Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1889-10-05

Coroner Coppuck- on Saturday
viewed the body of William Devinne,
who was found dead in hia hut near
Mt. Holly. The man lived the life Of
a hermit, aud it is supposed that he
was seized with a fit and fell across
the hot stove, as his body was fonnd in
that position nearly consumed by the
fire.
Mr.. John Adams, of the firm c
Vankirk & Adams, painters, had a
bad fall while painting Mr.. Howe's
house on the River Bank last Saturday.
The ladder on which he was standing
slipped on the newly-painted tin and
he fell heavily to the shed roof. He
was laid up two or three days with a
bruised side and hip.
A special meeting of the legal voters
of Beverly School District No. 16,
will be held in the Reform Club Hall,
on Cooper street, Tuesday evening,
October 9Th, at 8 o'clock, for the pur-
pose of empowering the Trustees to
borrow $1,000, for six months, to meet
the Teachers salaries, falling due be-
fore the State School funds are avil-
able.
Ridgway Post. No. 81, G. A. R.,
obtained special dispensation to in
itiate Mr.. Hansell, (who is cripple
and could not visit the Post room),
brother to A ssemblyman Hon. Albert
H. Hansell, and on Wednesday even
ing proceeded to his residence, near
Rancoca sand performed the initiatory
services. ellis Fife and Drum corps
accompanied the Post.
Morder j Closson, of South Beverly
caught man leaving his hennery
early Sunday morning with a bag ON
bis shoulder. Six chickens were car
ried off, aud Constable Harry Mattson
found them at the house of Robert
Wilson, on Laurel str It above Put
nam. Wilson was captured and taken
before Squire Richard Adams. who
committed him to Mount Holly jail.
Rather than pay fine of $50, which
he felt wss unjustly imposed, Robert
Lounsbury, a reputable farmer living
near Marlton, is now serving out a
sentence of twenty days imprisonment
in the county Jail at Mouat Holly.
The charges against him is the adul-
teration Of milk, and it was preferred
by Inspector Vandergrift. Lounsbury
says he did not put drop Of water in
it.
At the No citing of Council, on
THU 1day evening, Mr.. Peart offered
the following olution
RESOLVED, That the Street Commit
tee be instruct, to notify the owner
of the property ON E,st side OF Cooper
Street near the railroad, to remove
the stump of the tr on the sidewalk
to the fence line, within ten days from
date, or the work will be done by the
committee and charged against the
property.
The season is now at hand when
hunters of all age get their guns and
go forth to bag the shy and seclu
ded game. 1t is not impertinent,
therefore, to advise the sportsman not
to blow down the muzzle of his gun,
moi to playfully point an "unloaded"
weapon at friend, and to take care
that when he aims at a mark it be not
a human being transformed by the
leaves and shadows of the woods into
the semblance of a deer. Eternal
vigilance is the price of safety on the
part of gunners.
The Young Republican Club, of
this city, will assemble at their head
quarters, this Saturday evening at 7
o'clock, sharp, to proc to the depot
to await the arrival of the eight O'Clock
train, upon which will be clubs from
Bordentown, Vincentown, Florence,
and other places. About 500 men are
expected to participate. Mr.. Joseph
H. TOMS will be the marshal. After
short parade through the city they
will march to the residence of General
E. Burd Grubb, at Edgewater Park,
where they will be entertain /.
The leading article in BOOK NEWS
for October John Wanamaker, Phila-
delphia) is by Professor Boyesen, and
and very interesting account of the
Sagas of the old Morse Kings. Other
articles are Henrik Ibsen," "a Fic.
ton Make, of Toxic" james Fepi-
more Cooper" with Portrait, "How
DR.. Holmes Spent His Eightieth Birth
day." etc. There are reviews of many
of the newest books. among them be.
ing Marion Crawford's Saint Ilario.
The descriptive prico.list this month
comprises over fifty new publications
On Tu- day evening about $50 the
heaviest shower ofthjs year passed over
this city, accompanied By ~hsshsl hut no
damage is reported. Heavy peals of
thunder and vivid flashes of lightning
made the storm more terrific. A
lightning bolt struck the front door of
Stevenson's ice house, on Magnolia
street below Warren and set the build
ing on fire. An alarm was sounded
end both fire companies responded but
they did not go into service, as the
flames were extinguished by Charles
Cramer aAd Mr.. Cowan, engineer of
the water works, who lived nearby.
The great Knights Templar Con-
clave in Washington will be one of
the most attractive events in the his
tory OF the National Capital. The
grand parade of Tu sday, the 9Th inst,
will be sight worth S ling, with it's
twenty-five thousaud knight in line.
For the convenience of visitors the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
sell excursion tickle to Washington,
October 9th, 9th, 7th, and Sth, vail
for return until October 31st, 1889, at
half rates. No one should fail to take