The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-05-08


Five actions on contract are set down
for a hearing before Justice Clevengel
next Monday.
Levi French, formerly of Bass River,
is doing thriving trade in the lumber
business at Atlantic City.
George Williams, of Bordentown, was
arrested on Wednesday for being drunk,
and given two days in Jail.
The Epworth League of the Methodist
Church will have charge of the services
at the hospital next Sunday afternoon
A number of grand lodge officers will
visit Marion Circle. No. g. Brotherhood of
the Union, tomorrow evening, on which
occasion the Franklin degree will be con-
| ferred
The right hand of fellowship was ex-
tended to five new members in the Bap-
fist Church on Sunday morning. Two
were also received into membership in the
Methodist Church.
Geraniums, go and rs cents per dozen;
heliotrope, ageratum and monkey plants,
so cents per dozen; coleus, 30 cents per
dozen. Other plants proportionately low.
Lewis F. Smith, Lumberton.
The Good Intent steamer was taken out
Mill street on Friday evening for the pur-
pose of washing out a culvert at the in
tersection of Green street, which had not
received any attention before in many
years.
Beginning next Sunday evening Rev.
c.. H. Pendleton will preach a series of
evening sermons on 1.-The Sins of the
Tongue" 1. False speech, or sins against
truth. 2. Unkind speech, or sins against
charity. 8. Unclean speech, or sins against
purity 4. Profane speech, or sins against
reverence.
There is a rumor that the members of
Post No. O. G. A. R., of Philadelphia,
may erect monument over the remains
of the late Captain John Frantz, who sue
ceeded Major William E. Bryan as cap
tain of Co. II, Sd New Jersey Volunteers
He had three wounds. His remains are
living unmarked in the Baptist graveyard. |
A very serious accident happened few |
days since to Miss Louisa Hollembaek, a |
teacher in the Georgetown school. Her
horse became frightened while driving to
school and ran into fence, smashing the
buggy. The lady was found lying uncon-
scious on the ground. Her arm, three
ribs and collar bone were broken and she
was injured internally.
Rev. Walter A. Semple, of Mount Holly,
who is a missionary in Mexico, has favor
ed some of his friends with a catalogue
giving an account of the work done in his
district during the past year. He is sta
toned at Chilpancinco, and in picture
a group of missionaries, can be
plainly seen the faces of Mr.. Semple and
his wife, formerly Miss Maggie Pease.
Edward Dye, farmer living near AL
lentown, while driving home from Tren-
ton, on Friday night, fell asleep and his
horse wandered on the tracks of the Tren-
ton Passenger Railway Company. between
White Horse and Yardville. A trolley
car, running at high rate of speed,
crashed into the team, the mctorman fail
ing to see the wagon owing to the prevail
ing rain storm and darkness The wagon
was smashed and Dye was found lying
and covered with blood in the
wreck The car that ran him down car
ried his inanimate form to Trenton, where
he now lies in the hospital in serious
condition.
At congregational meeting of the Bap-
fist Church, last night, these officers were
elected: Clerk, John D. Clevenger; dea
cons, years. Joseph W. Colkitt, T.
Walter Borton, Jervis S. Zelley; trustees,
Joseph c. Dudley, j. Smalley Baugh, T.
Clifford Keller, j. E. Worrell, Samuel
Atkinson, S. Budd Norcross, Fred M.
Shemeley; treasurer, George Stead; pew {
jeremiah Fl. Colkitt; music Il
j. S. Baugh; deaconesses, Mrs.
Ellen Branson, Mrs. Margaret Worrell,
Mrs George w. Moore, Mrs. Samuel Ell
bertson, Mrs. Rebecca Ellis 1t was de-
cided to adopt the individual communion ,