The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Howell, who hay
been victims of the grip, are nearly re
stored to health.
4 On Friday evening the Knights of Pytl
las conferred the first and second degree
on one candidate.
Joseph Winkelspecht, of Riverside, hs
purchased several building lots from Cap
Walter A. Barrows.
The Board of Freeholders will meet
the Court House, Mount Holly, on Wet
nesday, February 10.
Freebooter Warner, of Lumber ton, ha
announced himself candidate for Sheri
on the Republican ticket.
A petition is being circulated askin
that John P. Saar. of Palmyra, be az
pointed state detective.
"The Spinsters' Return" is to be pre-
scented in the Baptist Church at Vincen
town on Thursday evening.
In many instances during the past mont
grip has interfered with business both o.
the farm and in the factory.
On Wednesday, at Medford, occurre'
the marriage of Miss Ella Brannin t
Wilbert Engle, of Lumberton.
On February ID hog guessing contes
will be held at the Arcade Hotel unde
the direction of T. Pop Bowker.
The personal estate of ]. E. W. Shreve
deceased, as per the inventory filed in tn
Surrogate's Office, amounts to $15, so.
James s. Hulme has sold his steam saw
mill, along the Tuckerton Railroad, be
tween Manahawkin and Barnegat, to Viii
liam B. Wills.
In a short time the affairs of the Noun
Holly Insurance Company will be entire
w settled. The stockholders will receive
about 80 per cent.
1t is thought that an operation will have
to be performed on Content Ingling, Of
Columbus, whose recovery from recent
illness is very slow.
Joseph Frake, who is employed in Cam
den, was painfully burned on Wednesday
by the explosion of some gasoline at his
place of employment.
Sheriff Fenton did not sell the property
of Aaron Middleton, of Palmyra, as adj
vertised for Thursday last. The sale was
adjourned for one week.
Mrs. Lizzie Nesbit, of Mount Holly,
who has been visiting relatives in Vincen-
town, was taken i'll with the grip there,
but she is now improving
The ladies of Trinity Church at Vim
centown are arranging an entertainment
to be given soon for the benefit of the
Burlington County Hospital.
Miss HannahRidgway residing on Mount
Holly avenue, fell near the corner of Gar
den and Cherry streets, few days since,
and fractured one of her wrists.
Mrs Thomas Ridgway, of White street,
while carrying her baby last week. fell
down stairs and sprained one of her an
kles. The little one escaped injury.
J. F. Walsh, former hotel proprietor
at Vincentown, has returned to his old
home at Wyncote, Pa. He has been sue
ceeded in the business by John O'Leary,
Jr.
Hon. Nathaniel Rue, of Cream Ridge,
was elected director of the Mercer Co.,
Fire Insurance Co. last week. He is now
serving his 49th consecutive year on the
board
Charles Austin and wife, of Vincen
town, who have been separated for several
months on account of quarrel, have be-
come reconciled, and are again living I'M
der the same roof.
John Bayles, who has been clerking in
Dr. Prickitt's drug store, has accepted a
positl ON in the prescription department of
Evans drug store, 18th and Chestnut
streets, Philadelphia.
Joshua Scott, of Masonville, who was
charged with being too familiar with Mrs.
Augustus Taylor, and interfering with
the domestic affairs of her husband, has
been held under 800 bail.
The members of the Burlington County
Medical Society were to have met at
the Aims House, on Thursday, to inspect
the new asylum, but Mrs. Harbert was
i'll and the meeting was postponed.
The Good Intent engine, which arriv-
ed in Mount Holly on Wednesday, was
given satisfactory test on Friday, and
now the members of that company are
ready to show what they can do at fire.
Frederick Slaughter and Miss Bessie
Rhubart, of Florence, were married in
Bordentown on Wednesday. The cere-
mony was performed at the Baptist par
sonage by Rev James Lisk, D. D.
The hotel at Jacksonville has been sold
to Charles G.. Berry, of Philadelphia, who
will improve. the place. Howard W.
Shinn, the present tenant, will return to
Burlington and engage in the manufacture
of cigars.
Rev. Kerr Boyce Upper, of Philadel-
phia, lectured in the Opera House, Mount
Holly, on Friday evening, to an audience
of 45 persons. The lecture was not free,
there were no Uncle Toms or little Evas,
nor was there anything to eat.
Miss Josephine Cox. of Mag nolia, had
her hair consumed by fire few days
since, by her celluloid combs igniting
while sitting close to a stove. She and
her mother were both severely burned
while trying to extinguish the blaze.
At a meeting of the Grand Lodge OF
Masons, in Trenton, last week, Henry 5
Haines, of Burlington, was elected Grand
Instructor; Cooper II. Prickett, Burling-
ton, Junior Deacon; John W. Bodine,
Camden, Grand Sword Bearer; Isaac D,
Antrim, Bordentown, Grand Pursuivant.
Two large hogs were slaughtered al
Zelley's hotel w ednesday, that weighed 59t
and 500 pounds, total of 1852. The II
cent guessing box was won by Walter
Allen and Howard V. Stratton, of Mount
Holly. and Albert Horner and T.'Stevens
of Juliustown. 1t contained $50. The
25 cent box was won by George Mount
of Burlington. 1t contained So. One OF
the hogs was raffied off in the evening ant
was won by Benjamin W. Zelley.
One of the probable changes in the game
laws will be making the open season TO
ahh;4a nnail and snnirrels one month in