The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-04-29
TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1902.
LOCAL NEWS.


Butterine 20 cents pound at Allinson's.
Clean and sweet and better than cheap
butter
Miss Anna E. Burr has had new pave
ment laid in front of her property on
High street
Charles EVAN Merritt has purchased a
house on Mount Holly avenue from Sam
uel E. Shinn.
A tea was given on Thursday evening
at the residence of Mrs. Rachel Sailer,
on High street.
Harry Gauntt and Miss Rachel T. Wor-
rell, of Marion, were recently married
in Mount Holly.
Franklin Dill has succeeded Daniel Gar
rett. deceased, as bookkeeper in the store
of Elwood Stead.
Mrs. A. " L. Pumyea entertained
some friends at progressive euchre on
Saturday evening.
John B. Herbert, east Mill street, has
for sale 20 varieties of strawberry plants,
new and standard.
On Saturday night Justice Krayer gave
William Stout, of Burlington, four days
in jail for being drunk.
A number Of young people from Mount
Holly attended dance given in Burling-
ton on Tuesday evening.
Mrs. William Wright. of Union street,
was given surprise by number OF
friends on Tuesday evening.
Detective Ellis H. Parker is confined to
his home on Water street by illness. He
is threatened with typhoid fever.
J. Frank Shaw, of Cherry street, was
in dangerous condition last week, suffer
ing with gangrene of the throat and lips.
By the slipping of an axe while chop
ping wood at Wrightstown on Tuesday,
Walter Deviney cut bad cash in his left
foot.
The 8lst anniversary of the Methodist
church at Medford will be celebrated dur
ing the coming week, begin ming with next
Sunday.
The Mount Holly Banjo Club gave sue
cessful concerts at Moorestown and Vim
centown on Wednesday and Thursday
evenings.
The members of Company E last night
began to hold their weekly open air
drills, which will be continued through
out the summer.
desire to purchase antique mahogany
chairs of the ball and clawfoot pattern.
John K. Scattergood, Adams Express
Company. Mount Holly.
Bradford W. Storey has been granted a
patent on an improved wood working ma
chine, and stock company has been or
ganized for its manufacture.
William ]. Kensler, OF Evesboro, and
Miss Jennie Quigley, of Moorestown,
were married at the latter place on Tues
day by Rev. ]. W. Murphy.
County Superintendent Herman A.
Stees is now engaged in visiting all the
schools in Burlington county. 1t is quite
q task and one that consumes much time.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Metho-
dist Church at Riverside, will hold pow
erty and clipping social on Tuesday even
ing. May 10, at the home of Mrs. F. b.
Lambert
The letters remaining uncalled for in
the post Office for the week ending April
26 are as follows: Mrs. Susie Brown, Mrs
s. Everly. Miss Ethel Evans and Isaac
Streeker
Coates Walton, Jr., and Miss Elizabeth
Taylor, of Merchantville, were married
on Tuesday evening at the brides home
Many prominent people were present to
witness the event.
The annual entertainment of Marion
Circle, No. Q, Brotherhood of the Union,
was held on Wednesday evening, on
which occasion several OF the supreme
officers were present.
The Knights of Pythias. on Friday
evening, received one proposition for re-
instatement As there was no. business
of Importance to be transacted, the mem
bers passed the evening at progressive
euchre
Last week two Riverton boys, Rex Sho-
well and Walter Wright, went out to shoot
qualks, specie of fish-eating birds, and
in some way the rifle of Shovel was dis
charged, the bullet entering the leg of his
companion.
The fast growing foliage is hiding
many of the imperfections on trees, which
were caused by breaking of limbs during
the sleet storm of last winter. In some
cases, however, their beauty has been
destroyed forever.
The Moorestown Steam Laundry, III. b.
Gale, proprietor, has the following branch
offices in Mount Holly: S. P. Clines, Main
street; Jos. L. Rossell, Water street, and
II. c. Smith, No. Pine street. Laundry
work in all it's branches.
Ladies' gauze and ribbed underwear.
High neck, long and short sleeves. Low
neck, short sleeves and sleeveless. Chill.
dren's gauze underwear. Ladies' and
children's stockings. A splendid quality,
two pairs for % cents. Seersucker skirts
A and so cents. S. S. EVAN, 2S Main
street.
Mrs. James Buchanan, of Trenton,
widow of the late Congressman Buchan-
an, will leave shortly for the Baptist Mis-
sion station in India, to be gone for a
year She will go with a party of mis-
sion workers. Mrs. Buchanan has taken
an active interest in foreign missionary
work for many years.
The annual meetings of the New JERSEY
Masonic organizations will be held at Tren-
ton in May, beginning with the annual
meeting and banquet of the Past Comman-
ders' Association, K. T., May IL. The
forty fourth annual conclave of the Girard
Commandery, Knights Templar, will be
held May 10, and the annual convocation OF
the Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons,
May IA.
The Burlington county convention OF
the Brotherhood of the Union was held
at Moorestown, on Thursday evening, in
the hall of Chester Circle, No so. About
$50 were present from various parts Of
the county and from Camden. The Local
circle furnished an interesting program
which ended with an enjoyable banquet
The next convention will be held in