The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-01-16


Nv. Lofiand is in the west buying I
f5e 81 good horses which he will sell OF
Wednesday, January 81, at Medford.
Captain Joshua NJ Reeve, of Compan,
e, Third Regiment went to Camden Fri
day evening to take part in the election o
colonel.
A deficiency of 800 in the accounts O
former secret order treasurer in Noun
Holly was made good on Friday by hi
bondsman.
The telephone cable running across tht
Rancocas creek, at Centreton, which was
recently broken by boat running into it.
was relaid on Wednesday, by Joseph s.
Shreve.
Rev. ]. H. Boswell. pastor of Trinity
Church. Trenton, will change at the com
ing session of Conference and has received
an invitation to Commerce Street Church,
Bridgcton
The people of Burlington, it is said,
have 'sgone mad over basket ball. On
PLAY nights business around the town
suffers, and lodges find it difficult to get
quorum present.
Lillian, the year-old daughter of
Charles T. Woolston, of Riverton, trip
ped and fell down the steps of the pub
lie school in Riverton and was severely
injured on Thursday.
Justice Slack on Thursday committed
! George DENLY to Jail for two days, on
charge of abusing Mrs Rosanna Henson.
The prisoner has been here for several
DAYS but he lives at Trenton.
Twelve year old Ogden Maths. of Riv-
erton. was struck terrific BLOW in the
face by companion while playing
skinny" on Saturday. His nose and the
side of his face were badly confused.
A district meeting of the Red Men will
be held in Mount Holly next Monday
night. The great Chief of the State,
Arthur H. Stiles, of Atlantic City, will be
present and the P F. degree will be con
ferred.
The School of Methods of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of Burling-
ton County, will hold a meeting at
Moorestown on Thursday. A very inter
esting program has been prepared for the
occasion.
There will be an exciting game of bas-
ket ball at Burlington this evening. The
Camden team, one of the strongest in the
National League, will be the visiting ag-
g-egation, and it will find Burlington
ready to meet it.
Sheldon S. Davis, of Burlington, install
ed the officers Of the Knights Of Pythias
Of Mount Holly on Friday evening. The
degree team will meet next Friday even
ing after the lodge work is over, and
every member is requested to be present
On Thursday evening about six o'clock
when the rain was falling at lively rate,
some drunken umbrella members on Main
street began an cutlery. Officer Branson
and the constables, who were near by,
soon gratified their desire by taking them
to jail.
The United States grand jury meets In
Trenton to-day. Among its number are
the following; William H. Carter, Bor-
dentown; John H. Antrim, Pemberton;
Andrew H. Fort, Northampton; Joseph
Powell Lumberton; Edward Emley, New
Hanover.
The stockholders of the Interstate Fair
Association at their annual meeting have
elected General Richard A. Donnelly Pres
ident of the association. The directors of
the Fair will this week elect ex-Tax Re
ceiver Mahlon r. Margerum, of Trenton,
to succeed Secretary John G. Muirheid,
resigned.
William T. Harding, of Union street.
announces that the annual meeting of the
Burlington County Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, will be
held on Tuesday afternoon, January 30
at the residence of William G. Binney, il
Burlington.
The announcement made in some sec
tions that the proprietors of canning fac
tories will only pay $6 and 81 per ton fo
tomatoes this year, has caused dissatis
faction to spread among the farmers, Wit
saw they will reduce the acreage unles
the present price is maintained.
The Funeral Directors Association o
Burlington County held its annual meet
HE1...t uoIlxr ~, T,aodav Thor
was good attendance, and these officer
were elected for the ensuing year: Presi
dent, ] /. Smith; vice president, William
II. Cline; secretary, e. II. Burtis; treas
urer, A. W. Groblcr.
meeting will be held in the Office O
Samuel A. Atkinson this evening to TAX
steps toward organizing the base ball clu
for the coming season. The success Q
the county league last summer makes
certain the arrangement will be continued
There is no reason why Mount Holl
should not be in the top list of the club
but that position cannot be gained unles
some interest is shown prior to two week
before the season opens.
For some time past the township con
mittee has been endeavoring to have tt
sidewalk repaired in front of the allie
running along the residence of JOSEF
G. Flenard, on Union street, but in vail
When IL comes to making an improv
meDt of this character no one seems to
responsible for the alley, and the COMM
tee now threaten to close it up. If Il
owner will not put the pavement in bett
condition, such action cannot be take
any too soon This walk has been di
grace during the past six months,
On complaint Of Policeman Denness
warrant was issued on Thursday by Ju
fiee Laumaster for the arrest of Georl
Keliock, who is charged with the larcer
Of a pair of shoes. AS the prisoner is {
ready in jail serving thirty days on a
other charge, Constable Woodruff visit
that institution on Friday and served I
document. Kel1ock claims that he don
know anything about the occurrence, al
this is probably true, as II took him fre
Saturday night until tho following Tu'
day morning to get sober. Kellock
Gently entered the Washington House q
stole hat belonging to Turnkey Jose
n b. Fleetwood On account Of seve
Esmall robberies Of this character, the ]
lave determined to appear before I