The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-12-10
LOCAL NEWS.

caQuN buc eAoNS'
Charles Bennett has sold frame hous
on Mill street to Ellen M. Haines for 81,
500.
The only place to buy mechanical toy
in Mount Holly. Wetherill's, A Mai
street.
Farm produce taken in exchange TO
plants and cut flowers at Rosbach's green
houses.
Keep in mind the supper by the 'ol'
soldiers" of Shiras Post, on Saturday even
ing, in Masonic Temple.
The Baptist ladies will give vail
and fried chicken supper in the church OF
Thursday evening, December IL.
Isaac Budd, of Pemberton, won
handsome cup, on Saturday, at the annua
shoot of the Keystone Gun Climb.
The knights of Pythias received on
proposition for membership, on Frida.
night, and elected grand lodge officers.
The annual supper of the Good Inten
Fire Company will be held on Friday ant
Saturday evenings, January II and IL.
The work of repaving portion of Mad
ison avenue will soon be commenced, thu
Belgian blocks having arrived last week
The Rancocas and Mount Holly Trans
portation Company propose extending 1T
business by delivering freight to Moores
town, Palmyra and Riverton.
A compromise, it is said, has been pro
posed in the contest over the will of the
late j. Elwood Haines, deceased, of Jack
sonville
Theodore Wells, the hack driver between
Lumberton and Mount Holly, died at his
home on Sunday from cancer OF the
stomach
Edward B. Jones and wife are arranging
a trip to Florida, to which place they vii!
HE themselves to escape the severe cold
of the winter
At the post office on Friday morning
the mercury was down to eight degrees.
The cold weather during the past week
afforded skating at Smithville.
A meeting of the Burlington County
First-day School Union will be held in
Mount Holly next Saturday in the Friends
meeting house, corner of High and Garden
streets
Don't forget the lecture to be given this
evening in the Sacred Heart Church by
Rev. Stephen Lyons, of Salem, who is a
gentleman highly esteemed by the citl-
zens of Mount Holly
Isaac Harbert, of Philadelphia, is call
ing on friends in Mount Holly, it being
his first visit here in thirty years. He is
looking for data in reference to the men,
bers of his mothers family.
j Franklin Hunter, who has been at
Montclair, Pa, for several months, assist
ing in the care of his invalid father, has
returned to Mount Holly to give personal
attention to his floral business.
All tickets purchased for ten cents each
between Mount Holly and Burlington are
good until used. Some people bought
blocks of these tickets before the car fare
was raised between these points.
John W. Harris, formerly of Mount
Holly, but who is now engaged in the
structural iron business at Joplin, Mo-,
has disposed of all his real estate in Bass
River township to Howard P. Harris.
The Red Men will give their war cry at
the fair and festival which they propose
holding for three nights, beginning Deem
Der 10. There will be lots Of fun and a
big crowd.
The unclaimed letters remaining in the
post office for the week ending December
18th: Mrs Ashworth, Mrs Mary G. Christ,
Walter Deacon, Miss Martha Laclair, VIM.
Kelley, 2; Sarah Young, Albert Woolston,
Borllio West.
Damask and buck towels, ladies hem
stitched and embroidered handkerchiefs,
children's embroidered and colored Dor
ders, gents hemstitched handkerchiefs,
white aprons, pocket books and purses,
chatelaine bags. s. S. Evan, % Main
street.
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.
A fifty dollar gold piece, very rare
coin, said to be worth $3.50, is on exhibit
ton in the window Of Halt's jewelry
store. 1t was placed there by Sheriff
Fenton, and is the property OF Griffith
W. Lewis, of Burlington, who is col
lector of old coins.
Lorenzo Atkinson, who is confined in
the county Jail, has an excellent record in
his efforts to break out of such institutions
but Sheriff Fenton don't propose to allow
him to add to his reputation in this respect
In order to prevent anything of this kind
a chain is fastened to Atkinson's feet
every night.
Mrs. Mary Poinsett, of Cookstown, is
suffering from a recent accident. She was
shopping at New Egypt with her dangh-
ter Mrs. Alonzo Pullen. While sitting
in carriage in front of Jones drug store,
a runaway team struck the wagon, throw
ing Mrs. Poinsett out. She struck the
curb stone, sustaining broken arm and
nose and receiving severe bruises about
the body.
Positively the cheapest place to buy
boots and Shoes boys and youths rubber
boots at wholesale prices and other goods
at a small margin is at John Bills, No. 80
Church street These goods are all up to
date They are no commission goods, but
are all paid for and the owner can sell
them for whatever price he chooses.
Custom work and repairing speciality.
Leather and shoe findings for sale.
The Supreme Court has decided the act
creating the borough Of Tuckerton to be
unconstitutional. The act was attacked
bv James E. Otis, S. P. Bartlett, James
Speck and N. B. Horner, on the ground
that the Constitution requires all such
acts to be advertised and that the lines
of the proposed borough were different,
from the act as finally passed. The
borough authorities say they will carry
the matter to the court of appeals.
On Tuesday evening last Good Will
Lodge, No. IA, Ancient Order United
Workmen, elected the following: Master
workman, Isaac S. Uncles; foreman, WI
liam A. Norcross; overseer, Samuel .
willie; receiver, Samuel l.. Tomllnson
n
Edward P. Holeman; guide, s. Earl Assay
watchmen, William S. Kelly and Edward
b. Jones; trustees, Charles B. Parsons
Joseph c.. Kingdom and William B. Pear
son: medical examiners, Drs. Richard ii
Parsons and Elmer D. Prickitt; representa-
tive to grand lodge, Walter A. Barrows
alternate, Samuel L. Tomlinson.
The previous history of Lorenzo Atkin
son, now confined in the Jail here, was no
known at linton Falls, where he hat
lived an honest life for nine years, havin!
married and reared family in respecta
hilitv. The disgrace attending his pre-
vious character will burden his wife ant
children. Having won the esteem OF tn
citizens there by his upright conduct Il
his effort to lead a better life under tn
name of Cummings, will probably serv
him to good purpose when brought up 10
sentence in Mount Holly on the charge
preferred against him.
Attention is called to the number
new advertisements in this issue OF III
NEWS. Not being satisfied with their reg
Mar announcements, several merchants
who are alive to the value of advertising
have increased their space for the holida
season, which is now on. These announce
ments show where to buy and what 20
can get, and will enable you to pnrchas
goods cheaper in Mount Holly than
PHILADELPHIA. thus saving money an