The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-04-22
LOCAL NEWS.

SSA5 " eac VI LIS property On nign
streets
Butterine % cents pound at Atkinson s.
Clean and sweet and better than cheap
butter.
six pound rock fish was caught at the
Dutch Neck fishery above Burlington on
Tuesday.
On Tuesday afternoon fire destroyed a
barn belonging to John Kensinger, at
Cambridge.
Charles Waltz, of Lumberton, is recov-
ering nicely from his recent operation for
appendicitis.
John B. Herbert, east Mill street, has
for sale 20 varieties of strawberry plants,
new and standard
Edward F. Burns and family, of Phila.
delphia, will occupy their Mount Holly
residence about May |.
A meeting of the w. c. T. U. will be
held at Mrs. Sooy's, 105 Union street. on
Thursday afternoon, at 8 o'clock
Some fine oranges were shown in Mount
Holly, on Friday, that were grown by
William G. Jones, of New Egypt.
A planked shad supper, if given by
some of our church societies, might prove
to be q novel and profitable enterprise.
Lumberton is to have wedding the
last of this month The contracting
parties will be Philip Ried and Sadie
Amish.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Church will hold
q special meeting this evening at the par
sonage
On Thursday evening the Mount Holly
Banjo Club win give an entertainment in
Vincentown for the benefit of the Baptist
Church
desire to purchase antique mahogany
chairs of the ball and clawfoot pattern.
John K. Scattergood, Adams Express
Company. Mount Holly.
George W. G. Beck, of Palmyra, and
Miss Gertie Haines, of Riverside, were
married Tuesday evening by Rev. J. N.
Butler, of Philadelphia
Following are the unclaimed letters re-
manning in the post Office for the week
ending April 10: Walter s. Sooy, Charles
q, Shuttuck. Mrs. J. Doughty
Four cases of smallpox have developed
in the household of William Mcconnell
at Palmyra. A rigid quarantine is being
maintained. There are eight cases of the
disease at Bristol
Fishermen along the Delaware river
are being annoyed by thieves, several
shad nets having been stolen since the
opening of the season. Many of the net
pens are now being watched.
The contractors of the new stone road
from Medford to Red Lion, which the
Board of Freeholders refused to accept,
have gang Of men and steam roller at
work rebuilding the road. 1t will take
over months time to complete it.
Willie voltman, of Riverside, got his
foot caught in railroad frog one day
last week. The 4 O'Clock freight train
could be seen approaching around the
curve. 1t was tagged, but by the time it
stopped friends had taken the boys shoes
off BY cutting the shoe strings.
If all reports are true the caterpillar
plague win be with us again during the
coming summer There is also promised
visitation of the 17-year-locusts In
this event people will be kept busy pro-
tecting their shade trees, and the farmers
will suffer greatly by the invasion of
these destructive pests.
Judge Garrison has allowed the salaries
of counsel in the Haines murder trial
Jacob G. Hendrickson, who aided the Pro-
secutor, was granted 1850, which in
cluded some travelling expenses. Eckard
P. Budd, who defended Mrs Haines, was
allowed fee Of 81 800. Mr.. Budd paid
his own experts from this sum.
William Jenkins and his sister, Mrs.
John Sharp, of MerchantvilIe, met Thurs
day for the first time in forty-four years.
In 1858 Mr.. jenkins went west and settled
In California, where be has since re-
manned. He came to this borough, where
his sister resides, Thursday, and unan
nounced, walked into her home.
Celeste Bissell, the 1S-months' old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs Alfred Bissell, upset
can of concentrated I've while alone in the
kitchen at their home in Palmyra, on Fri
day. The mother, attracted by the child's
screams, rushed into the room, to find the
little one terribly burned. 1t is feared
that her face will be disfgured for life.
Dogs are evidently glad that the period
Of probation has expired which required
that they should wear muzzles A large
number of CANNES were kept confined
during the period Of restriction. Some
who appeared with muzzles nearly went
mad in their efforts get rid of them None
of those who roamed unprotected were
shot.
DR.. John ]. Flynn and his driver es
capped injury in runaway Friday after
noon. While passed up High street his
team became wedged with other carriages.
When he caught the axle of another We
hicle his horse became frightened, but was
prevented from getting away by Lewis
jackson, who jumped out and grabbed
the animal by the head The car tracks
aided somewhat in causing the carriage
to upset. The vehicle was slightly
broken.
Chief of Police Linderman, of Merchant
vile, believes the thieves who robbed the
residence of ]. G. Lee, of that place, and
left a dog were gypsies, who recently en-
tered houses in Gloucester county and in
Southampton, Pa, where they left the
same dog after burglary. The day pre-
vious to the robbery at Merchantville
woman visited the post Office, displayed
piece of silver weighing about pound
and inquired where she could sell it. She
was gypsy and said the silver represent
ed service raked from the ruins of her
home, which had been burned 1t is be.
heved she was one of the gypsy band
The regular April meeting of the Bur
lington County Medical Society was held
in Burlington on Tuesday afternoon,
about twenty -fve members being present.
DR.. j. B. Cassidy. of Burlington, vice
president, presided, and DR.. Taylor, of
Beverly, secretary. kept a record of the
proceedings. DR.. JOS Stokes, of Moores-
town, read a paper on the advance of
medical science in recent years. A dis