The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-18
Sunday was observed as Grange Memo
rial daY through this state.

smut down Tor the season next week.
Clarence Hozier, of Florence, aged Il
years, was drowned on Thursday even
ing.
i. Work on the contemplated improve
ments to st. Andrews Church began or
Friday.
An orange tree containing some fine
fruit can be seen at the residence of Chas
A. King.
Work on the erection of new school
house at Jacksonville will be commenced
next week.
The tenth annual picnic of the Med
ford Grange will be held at Atlantic City
on July 81.
The engagement is announced of Ben.
| iamin Davis and Miss Maggie Hilyard, OF
Rancocas.
A. s. Kellogg has moved his billiard
parlor to rooms over Martin Bayersdor-
fer's clothing store.
A strawberry festival was given by the
Methodist ladies at Juliustown on Friday
and Saturday evenings.
There are only two advertised letters
remaining in the post Office. as follows;
Ellie Hall and Mrs. A. Taylor.
Job Collins is still selling letter boxes,
matter of interest because of the APP
preaching free delivery system
Smokers Why pay 10 cents for cigar
when you can get the El-Morico for
cents at Stewards and Gaskill's? At
Rev. A. L. Moore, of Philadelphia, de-
livered an interesting address in the Bap-
fist Church on Tuesday evening.
W. Horace Thomas, Mount Holly
printer, died at his home on Monroe
street, on Tuesday, of consumption
Owing to rain the lawn fete at
Lumberton could not be held on Saturday.
1t was postponed until next Saturday.
George Schickedanz. the High street
barber, has moved to Camden, where he
will continue in the same business with
his brother.
The graduating class of the Mount Holly
High School was given a reception by the
undergraduates on Friday evening in the
Lewis building.
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Cullen, of Spout
Spring avenue. will celebrate the twenty
fifth anniversary of their marriage on
Saturday evening next.
James W. O'Brien, of Bristol, Pa, has
sold his interest in the house which he oc-
cupied on Mount Holly Avenue, to
Mary E. Evans, of Camden.
The fair and festival given by the mem
bers of Company E, on Friday and Sat-
urlay evenings, was largely attended and
the soldiers made some money.
The property on the Bustleton road, in
Florence township, belonging to Marga-
ret s. Peacock, of Mount Holly, has been
sold to George W. Frazier, of Smithville,
for $1,000.
After lying in the river for six months,
the body of Miss Lydia Deacon, of
Haddonfeld, was recovered yesterday,
within 500 yards of the spot where she
jumped from the ferry boat.
While crossing the railroad track near
his house on Water street Friday even
ing, Thomas Fitzpatrick fell in front of an
trolley car and had narrow
escape from death.
]. Franklin Hunter is erecting a small
building by the side of his green house
on Grant street, in which he will raise
Belgian hares. He already has number
of fine specimens on hand.
Joseph Wagner, 4-year- boy, living
in Burlington, was terribly burned about
the legs, abdomen and arms while playing
with matches yesterday. He was taken to
the Cooper Hospital, in Camden, and is
not expected to live.
While attending the commencement ex-
ercises in the Opera House on Thursday
evening, Frank B. Keeler, of Bordentown.
W as taken ILL., He was removed to the
home of T. Clifford Keller, where he
soon recovered.
Bargains in shoes, ladies' misses and
mems, boys and youths, at the
very lowest profit Custom work and re-
pairing. Making shoes for deformed feet
a speciality. Shoe findings for SALE John
Bill, SO Church street.
Black velvet betting, black gros grain
b elting, black and white silk betting, all
by the yard. Belt buckles, steel, black
and gilt. Ladies white shirt waists, only
81 and LIZ; exceptionally fine and pretty,
s. s. Evan, % Main street
Angus Lamont was admitted to the
Burlington County Hospital yesterday.
He had broken leg while wrestling at
Vincentown. Mrs. Rachel Seisent, of
Riverside, had the ovarian operation per-
formed on her at the institution on Friday.
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
isure to buy. Also meats and provisions
Orders called for and delivered to all parts
of the town.
L
berton is the victim of peculiar throat
disease which has made him almost dumb
A peculiar feature of the case is that
every barber who has preceded Cotton in
his present position has soon become
afflicted in the same manner, and has
been obliged to leave.
At the regular monthly meeting of the
Ushers' Union of the M. E. Church,
which was held on Thursday evening, the
following officers were elected: Richard
Dickerson, president; Edmund Eddy, vice
president; Charles r. Pierce, secretary;
Dallas Pierce, treasurer; s. E. Colder and
M. H. Dobbins, ex off1cio.
The Phil anthropic Committee of Bur
lington Quarterly Meeting will hold a
meeting in the Friends meeting house at
Mount Holly, on First-day afternoon,
Sixth month 90, 1901, at o'clock. Alfred
H. Love- of Philadelphia, is expected to
address the meeting. Subject, peace
and Arbitration :" A cordial invitation
to all.
There was frost in the cranberry boys
on Sunday week, and it was feared there
would be another touch last Sunday, but
none was discovered. At Turkeytown,
on the 9th, the vines on 300 acres were
struck by the FROST but it is hoped the
buds were not injured. This will not be
discovered until later.
Constable Woodruff had occasion to ar