The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-03-19

The engagement is announced of Ha
vey Nixon and Miss Eva Atkinson, {
Red Lion.
Barclay H. Moore has sold lot {
ground on the Bulls Head road to Ere
H. Eckert.
A. Lincoln Sailer attended the sports
mems show at Madison Square Garder
New York city, last week.
Capt Elton A. Smith, who has bee
spending the winter at Woodstock, VT,
now occupying his residence at Smithville
Thursday, at 1927 P. M, is the tim
set for the entering of spring, when tn
sun crosses the equator on its northwar
journey.
An entertainment was given on Bisphan
street, Friday evening, by number o
boys, for the benefit of the Burlington
County Hospital.
On Tuesday, while returning home from
Riverside, daughter of Samuel Leeds o
Bridgeboro, was Frustrated with hear
trouble along the road.
On Friday evening the Knights of Pyth
las conferred the third degree on one can
didate. Visitors were present from Rec
Cross Lodge, of Philadelphia.
William Schulze, who has patented I
governor for steam engine and wate
wheels, will make efforts to organize /;
company for their manufacture.
At the Arcade Hotel yard, on Wednes
day, nine pigs were slaughtered. They
were six months old and weighed 1874
pounds There were four successful guess
ers. who received $S7.52 each.
Samuel L. Tomlinson and Capt. Walter
A. Barrows, of Mount Holly, were present
as delegates at the annual meeting of the
grand lodge, Ancient Order United Work
men, held at Trenton last week.
A complete. history of New Jersey is
now being written by Francis B. Lee, Of
Vincentown. Mr.. Lee is an authority or
this subject, and his work will undoubted
ly be one of the best ever published.
The annual sermon to Enterprise Lodge,
No. 6, K. of P. will be preached by Rev.
F. W. Thompson, in Mt. Moriah A. M. E.
Church. West Washington street, next
Sunday afternoon, at $50 o'clock.
Friends are invited.
William Wanamaker, of the firm OF
Wanamaker & Brown, has agreed to give
the Moorestown Free Reading Room a
library if the people of Moorestown pur-
chase $250O worth of clothing at the 9th
and Market street store within year.
The farmer who is up to date is now
looking over his plows and harrows, and
repairing whatever needs repairs, and is
making ready to begin good hard work
within the next four weeks His resting
spell of four or five months is nearly over.
The government is about to place on
sale series of postage stamps, ranging in
price from two to ten cents each, to COM
memorate the Pan-American Exposition
to be held at Buffalo. They are to be
about the same size as those in use at
present
The Mount Holly amateur minstrels
will give an entertainment in the Court
House, on Thursday evening, April II,
for the benefit of the Burlington County
Hospital The admission is 10 cents, and
the young men are selling quite number
of tickets.
Letters of administration on the estate
of Dilwyn Woodward, deceased, of Bridge
boro', have been granted to Sarah L.
Woodward, and similar letters on the es-
tate of William FL. Parker, deceased, of
Jacobstown, have been granted to Charles
W. Bowker
Fred Slaughter, the young man who
was injured by falling in one of the pits
at the Florence foundry, died Tuesday
night from injuries he received. This is
indeed sad case. He was but recently
married and was cut off in the full vigor
of manhood.
Professor II. w. Wrights Jubilee
Quartette, of Philadelphia, which recently
gave concert in the Court House, for
the benefit OF the Burlington County
Hospital, will give another of their ia
nous concerts in the Court House, on
Wednesday evening for the benefit of Mt
Moriah A. NJ E. Church.
A, oxoharro oop+o;nS tho fo1Iowino /.
"There are two families in the western
part of this state named Day and Sunday,
who are neighbors. Mr.. Day is the father
of seven girls while Mr.. Sunday has an
equal number of sons. Four of the sons
have married Days, another is engaged, so
that it now appears severy Day will be
Sunday by and by"
The Duck Island Farm Company, of
Bordentown, has filed articles of incorpor-
alton in the County Clerks Office. The
company is organized to carry on an agri-
cultural, dairy, cattle, stock and poultry
business The authorized capital is 800,
900, with $1,000 paid in. The incorporators
are Joseph r. Deacon, Frederick ]. Potter,
William A. Shreve Samuel W. Beldon.
Thompson N. Sims, sergeant of Com
pany E, has been awarded the Third
Regiment regimental badge for the best
craftsmanship during the season of 1900.
Lieutenant Nelson B. Gaskill has offered
a company badge to be worn each year by
the best shot in the company. The mem
bers will soon receive passes emitting
them to the privileges of all the armories
in the state.
A few days since two small boys got
some letters out of the post office belong
ing to Benjamin Deacon, of Broad street.
They were opened and the contents scat
tered along the street. The boys, who re-
side on Water street, were evidently after
money. A repetition of the offence will
land them in the Reform school. Post
master Cowperthwait delivered the letters
to the boys because he thought they were
sent after them
Justice Clevenger had three boys before
him on Saturday, charged with acting in
disorderly manner in and around Ma
sonic Temple on Friday evening while
the fair of the Sons of Veterans was In
progress The justice gave the boys the
choice of three things-to give bail in the
sum of 800 to be good; to go to Jail for g
short term or to pay fine of $2.75 each
To the officers surprise, one of the kids
promptly pulled out the price of the fine
remarking that che did not want any o.