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

to Lumberton.
Frank Cain has been identifying the in
terror of his barber shop,
Four persons were received into tn
Methodist Church by letter on Sunda.
morning.
st. Andrews Sunday school held yer.
ENJOYABLE picnic in the woods at Smith
vile on Thursday.
The post office will close tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock and remain close'
for the balance of the day
The members of the Junior Epwortl
League of the Methodist Church, enjoyed
picnic on Tuesday afternoon.
Alfred Taylor, the genial TELEGRAPH
operator at the East Moorestown station
has been transferred to Mount Holly.
The extreme heat on Wednesday pros
trated Josiah beats, a telephone lineman
He was removed to his home on Monro'
street.
Rodman w. Bowker, who is summerins
at Island Heights, has been supplying hi
friends in Mount Holly with choice 10
of crabs.
The people of Columbus, have giyer
the Camden and Trenton Traction Com
pany permission to run their road through
Mansfield township.
The first ripe swamp huckleberries were
gathered Thursday on the Old Forge
pond, near Retreat, and brought to Mount
Holly by Thompson Wells.
Thieves at Moorestown are causing
much annoyance to residents there by
stealing hammocks, jardinieres and other
property left on porches over night
The machine shop of Diebel & Eppler,
on King street, was entered through a
rear window by thieves a few nights since
who stole number of valuable tools.
Nelson B. Gaskill has been elected Sec
ond lieutenant of Company E, to fill
vacancy caused by the advancement OF
John G.. Sims to the rank of first lieuten-
ant
The lightning on Tuesday night killed
a horse that was confined in stable be-
longing to George Streeker, OF Eayres-
town. But little damage was done to the
barn.
Many of the pear trees in Burlington
county are being severely injured from
the effects of blight A few trees in Mount
Holly have been nearly destroyed from
this cause.
Samuel Fisher, of Mount Holly, is said
to be the inventor of the first wheel gang
plow cultivator. This was when Mr..
Fisher lived on farm near Hightstown
before the war
Charles Schenck, farmer at Cream
Ridge. suffered the loss of his barns and
crops last week by a mysterious nre,
which did damage to the extent OF $4,OOO.
on which there was an insurance OF ", loU.
The residents of Indian Mills propose
to paint that town red tomorrow. There
will be a game of base ball in the after
noon with the club from Tabernacle, and
there will be dancing at the hotel in the
evening.
On Thursday Sheriff Fenton sold the
house and blacksmith shop OF John
Vaughn, in Ellisdale, to j. B. Schooley
for $400. The house and lot OF George
W. Buck, in Burlington, was sold to
Sarah B. Woolman for $500.
C. H. Erickson, ST., of lmlaystown,
has received sudden cure of sore hand
which he attributes to the use OF a lini-
ment which he applied to horse. For
over thirty years he could not close his
hand. but the trouble disappeared soon
after he began to doctor the animal.
At the next meeting of the Board of
Freeholders it is quite likely that reso-
luton will be offered for the purchase OF
a-steam roller, to be used on the county
Stone roads The members of the board
are said to regard the matter with favor
This would certainly be move in the
right direction.
William Cochran, of White Hill, was
arrested on Wednesday on complaint OF
Miss Carrie Mckinney, and placed in jail,
the charge being for non-support. William
didn't like confinement at this season OF
the year, and to gain his liberty he fur
nished a bond to pay So per week for the
support of the child.
Centennial Circle, No. Z, Brotherhood
of the Union, of Masonville, has elected
these new officers: Past guardian, Mary
Scott; guardian, Lizzie V. BOUCHER;
priest R. E. Binder; prophet, George
Horner; H. H., Frank Elverson; Fl. p,
J. R. Eisenhardt; NJ. t., Martin O. Hor-
ner; H. S. K, John c. Wilkins; w. OF
D., George Coleman; W. of N, W. II.
BOUCHER; representative, Mary Scott
The baby which Mrs. Sarah South, Of
Florence claims to have found in the Fac
tory Woods, near Burlington, on Tuesday
turns out to be her own. Miss South was
a domestic in Parker's Hotel. Constable
Shinn drew confession from the woman
She said in going through the woods hel
child was born. She laid it on newspaper
and after caring for herself took the LITTLE
one to the home of her sister, Mrs. Davit
Clark, Jr. These two women then car
ried the child to the office of Justic'
Smith, to whom they told of its finding
The name of the father was given to thu
Justice. Miss South, it is said, was tn
mother of another baby by the same maj
about year ago, which was born II
Mount Holly.
e. F. Sherman, who has been superin
tendent here of the Camden and Burling
ton County Gas and Electric Company
has been obliged to sever his connection
with that concern just at time when b
was becoming acquainted with the peopl
of Mount Holly. Mr.. Sherman says tn
order is one of retrenchment, and that tn
gentlemen holding similar positions
Merchantville and Moorestown have ais
been compelled to give up their jobs
Miss May Boyce will continue in the offic
as book keeper, and the man at the ga
works will probably read the meters Tn
electric line is being overhauled. Tn
old rumors have been revived of enlargin
the gas works and putting in new mains
w. Frank Dean, who has been soliciting fo
this corporation, has resumed his forme
position as foreman of the Home Mani
featuring Cnmnanv ON Water street