The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-18
LOCAL NEWS.


The hay crop this year will be large, o
! account of the recent rains.
William W. Curtis has had the front {
his dry goods store painted.
Flag day, on Friday, was quite genel
ally observed in Mount Holly
100000 Paragon tomato plants for sale
81 per 1000. Patrick Ryan, Lumberton.
A 1O-cent smoke for 5 cents. The FL
Morico cigar, at Stewards and Gaskill's. 4
The ferry boat Elwood Doron will stol
regularly at Burlington Island Park in
few days.
A man who does not reform before b
marries young lady, is not likely to d.
so afterward.
The County Collectors report for tn
month of May is published in this issu
of The News.
Cabbage, tomato, cauliflower, sage
asters, pansies and daisy plants for sal
by Owen Brothers.
Samuel D. Assay will continue to act al
mail carrier at Rancocas, having been re
appointed to that position.
The temperature in J. Franklin Hun
ter's green house on Wednesday after
noon was up to 1876 degrees.
The brick dwelling house at No. 10 Gar
den street, occupied by Edward Nippins
has been purchased by H. H. Earnest.
Miss Helen Walthers, principal of thu
Hainesport public school, has been elect
ed principal of the school at Lumberton.
Dreer's premium flat dutch cabbage
plants, 81 per 1000, 5000 for "a, larger lot
at special prices. Rosbach's, Pemberton.
Rev. Daniel Clair gave an illustrated
lecture with the stereopticon in the Meth
odist Church at Lumberton on Sunday
evening
Owing to the illness of a member of the
graduating class, the exercises OF the
Brainard school have been postponed I'M
til June %.
On September 10 and IA the members OF
Nonpareil Lodge, No. rs, l. 0. R. M, OF
Mount Holly will hold fair and festival
in the Arcade Hall.
Mrs. Samuel E. Rogers. of Garden
street, is suffering from broken wrist
and injuries to her head, as the result OF
recent fall down stairs.
At Sheldon, Iowa, onTuesday, occurred
the marriage of Joseph Morton, promi-
nent lawyer, and Miss Bessie Logan. The
bride is well known in Mount Holly.
In the Sacred Heart Church. on We'd
nesday morning, occurred the marriage of
Miss Margaret Grady, of Mount Holly,
and Dominic j. Mclaughlin, of Virginia.
On Wednesday evening, June 26, at her
home in Delanco, will occur the marriage
of Miss Maggie Mack, formerly of Mount
Holly, and Tony Winklespecht, of Riv-
erside.
The presiding elders of the New Jersey
Conference, to whom the matter was re-
ferred, have decided that the next confer
ence shall be held at Salem in the month
of March.
Miss May Boyce, of Mount Holly, was
the maid of honor at the wedding OF
Thomas l. Shinn and Miss Anna Duncan,
which occurred in Burlington on Wednes-
day evenin..
Cox~o.oI x1orcouc houa a1raadu made an
plication to rent one end of the double
dwelling house which Harry Lynn is now
occupying, and which he will move down
Broad street.
There are plenty of openings in bust
ness life for young men who know more
than the average, but none for those who
know it all. ''Smart Alecks" are not
wanted anywhere.
Rev. Robert E. Burke, of Princeton,
formerly pastor of the Sacred Heart
Church in Mount Holly, celebrated the
twenty fifth anniversary of his elevation
to the priesthood on Sunday, June 9.
While exercising a trotter at the fair
grounds on Thursday, Frank Kilbourne,
a trainer, was severely bruised as the re-
suit of being thrown from his sulky. The
animal turned complete somersault but
was not injured.
Charles G. Berry, of Jacksonville, who
was recently fined $75 by Judge Gaskill
for assaulting his wife, has been having
his aunt living with him as housekeeper
On Tuesday last he found it necessary to
send her to the county insane asylum.
During services in the Methodist Church
at Bridgeboro' one night last week, it was
thought that some person had stolen a
team that was standing under the shed.
1t was found later that the old trick of
borrowing" had been perpetrated by
some one anxious for ride.
Apples without seeds may soon be
grown throughout the country. They are
an assured fact but the prices asked for
the trees are little too steep for general
use. In few years, however, the price
will be lower. Seedless oranges have been
on the market for several years.
In order to pass safely through forest
fire near Writings last week, it became
necessary to close all the car windows on
account of the dense volume of smoke.
The passengers were pretty well protect
ed as the train rushed on, but the engi.
neer and firemen were nearly suffocated.
Surrogate Kirkbride has granted letters
of administration on the estate of VII.
liam Cochran, Jr., deceased. to William
Cochran; on the estate of Daniel Weast,
deceased, to John Weast; on the estate Of
William Mckinney, deceased, to Joseph
Mckinney. All three were victims of the
Bordentown railroad disaster. Mrs. Anna
Mann has been granted similar letters or
the estate of Thomas Mann, deceased, Of
Riverside.
Thomas Evans, of Delanco, represent
ing the Riverside branch of life insur
ance company, was knocked from his bi
cycle, on Thursday, at Taylor's lane, by
three tramps and robbed of his weekly
cOllecIlOnS, WHICH auounCou w n.On
over 800 He was held down by two o
the men while the other went through hi
clothes. They then told him to get VI
and ride as fast as he could and get out o
their way, which he did.
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ly changing, and they show that the mer
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