The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-08-13

Cashier Frederick Fl. Lee is receivin
congratulations on the addition of DO
to his family.
The brick residence belonging to th
= Brown estate, opposite the Baptist Church
is offered for sale.
Amos Cline, cranberry grower at Ii
dian Mills, says there will only be abou
half crop in his district.
. A snapper weighing AZ pounds and
/ black snake over seven feet long were car
tured at Medford last week.
A number of Mount Holly angler
went to Barnegat Pier on Friday an
brought home a large number of wea
fish.
A. Elwell Gaskill will occupy tomor
row the newly fitted store room at No. 4
| High street, as cigar store and billiar'
| parlor.
A rusty nail which Abraham Armstrong
stepped upon few days since passed
through his shoe and foot, making very
ugly wound.
Walter H. Oliphant has invented an ar
rangement for cutting the sleet from
trolley wires, tor which he expects to re
ceive a patent.
Tom Campbell, who has been playing
ball with the Chester Athletics, has sign
ed with the Washington club of the
American League
Negotiations are pending for the ap
pearance in Mount Holly at the fall races
of Eleata, queen of the circuit, 4-year
old with record of .082.
George w. Bowker is spending vaca-
tion down at Barnegat City among the
weak fish. F. G. Dalton is clerking in the
cigar store during Mr.. Bowker's absence
Miss Ina N Ashby, of Kinkora, steno-
grapher in the office of Charles K. Cham
bers, was the guest of Prosecutor and Mrs.
Samuel A. Atkinson at Sea Side Park ovel
Sunday.
One of the hardest showers of the season
passed over Mount Holly yesterday morn
ing about o'clock. The cutters were
overlooked and in many places the water
ran into cellars.
The scholars of the Baptist Sunday
School held an enjoyable picnic in the
woods at Smithville on Thursday. The
weather was delightful and the large
crowd had a good time,
While the steamer Columbia was tied
up at the Bristol wharf Saturday night,
Oscar Nealy, one of the deck hands, while
asleep, arose from his bunk, walked over
board and was drowned
Cards are out announcing the engage
ment of Miss Marion Rogers, daughter of
John s. Rogers, of Moorestown, and
George Palmer, of Camden. The date for
the wedding hes not been fixed.
A notable feature at the Pitman Grove
camp MEETING this year is the absence of
bicycles In 1899 over 5000 wheels were
checked during the camp, while thus far
this year the number does not exceed $50.
When the Grand Lodge of New Jersey
Knights of Pythias meets next February,
one of The most important measures that
i'll be discussed will be the advisability
of establishing Pythian Home in this
state.
Louis and Gus Henzer, of Riverside,
were arraigned before Justice of the Peace
Small, of Beverly, on Wednesday, for the
theft of a rowboat, the property of Harry
Austin, of Beverly. The two prisoners
were remanded to jail.
A number of the prominent citizens
of Bispham street are circulating a
petition, addressed to the township com
mittee, requesting immediate action look
ing to the removal or abatement of the oil
tanks of the CrewLevick Company which
are considered dangerous nuisance
H. Alonzo Anderson's delivery wagon
that was in the runaway on Saturday, was
pretty roughly handled. With all its
knocking around and upsetting 1t was
only slightly damaged, which proved 1t to
be very stout vehicle. 1t was built by
Judson Gaskill, the carriage maker on
Garden street, the superiority of whose
workmanship is often severely tested in
this way.
The authorities of Philadelphia are
about ready to award sand contract to
Daniel j. McNichol. machine man, :"
for the new filtration plant. The city in
tends to pay 1884, 3O5 more to this man
than better grade of sand could
have been supplied for by Norcross & Ed
munds, of Mount Holly.
Don't fail to attend the picnic to be
given by the. Sacred Heart Church in the
Court House yard next Saturday. If you
do, a rare opportunity for enjoyment will
be missed. The programme includes
many forms of sport and several exciting
contests are to take place. There will be
dancing in the afternoon and evening.
Complaints come from different places
about the condition of the sign posts
throughout the country. Strangers often
get off the direct road and drive miles out
VI JuCll way OA oAIo dOOOuAD' AO low
requires that the sign boards shall be kept
up and provides penalty in cases where
the township officers fail to comply with
the act
A certificate of incorporation of the
Wrightstown Firemen's Relief Associa-
tion has been filed in the County Clerks
Office The officers are: President. Al
bert Watson; vice president, George B.
Camp; secretary, Stephen D. Harker
treasurer, Wilbur G. Davis; collector,
Brose E. Smith, trustees, John A. Smith,
John Davis and George Fl. VanVorst.
| The familiar face of William McCor
mick, the Burlington huckster, will be
seen in Mount Holly again. A short time
since he quit the business aud accepted a
position with the trolley company. He
was promised steady work. Instead of
this, however, Mccormick was put on as
sub and only made So week. He at
once threw up the job and will again take
up his truck route.
The Mount Holly Banjo, Mandolin and
Guitar Club met with unusual success in
their entertainment given at Barnegat
Saturday night. A very large crowd was
present The same success greeted the
boys at Tuckerton last night. All the
members of the club are we'll and having
good time. They enjoyed the ocean
breeze at Beach Haven on Sunday.
Justice Laumaster issued warrant yes