Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1889-12-07

olXty thousand peach trees, . 10
feet high, $500 per hundred, $50 pei
thousand. For sale by N. P. Greedy
Box 1853, Burlington, N. j.
Beverly was represented at the Ell
tertainment and banquet Of Helena
Commandery, Knights Templar, Of
Burlington, on Tuesday evening.
The Hope Drum and Fife Corps
fair now being held in Odd Fellows
Hall, will close this Saturday evening
Go and help the young musicians.
David Scattergood is compiling a
history of the estate House, Philadel-
phia and its Relics" which will be sold
at Independence Hall when issued.
People should not wet their pave
ments now, as the water freezes i'm
mediately and is apt to cause acct
dents. 1t will be well to bear this in
mind.
When all the factories are blowing
their whistles at the same time it is
music to the enterprising citizens. We
wish we had more factories and more
whistles.
Wednesday was the coolest day of
the season to date. AT 8'clock in the
morning the thermometer at Simon's
segar store marked eighteen degrees
above zero.
Charles Paulus, our popular candy
manufacturer, corner Broad and Third
streets, is kept very busy at the pre-
sent time making specialties for the
Christmas holidays.
The committee of Beverly Fire Co.
No. 1, are making the necessary
arrangements for the annual fair which
will open in Odd Fellows Hall, the
week before Christmas.
Messrs. Ridgway Perkins and Har-
ry Oliver contemplate moving to
South Dakota shortly. They believe
in Horace Greeley's advice: go West |!
Young man, Go West p
Local insurance agents say that the
effect of the recent big blazes in .Phila-
delphia, Lynn and Boston is felt here
in temporary increase of applications
for fire insurance policies.
We have been quite busy the past
few weeks doing job work. We defy
competition in work and price. If you
want lob printing of any kind give us
call and inspect our samples.
The E. Burd Grubb Pioneer Corps
have secured the Rink for the purpose
of learning the Pioneer drill. They
will practice the second and third
Monday evenings Of each month.
The duplex steam whistle placed on
Henry Van Brunt's fertilizer factory,
can be heard very distinctly for radi-
Gus of five miles. The works are under
the management Of Jos. L. Simon.
What a lovely Autumn we had this
year! Except that there was consider
able rainy weather, the Fall months
were like a continuous spring. The
coal dealers were not happy over it.
A. j. Weidener, SO South Second
Street, Philadel phia, has an advertise
ment in this issue. Those wishing
goods in his line would do well to deal
with him as he is reliable and sells very
low.
The personal effects of Eliza Perkins,
deceased, was sold on Thursday, at her
late residence, on Cooper street A
large number was in attendance and
consequently things brought a good
price.
Master VIII Lewis, of Pearl street,
Burlington, was the lucky guesser of
Governor Abbett's majority. He guess
ed $4,000 and won the So in gold,
offered by the editor Of the Burlington
Gazette
Butcher George Jordan ran a meat
hook into his hand on Saturday, max
ing an ugly wound. We doubt whether
another person in this city has met
with as many accidents as Jordan, who
still lives.
The Juveniles got their skates in
readiness, on Tuesday, expecting that
"Nellie's Pond" near Perkins Lane,
would be frozen over. The moderating
weather Of Thursday, however, blasted
their hopes
Peck & Fursman's travelling troupe
performed the drama "Uncle Toms
Cabin in the Odd Fellows Hall, on
Wednesday evening, to fair audience
who seemed to be pleased with the
entertainment.
The regular monthly business meet
ing of Co. H, was held at the armory
on Tuesday evening. -Four PROPOSE
tons for membership was received and
will be balloted for on the first Tues
day in January.
Colonel r. A. Donnelly, of Trenton,
will, it is said soon be appointed to
succeed the late Quartermaster Gen
eral Perrine, and General E. Burd
Grub will be appointed Colonel of the
Seventh Regiment.
A coal train jumped the track at
Reeder's switch, just above Kinkora,
on Saturday afternoon, and delayed
the regular train over an hour The
3.37 west bound, did not reach here
until nearly 5 o'clock.
There were Is shares ofstock sold at
the Beverly Building and Loan Asso-
citation, on Monday evening. The
resolution which was offered, to compel
the borrower to pay their own taxes,
was defeated by large vote,
Prior to 1920 all ballots used
throughout the States were written.
The first printed ballot was used in
Massachusetts in 1880 by David Hen
shaw, and was refused. 1t took a de-
cision of the Supreme Court to establish