The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-07-17
SHERIFF SALES.
LOCAL NEWS.

season. Tha thermometer registered 8
degrees.
Nathan W. Everline has constructed
neat wharf along the creek in the rear G
his home.
The Presbyterian Sunday School wi
hold its picnic in the Smithville woods o
Thursday, July Goth.
Harold, the young son of Eckard F
Budd, was operated upon for appendiciti
on Saturday afternoon.
The Epworth League of the Methods
Church has suspended business opera
lions until September.
The sewer on Water street has bee
laid, and it will be of great service ant
advantage to that locality.
Samuel L. Bullock and his corps 0
artists are giving the Baptist Church a
Jobstown fresh coat of paint.
Rev. Angus Crawford, D. D., has BEEF
made Dean of the Theological Seminar.
of Virginia, at Alexandria. Va.
Why are "Ideap' bicycles the best 80
wheels on the market this year, Call ant
see for yourself at Storey & Sons, Paxsol
street.
The Philadelphia Times devoted who'll
page in its Sunday edition to the life o.
DR.. Franklin Gauntt, deceased, of Bur
lington.
The Union Fire Company will hold {
fair and festival in their building on Fri
day and Saturday evenings, September
IA and Is.
Fred Shreve will leave next week will
a string of trotters in order to take part
in the circuit of races to be held in Penn
sylvania and Maryland.
While unloading hay at Jobstown OF
Wednesday afternoon, Michael Meaney
was pierced with a hay fork, one of the
tines passing through his thigh.
A boat containing man and his two
sons capsized on Barnegat bay on Friday.
Daniel Suffer and his son Charles, of
Mount Holly, assisted in the rescue.
Company E received twenty-five new
uniforms on Wednesday, and some fifteen
new recruits were fitted out with suits, so
that the company could go to the sea shore
with full quota.
Frank J. Clark occupied the pulpit of
Trinity Church on Sunday. Rev. Martin
Aigner was at the church at Ocean City,
which received its annual visitation from
Bishop Scarborough.
Corset covers. night dresses and muslin
underwear in general. Ladies short white
skirts only 38 cents, worth more. All sizes
in summer weight ribbed under vests. S.
S. Evan, % Main street *2t
Quite number of Mount Holly fisher
men went to Barnegat this morning on
the popular Tuesday excursion. If they
have the luck CT week ago, they will
return home loaded down with weak fish.
Samuel Reed, of Pointville, while cut
ting grass recently, chopped off the roof
of hornets nest. Samuel took a vaca-
ton at once, and it is said that he has been
eating his meals off mantelpiece ever
since.
Samuel Tyler. of Mount Holly, assist
ant superintendent of the Prudential In
surance Company for this district, has
been presented with a handsome silver
badge by the company for ten years of
honorable service.
At meeting of the Ocean County
Board of Freeholders on Wednesday, it
was resolved that the county shall not pay
any more bills for the arrest of tramps,
but that each township must attend to its
cases of that character.
The unclaimed letters in the post office
for the week ending July IA, are as fol-
lows: Mrs. Al. Baker, Harry Baker, Har-
ry Collins, William F. Cox, William
Gibbs, Mrs. George Handelton, Mrs John
Reed, 1855 West Washington street. !"
The Epworth League rally at Smithville
on Thursday was very largely attended,
people from all parts of the county being
present. The programme was an enjoy
able one, but its continuance was inter-
rupted about supper time by the rain.
Walter Gardner, aged II years, an in
mate of the Burlington County Children's
Home, ran away from that institution a
few days since and went to Bordentown,
where he was picked up and placed in the
care of Mayor Gilbert. On Friday the lad
was returned to Mount Holly.
During the thunder storm on Thursday
afternoon, lightning struck barn on
Shreve Antrim's farm, near Jobstown,
completely destroying the building, to-
gether with three wagons all his rye crop
and twenty tons of hay. One horse had
its eye burned out, and the animal was SO
badly scorched that it had to be killed.
Thomas Boyd, claiming New York as
his home, has been victimizing the resi-
dents of Moorestown. He had but one
leg and collected considerable amount
of money toward the purchase of an ar
tificial limb. Thursday night he got up
roariously full and the police arrested him
He was committed to Jail for thirty days
Try George W. Durand if you want
strictly pure groceries and provisions al
the lowest cash prices. He has a large
stock at his store, corner of Water anC
King streets, Mount Holly. Orders called
for and delivered. Prompt attention giver
to all customers, and satisfaction guaran
teed. Also fresh and salt meats can bt
obtained at lowest market prices.
The members of Company E left In
high spirits on Saturday for the state
camping grounds at Sea Girt, where they
will remain week Notwithstanding the
unpleasant features of guard duty and
other camp requirements, the boys will
have sufficient time for personal enjoy
ment, and they will undoubtedly take full
advantage of the opportunity.
The halt in building the trolley at Edge
water Park is caused by the trolley PEG
pie and the Pennsylvania railroad author
tiles being unable to come to an agree
ment. The railroad wants the trolley tt
tunnel at that point, and does not offer t.
pay any part of the expense, which thu
trolley magnates say will reach $50, 900
and they do not feel like bearing all of 1t
The scheduled entertainment was givel
at the Masonic Home on Thursday even