The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-05-01


A firemen's parade will be held at Bris
toll on May 10.
Alfred Eddy and wife, of Grant street
have removed to Chester, Pa.
A great improvement has been made il
the interior of the fair grounds.
A SIC, 900 gymnasium is to be added tt
Peddie Institute at Hightstown.
Captain Branson will act as the day pc
lliceman for the next two weeks.
The New Jersey State Firemen's Asso
citation held its convention at Dover yes
terday
The Democrats may take up Blanchard
Fl. White as their Senatorial candidate
next fall.
Thomas Atkins had toe amputated
last week that has been giving him much
trouble lately.
George Clevenger is now acting as fore
man in the factory of the Mount Holly
Shoe Company.
A black snake measuring five feet and
nine inches was captured at the Silver
Lakes on Saturday.
An entertainment will be given in the
Opera House next fall by the scholars OF
the Sacred Heart Church.
The local board of health has caused
many improvements to be made about
town during the past week.
The chemical works at Moorestown have
shut down for month pending new
deal among the proprietors.
Restore Lippincott is treating the resi-
dence of William Madden, on Bispham
street, to fresh coat of paint.
The Epworth League of the Methodist
Church will celebrate its 18th anniversary
on Thursday evening, May a.
John w. Bayles and John Fisher were
among the graduates of the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy last week.
Mrs. Julia Hulme has sold double
house on Andersonville to Capt. Michael
BOUCHER, of Lumberton, for $4,000.
Harry B, Gale has been delayed in open
ing his laundry at Moorestown by reason
of car load of machinery going astray
In the report of the Board of Under
writer's the fire department of Mount
Holly is rated higher than that of Burling-
ton
A fruit orchard comprising ten thousand
trees of various varieties, is being planted
in the vicinity of Browns Mills, by Col.
Pfeiffer.
Ex-Sheriff Shinn, who broke his arm
ten weeks ago. has had the injured mem
Der removed from the splints, which is
great relief.
Henry Mcdonald, while passing down
Union street on Saturday afternoon, was
struck on the cheek with shot from a
Flobert rifle.
The blooms now to be seen on fruit
trees are very handsome, and trip
through the country presents most beau
tiful sight
The wife of John L. Severns, deceased,
left her real and personal estate to her
daughter, Clara, subject to the life estate
of her husband.
Joseph j. White, of New Lisbon, who
is a large cranberry grower, has given his
men a voluntary raise of twenty cents per
day in their wages.
Walter Allen is extensively engaged In
the chicken Matching business on Ridgway
street, where he has some two thousand
eggs in the incubators.
Prof. Pla and several of the pupils OF
the Mount Holly academy, will sail for
Europe about June 1, their objective point
being the Paris exposition.
This is the time for rye heads to make
their appearance, and already anumber OF
farmers have hurried to town in order to
show the first one of the season.
For cutting off his water supply, Will
lam J. Brannan, of Broad street, has Sc
cured the services of Eckard P. Budd to
bring suit against the Water Company for
damages.
The personal estate of the late Edwin
Wainwright, deceased, of Florence, Is
valued at So, 900. Letters of administra-
ton have been granted to Kate NJ, and
John H. Wainwright.
The small estate of the late William I.
Buchanan, deceased, has been left to the
s.Mount Holly monthly meeting of Friends
for care of its lawn and such other pur-
poses as the meeting may direct"
Rosbach's are selling bedding plants at
Is cents to $1.00 per dozen; rose bushes, 10
to % cents each; hardy perennials (clumps)
20 cents each, for so cents. Pink, Grim
son and yellow Ramblers same price. :
Quite a number of left over terrapin
about town that were not used in season,
have died. A number of those that have
survived are being placed in enclosures
along the creek for propagating purposes.
It is said that a Mount Holly couple
who were recently divorced, are trying to
effect a reconciliation. 1t would have
been better had this been done before the
home was broken up and the furniture
sold.
Edward Kennedy, inspector of police at
Elmira, N. Y, was in Mount Holly on
Thursday. the guest of Chief of Police
Thomas B. Denness. Mr.. Kennedy has
number of friends here. He formerly re-
sided in Burlington.
yerbenas and double alyssum give bet
ter bloom if planted while the. ground is
cool 40 cents dozen. at Rosbach's. 1t
is absolutely necessary to get pansles IN
the ground at once. They have beautiful
ones at so cents dozen.
The officers of the Firemen's Relief AS
ISOLATION. of Columbus, which has fled
articles of incorporation in the Clerks
office are: President. Edward D. Erhart;
vice president, B. F. Rockhill, secretary,
Thomas S. Page; treasurer, Samuel r.
Ware; collector, John Walton
A young couple arrived in Mount Holly
last week to get married, but they had
hard time in getting the nuptial knot TIED
because of the absence of the various
ministers. They went to Lumberton and
finally landed in Burlington before they
were successful Nothing but minister
would do for the occasion, the suggestion
of justices being rejected.
Try George w. Durand if you wan
strictlu nnre groceries and provisions a