The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-07-03

enough orders for poles from Attention.
and Reading. Pa, to keep him busy fl
six months.
The Board of Freeholders will meet O
Wednesday of next week. An addition
al appropriation of $40, 900 will be aske
for the asylum fund
Mr.. and Mrs. Thaddeus T. Woolstor
parents of Mrs. Charles Harker, will cel
citrate the fiftieth anniversary of thei
marriage this evening.
Mount Holly Lodge, No. SO, l. o. o. F
elected the following officers on Monda,
evening: n G., s. Earl Assay; V. G.
Howard Pew; R. s., Joseph W. Colkitt.
Aside from any village ordinance, ever.
property holder ought to haYe sufficien
pride, as well as regard for the welfare o
his neighbor, to make his sidewalk passa
BILE.
Isaac Brown, of Bridgeboro, was strucl
on the head Tuesday with a bale of hay
The accident happened by the breaking o
rope while the hay was being placed il
loft.
A misprint in a Philadelphia paper las
week led some persons to believe tina
Prof C. COLON Cook had given up hi
position as principal of the Mount Holly
High School.
The choral society of the Broad Stree
Methodist Church, of Burlington, will b
entertained at the residence of Miss Mary
Cramer, on Clifton avenue, Mount Holly
on Tuesday evening next.
On Tuesday Charles B. Horror picked
large ripe tomato, which is perhaps thu
first of the season. 1t is a new variety
and was raised on patch which received
but little attention. Mr.. Horror kept the
tomato for seed
Mass and sermon in Sacred Heart
Church on Fourth of July at 8 A. M
Sunday services during summer months
will be as follows: First mass at 8. second
mass at 10 A. M. Rosary and office by
Sodality at P. M.
In Harper's Weekly last week appeared
picture of the delegates to the Republi-
can National Convention. The Jersey
delegation being directly in front, showed
up to good advantage, and the faces OF
some, of the representatives can be easily
recognized.
When it comes to electing President
next fall voters in this vicinity will not
forget that four years ago all the sidings
in this vicinity were filled with empty
freight cars. When McKinley's admins
tration got down to business, the railroad
company soon found that it had no use
for the sidings.
Edward B. Rogers, who has been clerk
ing for Elmer D. Prickitt. will leave the
store on Saturday to take position at the
Medico Chirurgical College in Philadel-
phia, where he will be employed as a
pharmacist. In the fall Mr.. Rogers will
study medicine at the college. John Bay
les will clerk at Prickitt's.
At Hartford, Conn, last week, Joseph
A. Madden, well known young man OF
Mount Holly, was married to Miss Kath-
arine Lee Danahy. The ceremony was
performed in st. Joseph's Cathedral by
Rev. c. T. Mccain. After wedding
breakfast the couple left on tour The
presents were numerous and handsome.
Leading members of the Jr. o. U. A..
M. in North Jersey are formulating a
plan for an independent organization con-
sisting of those councils suspended from
the order by the National Council at Phil
adelphia few days since. The councils
may unite with the suspended councils in
Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District
of Columbia
Miss Leila M. Slater, the telegraph ope-
rator at Palmyra, was stopped by an un-
known man while riding her wheel to-
ward Parry, Sunday, and ordered to dis
mount. She obeyed his command, and
when requested to hand over her pocket
book she refused, and quietly informed
the highwayman that man on wheel
would reach the spot in few moments.
The fellow fed on hearing this announce
ment and escaped.
John R. Robinson, of Bordentown, who
was committed to Jail on Thursday fol
being drunk and disorderly, created
scene on the trolley Car which gave the
passengers quite scare. The man be-
came boisterous, and in his rawlings he
broke window and tried to bite Marshal
Jobes, who had him In charge Finally
he was overpowered and bound with
ropes, and in this condition he was re-
ceived by Sheriff Fenton.
On Tuesday evening, the following OF
ficers were elected by Washington Council
No. s, Jr. O. U. A. M: Councillor, Edwin
R. Semple; Vice Councillor, Charles M
Wright; Recording Secretary, ]. Frank
Scattergood, Asst Recording Secretary,
Harold B. Allen; Financial Secretary
Harry Hawkins, Jr.; Treasurer, Christian
j. Krayer; Conductor, William G. Massey
Warden George B. Hates; Inside Sentinel
Albertus A. Stidfole; Outside Sentinel,
Lawrence A. Hughes; Trustee, Charles G
Cowperthwait.
At Riverton, on Thursday, DR.. Francs
Sumner Janney, of Cinnaminson, wa
married to Gideon Stoddart, of Rydal
Pa, at the home of the bride, Rev. r
Bowden Shepherd, of Christ Church, Riv
erton, officiating. After luncheon Mr.
and Mrs. Stoddart started on an extended
trip through the north and west. DR.
Janney began the practice of medicine il
this vicinity eight years ago, and soon &C
ouired a large practice among the bes
families in Riverton. The bride is
daughter of DIR. Joshua D. Janney. Mr.
Stoddart is prominent in social circles il
Rydal.
For many years the H. B. Smith Ma
chine Company, of Smithville, have beef
irving in vain to get the Pennsylvani
Railroad Company to run siding to thei
works. AS nothing can be accomplishe'
in the matter, Capt. Elton A. Smith ma
soon adopt a new method of shippin
freight from that place. He has give
orders to Mr. Hall, his representative a
the Paris Exposition, to inquire into tn
cost of manufacturing large automobii
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