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Saturday, August 4, 1888
July 28
A large number of Mauricetown and Port Norris friends made a surprise visit to the house of Charles Bacon in this place Thursday and presented him with a handsome eight foot extension table. The afternoon was very pleasantly spent. The guest left with well wishes and thanks of Mr. Bacon and family ringing in their ears.
July 30
The churches were well attended yesterday. The Rev. John Wagg, preached to a good congregation morning and evening at the M.E. Church. At the Baptist Church Rev. H.M. Wolf, of Charleston, Penn, preached at both the morning and evening services.
Rev. George Fisler preached in the North Port Norris Church to a large congregation both morning and evening
A large number of our citizens attended Seaville Camp meeting yesterday.
Rev. H.M. Wolf, of Penn, delivered an address yesterday before the W.C.T.U. in their hall on Market Street.
Frank Howard and wife and W.L. Hand and wife drove to Seaville Camp yesterday.
Benjamin Berry, Sr, and Harry Lee, who are watching the oyster beds in the Thoroughfare, in the sloop Buzby, caught while fishing the other day a shark measuring 7 feet in length.
Our ball club have a match game on hand for nearly every day this week. Look out for several victories.
John C. Hand is entering a erecting a fine barn in the rear of his house on Main street.
Howard Sockwell's barn, which is being erected in he rear of his residence, is nearly completed. COLLEY CIBBER.
July 31
Capt. L.E. Yates, of one of the heaviest shippers of oysters, received a letter from a firm in London, England, yesterday soliciting a consignment. How is that for the reputation of the Maurice River Coves!
Mr. H.H. Nickelson and Miss Eva Mayhew are spending several days at the Seaville camp meeting.
Miss Sarah Canal, of Philadelphia, is visiting her sister, Miss Clara Lake, whom she has not met for twelve years.
Miss H. Terry, of Dividing Creek, is visiting at Capt. Samuel Lake's.
Capt. Aaron Campbell and family have taken up quarters at the river for a while, and will spend most of the time pleasuring in the Cove.
Capt. Ethan Lore and family, who have been spending time visiting in Newport, returned home last night.
Capt. Mark Townsend is improving the front of his Main street property by laying stone curbing.
Some of the Sons of Veterans were out last evening with fife and drum and stopped and gave Quince Campbell a neat little serenade. Quince handed out the segars and after giving him three rousing cheers the boys took their way to their hall.
Aug 1
Geo. D. Fagan, who has been visiting the peach country in Delaware, reports that although the crop was at first supposed to be large, the yield, it is now thought, through the yellows and other causes will not reach half a crop, and that what they have does not compare with the Jersey peaches. Even in Medford, the greatest peach growing country over there, the yield will only reach about half of what was at first supposed it would.
John Frazeur, of Bridgeton, was looking around this place yesterday.
Capt. Chas. Lake and wife are making a visit to Atlantic City.
Wm. Bloxsom and wife, Enoch Sharp and wife, Chas. Green, G.D. Fagan, Chas. Fagan and Maud Reeves returned yesterday from a trip to Delaware in the sloop "J.C.Hand."
James K. Morris and Ed Stites took a trip to Heislerville yesterday afternoon and returned with twenty-seven turtle doves.
Mrs. Daniel Gaskill spent Sunday at Seaville Camp.
Misses Sallie Turner and Lizzie Ladow, of Dividing Creek, are visiting Mrs. Emma Lore.
Mrs. Whitefield Thompson is visiting friends in Bridgeton.
Mrs. Rachel Robbins is very ill at her home.
Theodore Mitchell, of Philadelphia, is visiting Samuel Robbins.
Catcher Bailey, of the Port Norris Club, split his finger open while playing ball yesterday.
Aug 2
The best game of ball played in this town will be played by the heavy weights, of the Soothing Syrup and Rough on Rats nines on Friday afternoon.
Mr. John Onens displays in his window a fine automatic figure representing a man trying to mash a rat.
Prof. Ames. who takes charge of our schools this term, was in town yesterday.
Capt. Robert Lore and wife are visiting friends in Newport.
Mrs. Joseph Campbell and children left yesterday for an extended visit to friends in Maryland.
Walter Pashley, clerk for Joseph Turner, is off on a month's vacation.
Capt. S.F. Hearn and wife, W.V. Chew and wife, Lemuel Robbins and wife, John Middleton and Capt. Hearn took a trip in the J.W. Pennimore, blue fishing yesterday.
A large number of people will go to Pierce's Point to celebrate Big Thursday.
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Saturday, August 25, 1888
Aug 18
The largest party that has left this place this season left Thursday morning on the schooner "Elvina English," Capt. Andrew Vail. There were upwards of fifty persons in the party when she left the wharf for the boat race at Sea Breeze. The wind was light and the destination was not reached until about 3 o'clock, but although the start of the race was not witnessed the finish was seen. The schooner "Deland" won the prize for that class of boats, and the sloop "Aness" won the prize for sloops. A start was made for home about 6 o'clock. On the way down the time was very pleasantly spent in games, singing, and other amusements. The feature of the trip home was the beautiful song sung by Williard McDaniels, entitled "There's no Bird Like a Frog," which was uproariously received by the party. The following were among the party: Capt. Andrew Vail and wife, Louis A. Andrews and wife, Theoph. Newcomb and wife, Chas. F. Whiteman and wife, Mrs. Chas. Harris, Mrs. J O. Heritage, Mrs. Herbert James, of Philadelphia; Rev. M. M. Finch, of Chester, Pa.; John Smith, of Washington, N.J.; J. Schamm, of Millville; Miss Laura Vail, Miss B. H. Sharp, Mrs. G. Reed, Mrs. E. Reed, Mrs. W. H. Berry, Williard McDaniels and wife, Lizzie Pashley, Frank Pepper, Willis Shropshire, of Haleville; Samuel Robbins, Geo. Hollinger, Everett Hollinger, Clarence Robbins, Walter Pashley, Hammit Robbins, Will Cobb, Priscilla Haley, Ray Dillahey, W. Bailey, Marion Whiteman, Will Bateman, Howard Harris, and a number of others.
