The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-07-24
rHE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
TUESDAY, JULY "a, 1900.
LOCAL NEWS.

William Randall has secured position
with the Taylor Manufacturing Company
Jerome Bruere has sold his farm, neal
Mount Holly, to Rudolph Boyer for 81.
BOO.
Harry Mount is acting as assistant to
gAggagemaster James Smith during the
summer.
Frank Stewart, formerly employed at
Hainesport, has accepted position at
Smithville.
The Columbus snapper soup club held
its annual banquet in John Kerlin's woods
on Wednesday.
Albert G. Mayer, the baker, has bought
an engine and boiler to furnish power 1or
making ice cream.
The outlook for fall trade among the
shoe manufacturers in Mount Holly is
said to be very good.
E. F. Sherman is temporarily in charge
of the Woodbury. electric light plant. He
left for that place on Tuesday
A new disease which attacks the eyes
of COWS and makes them i'll for two weeks,
has made it's appearance at Jobstown.
The scholars of the Mount Moriah A. M.
E. Sunday school enjoyed their annual
picnic at Neshaminy Falls ON Thursday.
Philip Stump, of Riverside, is suffering
with broken leg, which was caused by a
fall from tree while adjusting swing.
Albert Gardiner has removed from Mill
street to the store recently vacated by
Richard Priestley, on Washington street.
A $4,000 fire occurred at Ocean Grove
on Wednesday; which consumed four cot
tages and badly damaged the Buena Vista
hotel
A few days since horse owned by
Walter Allen received some bad gashes as
the result of getting caught in barbed
wire fence.
The first oats crop to be threshed out
this season was that of Edward Deacon,
near Deacon's station. Six acres yielded
1926 bushels.
Thomas Alcott, Edgar EVAN and James
Logan will camp at Bay Head for three
weeks, where they will be Joined by
George Moore.
While unloading hay near 'Bucto few
days since, Clarence Deakin was run over
by wagon, which dislocated his shoulder
and injured his hand.
George W. Durand and wife, William
III. Stewart and wife and William Ireland
<enioyed a successful fishing trip on Bar
negat bay last Tuesday.
Some of the residents of Lumberton
are preparing exhibits for the coming
Mount Holly fair, which they will place
in contest for premiums
William NJ Kerr, proprietor of the
chemical works at Centreton, has dispos-
ed of the business to William N. and
Penrose Allen, of Philadelphia.
Thomas Black, prisoner at the jail,
has been removed to the Burlington Coun-
ty Hospital for treatment. He has been
failing in health for a long time.
A ten days tent meeting will open at
Lumberton on August 9. Rev. s. W.
Lake, D. D., presiding elder of the Tren-
ton district, will open the services.
On account of the hot weather the men
employed in Norcross' sand pits in Mount
Holly, worked at nights last week, as they
could not stand it in the afternoon.
Thomas Lindsay, who died in Philadel-
1t: l.. - ,,roo11 x,,ac Of ono tirno a racidenf
of Mount Holly. His sister, Mrs. Mary
Wilson, now resides on Pine street.
G. r. Sinickson, of Altoona, Pa, is now
acting as assistant under Supervisor Isaac
g. Wainwright, in place of J. G. Heritage,
recently transferred to Bordentown.
Bert Dill has accepted position with
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and
is now acting as assistant to the baggage
master at Haddon avenue station, Cam
den.
George H. johnson has been suffering
with a painful wound for several days
which resulted from running the point of
an oil cup through the feshy part of his
hand.
While in swimming on Wednesday,
Frank Gardner, Jr. of Tabernacle, was
drowned. The young man jumped into the
water while over heated and never came
to the surface.
A horse belonging to George Danz, of
Jobstown, became frightened few days
since and jumped on top of a cultivator,
which had to be taken apart before the
animal could be extricated
DR.. Samuel Galley is trying to make
some arrangement by which he may be
able to resume the practice of medicine
again in Mount Holly. Some time ago he
sold his practice to DR.. Faringer.
George Mack, employed at the Burling-
ton County Shoe Company cut the thumb
and index finger of his right hand badly
on Monday The physician found it
necessary to take several stitches In his
finger.
About four years ago Harry Cobb, liv-
near Jacksonville, and William Dubell,
of Columbus, started for the Klondike.
Harry has quit digging for gold, and it
has been learned that he is now on his
way home.
Copper wire thieves seem to have no
trouble to operate in this section as well
as in other districts. Last week some 400
pounds of wire was stolen from the Bell
Telephone Company's lines between Bur
lington and Philadelphia.
Among the valuable historical collections
in the possession of Joseph G. Cowgirl, is
BOOK containing a record of almost very
fire that has occurred in Mount Holly and
that the fire department has assisted in ex-
tinguishing in neighboring towns The
record is very complete and highly priced
An insect called the buffalo moth" has
made its appearance in this vicinity and il
causing much annoyance to housewives
This species of moth differs from the
usual variety as it cannot be exterminateo
by the use of ordinary preventatfves ane
its destructive abilities are also greater.
Emma, aged five years, daughter O
Officer J. P. Saar of Palmyra, was badly
bitten by pet dog on Wednesday even