The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-17
4 horse belonging to George O. Morris

j A horse belonging to George o. Morris
is dying with paralysis
/ Thomas H. Lynn offers for rent the nine
room house corner Broad street and
Mount Holly avenue.
Chief of Police Thomas B. Denness is
now acting as the day officer. He will
serve for the next two weeks.
John N. Austin, who is employed in
the freight Office, has applied for posi-
ton as fireman on the New York division.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
Presbyterian Church will have charge of
the services at the hospital next Sunday
afternoon.
The ladies of Mount Holly will give a
progressive euchre party for the benefit of
charity in the Masonic Temple on the
evening of Thursday, April 26.
Grand Master Workman Lambert, of
the Ancient Order United Workmen, will
make an official visit to Good Will Lodge,
| NO. If, ILLS OfcHlHS. al ChoOA c@ihiAACAo
committee will provide.
The Knights of Pythias would be
pleased to see large crowd at the opera
house on Saturday evening next, when
Darlington, the celebrated magician,
will give an entertainment
| Lewis A. Craft, who for number of
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lington Enterprise, severed his connection
with that paper on Saturday. Walter
Mars will assume charge of the editorial
department temporarily.
| The Children's Funeral Aid Benevolent
Association, of Riverside, has filed articles
of incorporation in the County Clerks
| office The incorporators are John f.
Winklespecht, president; William Mayer,
secretary; F. Zimmerman, treasurer.
Ex-senator Parry was driving towards
Masonville on Sunday when he discovered
his woods were on fire just below Haines-
port. He turned in a hurry and got
force of men out, and after a short but
sharp fight succeeded in putting the fire
out.
Mrs. Charles Howard Johnson, former
ly of Mount Holly, died at her home at
Glendive, Montana last Tuesday Fun
eral services were held in Dobbins' me-
mortal chapel here, yesterday, interment
being made in st. Andrews burying
ground.
On Saturday Sheriff Fenton sold the
property of James Lippincott. on the
Jacksonville road, to Mrs. Sarah Regain,
for 81 600; also the property of Ferdi-
nand J. Drear, of Beverly, to the Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Phil
adelphia. for 81, 900.
George Allen, of Eayrestown, son of
Thomas Allen, who has been confined in
the Burlington County Hospital for over
a year suffering with necrosis of the bone
in his leg, was discharged as cured on Sat
urday. William Wick, of Riverside, an
appendicitis patient, was also discharged
at the same time.
William G.. Wise, of Burlington has
been reappointed Fish and Game Warden
Mr. Wise writes that it will not be possible |
to distribute any quail in this county this |
spring, owing to the failure of the Legis- |
lature to make sufficient appropriation. |
The applications sent to him have all been |
filed and will receive attention whenever |
the funds will warrant it.
What is supposed to have been an in
cendiary fire occurred on the farm of |
Peter Harvey, on the outskirts of Column
bus about q 80 clock this morning, de-
stroying all the outbuildings and their
contents 81 COWS and horses, causing
loss of perhaps SO, 900. Everything was
consumed but the dwelling house. The
has not been learned.
The Hayes Grass Board Company, of
Moorestown, with an authorized capital
of $50, 900, has filed articles of incorpora-
ton in the County Clerks Office The
object is to manufacture an improved
grass board for moving machines. The
are ]. Borton Hayes, of
Moorestown; Spencer Haines, of Rance
cas-; Charles E. Hayes, of Philadelphia.
Jennie Ridgway, who was recently ar
rested at Vincentown for abusing her
mother law, who was i'll in bed, and
whose death is attributed to the shock
which she received at that time, was
arrested again last Thursday when the
funeral occurred. Jennie went there and
created a disturbance by using foul
language. She was sent to jail for thirty
days, but her lawyer got her out yester
day on account of technicality in the
Caleb Ridgway, her father
in law, is now very i'll, and it is feared
that if Jennie is allowed to return she
may be the cause of fastening his death.
The citizens of Vincentown are very in
dignant over the matter.
From present appearances it is quite
probable that the building of the new in
sane asylum will be delayed by legal pro-
ceedings, as several people have an
nounced their intention to secure GER
tiorai to re open the question of site.
There was doubt whether the motion to
select site had been adopted, many be-
ing of the opinion that it took a majority
of the entire Board to adopt, but that
point has been abandoned as there are
numerous decisions to the effect that
majority of body constitutes quorum
and that majority of that quorum can
adopt resolutions which will hold the en-
tire body If legal steps on the asylum
matter are taken they will be based upon
the point whether the motion to take a
ballot contained proviso to: adopt on a
majority vote if such occurred before the
third ballot, after which it was agreed to
droD the lowest place