The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-06-05
Fancy Baskets at JAMISON'S.

For sale 200, 900 Paragon tomato plants.
Patrick Ryan, Lumberton.
The Epworth League will hold bust
ness meeting on Friday evening
Childrens' day services will be held in
, the NJ. E. Church Sunday evening.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union will
have charge of the services at the hospit-
al next Sunday afternoon.
By first-class clothing house, young
salesman with large acquaintance. Adj
dress, Clothing, care of NEWS office.
Why are 'Ideal' bicycles the best $50
wheels on the market this year, Call and
see for yourself at Storey & Sons, Paxson
street.
The w. c. T. U. will hold special
meeting in the room on Brainard street
|, tomorrow afternoon. A full attendance is
requested
Lion Boyce will leave next week, for
Beach Haven, where he will again have
charge of the telegraph service at the
Engleside hotel.
A prize fight is said to have taken
place on Saturday afternoon in the cut
along the railroad near the fair grounds
between two colored men.
The Baptist congregation for the first
time on Sunday used their individual
communion glasses The new innovation
! saamed tn give satisfaction
There were many expressions OF ar-
proval at the Mount Holly fair grounds
on Wednesday over the fact that the fair
is to be revived again this year.
4 If you want plants go to Owen Brothers.
Late tomatoes, Paragon or Stone; cabbage,
matchless Flat Dutch, 81 per 1000 Mar
wins, Savoy and Red Hard Rock.
The hearing on the rule to show cause
WHY the license of James Brennan, who
keeps hotel at Centreton, should not be
revoked, has been postponed until the 23d
inst.
BENJAMIN Jobes was arrested Wednesday
night by Chief of Police Thomas b. Den
ness, for being drunk and disorderly. JUS
tice Slack imposed fine of $7.O5, which
was paid.
| Shirt waists. Ladies' ribbed underwear.
Vests &c., 10c, 13c. and 25c Cambria
corset covers Csc, Csc, Bic, 45c and 50c.
Summer corsets, 25c., Soc and 75c. 5. 5.
EVAN % Main street
Some of the boys who have been break
ing glass in ]. Franklin Hunters green
house on Grant street, will now be given
an opportunity to work out the damage
done by pulling weeds.
| After July LIST the Mount Holly post
office will be rated as second class, Post
master Cowperthwait having received
official notification to that effect from
Washington last week.
The stockholders of the Mount Holly
Electric Light Company have accepted
the offer of the new company to pay
eighty per cent. of the par value of the
bonds of the old company.
The Mount Holly Banjo, Mandolin and
Guitar Club expect to take trip this
summer along the coast from Seaside Park
to Asbury Park, giving entertainments at
a number of places
Geraniums so and 70 cents per dozen;
heliotrope, ageratum and monkey plants,
so cents per- dozen; coleus, 80 cents per
dozen. Other plants proportionately low.
Lewis F. Smith, Lumberton.
Arthur V. Conover, formerly of Mount
Holly, is in Porto Rico, where he will re-
main for an indefinite period as an attache
of the light house service under the direc-
ton of the treasury department.
Bert Dill has completed the work OF
taking the census of the children OF school
age in Northampton township, and he
finds that there are about one hundred less
than last year, the total number being
1117
Fred Brinson was murdered on the street
at Paterson, few days since, by Nelson
Booker. who shot him through the heart.
Deceased was "a years of age and bro
Their of William Brinson, employed by
the Weaver Manufacturing Co.
The farmers know good thing when
they see it. That is why Owen Brothers
are selling so much Poudrette 1t hurries
the truck up and enriches the SOIL One
trial will convince you that Poudrette is
what you are looking for. $15 per ton.
Ex-Sheriff Shinn was etherized yester-
day by his physicians, who gave his arm
considerable exercise. They are well
pleased to find so much action in the in
iured member, which at first gave evil
dence of being permanent injury.
The cemeteries about town have had
many visitors during the past week, and
the floral displays were very pretty. The
usual complaints have been heard OF
theft of choice flowers from some OF the
graves, which is very small business in
deed.
The Decent supper given on the lawn
of the NJ E. Church by Mrs. William b.
Persons Sunday school class, on last
Thursday evening proved very successful.
The neat sum of 800 was realized, which
will be used toward defraying the indebt-
edness of the Church.
The people of Merchantville are pre-
pairing petition to be presented to the
borough council asking that the name OF
the place be changed, as so many muir
ders and other crimes have been commit
ted there that property will not increase
in value. 1t is believed that change OF
name will help matters.
John Watts is now a regular motorman
on the trolley running to Burlington, and
Wilbur Emmons is acting as an extra
motorman. Reeve Stewart has quit the
trolley road and is now firing an engine
on the different branches. About June
80 he will be given position as engineer
on this division.
Two patients were removed from the
Burlington County Hospital yesterday
Miss Eliza Wellington, of Beverly, was
taken to the asylum at Trenton, and
George Doughty, of Lumberton, was con-
veyed to the county house The Indian
girl who was in the hospital II weeks
with typhoid fever has recovered and has
returned to Carlisle.
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