Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1889-12-21

DAVID L." TO CROSS THE Seas
The little black gelding David L.,
whose name, like that of Billy Button,
is household word in this vicinity,
has been removed from these scenes.
He will be marvel to the good peo-
pie of the city Of Vienna, whittier he
has been sent. If he arrives all right
and becomes acclimated and the tracks
suit him, the Viennese may see him at
his best, but it is doubtful. David L..
went over with lot of trotters pur-
chased and shipped by Dexter B. Golf
u Co., of New York,
The "Trenton and Philadelphia
Steamboat Company" by William j.
Crossley, their counsel, have filed a
certificate of incorporation, under the
navigation act, approved April 9th,
1875 with a capital stock Of $4,000,
and will begin business with $4,000.
The incorporators are W. F. Thacker
Florence, N. j., Andrew Cochran,
of Trenton James M. Creighton, of
Philadelphia James H. Hammond
and DeBoss Lenox, both of Trenton.
The company will run their steamer,
Norwood" daily from Trenton to
Philadelphia and return, for the trans
portation of freight and passengers.
The steamer will be handsomely fur
nished and painted during the Winter.
The December term of the County
Courts opened on Tuesday. Charles
Stokes, Of this city is on the Grand
Jury and w. H. Cubberly and John
Clair will serve on the Petit Jury. The
grand jury finished its labors about 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoon and re-
ported II true bills of indictment out
of % complaints considered. The
prisoners in the jail who were indicted
were then brought into Court and
pleaded as follows William Bruce
colored, Beverly, malicious mischief,
defacing property of and also assaulting
Frank Pierce, colored barber, of this
city. Guilty to first count and not
guilty to second count Of indictment.
The trial was set for next Tuesday.
Robert Wilson, stealing chickens Of
Mordecai Closson, of Beverly. Guilty.
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.-The an
nual meeting of the Burlington County
Board of Agriculture was held in the
Court House, Mount Holly, on Satur-
day, and was largely attended by far
mers throughout the county, and
other counties were represented also.
The president, Samuel R, Lippincott,
of Moorestown, presided, and opened
the meeting with brief address, in
which he deprecated the marked de-
probation in values Of farm lands, pro-
perty and produce, and briefly outlined
the principal causes responsible for
such a state of affairs. Henry |. Budd,
Of Mount Holly, secretary, read the
minutes of the last meeting, which
were accepted. James Lippincott, Of
Mount Holly, the Treasurer, rendered
his report, showing receipts for the
year Of $95.15 out of which bills ag-
gregating 1851, were ordered paid.
William Bruce, employed by Barber
Frank Pierce, of this city, made him
self obnoxious to his employer, on
Tuesday morning at his barber shop
and he was put out. He threw brick
into the shop breaking out large
glass in the front door. A. H. Perkins
the owner of the premises had Bruce
arrested for malicious mischief, and at
the hearing before Mayor Roberts he
was sentenced to pay fine of $40
or thirty days in the county jail. In
default of payment he was taken over
to Mount Holly in the afternoon by
Marshal Fish and handed over to the
Sheriff. Prosecutor Hendrickson took
up the case and had Bruce indicted for
malicious mischief and assaulting bar
Der Pierce, by the Grand Jury which
was in session on that day The trial
will take place at Mount Holly Courts
next Tuesday.