The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-05-28
The Riverside base ball club will give
a ball on Wednesday evening, June 5.

W brushes.
The post Office will close on Thursda
is at 10 A. NJ, and remain closed the bal
It ance of the day.
A handsome new flag will be raised Of
: the public school building at Riversid
IS on Memorial day.
Cabbage, tomato, cauliflower, sage
b asters, pansies and daisy plants for sal
: by Owen Brothers.
A gasoline lamp at A. A. Engle's ciga
E store took fire yesterday and came nea
: causing conaagration.
The raising of Belgian hares is an in
| dustry that John W. Bidwell is preparing
s to engage extensively in.
John s. Rogers, of Moorestown, begar
: yesterday to erect house on upper High
| street for Edward FL. Lewis.
Edward B. Simons, who owned farm
near Arney's Mount, has traded the same
; for property in Philadelphia.
Thunder and Lightning is the name
of new brand of cigars being put on the
market by Worrell and Harris.
A bay window and porch have been ad
ded to the south side of the residence Of
Joseph G. Bower, on High street.
The public sale of the library and
Office furniture of the late Mark r. Sooy
took place on Saturday. Good prices
were realized.
The sham battle that was to have been
held last evening by Company E, was
postponed on account of the weather I'M
til next Monday night.
Invitations were received last week by a
number of our citizens to attend the Mem
orial day exercises in Burlington as guests
of Common Council.
Jere II. Colkitt has the stone on the
ground for new curbing in front Of his
residence at the corner of Union and
Buttonwood streets.
A false report last week made it appear
that the moulders at Smithville had re-
ceived an increase in their wages of
\ twenty-five cents per DAY.
Call and see the Rambler bicycles for
1901. Ask for Rambler Art catalogue.
Second hand bicycles, sundries and tires
always on hand. Storey s. Sons, Paxson
street, Mount Holly.
Jacob Gaskill, superintendent of the
Jacksonville stone road, had several ribs
broken, on Friday morning, in runaway
accident Theodore B. Pope is looking
after the work temporarily.
Electricity has been introduced into the
passenger depot at the railroad station,
which is an improvement over the former
method of lighting the building. The
current is secured from the trolley power
house.
Annual reports of the Mexican Mission
of the Presbyterian Church were receiv-
ed by several persons in Mount Holly last
week. They were membranes from
Rev. and Mrs. Walter II. Semple, who are
missionaries in that country.
While Mayor Adams was shooting black
birds in field on the outskirts of Beverly,
on Saturday, he accidentally struck John
McGuigan in the face with load of bird
shot McGuigan was riding bicycle at
the time.
The committee on the new asylum for
insane, with number of invited guests,
dined at the institution on Friday. The
meeting was arranged in order that the
medical fraternity of the county might
inspect the building.
A large and first-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
sure to buy. Also meats and provisions.
Orders called for and delivered to all parts
of the town.
The work of building the stone road to
Smithville began on Thursday. The new
road to Jacksonville was also started last
week. Operations were commenced at
this end, so that the road could be finish
ed to the township line, which stops at
WOODLAND.
Mrs. Oliver L. Jeffreys is making con-
siderable Improvements to her barn. The
building now rests on new brick foun-
dation. 1t has been sheathed and force
of men are engaged covering it with what
is known as steel bricks. When painted
and penciled the barn will look like a
brick structure
Testimony was heard yesterday by
Special Master Jacob G. Hendrickson in
the matter of the petition of Joseph G.
Hinchman for partition of lands, Samuel
A. Atkinson appearing for the COM
plainants. After hearing several witness
es the Special Master decided that par
tition of the lands was more advisable for
the heirs than sale of the same.
There are two candidates for the position
of court crier, made vacant by the death
of Barzillai L. Thompson. They are
Aaron E. Burr of Moorestewn, and A.
Elwell Gaskill, of Mount Holly. The
former is a member of the bar, besides
being a detective in the public employ
and also acting in the same capacity for
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Gaskill is constable.
Rosbachs at Pemberton, have large
and better assortment of house, vase and
bedding plants than ever before Prices
reasonable Coleus, 40c per dozen; asters
in eight best varieties, 1Oc per dozen, Toe
per hundred; geraniums Soc, 75c and 81
per dozen; roses, 81 to $3.50 per dozen;
alyssum, heliotrope, begonias, fuchias, pc
tunias, ageratum, iyies and double mas.
turtiums, five cents each.
Gen. James F. Rushing is announced to
deliver the Grafton on Memorial Day at
Beverly, N. j., at Up. m. A full program
of exercises has been provided to be
held at the United States Monument there
with parade of the g. A. r. posts, Sons
of Veterans, National Guard, American
Mechanics, school children, etc. Lincoln's
Gettysburg address is to be read by the
pastor of the Presbyterian Church and
prayer offered by the pastor of the Meth
odist Church.
Miss Edith Sutcliffe, prominent young
woman of Merchantville, became the
bride of Albert Darnell, of Atlantic City,
at noon last Tuesday. The ceremony,
which was to have occurred at the home
of the bride was performed by Rev. r. G.