Jesse Pritchard, Sr., has a curiosity in the shape of a young chicken with only one wing.
Sloop "Sallie R. A.", Capt. G. C. Andrews, took a jolly party sailing in the cove and afterwards visited East Point, on Thursday.
Mrs. Henry Lee and son Robbie are visiting at Cape May.
Mrs. Wm. J. Klenzie is visiting Mrs. George Ludy at Sea Isle City.
The Vindex Base Ball Club, of this place, played a game yesterday with the Starlights of Leesburg, defeating them by a score of 12 to 1.
Miss Lena Ferguson, who has been ill for some time with typhoid fever, is to be seen on our streets again. We congratulate her on her recovery.
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Aug 20
At the Baptist church Rev. M. M. Finch, of Chester, Pa., spoke on the "Blunders of Married Life" last evening to a very large and attentive audience who received his remarks with great pleasure, and some will treasure them in memory for time to come.
Mrs. Porter, who has had the misfortune to become insane, grew very violent again yesterday afternoon and her attendents was compelled to place her in restraint to prevent her from doing herself harm. This is a very distressing case inasmuch as the lady is totally blind and her husband an invalid.
Postal clerk; William J. Klenzie spent Sunday in Sea Isle City
Miss Gertie Shaw, of Newport, is visiting the family of Capt. Fayette Newcomb.
Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Yates, of Newport, are Elkana Gaskill, of this place.
Capt. and Mrs. Chas. M. Peace are making a tour of the seaside resorts.
Harry R. Pierson, of Bridgeton, is visiting his wife's father, George Sloan.
Prof. Theo. Fleetwood, who was principal of our school for a long time and who now has charge of the school at Franklinville, together with his wife is making a visit to Capt. Augustus Henry.
George Phillips is now clerking for Belford Harris, who has taken the butcher business in this place.
Mrs. Joseph Onens, who has been visiting friends in Barnsboro, has returned home.
Al Heritage is at home from Glassboro.
If present indications hold good, oysters in the cove this fall will be better than they have been for years.
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Aug 22
Misses Hannie Terry and Lizzie Ladow, of Dividing Creek, are visiting Mrs. Emma Lore.
Con. W. Hand, wife and family, who have been spending some time at Cape May, have returned home.
William Warren, wife and family, of Philadelphia, have been visiting Capt. Daniel Champion, on Railroad avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pepper have gone for a week's visit to friends in Dividing Creek.
Miss Janie DuBois, who has been pleasuring at Atlantic City for some time, has returned home.
Postmaster Lambert has placed in his office a handsome clock from which you can get the government standard time.
Uriah Lore left yesterday for Newport. He runs the engine for Stathem & Cosier's canning house.
Rev. M. M. Finch, who has been visiting Captain David Robbins, returned to his home in Chester, Pa., yesterday.
The Sons of Veterans had quite a jubilee last night. They were visited by their Colonel, F. D. Morse, and Major George W Ernest, who made excellent addresses to the camp and after the regular business meeting was over they, together with a few invited guests, spent the balance of the evening in singing, speeches, &c. An excellent lunch of oysters in every style was provided and all who were present unite in praise of the entertainment provided by W. H. Rowley Camp, No. 17, S. of V.
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Aug 23
Captain Charles Fisher took a a merry party out in the cove in the fast-sailing schooner "Helen and Sallie" on Tuesday.
George Sloan is off on a two weeks' visit to Philadelphia.
Samuel Meredith is making a visit to friends in Bridgeton.
Robert DuBois, Jr. and Miss Emma Conahey left yesterday for a visit to friends in Vineland and Millville.
Mrs. Jane Robbins, of Millville, who has been visiting Mrs. Kate Robbins, returned to her home yesterday.
Mrs. John Riggins and Mrs. Joseph Campbell and family returned yesterday from an extended visit to Maryland.
George Robbins, Sr., shipped twenty baskets of fine peaches to a party in Newark yesterday.
Milton Cox, of Bridgeton, is visiting his father-in-law, S S Shinn.
Joseph Campbell is building an additional story to the back building of his house on High Street.
John Onens, who has been in Philadelphia for a day or two, returned home last evening. Whilst there among other places visited was the Cyclorama of Jerusalem.
The Railroad Company are making extensive improvement at Long Reach. Besides laying a new outside platform they will extend the wharves twenty-five feet further into the river, thus giving vessels a chance to come to the wharves at dead low water.
John Smith, of Washington, N.J., who has been visiting Levi Robbins, has returned home.
W. H. Taylor, of Trenton, is visiting Capt. S. T. Hearn.
Capt John Broadwater and Socrates Green took their Sunday school classes on an excursion to Sea Breeze and Woodland Beach Wednesday on the schooner H. L Steelman.
Mrs. Wm. Duncan, of Trenton, is visiting Mrs. Thos Hand, Jr
Miss Lizzie Blizzard, of Mauricetown, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Thos. Hand, Jr.
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