The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-04-22
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a pension OF " per month has bee
granted to Mrs. Angelina Dellett, O
Mount Holly
Steward George F. Harbert has 9almos
entirely recovered from his recent attacl
of pneumonia.
The Baptist Young Peoples Unions o
Burlington county held reunion at Bur
lingtou yesterday.
Detective Parker, on Wednesday, drov
mendicant from town who was begging
from door to door.
Rev. s. Harper Leeper preached t.
large congregations in the Presbyterian
Church on Sunday.
A telephone with slot machine at
tachment is to be placed in the depot a
Medford for public use.
The grangei's of Medford have selected
Saturday, July 20, as the date for thei
annual excursion to Atlantic City.
A fine lot of cattle, purchased by DIR
R W. Carter 1T Youngstown, Ohio, hav'
arrived at the Rancocas stock farm.
The Jacksonville hotel property, be
longing to Charles G. Berry, has beer
sold to Philadelphia party for IS, 500.
1t is rumored that the Pennsylvani,
Railroad Company is interested in the pro
ject to erect large hotel at Brown
Mills.
Mrs. William D. Herbert, of Churcl
street, is confined to her bed from inju
ries received recently by falling dow
stairs.
Delanco's fire company has been pre-
scented with the bell which formerly hung
in the sp.re of the Lutheran Church a
Riverside
A. A. Anderson, of Mount Eolly. hal
purchased the Scott farm of 1876 acres al
Red Lion. The buildings have been over
hauled and painted.
Sarah A., wife of Benjamin S. Ever
ham, died suddenly in Mount Holly OIL
Sunday from paralysis. Coroner Seeds
issued the burial permit.
After spending the winter in Mount
Holly with her daughter, Mrs George
Heaviland, Mrs Sarah Keen has returned
to her home in Columbus.
Charles Stevenson. of New Lisbon, has
been held for court in $500 bail, on com
plant of Miss Nellie Powell, who alleges
seduction under promise of marriage.
John Henry Antrim, of Pemberton, was
the only Burlington county man called on
the Grand Jury in the United States Cir
cult Court, which met at Trenton on Tues
day.
The annual meeting of the Beverly
branch of the Needlework Guild of Amer
lea, will be held at the home Of its pres
ident, Mrs. +, Burd Grubb. next Satur-
day.
While Miss Mary Nicholson, of Walton
avenue, Beverly, was returning home on
Friday evening, an unknown man snatch
ed her purse from her hand and made his
escape.
The members of T. W. Eayre Post, No.
40, g. A. R., of Vincentown, are raising
funds with which to purchase monu
ment, to be erected on their new burial
grounds.
The sewing school of St. Andrews
church will give public entertainment on
Tuesday evening, April 2S. in the parish
house, rear of the church. The tickets
will be Is cents.
Having retired from farming, Stewart
Mcfarland has taken up his residence in
Mount Holly until next winter, when he
will move to Philadelphia, where he win
live with his son.
The Mooreatown Steam Laundry, Il. B.
Gale, proprietor, has the following branch
offices in Mount Holly:S s. P. Cline's, Main
street; Jos. L. Rossell, Water street, and
h. c. Smith, No. Pine street. Laundry
work in all its branches.
A large ard 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 win be
sure to buy Also meats and provisions.
Orders called for and delivered to all parts
of the town.
If you have frequent headaches and get
no relief from ordinary remedies, have
your eyes examined Our examination is
thorough and free of charge. Glasses
when necessary, at moderate prices.
Stiles & Co., Masonic Temple, Wednes-
day. April Both.
In his usual hurry to get to see his best
girl, Mount Holly grocery clerk closed
the store at six o'clock on Wednesday
evening, thinking it was either Tuesday
or Thursday. OF course he had to re-
open, in consequence of which he had
the ''blues" the balance of the evening.
At meeting of the township commit
tee, on Thursday night. the trolley ordi-
nance for West Washington street was
passed on final reading. The committee
authorized the purchase of fire hose to the
amount of $500, to be given to Relief
Company, which is in urgent need of
more hose.
The question of permanently rebuild
ing the mill dam in Mount Holly is being
considered by the owners, the South Jer-
sey Cas- Electric and Traction Company.
If the rentals from the grist mill, Ice
men and other interests will warrant the
expenditure, the work will be done this
summer.
The Ocean County Rapid Transit Com
pany, of Tuckerton, was Incorporated at
Trenton last week. The capital stock is
$4,000, divided into 500 shares at $40 EACH
The incorporators are s. P. Bartlett, T..
Wilmer Speck and Leonard @. Davis.
The object of this new corporation is to
operate an automobile line between Bar
negat and Atlantic City.
The Mount Holly Water Company has
awarded the contract for the foundations
of the tanks and basins for the proposed
filtration plant to the same company that
has the contract to install the filter The
Water Company thereby has sustained its
reputation for dilatoriness, for it did not
award the contract for the foundations
until about two weeks prior to the time it
had agreed to have the work ready for the
filter. The prospects are now remote OF
having the plant ready for use this sum-
mer.
As has been their custom ever since the
close of the civil war, the surviving