The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-06
Picnic parties up the creek are now

Robert, the young son of Carltol
Haines, of Tabernacle, was badly poison
ed few days since by eating toad stools
The vestry of Trinity Church last weel
refused the offer of $4,000 made by Com
pany E for their abandoned house of wor
ship.
| Meetings have been suspended by thu
Christian Endeavor Society of the Pres
byterian Church during the present
month.
Those in authority were at their offices
bright and early yesterday morning ex
ecuting vouchers for the government pen
sioners.
Four applications of Timothy B. Mad
den's linament enabled lady to get down
stairs without creeping for the first time
in four years.
! Louisa Wood, aged SO years, died at the
Burlington County Insane Asylum on
Tuesday. Deceased spent most of her
life in Marlton.
John Donnelly, of Fellowship, who
works in the ship yard at Camden, had all
the fingers cut off one hand recently by a
travelling crane.
For Rent.-A barn in the rear of DR..
Atwoods residence. There are two box
stalls, three standing stalls, hydrant water
and electric lights.
Stewards pool and billiard parlor, Main
street, Mount Holly, opposite the fountain
is one OF, the coolest places in town these
warm summer days.
An additional room has been erected
over the store adjoining the residence of
Thomas Elbertson, at the corner of Union
street and Mount Holly avenue.
Charged with having assaulted Addie
Miller, of Moorestown, aged ID years,
William Penn has been committed to jail
to await the action of the grand jury.
Rev. N. j. Wright, pastor of the Mount
Holly Methodist Church, will be one of
the speakers at the harvest home to be
held at Fox Chase on Thursday, August
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The members of Company E went to
Sea Girt yesterday to practice at the rifle
range. Two badges are to be given to
the men having obtained the highest
score.
The stone dealers in the Upper Della
ware Valley are about to form trust
which will mean greater expense to the
taxpayers in the construction of stone
roads.
Floyd Kempte and John Bayles started
yesterday morning in a canoe for the
pines, where they will spend three or
four days. They intend to go as far as
the creek stream is navfgable
Counterfeit quarter dollars are being
circulated in Camden. They are said to
be of such fine workmanship that it is
difficult to detect them. Even the private
treasury mark is cleverly initiated.
Mount Holly merchants should see that
they do not have mirror in their store
windows during these days of horse bon
nets. The animals may take notion to
dash up to the glass to see if their hats
are on straight.
While party of men were gathering
huckleberries in the swamps at Hampton
Gates last week they saw large black
bear. The animal started up and dashed
through the thicket in close proximity to
George Kellock.
At the harvest home of the Vincentown
Methodist Church, to be held on Thurs
day, August Is, addresses will be made
by Rev. N. ]. Wright, of Mount Holly;
Rev. G.. S. Messeroll, of Burlington, and
Rev. D. G. Cobb, of Wenonah.
A new plumbing establishment has been
opened at Princeton. The proprietors are
George d. Worrell, of Mount Holly, and
his two former employees, j. Wilmer
Lundy and Elmer ]. Shinn, of Newtown,
Pa, who are already in business at the
latter place.
A large and f1rst-class fresh stock of
groceries can be found at Durand's new
store on High street. Call and see the
goods and get prices. Then you will be
isure to buy. Also meats and provisions
Orders called for and delivered to all parts
of the town.
A child of A. R. Bidwell, on Branch
street. got something lodged in his throat
Yesterday. In her efforts to give the child
relief, the grandmother scratched the lit
tie ones throat with her finger nail The
blood caused some sickness, but beyond
this no bad effects ensued.
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the post Office for the week ending Au-
gust 8: Adv. agent Northwestern Yeast
Company, Howard Chester, Mrs. Farley,
Fred E. Herbert, Mrs. Mulholland, Ell
wood Nixon, NJ Phridman, Oscar Sal
mons, Violet Shinn, Joanna Wade.
The pinehawkers are now in their glo-
ry 1t is their season to make money by
picking huckleberries and rushing them
into market The berries bring no rev
enue to the land owners, who allow the
fruit to become the property of the pick
ers, which is great benefit to many poor
people.
The Friends First-day school held its
annual picnic in ex-senator Parry's woods
at Hainesport on Wednesday. Rain
began to fall at 11.3O o'clock, which
caused the children to seek shelter. 1t
cooled the atmosphere, however, and
enabled those present to have good time
before the day was over.
The degree team of Marion Circle, No.
g. Brotherhood of the Union, gave a rem
dition of the initiatory degree before a
committee of three judges from the Grand
Circle, on Wednesday evening. The con-
test, which closed that evening, was for a
prize of $50, which the local team hope to
win. There are many competitors
throughout the state.
No contract was awarded on Tuesday by
the standing committee of the Board OF
Freeholders for the erection of new barns
on the county farm to take the place OF
the one recently destroyed by fire. The
committee met and there were several bids
presented. but they were not opened, il
having been ascertained that the specifi-
cations were not right. New bids will be
advertised for.
Mrs. Armstrong, who is living with he
daughter, Mrs. Warwick, on Grant street
was attacked by large dog on Friday