The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-12

lerly
i Pensions resulting from the SPANS
war are now being granted by the govern
ment
A Mount Holly printer caught SO sur
fish at the mill dam on Wednesday after
noon.
The employees of the Weaver Manufac
turing Company have organized bas
ball club.
| Rev. G. Fl. Pendleton, of Mount Holly
conducted the services in the Masoni
Home on Sunday
The commencement exercises of tn
Moorestown public school will be held OF
Thursday evening.
Before buying a bicycle for 1900, cal
and inspect the Rambler, at Storey q
Sons. Paxson street.
The Brainard school commencement ex
ercises will be held in the Opera House
Thursday evening, June 21st
The merchants of Burlington ought t.
get together and revive their annual pic
mic In the Silver Lake woods.
Prof. ]. F. D. Heineken, of Newark
has made application for the principal
ship of the school at Riverside.
James Deacon has removed the fence
In front of his residence ON Garden street
and is making Improvements to his lawn.
William w. Worrell, the newly appointed
Auditor to succeed Joseph S. Gibson, de.
ceased, took the oath of office yesterday.
Some of the farmers wives throughout
the county are making quite little pin
money by selling pie and milk to cyclers
Aaron E. Burr, of Moorestown, is en-.
PERTAINING his brother, William Burr, OF
California, who has not been east since
1854.
Real estate agents are getting some of
their houses in good order, hoping they
will be in demand when the Risdon
works start up again.
Five suits on contract and two landlord
and tenant cases will engage Justice Clev-
enger's court on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week
Herbert Randall left for Beach Haven
on Friday afternoon, where he will re-
main during the summer as an employee
at the Engleside Hotel.
Worrell 6 Harris have refused an offer
of $500 for their trotting horse Swago
This animal made a mile on the fair
grounds on Thursday in 2.25
If you want plants go to Owen Brothers.
Late tomatoes, Paragon or Stone; cabbage,
matchless Flat Dutch, 81 per 1000 Mar
wins, Savoy and Red Hard Rock.
Many persons find pleasure in spending
their evenings on the upper creek. Ed
ward Hacks fleet of boats is being kept
quite busy by lovers of this sport.
Harold Austin is acting as messenger in
the Western Union Office during the alb
sence of Carl Claypoole, who will be en-
gagged at the seashore during the summer.
There are many trees about town that
should be trimmed, as the limbs hang so
low that it is quite difficult for a pedestrian
with raised umbrella to pass under them.
June 20 will be the annual meeting day
of the New Jersey Training School for
Feeble Minded Children at Vineland.
Trains will leave Camden at sos and 8. 08
A. M.
General regret was expressed last week
when it was rumored that Mount Holly
lady with very active zeal for doing
good in various directions was losing her
mind.
Clement R. Lippincott, of Maple Shade,
and Miss Ada M. Lippincott, living near
Hartford, were married Wednesday af-
ternoon at the brides home by Friends
brick addition to the rear of his residence
on High street. 1t is eighteen feet long,
and when completed will be quite useful
to his premises
John P. Foley. the well known news
dealer who for number of years had
stand at the foot of Market street, Phil
adelphia, died at his home in Camden on
Tuesday night.
The horse at the fair grounds on Memo
rial day which reared and fell backwards,
is not the animal owned by William w.
Worrell. 1t belongs to a gentleman liv-
ing at Bristol, Pa.
In momentary spasm. of excitement
on Thursday evening, Walter T. Stewart,
who ranks with the best players in town,
while in Kelloggs parlors, picked a pool
ball off the table to chalk his cue with.
Miss NJ A. Frazier, a talented elocu-
ZIONIST, gave some very pleasing recita-
lions in st. Pauls M. E. Church on
Thursday evening. Instrumental music
was furnished by ]. Frank Anderson, of
Chester, Pa.
Arrangements are already being made
by the officers of the Mount Holly Fair
Association for the first annual fair under
the new management to be held in Octo-
Der. A schedule is being compiled and
will be issued in few weeks.
The privilege of boys bathing at the
mill dam should be stopped unless they
exercise more care in combining themselves
to safe quarters while nude, instead of
parading all about the neighborhood in
full sight of those, who desire to pass up
The creek.
A petition was circulated in Mount Hol-
ly last week asking for contributions to
assist Mrs. Chambers, of Buddtown, who
lost all her possessions by the recent burn
ing of her home. The effort put forth in
The lady's behalf was attended with con-
success.
A stray English water spaniel dog, said
TO have been mad, and which bit a num-
Der of dogs at Crosswicks and of neigh
boring farmers, was killed at Crosswicks,
On Friday, after considerable trouble.
Some of the dogs bitten have been killed.
their owners not being willing to run any
risk of hydrophobia.
The following is the latest report of the
condition of crops in this vicinity: wheat
and rye very fine; few fields of grass
good, but majority thin and short; Keiffer
pears and peaches good set, but apples
have fallen badly-trees are affected by
rust which destroys their vitality; pota-
Toes not promising; corn short, owing to
cool weather.
Congressman Gardner has been present
ed with petition for the establishment of
free rural mail delivery over proposed
route, extending over the Burlington road
to Deacon's station, the Oxmead road, the
Smithville road to Jacksonville and thence
to Burlington, where it is pro-
posed to establish central Office. Almost
every farmer along the above route has
signed the petition.
Try George W. Durand if you want
strictly pure groceries and provisions at
stock at his store, corner of Water and
King streets, Mount Holly. Orders called
for and delivered Prompt attention given
to all customers, and satisfaction guaran-
teed. Also fresh and salt meats can be
obtained at lowest market prices.
Coroner Wells was called on Thursday
to view the remains of an unknown man
who was burned to death on Wallace Lip
pincott's place on the banks of the Ran
cocas creek, near Bridgeboro. The man
was farm laborer and slept beside a fire.
During the night he was attacked with
epileptic fits and tossed himself into the
fire and met horrible death.
If there are no prospects of High street
ouar hai N o. i'm prOvad with a naxU road bod