The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-03-28

The work of putting new planking on
the Pine street bridge was completed
yesterday.
| A girl for general Homework wanted in
family of three. Must be good cook
Good wages Apply at No. AZ Broad
street
Walter Lukes has in his possession a
piece of rich gold ore weighing two and a
half pounds, which he claims to have
found on the Richard Harrison farm, near
Jacobstown.
]. F. Weeks, of the firm of Budd &
Weeks, the Mill street laundrymen, has
purchased the interest of his partner, and
will continue the business at the same
stand.
The Helen Mar Wilson Concert Com
pany will appear at the Mount Holly
Opera House to. night. This will be the
eleventh of the M. E. Church course of
entertainments.
Arrangements have been made to hold
a reunion of the Grand Army Posts of
Burlington County at Mount Holly, on
Friday evening, April IA, on which oc-
casion Capt. Barrows, of Gen. A. E.
Shiras Post, No. %. will act as master of
ceremonies
G. B. Parsons sold lot on White street,
on Friday, to Mrs. Samuel Matthias on
which she has a house already nearly
under way. He also had sold lot next
to the Ivanhoe, on Washington street, but
the purchaser declined to take it on
account of the dancing school next door.
A Sunday school convention will be
held in Broad street NJ. E. church, Bur
ington. on Thursday night. The meet
ing will be in charge Of County Superin-
tendent DR.. A. R. W. Atwood An ad-
dress will be delivered by Rev. Dr. Hay
ner on the subject, ''The Field and the
Workers" There will be special must
cal programme.
j. r. Miller, who was born in Mount
Holly in 1888 and lived in Burlington
until 1856. has returned after an absence
of fifty years to pay visit to his numer-
Gus relatives and acquaintance. Rev. DR..
Buckley was schoolmaster and friend of
Mr.. Miller. His home is in Dresden,
Tenn. He is the son of Abram Miller,
who lived in Mount Holly years ago. and
the grandson of Captain Joseph Miller, of
Burlington. Mr.. Miller visited Burling-
ton and Mount Holly last week.
While William Bell was returning to
his home, at Mount Laurel, Sunday night,
after attending church at Moorestown, his
horse suddenly sank to it's knees in the |
stone road between the latter place and |
Mount Laurel. The animal seemed I'M
able to moYe, and was rapidly sinking |
deeper, when Bell got out of his carriage |
and called assistance. 1t was found that |
a bed of quicksand had enveloped the en-
tire roadbed for an area of about twenty |
feet. The horse was suffering intensely |
and veterinary surgeon was summoned,
who found the animal had broken its back
and ordered it killed.
At Toms River, on upday morning,
t was announced at the Presbyterian
Church that on the following Sunday,
Rev. ]. G. Coale was expected to be with
lis congregation. Sunday night, during the
services, telegram came announcing the
leath of the beloved pastor. Mr.. Coale
suffered from heart trouble. Christmas
week he was taken to hospital in Phila
lelphia. He soon became well enough to
axe short walks, but he overtaxed his
strength, and was sent back to bed. Last
week it was thought he would be well
enough to go home the present week.
Mr.. Coale had been pastor of the Presby-
erian Church there since 1894 He was
graduated from Princeton College in 1852,
md three years later from Princeton The
illogical Seminary. He was then tutor
It Princeton College for two years. In
892 he became the head of the Boys
Academy at Mount Holly, and went from
here to Toms River two years afterward.
He leaves a widow and large family OIL
grown up children.