The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-12
LOCAL NEWS.

Lincoln DirInudy
George Sleeper will succeed his fath'
In the fish and oyster business.
Burlington county has paid its stat
school tax amounting to $50, 2OS.99.
Sheriff Fenton witnessed the executlo
of Robert F. Hill in Camden, on TUESDAY
St. Valentines day falls on Thursday
and Jamison's store is gay with valentines
Harvey Thomas, of Mount Holly, wa
Amounted a Commissioner of Deeds 0
Tuesday.
All manner of social functions are beln
crowded in before Lent, which begins o
the goth inst
Frank Dudley, Moorestown farmer
has disappeared. leaving no trace OF nj
whereabouts.
The Delanco bridge was closed to trave
yesterday and will remain closed unit
further notice.
The Pioneer Gun and Rifle Club, o
Marlton, will have big shoot on Wash
ington's birthday.
Although to-day is a legal holiday, tn
post Office will not be closed until tn
regular hour, 8 P. M.
A social by the members OF the Prespy
terrain Church will be held in the Sunda,
school room on Thursday evening :
While driving to Smithville on TUESDAY
morning, Earl Johnson's horse ran away
The wagon was upset and damaged.
Mrs. Charles Butterworth, living nea
Smithville, was stricken with apoplexy OF
Thursday, and died in about half hour
Thomas Murphy was recently married
to Miss Maggie Murphy by Rev. j. W
Murphy. All the parties reside at Moores
town.
Chief Justice Depue has assigned Jus
tice Hendrickson to the circuit In South
Jersey in which the late Justice Ludlow
held court.
Officer Thomas B. Denness was one OF
the men who took ride on the first troll
lev sent out by the Camden and Trenton
Erection Company.
Mrs. Potts, of Water street, had the fore
finger of her right hand badly mashed on
Thursday morning by stove falling on it,
which she was putting up.
Stacy Britton, of Burlington, while ID
Mount Holly Saturday night, was unable
to take care of himself, and he was sent
to Jail for two days by Justice Krayer.
Robert jenkins, who is confined in jail
as a suspect in the Hunter case, is wanted
by the authorities of Easton, Pa, who al
lege that he stole watch and chain from
Lafayette College about two years ago.
A select entertainment by the children
of the Sacred Heart Sunday School will be
given in St Mary's Hall on Monday even
ing, February IS. Proceeds to help pay
interest on Church debt. Admission 25 cts.
All are cordially invited.
William Sincox who was arrested by
Detective Ellis II. Parker for stealing a
horse AID wagon belonging to Richard
Satterthwait, of near Bordentown, was re-
leased from Jail on Friday, where he had
served six months for his crime.
William H. Mason, the present lessee OF
the boarding house at Smithville, finds it
impossible to meet expenses owing to the
large amount of coal which it is necessary
to consume during the winter, and he will
retire on April 1st. He will be succeeded
by George w. Craig.
The Fieldsboro' Club House Association
has elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, William Leatherbury; vice presi-
dent, Stacy Reynolds; financial secretary,
Samuel Church; recording secretary,
Richard Erlacher; treasurer, William H.
Williams; trustees, Benjamin Beach, John
Church, Lemuel Fisher.
A fawn, probably from game pre-
serve in the neighborhood, was seen
in the Fair Grounds on Sunday, and a
pursuing party was at once formed. The
animal easily eluded its pursuers, and
escaped from the grounds, crossing the
Mount and running into Ridgway street
By this time the pursuing party had been
greatly added to and the chase became
exciting. The fawn kept well in the lead
and continued the dash for liberty down
Ridgway street into High street, leaping
the fence on the Brown property, crossing
the trolley tracks and running to An
of 70 fol
in the rear and was lost to sight.
On Friday afternoon large musk raj
was seen sitting on the ice eating an apple
on the Smithville pond. Some of the Of
fee employees secured rifle and began tt
shoot at the animal. which did not move
although six bullets struck very close tt
it. The seventh one, however, tore its
mouth away. The animal danced around
for a while and then fell into the water
The electrician at the works in pulling
the rat out was bitten on the finger by tive
remaining teeth that had not been in
jured. 1t was finally killed. 1t was un
usually large, being nearly the size of al
ordinary dog.
Rev. DR.. J. B. Graw. Presiding Eide
of the Bridgeton District of the New Jer
sey Methodist Episcopal Conference, ant
one of the most influential clergymen il
the Conference, is seriously ill at hi
home in Camden. A large carbuncle Oh
the back of his neck is the ailment, an(
on Thursday his condition was critical
Even now, although it is given out tina
the crisis has passed, the doctor says he i
very sick man, and is hardly yet out 0
danger His illness is of weeks dura
ton, he having returned home from hi
work on Monday and Immediately took t
his bed. The latest report is that the pa
tient is slowly improving, and it is ex
pected that he will soon again take u
his work.
An arrest for assault and battery wa
expected last week, but the case has pre-
badly been settled. A woman who wa
working at Garden street residence wa
the complainant, and the story she tol
the Justice was that there was traine
nurse at the same place, with whom sh
had few words with possibly pass c
two at each other, and the nurse ran
the family physician with her side of tn
story. The latter came to the house in
hurry and after few words, seized tf
domestic by the throat or neck of h'
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