The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-07-23

open on MONDAY, OepteIAucI o.
Hiram H. Earnest has begun altera
lions to his recently acquired property Oh
Garden street.
The merchants of Burlington will hole
their picnic at the Burlington Island Park
on August %.
The veterans at Vincentown have pur'
chased burial lot for the use of their In.
digent members.
A new porch is being erected in front
of the residence of Ernest D. Holeman,
on Garden street.
A party of young people from Mount
Holly enjoyed a picnic in the woods at
Smithville on Saturday
Mrs Samuel Galley will dispose of her
property in Mount Holly and take up her
residence in Media, Pa.
H. J. w. Frederick and wife removed
to Philadelphia yesterday, where they are
running boarding house.
The Presbyterian Sunday school will
hold its annual picnic in the woods at
Smithville on Tuesday. July 80.
George D. Worrell, of Mount Holly,
has received a contract to run water
pipe in Vincentown to the railroad sta
tion.
| Walter Aaronson has succeeded Her
man Shinn as superintendent of the print
ing department in Hollis box factory at
Riverside.
John Bidwell contemplates the erection
of building for the accommodation OF
his Belgian hares, which he is raising on
large scale.
For Rent-A barn in the rear of Dr.
Atwood's residence. There are two box
stalls, three standing stalls, hydrant water
and electric lights
The Burlington County Young Peoples
Society of Christian Endeavor will hold
its regular quarterly meeting at Bridge
boro on Thursday.
John Mcfarland, the High street shoe
maker, will remove his shop on Monday
next to the office portion of the old shoe
factory on Water street.
Edward R. Smith is now in charge OF
the saloon which was conducted for SO
many years by his father. His restaurant
on Mill street will still be continued.
The weather on Saturday evening was
Just right for the dance given in the
Court House yard by members of Com
pany E. A large crowd was present.
A six inch gas main is to be laid on
Grant street The pipes will be put into
the ground close to the curb, so as not to
injure the stone road any more than pos
sible
| If you have headache or neuralgia look
to your eyes. Consult Stiles & Co., eye
specialists, at the Masonic Temple, We'd
nesday, July "a Hours $50 to 4. Free
examination.
On Friday evening the Knights of
Pythias conferred the shird degree on DIR.
Elmer D. Prickitt, after which he enter
tanned all the members present at his
soda water fountain.
Willis Osbourne is lying seriously in
iured at his home in Merchantville, from
injuries received in runaway. He is
injured internally. The horse will pro-
badly have to be killed as it was badly
hurt on picket fence.
The tenth annual picnic of the Medford
Grange will go to Atlantic City on Satur-
day next. In lieu of their annual picnic
the scholars of the Episcopal Sunday
school there will each receive a ticket for
this pleasant excursion.
The corner stone of the new parish
house of Trinity Church at Moorestown
will be laid o-day at 5 O'Clock P. M. The
Right Rev. John Scarborough, ID. d.,
Bishop of the diocese, will ofticiate. He
will be assisted by several visiting clergy
men.
The telegraph operators on the Penn
sylvania Railroad Companys lines were
granted an increase of about 10 per cent.
that went into effect on July l. The aver
age wages of the men is about $50 per
month, and there is a scarcity of tele-
graphers in many places.
Miss Florence E. Stryker, of Riverside,
received the first prize of 500 offered by
the Current Literature Publishing Com
pany, of New York, for the best short
story. The story is published in the cur
rent issue of Short Stories, and is entitled
1.-The Pilgrimage of Magdelena.
Rosbach's, at Pemberton, still have a
large lot in good variety of geraniums
Choice plants at 75c per dozen, very good
ones at SOC. Also considerable stock of
plants in variety at after Memorial day
prices. If in need of plants it will be to
your interest to visit their green y
Attorney General Elkin, of Pennsyl-
yania has directed writs to be issued
against the Lumber City and Potter Coun-
ty Water Companies to cite them into
court to show cause why their charters
should not be forfeited, because it is
claimed they have been furnishing an in
ferior quality of water.
There was some excitement on Mill
street on Saturday night. gentleman
heard some one on his step tampering
with the front door, and to bring assist
ance to the scene he shot off his revolver
several times The policemen heard the
reports and .scampered in that direction,
but there was nothing doing.
Before Samuel Lee, the colored pawn
broker out West Washington street, died,
he told his wife where he had some money
buried After the funeral exercises had
taken place the lady went to the spot
designated, and digging down into the
ground she found so trade dollars. The
latter did not notice the character of the
money and she began to pay it out.
According to Stacy Lippincott's story,
he took the most disgraceful fall from
his bicycle on Saturday which he ever ex-
perienced The event took place in the
presence of bevy Of ladies, who are
still laughing over Stacy's predicament.
The trouble occurred on soft narrow
path by the side of very deep rut, and
was the result of the rider trying to avoid
running over cat.
There appears to be another hitch near
Palmyra between the Bordentown trolley
and Pennsylvania railroad, relative to
crossinu the latter's tracks The trolley