The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-04-16

! A base ball club is being organize
among the public school boys.
Daniel Cline has accepted positio
with Undertak er Il. Il. Earnest.
The Misses Campion, on Broad street
gave matinee euchre on Wednesday at
ternoon.
j Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Cross entertained
the euchre club at their residence on Fri
day evening.
William II. Reeves has secured posi-
ton with Charles Sims He left for Lack
awanna to-day.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Edward B. Rogers anG
Miss Elsie Tuley.
Palms, ferns. begonias, geraniums, po
flowers of every variety at ]. E. Ebert
sons, Mill street.
The high wind on Saturday night blew
down portion of an old barn in the real
of Brannin's tin store.
Carlton o. Peacock, of Philadelphia
formerly of Mount Holly, presented 500
to the Burlington County Hospital yes
terday.
Having secured employment in shoe
factory at Newark, Walter 81. Pierce and
Maurice L. Throckmorton are now resid-
ing in that city.
Rev. ]. W. Frambes, pastor of the Bap-
fist Church, at Medford, died on Wednes-
day from paralysis, and the remains were
buried in Philadelphia on Saturday.
One of the latest movements in town is
scheme headed by several young clerks
on High street to organize bachelors
club and give Mount Holly girls cold
shoulder.
Carl Claypoole has given up his posi-
ton as telegraph messenger in Mount
Holly, and has accepted position as OPP
orator in the office of the 81. B. Smith
Machine Company.
The Diamond Jack Medicine Company
has on exhibition in the window of DR..
Flynn's drug store a handsome gold and
silver trumpet, which is to be presented
to the most popular fire company in town.
The amateur minstrel performance held
in the Opera House, on Wednesday even
ing for the benefit of the Hospital, was a
decided success A large audience was
present, and the efforts of the young men
were highly appreciated.
The Water Company is experimenting
with an air compressor on the artesian
well at the pumping station to ascertain
if the supply of water can be increased
sufficiently thereby to make it available
for use for supplying the town.
The committee having charge of the
Relief Fire Company Fair last week de-
sire to extend the thanks of the company
to the merchants and others who so lib
orally contributed to the fair, and to the
public in general for its patronage.
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.
The prospect of having base ball team
here this season is said to be assuming fay
orable shape The query where they will
play naturally arises, as a local paper
says the Fair people will not and the golf
people cannot lease, what appear to be
the only available grounds.
Relief Fire Company's annual fair
closed on Saturday night. About $3.50
was netted. The following were the prize
winners: Morris chair, Hannah Randall;
So gold piece, Anna E. Rogers; pair shoes,
Maggie Shinn; umbrella, William Linck;
$3.50 gold giece, NJ ]. Vanzandt; bag
flour, Rudolph Wolf; $3.50 gold piece,
Patrick Fitzpatrick; gold badge, A. E.
Gaskill; $3.50 gold piece, E. FL. Kirk
bride; table cloth and napkins, Mrs. Ed
ward Hack pin cushion, Mrs. Claypoole;
silver tea set, H. s. Quicksall; pig, Mrs
Edward Hack; fremen's cake, one each
to John Lewis, Eva Peacock and r. s.
Haines; silver butter dish, D. G. Bullock;
silver tea set, E. H. Kirkbride The
holder of ticket No. 500 is entitled to a
lamp. No name appears on the stub.
Robert Berry was awarded parade uni
form for selling the greatest number of
tickets by a member of the company.
The boys contest for gold and a silver
watch, for selling the most tickets, result
ed in favor of Thomas and William Quig-
low