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

Mount Laurel, only sixteen votes were
cast on Tuesday.
A collection is being taken at Riverside
for the purpose of purchasing piano for
the public school,
Maurice Kirby of Mount Holly avenue,
was taken to Philadelphia last week to be
operated on for appendicitis.
Frank Howell, of Tabernacle, has ac-
cepted position as conductor with the
Trenton Traction Company.
Martin Snow, of Riverside, was operated
on at the Burlington County Hospital, on
Thursday, for appendicitis.
The Beverly wheelmen will give
smoker on Thursday evening. The Mount
Holly Banjo Club will entertain.
George H. Cline, of Marlton, has an
nounced his candidacy for freeholder at
the expiration of B. s. Lippincott's term
Elizabeth Stevens fell down stairs, last
evening, at the home of her brother, JOS
eph Taylor, in Columbus, and broke her
neck.
The Upper Delaware River Navigation
Company is painting all its boats. The
scrapings from the Twilight alone weighed
| five tons.
There is talk of organizing a base ball
club at Medford to enter proposed am
ateur league of several small towns of
South Jersey.
The Lucania, the steamship upon which
Rev. Marshall Owens sailed for England
on March 9, arrived at Liverpool on Sat
urday at midnight.
Secure your seats at Jamison's for AL.
w. Martins Uncle Toms Cabin Company,
which appears at the Opera House on
Thursday night next.
The dairymen of Burlington County
will hold meeting in the Court House ON
Saturday afternoon, at two O'Clock, for the
purpose of organizing.
A colored fife and drum corps from
Mount Laurel appeared on High street
about ten o'clock on Saturday evening
and made things lively for awhile.
The Burlington County Telephone Com
pany has had poles erected for its extern
sion from Moorstown to Mount Laurel.
The work was done by Ezra E. Darnell
The ladies of the Masonic Tie will hold
their annual supper in their lodge room in
IL n Thin rcdo ~ unninr
each member being privileged to invite
one friend.
Charles Henry Holloway, of Chester
field. who at one time was confined in the
asylum, was declared by jury yesterday
to be lunatic, in order that he might re-
ceive legacy.
The Mount Laurel Board of Health will
open small pox hospital in an old church
near the Mount. There are now eleven
cases, several being those of farm hands
without homes.
A. ]. Kerlin, of Mount Holly avenue.
who has not yet fully recovered from the
injuries he received from his recent fall
at the foundry on Church street. is now
i'll with pneumonia.
Another attempt was made by burglars
this morning to enter G. s. Cranmers
general store at New Gretna, it being the
second time within five months Mr..
Cranmer is light sleeper and this time,
as before, secured the intruders' tools.
At meeting of Company E last even
ing, George Linton and Charles McQuig-
gan were elected corporals. By reason of
being out of town T. M. Sims resigned as
sergeant. Sergeant Joyce, who has served
some fifteen years, was reelected, his
time having expired. A corporal will be
elected next Monday night.
Postmaster Cowperthwait has received
official notice from the department at
Washington, that owing to the appropria-
ton for letter carriers having been ex
pended, and the fact that the appropria-
ton for the ensuing fiscal year does not
take effect for some time yet, that the es-
Establishment of the free delivery system
here will be delayed few weeks.
The annual meeting for the election of
members of the Board of Education will
be held in the Court House this evening.
The polls will be opened at 7.3O and re-
main open for at least an hour. There
are four members to be elected. The
members whose terms expire are DR.. r.
c. Barring ton, Samuel A. Atkinson and
Joseph G. Kingdom. The place made va
cant by the resignation of jerome B.
Grigg, is also to be filed. The three re-
firing members are candidates for re-elec-
ton. John W. Harris and John N. Aus
tin desire to become members. Mr.. Aus
tin is clerk in the freight station. Mr..
Harris is wellknown business man, in
terested in educational matters, having
children who attend the school.