Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-01-04

John p. Armour, who has a num-
Der of friends in this city, died at his
home in Philadelphia, last Sunday,
after few days illness, He was an
advertising solicitor on "a Philadelphia
newspaper. He was a frequent visitor
to this city.
They say La Grippe is not so bad
after all. 1t simply turns you into one
large, burning, lachrymose, damp and
weary sneeze for "a few days-and that's
all there is to it, except an educated
idea of how to sympathize with those
who follow you.
If a West Point cadet violates the
law against cigarette smoking he is
obliged to pace back and forth, rain or
shine, for twelve hours, with musket
on his shoulder. How would some of
our town cigarette smokers relish lit
tie of the same medicine?
James Russ, of Maple Shade Hotel,
had his big hog slaughtered on New
Years Day, which tipped the beam at
542 pounds. There was a shooting
match at live pigeons and /. HI.
Adams, of Burlington and John Bent
cliff, of this city, were the victors.
1t is possible that General E. Burd
Grub will be offered the Colonelcy Of
the Seventh Regiment, as there is a
strong element in the command which
is DESTROYS of his election in case their
present popular Colonel is forced from
them by a higher rank and honor
No person living will again date a
document without using 8. 1t now
stands on the extreme right 1889; last
week it took second place-1S90,
where it will remain for ten years, it
will then move into third place, 1900, |
where it will rest an entire century.
The new disease LA Grippe" hasn't |
sighted Beverly, and many Of our citi-
zens have been afflicted with the dis
ease while as many more have imagin-
ed they had it. The churches and
Sunday-schools felt the effects of it, |
ministers and teachers faring badly.
Capt. r. r. Eckendorf, formerly Of |
this city, has opened saloon for the |
sale of liquid refreshments and segars
at Fourth and Mickle streets, Camden. |
The place has been fitted up in fine
style and the Captain will be glad to
see any of his old friends from this
city.
A gentleman was in town last |
Friday afternoon endeavoring to Sc
cure information in reference to a case
of drowning that occurred here in 1874. |
The name of the person was Harry |
Mclaughlin and it seems that upon
his identity there depends the settlement |
of large estate.
General E. Burd Grubb gave his
annual dinner to the members Of the |
First City Troop, Of Philadelphia, at
his residence Edgewater Park last
Thursday night week. About fifty |
guests were present. The entertain
ment was given in commemoration of |
the battle of Trenton.
A writer in the Scientific american
says "Onions are invigorating and
prophylatic beyond description. Fur
Their, | challenge the medical fraternity |
or any mother to point out a place
where children have died from diph-
liberia or scarlatina anginosa, etc,
where onions are freely used.
Eugene Cox, the Columbus farmer
who gave himself up to the jail author
tiles at Mount Holly upon his own
confession that he had committed
number of forgeries, was not indicted
by the grand jury, as all the forged
papers was paid at maturity, so that
none of the banks lost anything.
The watch night services of the
Beverly M. E. Church on Tuesday |
was we'll attended. Rev. James Rogers
was in charge and the meeting lasted |
until after II o'clock. AS is the
usual custom, the congregation knelt in
silent prayer as the last few minutes Of |
the old year licked into eternity.
Christmas gifts were never more
numerous than they were this year. A
lady we know Of received twenty-five |
gifts from different friends, scarcely |
one of which was of practical use,
either to wear or for housekeeping
purposes, and yet the amount of money |
expended on them was considerable.
At the annual meeting of the Bur-
lington Country Agricultural Society |
to be held next week, there will be
several important propositions discus,
sed. Among them will be the advis-
Utility of allowing the sale of pools and |
beer, and of changing the date for
holding the Fair to an earlier period.
A hopeful exchange remarks: Three
years hence it will be a hard task to
find cigarette on sale. They have
gore with the toy pistol, the young
men of the country having at last been
convinced of their baneful effects on
the system. One-fourth of The cases of
insanity were traced directly to cigar
cites.
The members of Hope Hose, No. 2,
are confident that their ball which
will be held on Monday evening, in
the Beverly Rink, will eclipse any
thing that has even taken place in this
city. Alarge number tickets have been
sold. Strict order will be maintained
and everything will be done for the
patrons to make it an enjoyable affair.
The boys should be we'll patronized by
our citizens.
The winter of 1929 was very similar
to that of 1889. An old farmer of this
township says that he can remember
turning the COWS out to pasture and
making grass butter until the first Of
January, 1830-sixty years ago. The
weather was unusually mild, but win