The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-27

f The fair grounds have been sold to
syndicate of horscmen for &, 200.
Matthias B. Friant, of Rancocas, has
been granted pension of So per month
II Oyer fifty dollars in revenue stamps
were used in the county clerks office yes
, terday.
The Wright brothers have not sold their
, building on Main street. now occupied by
Worrell 6 Harris.
Rev. DR.. Crowell, of Philadelphia, oc-
cupied the pulpit in the Presbyterian
Church, on Sunday.
Before buying bicycle for 1900, call
and inspect the Rambler" at Storey q
Sons, Paxson street.
The township committee of Evesham
has appointed Bowman s. Lippincott to
be freebooter from that township.
Sarah Il. Shinn, the 2-year-old daugh-
ter of John w. Shinn. of Buttonwood
street. died of pneumonia on Sunday.
| Parties in Southampton. Pa, are nego-
tiating for lease of the pickle factory on
Water street, owned by William B. Wills.
Luke Brown, colored, of Riverton, was
committed to jail on Saturday, on charge
of bastardy, preferred by Lucinda Robert
son.
i Some little folks gave an entertainment
on Saturday at the home of J. B. Grigg.
They realized SO which was presented to
the Children's Home.
AS all the beds in the hospital are filed
with patients, there win be no religious
lservices there next Sunday. William
Wick, OF Riverside, was operated upon
on Saturday for appendicitis.
The Burlington County Christian En-
deavor Union will hold meeting in the
Presbyterian church, Burlington, on
Thursday evening. The societies Of the
county will be well represented.
On Monday night the Red Men confer
red two degrees on two candidates and re-
ceived two propositions. On Wednesday
evening the Brotherhood of the Union re-
ceived two propositions and elected three
members.
| On Saturday Sheriff Fenton sold the
property of George W. Archer in New
Hanover township to Caleb Hopkins, for
$3.50; also the property of Mary Elizabeth
Leconey, in Moorestown, to Mary B. Lip
pincott, for $3.50.
While walking up stairs last evening
shortly after seven O'Clock, Charles B.
Vanzant, Sr., fell backwards, having re-
ceived stroke of apoplexy, which caused
death before midnight The remains will
be inferred at Medford on Thursday.
John E. Elberson, on Mill street, facing
Mount Holly avenue, is building green
house and when completed will have to
offer full stock of bedding, basket and
house plants from Rosbach's. Orders left
with him at any time will receive prompt
attention. *2t
The funeral of Mrs John L. Severns,
of Mount Holly, which took place in Cam
den on Saturday, was very largely attend
ed. The police force here, of which Mr..
Severns is member, contributed hand
some floral emblem, of which there were
seven in all.
The Very Rev Dean Mulligan, rector
of the Immaculate Conception Church,
Camden, preached an impressive and elo-
uuent sermon at the Sacred Heart Church,
Mount Holly, on Thursday evening. Rev.
John A. Graham, of Freehold, will preach
the Lenten sermon on Thursday evening
of this week.
During the progress of the fire at Bur
lington on Friday, two colored boys,
Harvey Peterson and George Stewart,
were caught in the act of plundering the
premises. They had gathered up quite
quantity of money, cigars and cigarettes
when they were apprehended. They
were given hearing before Squire Smith,
who sent them to jail.
In last weeks Judge there was picture
of Rip Van Wrinkle awakening from his
twenty years sleep, and saying there's
letter my wife gave me to mail 20 years
ago." That is joke. Over in Medford
there is man who, in looking over some
papers, found postal card he was given
to mail II years ago. That is no joke
The Riverton Country Club has filed
articles of incorporation in the county
clerks office The authorized capital is
s12, 500, and the object is to purchase and
improve lands, and to manufacture and
purchase sporting goods. The incorpora-
tors are Edward Fl. Ogden, John G. s.
Davis, Frederick s. Groves, Ezra Lippin-
colt, j. Lawrence Lippincott and Samuel
| S. Coale.
The New Jersey milk shippers have de-
cided to take some steps towards securing
better prices. There will be meeting at
the West Jersey hotel, in Camden, on
Saturday, at 10 o'clock, A. M, to perfect
an organization, the object of which shall
be to work in unison, if possible, with the
CITY dealers and secure mutual protection
and living profit. The committee in
charge extends cordial invitation to
everybody especially milk dealers, to be
present at this meeting
Walter Fixary, a lad of nineteen, was
badly injured at the county bridge, be-
tween Delanco and Riverside, on Wednes-
day, having both of his feet crushed. The
bow was one of the assistants on big
furniture van, which was on its way to
Florence The wagon was stopped on the
bridge to adjust some of the harness, the
horses started and the front wheel passed
over both of the lads feet tearing one of
his ankles completely off.
Constable William H. Thompson, of
Pemberton, came to Mount Holly yester-
day afternoon to make complaint against
Harry Sweet, of Magnolia, and Harry
Haines, of Pemberton, for having caused
the death of horse Sunday night on the
South Pemberton road, at the junction of
the Birmingham road where the men
buried the animal. A large pool of blood
was found on the ground. The case has
: been placed in the care of William I.
Harding, who is president of the Burling-
ton County Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals.
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