The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-20
LOCAL NEWS.


There is some talk of building an ice
plant at Columbus.
The season for catching pike and black
bass will close with the end of the pres
ent month.
o. b. Moore, of Red Lion, was trans
acting business at the county seat on
Wednesday.
Steam trains were substituted for trolley
cars on Tuesday, because of break down
at the power house.
There is talk of getting up county or
ganization to attend the Mckinley inau-
guration next March.
The public school at Moorestown has
been closed, in order to prevent possible
epidemic of diphtheria.
Capt Martin L. Haines has been engag-
ed during the past week making large
shipments of cranberries.
Miss Lizzie Cranmer, living near Point
vile. has accepted a position with Saltz-
man & Kline, on Mill street.
Revival services are being held in the
Methodist Church at Imlaystown, and
good results are attending the work.
The brick pavem ent in front of the resi-
dence of John D. job nson, on High street,
is being relaid and made much wider.
Harry Harker, who recently removed
from Mount Holly to Merchantville, has
taken up his residence again in this town.
Il sale of household goods will take
place on Thursday at the residence OF
Mrs. W. L. Butterworth, on Garden street.
Letters of administration on the estate
of Kate O'Brien, deceased, of Mount
Holly, have been issued to Samuel W..
Shinn.
Patrick Rowe, well known resident of
Chatsworth, who was recently removed
to the asylum at Trenton, has become to-
tally blind.
A number of foot ball players from
Mount Holly went to Princeton, on Sat
urday, to witness the game between that
team and Yale
Three well known Beverly boys, Messrs.
Bird, Champion and Cain, who enlisted
in the United States army, left for the
Philippine Islands last week.
Several enterprising men are agitating
the project of starting a match factory in
the brick building on Water street, for
merly used as shoe factory.
Policeman Collins arrested tramp on
Wednesday at midnight, who was going
from door to door waking the occupants
and asking for nights lodging.
Several members of the local w. G. T..
u, of Columbus, contemplate attending
the national convention to be held in
Washington, d. c., next month.
Frank Garbarino has in his possession a
set of admission tickets that were sold at
the Worlds fair. They were selected
from the tickets that were not disposed of.
Rev. A. L. Iszard, pastor of the Metho-
dist Church at Vincentown, has com
menced series of meetings in the church
at Buddtown, which is under his charge.
A telegram that was sent by Dan Rice,
Jr., from Indian Mills on Sunday the
18th inst, to E. R. Smith, of Mount Hol-
ly, reached here the following Wednes-
day.
Detective Ellis Fl. Parker and Chief OF
Police Thomas B. Denness are now occu-
plying as their private headquarters the
front room of W. Frank Deans photo
graph gallery.
1t became necessary to kill played out
horse near Hainesport on Tuesday. The
animal was being driven from Writings
to Philadelphia It fell from lameness
and exhaustion.
An entertainment will be given in thu
M. E. Church on Thursday evening next
consisting of dialogue, Rotations sing
ing ETC., and exercises by the little folks
Admission 20 and Is cents.
There was some surprise on Tuesda,
morning in the home of Mrs. H. D. Tor
RE, ST., of Delanco, when a member o
the family, on coming down stairs to pre-
pare breakfast, found small opossun
curled up on the sideboard.
Edward B. Jones, of Mount Holly, ha
been selected for president of the Nation
al Safe Deposit and Trust Company 0
Burlington Charles Broack, cashier o
the First National Bank, of Lakewood
will be the secretary and treasurer.
For gunners' supplies of all kinds. car
rage robes and horse blankets, washin
machines and glass wash boards, sho
findings, pocket and table cutlery, paints
oils, varnishes, glass, ETC., go to the hard
ware store of S. T. Engle, No. 80 Hig
street, Mount Holly.
Ezekias Esham and wife left On Monda
for Sea Side Park, where they will spen
the winter Mr.. Esham has secured th
contract to erect cottage for DR.. Charlie
Harker, at that place, and he will ais
build one for himself. Winfield s. Gal
also contemplates erecting cottage there
The post office department has unde
consideration plan whereby the name
the post office shall be printed on stamp
where sold. The idea is to provide mean
of Identification when stamps are stole
from a post office or to prevent the DO,
cotting in some of the smaller towns
the country.
There is movement on foot anon
South Jersey sportsmen to organize Il
the distribution of game birds througho'
the lower counties. The scarcity of qua
this year has started an agitation on IL
subject, with the hope of restoring Il
hunting grounds, and several well know
sportsmen have expressed willingne
to lend financial aid in reviving the spo
which is fast becoming extinct in son
sections.
The annual meeting of the Woman
Foreign Missionary Society of the Ire
ton District, was held Wednesday In Il
Methodist Church at Mount Holly. MI
George r. Whitaker presided The gree
ing was extended by Mrs. Henry ]. Bud
and the response by Mrs. G. 3. Kraft.
the evening session an address was mac
by Mrs H. E. Rasmussen, missional
from Africa The following officers we
chosen: President, Mrs. G.. r. Whittake
Mount Holly; recording secretary, MI