The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-04-01
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
Hay and stalks for sale. Eayrestowl
Roller Mills.
Rev. n. V. p Lewis, of Westerly, r. /.
is visiting relatives in Mount Holly.
The engagement of Horace McIlvair
and Miss Edith Kelley has been announc
ed.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Parsons spent
a few days in Washington, D. c., las
week.
Governor Murphy has signed the bill
reducing the number of members of the
boards of freeholders
James Comfy and wife returned yester-
day from their trip to Porto Rico and
other points in the West Indies.
Rev. Ernest A. Boom, of Washington
N. j., has accepted cali to the passionate
of the Baptist Church at Florence.
Charles |. Bishop lost his pocketbook on
Friday night or Saturday morning. He
will pay $40 reward for its return.
The Mount Holly Mandolin Club will
give concert at Relief Fire Company
Fair on Thursday evening, 10th inst.
chine store of M. A. Earnest, Pemberton.
will be found a full line of Millinery
Goods.
A dance will be given in the Masonic
Temple this evening, under the manage
ment of ] Edgar Evan, James Logan, Jr +,
and George E. Moore.
The office one door above the Mount
Holly National Bank, formerly occupied
by Adams Express Company, is for rent.
Apply next door to Anna r. Burr
Rev. James Eckersly, who was appoint
ed by the NJ E. Conference at Salem to
fill the pulpit OF the Lumberton Church
this year, has declined to accept the
charge.
Judson Gaskill has engaged another
blacksmith, and is now prepared to give
extra service in that line at his shop on
Buttonwood street. Horses will be shod
with extra care.
Leander Shreve Zelley, formerly of
Jacksonville, now of Potts7ille, Pa, and
Miss Agnes FL. Smith, of Philadelphia,
we're married in the latter city by Friends
ceremony on Wednesday
The annual fair of Relief Fire Company
opeEs on Saturday night and will continue
every night next week. While the fair is
in progress the Company's engine will be
placed in the house of the Union Company.
There was a mad dog on Water and
West Washington streets yesterday after
noon. 1t bit number of other CANNES
before it was killed. Owners of dogs
should keep them tied for few days as
precaution.
Deputy Game Warden John P. Saar ar
rested Howard Anderson, of Cambridge,
on Tuesday. for allowing his rabbit hound
to run rabbits on Sunday. He was taken
before Squire FIGHTER and fined $50 and
50. % costs.
A party of friends took possession of
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. William II.
Stewart, on Wednesday afternoon, and
remained until a late hour that night
making the surprise to their hosts a very
pleasant one.
Work has been resumed on the new
drawbridge at Delanco. A gang of men
arrived there on Tuesday, and will con-
tinue working until the job is completed
The American Bridge Company is doing
the work by contract
There will be rainbow" supper, ba-
zaar and drill in the opera house on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday evenings, under
the auspices of the Epworth League of
the NJ e. Church A novel programme
will be presented each evening.
A large and first-class fresh stock of
groceries can be found at Durand's 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.
Charles Elkinton, the bookmaker who
was arrested in Philadelphia recently as
fugitive from justice, will not be brought
to Mount Holly until after the Haines
murder trial is disposed of. The Pros
ecutor says the prisoner has been in Jail
before and he can just as well remain
where he is for while.
Why need you suffer longer with head
aches and the inconvenience of having,
when reading, the print run together
when you can have your eyes skillfully
examined free and the proper glasses ad-
the Philadelphia eye specialists, at Mason
ic Temple, Wednesday, April %
The Recieso, the official organ of the
New Jersey Charities Association, in its
issue for March, contains an address in
full of Rev. Frank A. Foy, of Jersey City,
formerly of Mount Holly. The address
was delivered before the first State con
ference of Charities and Corrections of
New Jersey, and is full of interesting
facts.
The horse of Edward Hulse, while
hitched in front of Bayersdorfer's store, on
Thursday. became frightened at an avn
ing Tapping in the wind. The animal tore
off the bride and ran away. In turning
the corner at Mill and High streets it fell !
down, releasing itself from the rest of the |
harness. The carriage was badly damag |
ed.
At business meeting of the Epworth |
League of the M. E. Church, on Friday |
nj he foll dol ala
ed to the Conference Epworth League |
Convention, to be held in Broad Street |
NJ E. Church, Burlington, April 80 and
May and 2: Rev. N. J. Wright, Mrs. C. |
A. Wright. Mrs. Rebecca Prickett, Mrs. |
Laura Cable and Miss Sue Buckley.
The annual election of wardens and |
vestrymen of St. Andrews P. E. Church !
took place yesterday. Those elected are: !
Wardens, Charles EVAN Merritt and Ed |
ward Wills; vestrymen, B. F. Haywood |
Shreve, DIR. r. G. Darlington, William B. |
Abbey, George Rendell, George A. Lip |
pincott, Charles A. Sims, William A. |
Slaughter, Clarence H. Polhemus. De-
puties to convocation, 9. E. Merritt, B. F. |
H. Shreve. w B. Abbey; alternates, Ed
ward Wills, William A. Long, George |
Rendell.
Miss Daniels, Bristol school teacher, |
lision near Bordentown, has been awarded |
$40, 1000 damages as result of injuries re-
ceived. Miss Daniels was teaching near
Burlington at the time of the wreck, and,
as the ferry boat from Bristol was not
running, she was compelled to go around
by way of Trenton to reach home Since
the accident she has suffered greatly from
nervous prostration. In the train she oc-
cupied seat with Edward Stokes, also of
Bristol, who was killed.
The will of Ants L. Shinn was admit
ted to probate last week. Judge c.. E.
Hendrickson is named as executor. The
will contains the following bequests $500
to Susan N. Carpenter, of Philadelphia;
800 each to Lewis r. Ashhurst, Frank
Carpenter, Sarah Parry, William Carren-
ter. Harry Carpenter. Emma Carpenter;
$500 to w. N. Lacey, of Philadelphia;
$500 to Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the NJ E. Church; 800 to viii
liam Reeves, of Mount Holly; $500 to
Mount Holly M. E. Church; 5000 to Ellen
McCue a. servant; 800 each to Mary Ann
Collins and Emily Collins: $50 each to
Helen Hunter, Anna Hunter and Susan
Hunter; $50 each to Anna Newbold and
Ella Newbold; $50 to Ants L. Jobes. The
residuary legatee is Susan n Carpenter.
Is He a Bigamist2
Fl oward Haines, who poses as the hus-
band of May L. f. Haines, now on trial for
murder, is a mysterious gentleman. 1t
has required several months work on the
part of detectives to learn only a small
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