The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-17

Matlack is selling first size new pota-
toes at so cents per basket.
! Charles Suffer has bought a naphtha
launch for use on the lower creek.
Sarah o. Bogart, of Mount Holly, has
accepted position as cashier at Atkinson s
High street store, in Burlington.
On July 8. in Philadelphia, will occur
the marriage of Harry Rosenfeld, of
Mount Holly, and Miss Augusta Ruben
stein.
Eugene L. Burns, son of Edward F.
Burns, of Mount Holly, graduated from
Delaney School, Philadelphia, on We'd
nesday.
Flag day was observed in Mount Holly
on Saturday. On June IA, 1777, Congress
adopted the present style of the national
emblem.
Joseph Hibbens, boy IA years of age,
from Medford, was admitted to the hospital
on Sunday, with broken leg, the result
of fall from swing
Miss Lillian Kirkbride, of Medford, has
received gold medal for the highest inn
provement in writing at the Philadelphia
College of Commerce.
The remains of Arthur Bower, of Phil
adelphia, will be buried this afternoon
from the residence of his uncle, Joseph
G. Bower, of Mount Holly
With the mercury up to ninety degrees,
the degree team of the Knights of Pyth-
las, on Friday evening, conferred the
third rank on one candidate.
The people of Jobstown will be given
an opportunity to attend ball next Fri
day night If the present weather con-
tinues warm time may be expected.
W. L. Wilkinson, the Mill street five
and ten cent man, has more goods now
than he did yesterday. owing to the ad
dition of little girl and boy to his family.
Considerable hay was cut by farmers in
this vicinity last week. The crop is
very short one and hay will command
fancy price. The cutting of rye will be-
gin this week
Miss Elsie Gaskill Davis, daughter of
Cashier John B. Davis, graduated from
Friends Select School, Philadelphia, on
Friday. The subject of her thesis was:
''The Early History of New jersey"
A sneak thief entered the parlor at the
Washington House Bordentown, on Sat
urday afternoon, and stole silk piano
cover, two large floor rugs. a mantel lam
brequin, handsome tidy from the back
of chair, and escaped.
Thursday evening was gala night for
the members of Washington Camp, No.
II, P. o. S A., who impaired the mystic
ries of the order to a dozen candidates.
The Camp has a number of propositions
under consideration and is doing lively
business.
A special meeting of the Board of
Freeholders will be held in the Court
House to-day to consider an application
of the Burlington County Traction Com
pany for permission to change the motive
power of the Mount Holly Street Rail
way to electricity.
A barn belonging to Louis r. Adams,
farmer living between Burlington and
Florence, was burned at 2 O'Clock ON Fri
day incoming. One horse, six hogs and
considerable other live stock persisted.
This is the third time that Mr. Adams has
suffered loss at the hands of an incen
diary.
Harry Sampson, while endeavoring to
release horse from a burning barn in
Burlington, last week, was kicked by the
animal and knocked down, and before he
could be rescued was severely burned
The young man was brought to the Bur
lington County Hospital and is rapidly re-
covering from his injuries.
Isaac Anderson Pennypacker, son of
Isaac r. Pennypacker, former Mount
Holly resident, and nephew of Judge
Pennypacker, Republican candidate for
Governor of Pennsylvania, was president
of the graduating class of the University
of Pennsylvania, which held its class day
exercises at the University yesterday.
While riding in train from Camden,
| yesterday, Frank Cullen, of Bordentown,
found package which he discovered con-
tanned greenbacks. 1t was delivered to
the conductor, who remembered that Gen
Grub had occupied the seat The pack
age was returned to the General, who was
glad to get it. 1t is said to have contain
ed 81, 600.
The Burlington County Safe Deposit
and Trust Company, of Moorestown. on
Friday, elected the following ottcers:
President and Trust Officer, William w
Stokes; Vice President, David D. Girls
com; Secretary, L. Hartman Burr; Treas
urer, William r. Lippincott; Solicitor,
Charles EVAN Merritt
am going to dispose of all my ladies',
misses and children's shoes regardless of
cost. They are all paid for. $50 pairs.
AS my store room is small my intention is
to keep nothing but mems, boys and
youths shoes of good grade Custom
work and repairing speciality. Leather
and shoe findings for sale. John Bill, 80
Church street.
The vestry of St. Mary's Episcopal
Church, Burlington, at its last meeting
adopted resolutions providing for the
celebration of the 200th anniversary of the
founding of the church. The committee
appointed have determined to have
special services on All Saints Day of the
present year, and later to arrange a pro-
gramme for a general celebration in May
of next year
The regular quarterly meeting of the
Burlington County Medical Society will
be held at Moorestown to-day, when DIR.
Edward Martin, of Philadelphia, will ad-
dress the society ON Advances in Surgery
during the Past Year" Dr. William Mar
tin, of Bristol, Pa, will read a paper on
Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Alb
scess." Drs. B. Alexander Randall and
Joseph Price, of Philadelphia, will also
each read paper.
Chief of Police Branson has been mott
fed by the Chicago authorities to be on
the lookout for two men who are selling a
book by numbers. There are seventeen
numbers and the subscriber is promised
prize when the last part is delivered. The
agent collects for each number as he de-
livers it, and after the sixteenth has been
handed to the customer the transaction is
ended, as the agent does not return with
number seventeen or the premium.
Chief of Police Burr, of Moorestown,
went to Camden Friday and brought back
. 8 year-old William Miller, colored, who
ran away from home Thursday night
The little fellow boarded the midnight
train, and not until it reached the station
in Camden was he discovered on the rear
platform of the last car, clinging tena-
ciously to the railing. His hands were
blistered and he was badly frightened.
He says he ran away because his father
whipped him for playing with white boys
The new automobile which has sup
planted the stage line between Borden
town and Crosswicks made its initial
pleasure trip on Tuesday, running from
Bordentown to Washington Park and re-
turning by the way of Mount Holly, with
the following guests "Sheriff" Joseph G.
G. Bower, Sheriff Fenton exSheriff Will
liam A. Townsend, Detliff Dubell, Ray
, Wells, Samuel r. Ware, Henry B. Ford
ioyed an excellent trip of eighty miles.
On Friday Lynch G. Smith, manager of
the Anderson canning factory, was ar
rested on complaint of Albert Fl. Pine.
and taken before Squire Clevenger. who
held the defendant in $500 bail for a fur
ther hearing yesterday, at which time Mr..
Smith waived a hearing and gave 800
! security for his appearance at court. The
trouble between the two men grew out of
job of carpenter work. In the contro-
versy which followed, Pine alleges that
t Smith ran to his office, and securing a re-