The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-06-04

Jne hnlgnuS OF fyInlas next rludy even
ing.
The Eagle fife and drum corps, of Pa
= myra, will give a ball on Saturday even
ing, June 30.
Thomas Bell, farmer near Marlton
recently caught 81 rats in wire trap il
his barn in one night
The eleventh annual reunion of tn
Second New Jersey Cavalry will be hell
: at Trenton next Saturday.
The stone road on Pine street has beef
graded on both sides, which makes an i'm
: provement to that thoroughfare.
Benjamin Deacon and daughter, O.
y Broad street, have returned from thei
trip to the Pan American Exposition.
t Joseph C. Cowgirl has on display in hi
s store a photograph of the America Fire
Company taken in 1858, which is a Gu
riosity.
Albert H. Darnell, of Atlantic City,
who was quite ill at the time of his re-
: cent marriage. is now much improved in
e health
Sheriff Charles R. Fenton had the Roy
al Arch degree conferred on him by the
, Masonic Lodge at Burlington on Tuesday
evening.
E house and lot on Chestnut street. be-
; longing to Mrs. Martha Chapman, has
been conveyed to Mrs. Anna M. Gibbs
for $780,
Last Tuesday evening G. w. A. French
was awarded gold watch charm by the
Junior Mechanics for securing five new
members.
A musical and literary entertainment
will be given in the Baptist Church at
Marlton on the evening of Thursday,
June IS.
). Miss Alice Stoddard, of Mount Holly.
daughter of Rev. James Stoddard. will
graduate at ST. Mary's Hall, Burlington.
this month.
The New Jersey State Dental Society
will hold its annual meeting at Asbury
Park during the week commencing Mon
day. July TO-
The members of Nonpareil Lodge No
les. I. o. M, announce fair and festival
to be held in the Arcade Hall on Septem-
Der 10 and IA.
Several members of the Lakanoo Boat
Club, of Burlington. took canoe trip up
the Rancocas creek as far as Mount Hol-
ly on Thursday.
DR.. A. r. w. Atwood has number OF
peacock eggs under setting hen. Just
imagine how proud and surprised that
hen will be of her brood.
Alfred Satterthwait, of Medford, while
chopping wood last week, cut deep
cash in his hip by a glancing blow from
the Ratchet he was using.
The engagement of Jesse Miller, OF
Baltimore and Miss Lizzie Mccoy, OF
Camden, has been announced. The latter
formerly resided in Mount Holly.
Surrogate Kirkbride has granted letters
of administration on the estate of Wesley
TAYLOR, deceased, to Philip H. Scott. The
personal estate is valued at 1000.
The mother of Charles II. Deacon, Su-
perintendent of the County Insane Asy-
| lum. died at her home in Rancocas last
week. and will be buried this afternoon.
Harvey Burtis is being complimented
| for the good Judgment he displayed while
officiating as starter at the trotting matt
nee held on the fair grounds Memorial
day.
The new pleasure park on the Burling-
ton Island was opened to the public on
Thursday. Joseph G. Bower. of Mount
Holly furnished over 400 quarts of ice
cream for the occasion.
On Thursday at Browns Mills shoot
ing match will take place between A.
Heulings, of Pemberton, and Theodore
Wills, of Chatsworth, for $25 side and
twenty five birds EACH.
Sidney Skillman has concluded to give
up all that is enjoyable in life by remov-
| ing from Mount Holly. He has been act
| ing as assistant supervisor at the railroad
station here, but has accepted better sit
uation in Pittsburg.
The Medford Gun Club and the Pioneer
Club, of Marlton, will hold big shoot
| ing match on Thursday at the Kenil-
worth range. A large number OF people
will be present and good time is looked
Jor among the sports.
The commencement exercises OF the
Mount Holly High School will be held IN
the Opera House on Thursday evening of
next week. Admission will be as hereto
fore. by ticket until Z. As, when the doors
will be opened to the public.
A very interesting quarterly meeting
of Friends was held at Crosswicks, Tues
day, in connection with the Friends of
that place, Mount Holly and other towns
in this district There was good attend
ance and some interesting speaking.
The directors of the Mount Holly Fair
Association think that when they incur
heavy expenses to provide amusement for
the people of Mount Holly on legal holt
DAYS, the latter should remain home and
extend them a more liberal patronage.
Lewis Williams met with painful &C
cident on Tuesday night as he was riding
to Burlington on his wheel, the front
fork of which broke. He was thrown
violently to the ground and severely in
| iured about the face, chest, arms and legs.
For time Lew was unconscious. This
is the second time he has met with sim
| liar accident
The people of Palmyra are trying very
hard to raise the sum of 81 500 with which
to erect Y. NJ c. A. building. They
now have 5000 subscribed for the purpose.
Mount Holly has passed through such an
experience Our best citizens were deep
| ly interested in the movement and for
time the interest ran very high, but the
undertaking finally died natural death.
Miss Mabel Schlegel, one of the nurses
at the Burlington County Hospital, receiv-
ed her diploma from the Pennsylvania
Hospital, Philadelphia, last week. She
passed the examinations some time ago,
but the diplomas were not awarded until
last week. She stood second in her class.
She also was presented with medal for
honorable services at the Pennsylvania
Hospital.