Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1885-10-31
While William Lenoir was going


his dinner basket. Mr.. Lenoir though
it was about time to look out for him
self and he went for the traveller wht
took to his heels.
We are informed that a man il
going about selling clothes wringer.
which the seller claims he is the sole
agent for and that it cannot be haC
elsewhere. The agent charges So foi
a single wringer, but it is not worth
more than SO, and we understand car
be had at this figure at any hardware
store.
The County and State Superin
tendents of Public Schools in this State
held recent meeting in Trenton, tt
discuss the cigarette question. The
evil of cigarette smoking among schoo
boys is growing, and the Superintend
ents are in favor of the enforcement
strictly, of the law which prohibits The
sale OF cigarettes to children.
Mayor Silpath, of Burlington
Monday offered $500 reward for the
apprehension and conviction of the
parties who originated the report thai
one of the recently discharged police
officers had confessed that one of the
balIot-boxes at the Mayoralty election
in that city last spring was tempered
with so as to elect him Mayor.
The mansion and country seat at
Bordentown, N. j., that was once the
residence of Joseph Bonaparte, king
Of New jersey" will be put up for sale
by M. Thomas & Sons, auctioneers OF
Philadelphia, on November "a. The
land measures 23l acres. and was for
merly occupied by Henry Beckett,
whose executors are disposing of it.
William Burns, of Kinkora, the
young farmer who jumped from rap
idly moving train while returning
home from the Mount Holly Fair on
Friday, 10Th inst, died from his in
juries on Wednesday night. The train
was running at full speed when he
jumped off and apparently his injuries
were slight as he walked to his h me.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Beverly Building and
Loan Association will be held in the
Association Room, corner Cooper and
Bridge streets, on next Monday even
ing, Nov. End, at 7.30 o'clock, for the
purpose of electing President, Troa-
surer and Nine Directors to serve the
ensuing year. See advertisement in
another column.
Although General E. Bird Grubb,
of Edgewater Park, wore the shoulder
straps during the Rebellion, he fell in
aud marched in the ranks of Ridgway
Post, No. 81, G. A. r., of this city, of
which he is a mem her, clad in the I'M
form of private, at the reception ten
dered to the G. A. r. visiting posts by
Parker Grubb Post, of Burlington, last
evening.
The Directors of the Agricultural
Society have made an estimate Of re-
ceipts and expenditures at the last Fair,
and it looks now as if there would be
a balance of about $4,000 in the treas
urer's hands. This would leave $4,000
in hand, after paying the $4,000 in
debtedness. A new grand stand is to
be built and committee has been APP
pointed to look after the matter.
The assault on Mr.. Robert j.
Cook, of this city on Wednesday morn
ing at the Press office, was made known
to our residents shortly after noon by
a news agent of Philadelphia, who
went over town calling out Extra !!
Daily Neausl Full account of the
attempted assassination of Robert j.
Cook, of Beverly" He sold large
of papers before leaving for
Philadelphia.
An old farmer who has been a
close observer of the weather for over
half a century, says that this Winter
will be an unusually severe one, with
plenty of ice and snow, and is likely to
set in earlier than usual for some years
past. He says he has watched the corn
husks for many years and never knew
it to fail in single instance, that when
the husks were unusually thick the
Winter would be very severe one.
The Philadelphia Daily Ne,Us in
an account of John Stockdale, who
died in 1871, and was a we'll known
and teacher, states he frequent
ly required the boys to measure exca-
vations and newly-laid bricks, and then
asked them to give the result in square
or cubic measure. Philip f. Snyder,
one of our best known mveyancers
formerly of Beverly got his early
from Stock lale in this
way.
Edward, son of Mr.. Richard Jor-
dan, blacksmith, of Charleston, after
returning from cunning on Wednes
day, attempted to draw the 10 ,ded gun
by the muzzle from wagon in which