The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-05-21
PROSECUTOR Atkinson has very painful

Prosecutor Atkinson has very painful
sty on his right eye.
+ The Academy students gave dance in
their gymnasium on Friday evening.
Geraniums coleus, asters, cosmos and
bedding plants at Elbertson's green house,
Mill street.
The Lakanoo boat club, of Burlington,
! will take "a canoe trip up the Rancocas
creek, going by the way Of Mount Holly
on Saturday next.
The engagement is announced of James
]. Garbarino. of Camden, and formerly
of Mount Holly, and Miss Mamie d.
Kelly, of Florence.
Samuel. W. Shinn has sold to Thomas
L. Alcott eight building lots in Mount
Holly, at the corner of Arnold avenue and
Green street. for $40.
The New Jersey Children's Home So
ciety desires frst-class Christian homes
for bright little girls and boys. Apply to
Rev. NJ T. Lamb, Trenton, N. ].
Burlington will have large demon
stration on Memorial day. Company E,
of Mount Holly, with other national
guardsmen, will take in the event.
The citizens of Vincentown are rejoicing
over the fact that they now have the SER
vices of an extra train. which will allow
visitors to 60 to that town and return the
same day.
While driving from Mount Holly to
their home at Jacobstown a few evenings
since, the horse in charge of Frank Ridg
way and Frank Smith, fell down with the
collie and died.
! The new schedule of the Delaware
River Navigation Company and the Bris-
toll ferry boat is now in effect. Excellent
service can now be had from Philadelphia
| to Trenton.
A pair of horses belonging to James
Jobes, of Jacobstown, while at work on
the farm few days since, ran away.
The animals fell into ditch and ore of
them had its neck broken.
For fighting about East Burlington de-
pot, Sunday afternoon, George Bishop and
George Camac, of Mount Holly, were ar
rested by Officer Fitzpatrick on complaint
of Ticket Agent Carmichael. They were
fined 1926 each.
The Burlington County Telephone 20.
is about to make application for the right
to run their wires into the town of River
side and supply the people there with tel
ephones. 1t is quite likely that the priv
ilege will be granted.
Bishop McFaul, of the Trenton diocese,
preached an interesting sermon in Sacred
Heart Church on Sunday evening, after
which he confirmed class of thirty-five
He was assisted by Father Norris The
church was packed and many people were
turned away.
California will be the subject of
lecture to be delivered by Dr. Finks in
the Presbyterian Church on Thursday
evening The lecture in that church last
Tuesday ON the .'Siege of Pekin, was
most interesting and drew large crowd. |
This will be DR.. Finks' fourth stereopti-
con lecture in Mount Holly. Admission
free.
Rosbachs, at Pemberton, have large
and better assortment of house, vase and
bedding plants than ever. before. Prices
reasonable. Coleus, 40c per dozen; asters
in eight best varieties, 1Oc per dozen, 75c
per hundred; geraniums, &c., 75c and 81 |
per dozen; roses, 81 to $3.50 per dozen;
alyssum, heliotrope, begonias, fuchias, pc
tunias, ageratum, ivies and double mas
turtiums, five cents each.
The United States Watch Company, of
Riverside, has filed articles of incorpora
ton in the County Clerks Office. The OBJ
jects for which this corporation is formed
are to manufacture and deal in watches,
clocks and their movements. The total
authorized capital is 81 ,0O0,0 900. The in
corporators are John Lawber Welsh, E.
T. Stotesbury. of Philadelphia; Theophi
lus Zurbrugg, of Riverside; Walter W.
Hastings of Jersey City; Howard L.
Roberts, of Haverford, Pa.
Barzillai L. Thompson, the venerable
crier of the Burlington county courts,
died at his home in Medford last evening.
He had been sick about two weeks. About
a year since he was attacked with paraly-
sis, from which he never fully recovered,
nor did he get over the railroad accident
he was recently in. Mr.. Thompson had
of years. and had also acted as Waterman
for the Burlington County Bank, living
in the residence attached to the bank He
was an old soldier, having served in a
western regiment. Deceased was 70 years
of age. His funeral will take place on
Thursday afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
Captain A. W. Grobler died at his home
in Pemberton yesterday morning, after a
weeks illness. About year since de-
ceased was attacked with a kidney affec-
ton which seized him last Monday in a
severe manner, compelling him to take his
bed. Captain Grobler had been in the
unQerJaKor DuSlueSS Ill I6IuDeTJOH lOT
about 80 years. He learned the business
with Joel Mount, and having served his
time went to Philadelphia where he was
engaged at the navy yard and also was in
the grocery business When the war of
the rebellion broke out, he organized
Company E of the 23d regiment. He al
ways took great interest in the reunions
of the regiment, and was one of the
merriest at the recent gathering at Edge
water Park After the war Captain Gro
bier settled at Pemberton His funeral
will take place Thursday afternoon at
2. 80 O'Clock, interment being made in the
Baptist burying ground, Pemberton.
Personal.
William FL. Stewart went to Baltimore
this morning on business trip.
DR.. J. Howard Pugh, of Burlington,
spent YESTERDAY in Mount Holly.