The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-07-29

to-day
The New Jersey Baptist Association
q will hold their convention at Marlton mex
September.
4 At Prickitt's soda fountain, 80 Mai
street, you get pure syrups, pure sod
a water. and clean service
Headquarters for Towering and vegeta
Bile plants, cut flowers and floral designs
at Rosbach's. Pemberton.
An excursion TO Ocean Grove will b,
given, On Thursday, by the fire compan
les of New Egypt and Wrightstown.
Rustic seats for the accommodation O.
patrons have been placed in front of Ed
ward Smiths eating saloon on Mill street
At sanitarium in Philadelphia, OIL
Wednesday, occurred the death from con
sumption of Mrs John BidweIl, of Mount
Holly.
Members of the Junior Mechanics, OF
Moorestown, have organized a band
New instruments are expected to arrive
this week.
Engineer Washington Watts, who is
lemployed in the railroad yard at Camden,
will probably soon run the East Burling-
ton drill engine.
David Green, of Marlton. who was ar
rested III Philadelphia on chargeof stab
bling Benjamin Cholister, Jr., at Ellisburg,
has been removed to the Camden jail
John W. Brushwood, of Vincentown,
has been appointed guardian for his son,
Samuel D. Brushwood, who is confined in
the Burlington County Insane asylum.
At the German Hospital in Philadelphia
on Wednesday, occurred the death of
Alice Eldridge, of Newbolds corner,
who had been operated on for appen-
dicitis.
Unclaimed letters in the Mount Holly
post Office as follows: William GALAXY,
Mrs. M. Wilson, w. C. Williams, Essie
Payne, Dazzaro Miro, Vingenogo Mario
pi, Giegsio Fargione.
Frank T. Morton has purchased of Jud-
son Gaskill lot on Union street, next to
Miss Della Clevenger, and has also bought,
for 81 $50, the house belonging to S New
bold Haines, on Garden street.
The Edgepillock Tribe of Red Men, of
Indian Mills, will hold picnic in Browns
grove, on Thursday, August IA, at which
time Great Sachem Blanchard H. White
will deliver an address in the afternoon.
T. w Borton is papering the Friends
meeting: house at the corner of High and
Garden streets, and the seats are to be
newly stained This is the first time the
front end of the house has ever been
papered
Frank McKelvey, of the Eayre. Lippin-
colt farm, on the South Pemberton road,
has basket of potatoes, the pride of
Michigan" on exhibition at S. P Clines
hardware store. Thirty-two potatoes fill
the basket.
While the Relief fire engine was being
tested on Pine street, on Tuesday even
ing, horse became frightened and ran
away, the wagon passing over James
Shinn, young lad who escaped without |
serious injury.
Colkitt & Thomson, at their store on
Mill street, have the largest stock of flour, |
as well as baled hay and straw, to be |
found in town. They sell all kinds of feed
Grist work viii be attended to with |
promptness. Telephone No ia.
A large and frst-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.
Farmers throughout the county are
of the damage being done to
their crops by rabbits and hares, which
are very numerous, thus ensuring good
cunning next fall The frequency with
which Bob White" is heard in the. coun-
try would indicate an abundance of quail
Owing to the fact that Oscar w. Shafer,
son-in-law of Joseph w. Robinson, of
is alleged to have committed
suicide in lis Office at New York city last
April contest will probably be made for
the payment of the insurance on his life.
An insurance agent was at Lumberton
last week seeking information.
Bradford w. Storey went to New York
City yesterday morning to place on an
ocean steamer one of his patent governors,
which is designed to steady the vessel
when the propellers are out of water. by
the wheels from racing" A 7
recent trip to the metropolis was for the
purpose Of getting measurements.
Rev. Charles II. Pendleton left yester-
day morning for Lake Champlain, where
he will spend his vacation. During his
absence his pulpit will be supplied as fol
lows; August 8, Rev. W. w. Bullock, of
August 10, Rev. John Fryer,
of Berwyn Pa; August II, Rev. Dr.
Whitman, of Germantown, Pa; August
"a Rev. Mi. Hanna, of Jenkintown, Pa. j
August 81, Rev Mr.. Pinchback
During the storm on Thursday after
noon lightning struck barn on the farm
of Benjamin Brown, on the Red Lion
road, near Vincentown, and in short
time all the out buildings were consumed,
50 tons of hay and 500 bushels
of grain. The live stock was saved. The
loss is covered by insurance. The dwell
ing caught fire three different times, but
in each case the flames were extinguished.
At the recent Fletcher Grove Camp
meeting young man professed CONVEX
sion. He told pitiful story of his past
life, and got into the good graces of a
number of citizens of Beverly. He was
taken to boarding house and the land
lady was assured that if he did not pay
his board they would pay it for him
They have it to pay He was also given
employment by merchant to solicit
orders for tea and coffee He proved him.
self good worker" by turning in orders
in three Gays, his commission amounting
to twenty-seven dollars, which was
promptly paid. The orders were mostly
from Mount Holly and when the goods
were delivered to the different residents
they all claimed that they never gave any
orders to anyone The merchant is not
only cash out but has a large quantity of
teas and cetffees on his hands. The last
heard of the young man was that he was