The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-26
THE MOUNT HOLLY NEWS
LOCAL NEWS.

ting very scarce in Mount Holly
America Fire Company's new hose car
rage arrived on Thursday evening
Over $400 was Melted from the recen
picnic of the Sacred Heart Church.
Work on erecting the iron part of tn,
Union Banks new vault, was begun yes
terday
The employees of the Mount Holly sho,
company are enjoying vacation of sew
eral days.
Sherman Borden, of Willingboro, has
crop of about 10000 baskets of Keifel
pears this season.
mink last week killed So young ducks
belonging to William F. Lippincott, OF
West Washington street.
Walter Harker, of New Lisbon. and Mis-
Edna Holt, of Philadelphia. are to b.
married on September "a.
The Good Intent engine house is drapet
in memory of two deceased members
Thomas E. Atkins. and Richard Greenwald
Jones & Co. have begun canning toma
toes at their factory on King street. The
firm is now paying s. per ton for toma
toes.
Alfred s. Wills, of Willingborough, solo
his wheat crop for 70 cents per bushel ane
afterwards got SO cents per bushel for I
quantity of corn.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has bricks on the ground for the purpos,
of laying new walk along the side Of
the Grant street station.
Samuel Ross, of Vincentown, sent
fine red apple to Mount Holly, on Satur
day, that weighed 10 ounces. He has
number of extra large ones.
Judging by the tickets sold at the rail
road station, about 400 persons from Noun
Holly attended the merchants picnic al
Burlington, ON Wednesday.
Nearly fifty members of Washington
Council, No. 10. O. U. A NJ, went te
Moorestown, on Saturday evening, to at
tend county convention of the order
E. D. Holeman and Ed s. Troth sent
lot of extra fine sea bass to some of their
friends in Mount Holly on Thursday
The fish were caught off Sea Side Park.
The Mount Holly Banjo Club arrived
home on Sunday night, after a successful
concert tour of week along the shore
The members were greatly pleased with
their trip
The supply of coal in the yards of the
Mount Holly dealers is almost exhausted.
The price is 50 per ton, and orders are
taken for only half ton from regular
customers.
THE Other Fellow" is the title of q
new musical comedy that will appear at
the Mount Holly opera house ON Friday
evening next. 1t is presented by first
class company.
The property of Mrs. Philip F.. Slack,
deceased, on High street, was sold on
Thursday, by Franklin B. Lewis, special
master in Chancery, to Rena II. Ball, one
of the heirs, for $3095.
The mill dam was made 1S inches higher
last week to furnish better power for the
grist and saw mills. 1t also greatly i'm
proves boating on the upper creek, which
is now nearly as good as it ever was.
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 win be attended to with
promptness. Telephone No. Ia
A large and first-class fresh stock o.
groceries can be found at Durands new
store on High street. Call and see the
goods and get prices. Then you will be
sure to buy. Also meats and provisions.
Orders called for and delivered to all parts
of the town.
Surrogate Endicott returned on Sunday
from a weeks vacation trip through New
York state. Not feeling satisfied to be
entirely idle, the Surrogate bought car
load of fresh cows, which will arrive here
the latter part of this week and will be for
sale TO farmers.
Harry Gaskill and John Haag, who
were working on the Water Company g
filtration plant, fell from scaffold twenty
feet high on Friday In their fall they
struck and broke a plank. Gaskill had
four ribs injured and Haag was hurt on
the nose, chest and arm.
As means of getting rid of the charred
remains of the shoe shop, on Union street,
recently occupied by William Gordon,
neighbors have offered to remove the same
and erect new fence on that portion of
the yard owned by Miss Sarah Forker,
free Of charge, but the offer has been re
fused.
Allen Still, colored, of Mount Laurel,
was committed to Jail on Friday for beat
ing his wife. For long time he has
treated her badly, but of late he has been
extremely severe, so on Thursday SHE
made formal complaint against him. At
the hearing next day he was committed to
Jail in default of bail.
While in the act of crossing the road at
her home, corner of Pine and Church
streets, on Saturday afternoon, Martha,
the year-old daughter of John
Quigley, was knocked down by horse
being driven by Thomas Alcott, Jr., who
had just come around the corner. When
picked up it was found that the little one
had been cut on the cheek, side of hei
head and leg.
1t is nearly time that some steps were
taken by the proper parties looking TO {
change in the condition of some of the
sidewalks on Water street, which are II
very bad shape, caused by washouts from
the heavy storm of two weeks ago, since
which time some of them have been ropeC
off, depriving pedestrians of the use of i
portion of that street. No steps have beer
taken in the matter, it is said, because the
property owners feel that the township Of
county is liable.
At the monthly meeting of the Burling
ton County Liquor Dealers Association
at Browns Mills, on Tuesday, the follow
ing were appointed delegates to the STATE
convention to be held in Passaic, ON Mon
day, September 18th: Grant Davis, Noun
Holly; Harry Hartman, Pemberton; G
W. Mount, George Garwood, Fred Pfef
er, Clifford S. Price. Burlington; Edward
Catheral, Beverly; Charles Kerns. Pal
myra The next meeting of the count.
association will be held at Albert Homer