The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-03-05
Next Tuesday will be the anniversary of


the great blizzard.
It The annual fair Of Relief Fire Compar
l. will be held April Q to 10.
Charles Throckmorton represented Il
;, Mount Holly Red Men in the Great Coul
2 ell in Trenton last week.
Fifty operators wanted to work on shirt
b Learners taken William H. Stewar
e Water street, Mount Holly.
Clifford Danley and George Reamer, c
!; Mount Holly, are now employed at MI
r Meals foundry in Burlington.
Mrs. Bennett, of Mount Holly, wife G
Capt Charles Bennett, died at Wrights
t town. on Sunday, where she had been. Wis
iting relatives.
, A widow, with boy four years old
wants position at homework on farm
Apply at Jacob Gaskill's tenant house
Columbus road, near Jacksonville.
County Superintendent Stees is one o
the committee of five appointed to ar
range for permanent organization o
school professors of South Jersey.
The pipe organ in Trinity Church ha
been sent to Philadelphia to be rebuilt
after which it will be placed in St. An
drew's Church. The chancel of the latte
church is to be enlarged.
Frank Woodington, formerly of Noun
Holly, and lately of the firm of Wood
ington & Hoagland, shoe manufacturer
at Hightstown, is now foreman of thu
Lambert shoe factory at Riverside.
Charles E. Travis has an advertisement
in another column, calling attention tc
his stock of shirts and other goods fol
gentlemen's wear. He has fine line Of
shirts displayed in his store window.
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.
! Atlee D. Prickett has in course of COM
pletion some very handsome harness that
will be shipped to California. The mount
ings will be about as fine as any ever seen
in this section Mr. Prickett has force
of men working on several orders for
high grade work.
The supper held by the ladies of the
Baptist Church last week netted $3.50.
Turkeys were presented to the ladies for
this supper by Sheriff Fenton, Assessor
Girven, Mrs. Daniel Sutter, Mrs. Benja-
min Deacon, Mrs. Edward Logan and
Robert S. Gaskill.
There came near being an unpleasant
ness over the question of whether Rev.
Eli Clifford should be asked to return to
his charge in Asbury Park. The matter
was brought to a focus on Wednesday
night, when board of trustees favorable
to his being retained was elected.
Jerome Bruere and Chas. B. Horror, ex-
ecutors of the will of the late Ann Bruere,
deceased, will positively sell at public
auction, on the 9th of March, 1901, on the
premises, the brick dwelling house No
1872 Buttonwood St., Mount Holly, N. j.,
to settle up the estate of the above decd
ent.
Thieves made a good haul at Wood
bury on Friday night. Among the houses
robbed was that of G.. D. Chenowith, SUI
pervisor of the Sea Shore and West Jer-
sey Railroad. They took his wine and
cigars and quantity OF silverware. Mr..
Chenowith formerly resided in Mount
Holly.
The Commercial List Publishing Com
pany, of Riverton, with capital of $12,-
500, has filed articles of incorporation in
the county clerks Office. The object is to
carry on general printing and advertis-
ing business. The incorporates are Sam
uel s. Daniels, of Riverton; Stephen N.
Winslow and Son and Henry G. Daniels,
of Philadelphia.
The members of Gen. Joseph Hooker
Camp, No. 45, Sons of Veterans, will
give fair and festival in the Masonic
Temple on Friday and Saturday evenings
March is and 16, on which occasion sew
eral articles of value will be given away.
Tickets 10 cents.
Miss Ella Christian has been installed
as clerk in the Mount Holly post Office.
Postmaster Cowperthwait was notified
last week that the young lady had passed
the necessary examination under the civil
service rules, and he was instructed to
give her the position. Citizens Lippin-
colt, who has served long time as ear
rier, relinquished the job on Saturday,
and William Stillwell was put on duty
pending the return on civil service exam
nations for those positions
On Saturday evening Armitt, son of
William Atkinson, of Mount Holly ave-
nue., went home from the Masonic Tenn
pie with some chicken salad for supper.
The young lad, who is but IA years of
age, rang the door bell, deposited the, ket-
tie on the step and ran away, since which
time he has not been heard from. He re-
ceived orders to do some work at home on
that day, and failing in this Armitt evil
IDENTIFY feared punishment for his disobe-
dience. This boy ran away from home
two weeks after his mothers death, and
this is his third trip.of the kind.
Yesterday Detective Ellis 81. Parker re-
ceived a letter from the authorities of
Richmond, Va, stating that John A.
Klinger had been sent to the state prison
for three years for stealing horses. King
er is the man who stole horse from Sam
uel Matthias in Mount Holly last August.
A detainer has been lodged against him in
Richmond in order that he may be brought
back here when the Virginia people are
through with him. The man is SO years
of age and there are at least a dozen in
dictments against him in different states.
Rev. Marshall Owens preached his fare
well sermon in the M. E. Church on Sun
day. At the evening services addresses
were made by Judge Hendrickson and
Marshal Alcott who paid glowing trib-
utes to the good work done by Mr.. Owens
during his passionate here, and expressing
regret that he was compelled to relinquish
his charge On behalf of several friends
Mr.. Alcott presented the pastor with
purse of $780, Mr.. Owens and family
will go to New York on Friday, sailing
for England on Saturday. Miss Sadler,
Mrs. Owens sister, will remain in Mount
Holly.