The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-12
DR.. Whitman, of Philadelphia. will &C.

DR.. Whitman, of Philadelphia, will oc-
cupy the pulpit of the Baptist church
next Sunday.
/ During this month to every purchaser
of suit of clothes you get hat free at
Bayersdorfer's
The annual picnic of the Epworth
Leagues of this section will be held at
Browns Mills on Thursday.
The real estate of Amos Gibbs, de-
ceased win be sold at public sale in
Mount Holly on September 18th
Daniel Stanton was sent to JAIL on Sat-
urday night, for being drunk and disor-
derby. He received the usual four days.
William II. Wilson was placed under
800 bail for his appearance at court, on
Saturday night. the charge being assault
and battery on John Bowen.
Most of the merchants in Mount Holly
will close their stores at noon on Wednes-
day, the Goth inst, which is the date of
the Burlington merchants picnic.
The County Board of Registry and
Election met at the Court House, on Sat
urday, and organized by electing John r.
Howell, chairman. and Samuel w. Semple,
clerk
As there seemed to be no other quiet
place on Church street, cat, belonging
to William Reeves. selected tree in
which to give birth to two kittens last
week.
Mrs. Susan A. Brock, wife of James E.
Brock and daughter of the late Rev.
Thomas D. Sleeper. died in Camden on
Friday. Her death was the result of
fall some time ago
Those Mount Holly people who took
trolley ride to Willow Grove on Sunday,
by way of Doylestown. Pa, encountered
numerous showers on the route, but were
fortunate in not getting wet.
John r. Howell and W. Frank Sooy, ap-
praisers of the estate of the late Amos
Gibbs, deceased, of Mount Holly, filed
their inventory with the Surrogate on Fri
day, which shows the personal property to
be worth $40, 254,O1.
A. E. Montgomery, of Smithville, who
has been i'll for long time with bronchi-
tbs, will leave to-day for Colorado for the
benefit of his health His friends in the
Smithville machine works subscribed to
fund to defray the attending expenses.
While coming down High street with
his flyer on Friday afternoon, John H.
Sine was unable to hold his trotter, which
collided with a wagon belonging to a
berry picker from the pines, breaking
wheel, which Whitley" promptly made
good.
The way the people are going away from
No. 8 Mill St. with packages under their
arms, those mems and women's Oxfords
that Davis is offering at reduced prices
will soon be gone. You will miss bar
gain if you don't hurry. F. S. Davis, No
9 Mill street.
About 80 carloads of sand are shipped
pits, at Birmingham. Considerable OF it
goes to Philadelphia, for use in the filtra-
ton beds being built in that city. That
sand is washed by machine before being
placed on the cars.
The Third New Jersey Cavalry Vete-
rams Association will hold their twelfth
annual reunion at Phil Kearney Post, G.
A. R., Market street, near P. r. r. depot,
Newark, on Saturday, August 16. at II
o'clock A. M. All comrades of the Third
New Jersey Cavalry are invited Dinner
will be provided in the hall L. L. Ro-
ray, president, $40 Clinton street, Cam
den; T. F. Sheppard, secretary, 216
Hampton street, Bridgeton.
Work of demolishing the buildings on
Bridge avenue, Camden, to make way for
the elevated tracks of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, began Tuesday, and by the time
summer seashore travel is over, all will be
in readiness for laying foundations for
the elevated structure. The engineers say
that the road will be completed within
twelve months. The bridge across Coop
er's creek will be made sufficiently high
to allow tug and small sail boats to pass
under.
The construction of trolley road on
Westfield avenue, East Side, Camden,
was begun last week, and the work is to
be completed in six weeks. The new line
will branch off from the Moorestown line
at Westfield avenue and Federal street,
and will extend out Westfield avenue to
Forty second street, where it will take
short turn to the east to Pensauken. A
branch will be run from Pensauken to
Palmyra and Riyerton, where connection
will be made with the Camden and Tren.
ton Traction Company, making a com
plete trolley line from Camden to Tren-
ton.
While Heulings Ellis aged 1S years, of
Moorestown, was riding bicycle from
Lumberton to Hainesport, at about eight
O'Clock on Sunday evening, he was thrown
from his machine by a rope that had been
stretched across the road. As soon as he
had landed on the ground he was pounced
upon by three roughly dressed men who
relieved him of his gold watch and 50 in
money. He was then allowed to depart.
Upon reaching Hainespoft he found con-
stable, related the affair to him, and de-
sired to go in search of the men. The
constable refused, however, on the ground
that ''it was no use."