The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-03-05

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= ton to the new asylum on Wednesday.
Superintendent Charles H. Deacon, @
the. new Insane Asylum, is engaged i
preparing the building for its furnishings
Miss Reba Troth, daughter of Assistan
Postmaster Troth, gave birthday part
to some young friends on Saturday even
ing.
B. W. Storey & Son, whose shop is o.
! Paxson street, shipped consignment o
week.
Rheumatism in all its forms is prompt,
and permanently cured by Hoods Sarsa
parilla which neutralizes acidity of tn
blood.
Judge Charles E. Hendrickson has rent
ed furnished cottage at Atlantic City,
which he will occupy some time thi
month.
The Medford Lodge, Knights of Pyth
las, will confer the third degree on sew
eral candidates on Wednesday evening
March 20.
The appearance of Mill street has beer
much improved since the removal of the
two large trees near the residence of Will
liam B. Ogburn.
A meeting of the creditors of John God.
frey, the Moorestown grocer who recent.
" went into bankruptcy, will be held in
Camden tomorrow.
A shooting match will take place at
Browns Mills on the 18th inst, at which
time hog named Admiral Sampson
will be slaughtered.
Edgar Evan was fortunate in finding a
cannon ball in the rear of his fathers
office last week. 1t no doubt is a relic of
the revolutionary war.
Samuel A. Atkinson and wife went to
New York on Friday and viewed the
sights of the metropolis until yesterday,
when they returned home.
John W. Taylor, of the Taylor Manu-
featuring Co., has accepted a position as
representative for firm of founders and
machinists at Dayton, Ohio.
DR.. Parry, who recently returned from
trip to Cuba, is of the opinion that this
country may yet have some trouble with
the residents of that island.
Mrs. Henry /. Worrell of Vincentown,
broke her foot across the instep, few
days since, by making a misstep while
descending the stairs at her home.
There are now thirty eight inmates in
the Masonic Home at Burlington, and
twenty -one rooms have been furnished by
as many different lodges in the state.
The following unclaimed letters remain
in the post Office for the week ending
March 2: Mrs Alfred Denniss, Mrs Mary
H. Fay, George D. Stuart, Miss Wood
ford.
The personal estate of Catharine L.
Gleason, deceased, of Birmingham, is
valued at $4,000. Letters of administra-
ton have been granted to William H.
Ryan.
A large delegation from Burlington
county was in Washington yesterday to
witness the Inauguration of President
Mckinley. Over a dozen tickets were
sold in Mount Holly.
A lighted taper at the residence OF
Thomas Fl. Lynn, Broad street, few
days since. set fire to lace curtain. The
flames were extinguished before much
damage had been done.
At Medford, on Wednesday, occurred
the marriage of Frank B. Branson and
Miss Martha B. Peak. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Joseph Garrison
in the Methodist parsonage.
BENJAMIN Bozarth, who has been suffer
ing greatly of late years from wound
received in the leg during the Civil war,
was compelled to have the injured mem
Der amputated on Monday, at Philadel-
phia hospital
Left hand socials are the latest in church
entertainments in South Jersey. All who
attend must go with their right hand ban
daged SO that it cannot be used. Every
thing done during the evening must be
done with the left hand.
When you drop penny in blind mans
hat. do you ever consider how much care
you should give your own eyes3 Take no
chances with them Consult Stiles & Co. s
eve specialist, at the Masonic Temple,
Wednesday, March g. Hours, $50 to 4.
Farmers below Mount Holly whose
poultry has been stolen within the past
six months, are requested to send their
names and addresses to Ellis H. Parker,
detective, Mount Holly. He is in posses
sion of information that may tend to
break up the thieving.
The Audubon Society of New Jersey
has been instrumental in the presentation
of bill to the legislature for the protec-
ton of wild birds, and if this bill be-
comes a law, wearing of the plumage
or any part of the skeleton or feathers OF
bird on millinery will be unlawful and
punishable by fiue or Imprisonment.
Representatives of the fairs in Bethle-
hem, Pottstown, Shellington and Allen
town, Pa, and Trenton and Mount Hol-
ly, met at the Grand Hotel, in Allentown,
few days since, and formed circuit to
be known as the Pennsylvania and New
Jersey Trotting Circuit. Baxter Conover,
of Trenton, was elected president, and
Benajah P. Wills, of Mount Holly, sec
rotary.
A singular accident occurred on High
street. Tuesday afternoon. Coal men had
been engaged in filling the bin at James
D. Flynn's restaurant and the hole in the
sidewalk was uncovered. A lady with
small child came along and the latter did
not notice the opening, into which it fell.
The mother afterward turned around to
look for the child which had disappeared
and to her surprise found the little one
down the coal hole. 1t was taken out and
found to be uniniured.
The Philadelphia Times is conducting
an unlimit contest for the most popular
school teacher or pupil. and the success
ful ones are to be given free trip to the
Pan American Exhibition ard Niagara
Falls Among the teachers in Burling-
ton county Debora c. Harris, OF River
side. has thus far received 1854 votes
Helen Deacon, of Pemberton, SAL; Mist