The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-09-24
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.


Horace Conrow, of Lumberton, has a
elephant plant with leaves AZ by 43 inches
The fire police will hold a meeting i
America hose house ON Thursday at 7.3
P M.
New paper has been applied to the in
terror of the w. w. Curtis dry good
store.
Improvements to the extent OF $40, 00
are to be made to the Methodist Churcl
in Moorestown.
On Friday night about three hundred
feet of trolley wire was stolen near TIN
fountain woods.
Rev. H. w. Haring, of Delanco, ha
declined call to the Presbyterian Churcl
at Christiana, Pa
The annual state convention OF thu
Christian Endeavor Society will be helt
in Trenton on October 10.
j. Sexton Folwell is responsible for thu
neat manner in which the county build
ings are draped in mourning.
Albert Justice, who died at Asbury
Park last week from consumption, was
buried in Mount Holly on Thursday.
An accident to John Allen, while work
ing in canning house on tuesday, re-
suited in his having two fingers cut oil.
During the past week some very flnt
black bass have been caught at Smith
Vile and number of large pike at Eayres
town.
J. Franklin Hunter, the florist, was
summoned to Montclair, Pa, on Wednes-
day, owing to the serious illness OF his
father.
Company E gave a successful dance in
the Court House yard on Saturday night
for the benefit of the Burlington County
Hospital.
A supper and sale of fancy articles will
be given on the premises of St Luke s
Church, at Columbus, on Saturday even
ing next.
If this section had game warden there
would be many less violations of the law,
particularly in the matter of hounds run
ming rabbits
Most all the Mount Holly people hav-
ing cottages at the sea shore, where they
have been spending the summer, have re-
turned home.
The glass works at Medford are again
in full blast, and there are already enough
orders on hand to keep the force busy I'M
til Christmas.
A marriage license has been issued by
the clerk of Bucks county, Pa, to Will
liam E. Tallman, of Burlington, and Lii
liam Gilbert, of Jacksonville.
A Mckinley memorial meeting was held
in the Baptist chapel at Hainesport on
Saturday evening, at which Rev. Charles
FL. Pendleton, of Mount Holly, delivered
an address.
1t is stated that Harry Hawkins, ST.,
of Mount Holly, has been selected as
crier of the Burlington county courts
He will probably be appointed at the DC
tober term.
Wilmer S. Lundy and wife will relin-
ouish housekeeping at Newtown, Pa.
next month and board at the Friends
Home there They formerly resided at
Mount Holly.
Early on Thursday morning Thomas
Lucas was found lying partly submerged
in the water under the King street bridge
with a broken ankle He fell off the
structure the night before. The injured
man was removed to the hospital.
The following are the unclaimed letters
remaining in the post Office for the week
ending September 81: Miss Gertrude APP
plegate, Mrs Addie Banks, Mrs Elizabeth
Cloe, Miss Sadie Collier, Mrs. George Fad
line, c. A. Holder, B. G. Young
A race will take place on the fair
grounds on October IA, between horses
owned by Earl r. Lippincott, w. w. Lip
pincott Harry T. Hartman and DR.. Har-
bert, of Pemberton. Each party will put
up 200 pounds of feed and the winner of
the race will take it all
The thanks of the Mount Holly High
School are due to the Concert Hall Asso-
citation for the use of the Opera House on
Wednesday, and to Morris II. Keeler,
Gen A E. Shiras Post, No. 26, G. A. r. :,
and Mount Holly Lodge, F. and A. NJ, for
the loan of chairs
On Friday evening New Jersey Lodge,
No 1, Knights of Pythias, conferred the
third degree on one candidate from Lum-
berton 1t was ordered that the charter
be draped for period of thirty days in
respect to the memory of the late Pres
ident Mckinley, who was member of
the order.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Price, steward
and matron of the Burlington County
Hospital, are on a two weeks vacation, to
be spent in Philadelphia and Trenton.
During their absence the hospital will be
in charge of Miss L. Mabel Schlegel, who
has just returned from her vacation trip
to Pennsylvania.
Eckard P Budd has been retained by
Mrs. A. q. Stokes, who has filed a caveat
against the will of her father, J. Elwood
Haines, deceased, of Jacksonville. Chas.
E. Merritt will represent the estate. The
sum of $4,000 was bequeathed to Mrs.
Stokes, and the residue goes to the son,
George H. Haines.
Nellie Richards, of Philadelphia, died
a few days ago from consumption. De
ceased at one time worked for Mrs. Mabel
Haines, of Delanco, who is in jail under
Indictment for the murder of her step
daughter, Gwendolin. Nellie saw Mrs.
Haines abuse the child and she would
have been the star witness as she was
at the coroner's inquest.
An unpleasant experience happened to
Mrs Charles johnson, living near Jack
sonville, a few days since. In some man
ner she fell down the well. Her screams
brought her daughter from the house whC
lowered the chain attached to the bucket
Mrs. johnson held on to this while he
daughter summoned the men on the farm
who rescued the lady from her perilou'
position. Mrs. johnson suffered from
nervous shock and exposure in the COLI
water.
The first game of foot ball in Noun
Holly this season will occur next Satur