigg appeared for
the plaintiff; Judges Hendrickson and
tanning for the defendant.