The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-12-18
LOCAL NEWS.
stmas one week from TODAY


books at Barrington's. y
Kodaks, cameras and photograph
supplies at Barrington's. >
L. G. Jamison has very neat windo
display of Christmas dolls.
The public desks in the post Office hav
been covered with oil CLOTH
Stewart Mcfarland has leased the M
Henry farm near Unionville.
You can save money buying of Matlac
q Son. Celery for everybody.
Chief of Police Denness will act as th
day policeman for the next two weeks.
A nice lamp makes a fine Christmas pre-
sent. We have some beauties Barring
TOMS
Nathan Barber, of Murrell street, wa
seized with severe attack of vertigo o
Friday morning.
Extensive alterations to the summe
cottage of John D. johnson at Sea Sid
Park are to begin this week.
Miss Ada Brown, of Bispham street
daughter of Harley G. Brown, died OF
Thursday night of pneumonia.
Bright Star Lodge, No. is, Shepherd
of Bethlehem, gave an oyster supper t,
Its members last evening
Miss Mamie Corner, of Riverton, while
In Philadelphia department store OF
Wednesday, fell and fractured her knee.
The new addition to the Masonic HON,
at Burlington, was dedicated with appro
pirate ceremonies on Tuesday afternoon
last.
Toy cars, tools for children and choic,
line of other Christmas preAents can b,
had for little money at the hal ware store
of s. P. Cline.
Henry Storey, who has been suffering
with blood poison as the result of getting
cyanide of potassium into his system, is
much improved.
The announcement has been made Of
the engagement of Newlin A. Lippincott,
of Lumberton, and Miss Julia P. Haines,
of Mount Holly.
The wedding of Harvey Deacon, OF
Mount Holly, and Miss May McDevitt, of
Philadelphia, is announced to take place
on Christmas eve.
DR.. Atwood has found it necessary to
discontinue his branch dental office in
Medford, on account of increased prac-
tice in Mount Holly
The engagement is announced of Thos.
]. Mckinley of Palmyra, and Miss Alice
Nj. Sumney, of Pittsburg, Pa. The wed
ding will take place next June.
Last week Justice Clcvenger had seven
cases on contract to dispose Of Three of
them were adjourned, two were settled
and judgment was given in two.
Invitations are out for the wedding of
Reuben Dorsey and Miss Martha Sharp,
to take place at Pensauken on Thursday
evening, December 81, at o'clock
The 96th annual meeting of the New
Jersey State Horticultural Society will be
held in the State House, Trenton, on
Thursday and Friday, January 8 and 4,
1901.
Some of the trunk lines operated be-
tween New York and Chicago have de-
termined to abolish the old custom of
issuing half fare tickets to clergymen af
ter the first of the year.
The Spinster's Return, F" sequel TO the
"Old Maids Convention will be rem
dered in the Baptist Church, on Thurs
day evening, January 8, under the -auspi-
ces of the Young Peoples Union.
Rev. DR.. J. A. Lippincott. superintend-
emit of the Methodist Episcopal Hospital
in Philadelphia, preached in the Metho-
dist Church on Sunday. Mr.. Lippincot'
was former resident of Mount Holly.
The members of the Farmers Social
Club were very pleasantly entertained by
Mr.. and Mrs S. L. Tomlinson in the Ma
sonic Temple on Friday evening. The
fine weather brought out large attend
ance.
John Yerkes, of the firm of Yerkes &
Finan, of st. Louis, manufacturers Of
woodworking machinery, who learned hi'
trade at Smithville when a boy, visited
that place last week for the first time il
twenty years.
Buy your Christmas skates and sleds a
Engle's hardware store, 30 High street
He has a large stock of tool chests fol
boys, toy carpet sweepers for the girls
pocket knives, scissors, express wagons
toy wagons, banks, toy clothes wringers
tin horses and wagons, aud many appro
pirate articles for the holidays.
The supper for the benefit of the Union
vile Sunday school was very satisfactor.
and netted $141. The officers and mem
bers of the school are very grateful to thu
friends who aided them. With all the at
fractions that have been held in Noun
Holly lately and with the holiday ex
penses coming, they feel that the public
was very generous to them.
Gen. A. E. Shiras Post, No. 26, G. A
R., elected these officers on Friday even
ing: Commander, William R. S. Haines
senior vice commander, Ridgway W. Ros
sell; junior vice commander, Charlie
Haines; chaplain, Joseph A. Taylor
quartermaster, John Throckmorton; off
Ger of the day. David E. Sooy; officer 0
the guard, Thomas E. Atkins; surgeon
Isaiah Smith; representatives to depart
ment encampment, Henry G. Claypool
and Benjamin McKelvey; janitor, Wi
liam /. johnson.
The 81. B. Smith Machine Company
now enjoying fine business. At th
present time the orders on hand are wa
beyond the capacity of the works. Las
week oyer s., 900 worth of orders were re
ceived, and in one letter thousand do
lars accompanied the order. The con
pany finds no difficulty in dealing with il
foreign customers, from whom a lare
portion of the work is received. The stol
house at the railroad station, which
month ago was filled with stock machine
is now empty There has been such
increase in business at Smithville, thi
the post Office there was last week raise
from the fourth to the third class.
Francis Frantz and Joseph Beemer,
Philadelphia, while visiting in Moul
Holly few days ago. were shown throue
the county Jail 1t was their first loo