The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-30
Alfred Taylor has been appointed post

| j. 5. Stokes, OF M0orestown, has beer
granted patent for machine for pune
turing metal strips.
Henry O. Risdon has sold to the Mount
Holly Cemetery Association three lots on
the south side of Ridgway street for ST.,
40.
The engagement has been announced OF
Miss Bessie Rogers Wetherill, of Mount
Holly, and Ernest Schenck, of Philadel-
phia.
Henry NJ Lincoln, of Pearl street, who
deals largely in real estate, has sold his
farm, near Buddtown, to Caleb Ridgway,
of Vincentown.
John Abadee was sent TO jail Tuesday
night for ten days Owing to his drunk
en- condition it will take him that long to
get perfectly sober.
While going from Mount Holly to
Ewanville, on Tuesday afternoon, Miss
Sarah G. Clevenger had the misfortune to
lose her pocketbook.
New planking has been placed on the
Bispham street bridge, and the old lum
Der was sold yesterday by freebooter Du-
rand. 1t brought $40.25.
Ralph W. Deacon is now residing in
the Monumental City, having secured q
position with the Baltimore Copper Smelt-
ing and Refining Company.
During the past two weeks Charles B.
Hornor has shipped over dozen car loads
of evergreen trees to the winter home of
George J. Gould at Lakewood.
1t is said that the dry weather OF last
winter killed many cranberry vines in
this county, in consequence Of which the
crop may be somewhat short next fall.
Church people do not like the idea of
the Delaware and Raritan Canal being
open on Sunday, and an effort is being
made to have the same closed on that day.
Mrs. Theodore 81. Risdon and Mrs. G..
B. Keen were in Asbury Park last week
attending meeting of the State Wo-
mans Auxiliary of the Episcopal Church.
Thursday evening, June 10, is the time
selected for holding the graduating exer-
cises of the Mount Holly High School.
The event will take place in the Opera
House.
The annual inspection of Company E
will take place next Monday evening
Colonel Bryant, of Atlantic City, will be
present. On the same evening sergeant
is to be elected
A change will be made in the time table
on Sunday, whereby train will leave
Mount Holly at s.14 Sunday morning for
Long Branch, leaving that place at 4P. M,
and leaving Mount Holly for Philadelphia
at $50.
The Union Fire Company received the
horn which was given to the most popu-
lar fire company by the Diamond Jack
Medicine Company, which closed its en-
gagement at the Opera House on Satur-
day evening.
Ralph Emery johnson. of Lincoln, Ne
braska, and Miss Augusta V. Vought, OF
Philadelphia, were married in the latter
city on Wednesday The groom, who is
a prominent lawyer, is cousin of Depu-
ty Sheriff A. S. L. Doughty, whom he has
been visiting for some time.
The annual meeting of the Burlington
County Christian Endeavor Union was
held at Palmyra on Thursday afternoon.
Quite number of delegates were present
from the various societies, and the pro-
gramme was very interesting.
Having been appointed assistant su-
perintendent of the Prudential Insurance
Company's Office at Glassboro', james y.
McIlvain, who has been acting as a col
lector here, will probably remove from
town. Weber Watkinson will fill the va
cancY.
A wound which N. G. Bickford receiv-
ed during the civil war caused trouble on
Tuesday While working in his shop 1t
began to bleed profusely from some I'M
known cause, and the loss of blood so
weakened Mr.. Bickford that it became ne
cessary to remove him to his home in
carriage
A certificate of Incorporation for
Robert s. Hobbs & Company, of Bever-
w. has been filed in the county clerks
office. The object of the concern is to
manufacture wall paper. The authoriz-
ed capital is 100000. The incorporators
are Robert s. Hobbs, of East Orange;
Milton R. Blyler, of Beverly; Francis ).
Thorn, of Edgewater Park.
The excessive amount of rain in Bur-
lington county during the past fortnight
has caused much damage among farmers,
especially those having low lands, where
the standing water has rotted corn, which
will have to be replanted On high land,
where corn began to sprout, no damage
has been done. Garden vegetables are in
fine condition but they will be somewhat
backward.
Those who attend the Pan American
Exposition at Buffalo are to be treated to
an article on stone road building by Hen
nv l. Budd, of Mount Holly, the State
Road Commissioner of New Jersey. Mr.
Budd will have pamphlet printed on the
subject, which is to have free distribu-
ton. Another little book, containing
historical sketch of the state by Francis
B. Lee, of Trenton. will also be given
away.
At the last session of the Delaware con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
held at Atlantic City, Bishop D. A. Good
sell appointed Rev. M. V. Waters to the
pastorate of St. Paul's M. E. Church, of
Mount Holly. Mr.. Waters was gladly
welcomed to the pulpit Sunday by the Of
ficials and members of the church. He
was introduced by the ex-pastor, Rev.
]. E. A. Johns. The services of the day
were very largely attended. 1t is the
hope of the new pastor to enlarge the
membership and pay off the Indebtedness.
The school board at Riverside is in
somewhat of muddle The board con
sists of five members. Prior to the last
election one of the members moved to
Philadelphia, but he came back and aided
in the organization of the board. Ob1ec-
tons were raised to this proceeding and
the County Superintendent was appealed
to. He referred the matter to the State
Superintendent who, in turn, called on
| the ATTORNEY General. The result was