The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-01-29

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Peter Assay is suffering with a bad at
: tack of grip at his home on Madison ave
t nue..
Thirteen bronze medals were distributed
e last night to those members of Company
E who qualified as marksmen at Sea Cir
last summer.
A contract for number of hand paint
) ed show cards has been filed by E. Plum
Pitcher for large department store il
Wilmington, Del.
Rosbach's at Pemberton have beautiful
azalias, primroses and cyclamens in full
bloom, nice for the Lying room at this
time of the year.
The large ice house on the Daniel q
Lippincott farm is being enlarged in or
! der to increase the tonnage capacity, te
meet the demands of growing trade.
A large tallow tree that has stood fol
the past fifty years in the side yard of the
Mary p Rogers property, on Water
street has been cut down and converted
into fire wood
A gentleman from New York city drove
to Vincentown yesterday, and after look
ing over the fine bay horse owned by
Capt. Martin L. Haines, purchased the
animal for $1,000.
An interesting exhortation was deliv-
cred in the lecture room of the Methodist
Church, on Thursday evening, by G. G..
Book a licentiate of Trinity M. E.
Church, of Trenton.
Mrs. Ella May Stilwell, formerly of
Mount Holly, died on Thursday at her
home in Camden, in the 3Oth year of her
age. Interment was made in Evergreen
cemetery, Camden.
Children's underwear at greatly reduced
prices. Ladies' wooden stockings, good
quality, only % cents per pair. Neva
silk skirts. black and collors, 81. S. s.
Evan, % High street.
The citizens of Smithville will give a
chicken supper in the hall at that place
on Wednesday evening, February 6. The
proceeds will be presented to the Bur
lington County Hospital.
At the afternoon services of the quar-
terly meeting in the Mt. Moriah A. M. E.
Church on Sunday, Rev. Robert F. But
Ter, of Burlington, preached to an I'M
usually large congregation.
A revival of unusual interest is now in
progress at the St. Paul's M E. Church,
under the charge of the pastor, Rev J.
G. A. Johns, resulting in quite number
of penitents at the mourners' bench.
Judge Gaskill announces that hereafter.
for the convenience of the bar, the county
court will meet on Fridays instead of Sat
urdays, and that such cases as have been
set down for Saturday will be changed to
the day preceding.
A large and first-class fresh stock of
groceries can be found at Durands 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.
Maurice Engle, of Masonville, is receiv
ing much praise at Rutgers college, where
he is in the Sophomore class, for his hero
ism on Saturday last in rescuing Arthur
Smith, aged years, and Edward Carpen-
ter aged IA years, who had broken through
the ice into a pond at New Brunswick.
Following is a list of the unclaimed
letters remaining in the post office for the
week ending January 90: Jos. -Clevenger,
Miss Bessie Hoffman, Miss Clara Holmes,
Mrs. H. R. Mitchell, Henry G. McCully,
Miss May Risley, George Rommell, Miss
Sarah Vanhorne. Letters held for post
age: Mrs Eliza Gibbs, $3.50 Chestnut
street, Camden; Mrs. Lizzie Broom, Vim
centown.
At sale of stocks on Saturday the fol-
lowing prices were realized: Five shares
of stock of the Farmers National Bank
of Mount Holly, $40 per share, to Caleb
R. Dudley; three bonds of the Union
Fire Company. of Mount Holly, 800
each, were bought by the company for
$11O each; two shares Union Bank Mount
Holly, $3.50 per share, to Michael BOUCHER.
The particulars in sensational case at
Pemberton were known to THE News on
the first of the present month, but inves-
tigation showed state of affairs which
caused us to refrain from publication.
For the same reason we will not now COM
ment on the matter, but will await the de-
cision of the court, if indeed the case
ever reaches that stage. We feel warrant
ed in saying there are few who believe the
charges have any foundation.
On Saturday, while Ralph Sooy and
Edwin McIlvain were coasting down the
side of the mount, their jumper struck
tree and the boys were thrown headlong
to the ground. Sooy had his knee dislo
Gated and McIlvain was cut and bruised
and had his clothing torn. Two other
bows also struck a tree, which caused Nor
man Harker to receive sprained wrist,
and John Grigg was injured by striking
his head against a tree.
Edward Hack is now devoting all his
time to house painting, sign painting, fancy
lettering, etc. In addition to this work
he is prepared to repair furniture and
give it new finish, equal to that when it
was first made. Mr. Hack does upholster
ing of the finest kind, and some of the
work he has turned out has received high
praise. His rates are reasonable. There
is no necessity to go out of town to have
such work done. Call at his shop on Mill
street, opposite Buttonwood.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the H B. Smith Machine Company
was held ON Thursday. The following
directors and officers were elected: Di-
rectors, Elton A. Smith. William S. KEEL
ley, Joseph H. Gaskill, Michael A. o.
Byrne, William D. Martin, George A.
Lippincott President, Elton A. Smith;
vice president, William S. Kelley; super
intendent. George A. Lippincott; secre-
tary and treasurer, Thomas r. Finley.
Charles H. Chickering, who has been
treasurer for over twenty years, declined
a reelection, as he has accepted similar
/ position with the Otto Gas Engine Works
of Philadelphia.
On Thursday morning at Jamison's
store will open the sale of seats for the
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