Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1884-07-12

Council proceedings in another col
umn.
Green corn and blackberries begin to
show themselves in the markets.
Mr.. Richard A. Lewis and family
have gone on short trip to Providence,
RI.
See notice in another column of
teacher wanted at the Perkins Lane
School
Mr.. Morris Meredith and family left
for Buffalo, N. T.. on Thursday, to spend
several weeks.
The members of the Charleston M.
E. Church cleared $3.50 at the festival
last Thursday.
The steamer "Twil:ght'' made
special trip ap5the river a4far as Flor
ence. last Friday.
Mrs. Perrine went to Asbury Park
this week and will spend the season in
her cottage hEe.
The w. q. t. u. held an important
meeting IN the Y. NJ. G. A. Hall on last
Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. P. w. Stryker, of st. Stephens,
and family left on Tuesday for months
vacation in the mountains.
Edward Vansciver, commission mer-
chant, shipped ON Wednesday the first
Jersey tomatoes from this vicinity.
AT meeting of the School Trustees
held on Thursday evening Miss Mary
Zimmerman was appointed teacher.
Services will be held at $50 P. NJ. on
Sundays in St. Stephens Church. the
evening services being dispensed with.
The Beverly and Riverside Clubs
will play game of base ball this Satur-
day afternoon on the lot near the Town
Hall.
ecallattention to the advertisement
of lost sack. The finder will receive
suitable reward by leaving it at this
office.
james Burden killed black snake
three feet long on Thursday, in the, yard
of Mr.. Walton, cor. Church and Farnum
streets.
Max Boehme killed weasel at the
corner of Broad and Front streets last
Saturday night by chasing and kicking it
to death.
Miss Alice Lay, living on Laurel
street, left for short trip to New Lon
don, Conn, 'on Tuesday, in company with
some of her relatives.
"A number of Beverlyites attended the
moonlight excursion on the Silver Star
to Bordentown on Wednesday evening
and had an enjoyable time.
The trackmen under Mr.. We'll, FORE
man, are engaged cleaning out the weeds
and grass along the railroad between
Burlington and Perkins Lane.
Lewis Black, sign painter, on Thurs
day decorated the front of Van Meters
drug store with the druggists name and
painting of mortar and pestle
The shower as it came up last Satur-
day evening was very brilliant in electri-
cal illumination and eclipsed anything in
the memory of the oldest residents.
The new Episcopal Church at River
ton was consecrated by Bishop Scar
borough on Thursday last 1t is one of
the handsomest edi6ce in this vicinity.
Superintendent Buckelew's private
car went up the road on Wednesday
morning at lively rate. His son James
had held of the throttle of the locomotive.
John Fish, of this city, while out
sailing on Friday dropped his watch over
board. John Ashton made several I'M
successful attempts to recover it by div
ing.
The Beverly and Burlington Clubs
played game of base ball in this city
ON Monday afternoon in which our boys
came off victorious by score of IL to 7
runs. .S 'l
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Schofeld, of Cam
den. celebrated their silver wedding on
Monday evening. A number of friends
from this city went down on the evening
trains.
MIR. A. K Robinson has sold lot on
Cooper street south of the railroad to Mr..
]. L. Perkins, dry goods merchant, this
city, who intends to erect a dwelling
thereon.
There are several camping parties on
the Pennsylvania side of the river oppo-
site Beverly. They have their sail boats
with them and have come for time to
"rough it."
Capt. John Cone, General Manager
of the Delaware Transportation Com
pany is confined to his home in Bristol
with illness. We hope soon to report his
convalescence.
Potatoes will be high in price this
year. on account of the farmers not plant.
ing many and the dry weather that pre-
vailed just about the time the potatoes
needed rain the most.
The game of base ball between the
''Young Athletics" of Burlington and