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Saturday, January 12, 1889
Jan 5
The Mite Society of the M. E. Church reorganized yesterday and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Joseph Onens; Vice President, Mrs. Henry Lee, Sr., Secretary, Mrs. Jesse Prichard; Treasurer, Mrs. Constant Hand.
The oyster business is on the improve. Harry Lee is selling oysters at the rate of $7.50 per thousand.
George Lloyd will shortly occupy the premises vacated by Henry Smith, on Church street.
Linwood Graham has purchased the house of Frank Robbins which is located at Long Reach.
Harry Pierson smiles all over. It's a girl.
Walter Emerson has left for Philadelphia to work at barbering during the winter.
Frank Richardson, Charles Bowen, Jr., and Lemuel Bowen, of Philadelphia, are the guests of Daniel Robbins. They are searching for game.
Captain John Riggins is improving his house by placing a bay window on the East side.
There was a surprise party at the residence of John Haines last Thursday evening. The attendance was large, including George Chance and Peter Henderson and many others from Newport.
The carpenters have finished their work on the Baptist parsonage.
Robert Clarkson, of Washington, D. C., is the guest of Edward M. Ware.
Theodore Moncreif's house is completed and ready for occupancy.
The Willing Workers of the Baptist church reorganized on Thursday and elected the following officers: President, Mrs. Alphonso Lore; vice president, Mrs. L. L. Andrews; treasurer, Mrs. Jno. Blackman; secretary, Mrs. Charles Whitaker. The treasurer's report showed a substantial balance.
Three letters, alleged to have come from White Caps, have been received by our townsmen.
PHOENIX.
Letter from Port Norris
Port Norris, Jan. 8
Jan 8
To the Editor of the NEWS.
Those toilers by the sea, or by the bay rather, at Port Norris, who go for the oyster with hook and tongs complain of dull times. They say the oyster business, if not the oyster itself, is dead flat and all broken up- at least for the present.
On the train from Bridgeton to Port Norris the other day I fell in with Foster, of the Elmer "Times," who just then was unhappy, in fact was decidedly miserable. " I want to know," he said, addressing your scribes, "the matter with the mails," and then in a blankety blank verse poured the burden of his plant into the ears of the sympathetic NEWS man. The hustling Elmer "Times" was two, three and even four days in reaching post offices not a dozen miles distant, and Mr. Foster was weary, very weary. "I shall send to headquarters" he said, "and have the whole business investigated."
And that reminds us. When at Port Norris yesterday I met my old friend Pritchard who was looking well, but feeling badly. He had missed the EVENING NEWS ever since the night before and would not be comforted. 'I don't know what in blazes is the matter, though, or who is to blame' he said; 'it's just the way with the other papers, too, and lately I missed the Philadelphia "Record" for a whole week and so wrote Singerly about it. The answer came on a postal card and read as follows:
Will set superintendent of mails to investigate immediately.
Yours, W. M. SINGERLY.
Mr. P. says he doesn't blame anybody at or about Port Norris for the trouble, but thinks the difficulty somewhere 'up the road.'
I mention these things to let readers of the NEWS understand something of the trouble of the poor newspaper men.
No particular change has been made in hotel affairs at Port Norris since the death of Mr. Middleton. A few days since appraisers went through the stock and furniture of the building, and it is rumored that a sale is soon to be made, but outside of this all is conjecture.
Passing down Main street (I believe it Main), running from the hotel to Robbinstown, I dropped into a room and saw six of the cutest, plumpest little pups scampering over the floor of an 8x10 shoemaker shop. They were the size of guinea pigs and of irish setter variety.
The Baptists and Methodists are each holding revival services in their respective churches. Mrs E.J. ???? (throughout the rest of the article)
Jan 8
The churches were fairly attended Sunday considering the stormy weather. Presiding Elder Dobbin preached in the morning and Rev. J. W. Wagg in the evening. Rev. A. B. McCurdy officiated at the Baptist.
The schooner "Elvina English" had one of her masts damaged by being blown ashore against some piling.
John Busby, train dispatcher of the C. R. R. of N. J., was down over Sunday.
Frank Webb, of Mauricetown, is the guest of James Chester.
Captain Everett Leger is entertaining friends from Leesburg.
Joseph Johnson, our Norwegian friend, was taken to Philadelphia to have an operation performed. The undertaking was a successful one, and Mr. Johnson is improving as well as can be expected.
Frank Robbins has sold his house, which is located at Long Reach, to Linwood Graham.
Miss Lena Ferguson is visiting in Camden.
Miss Lizzie Pashley is able to be about again after a severe attack of illness.
Miss Emma Fagan, is the guest of Isaac Reeves, on Main street.
Charles Lake frightened a burglar from the residence of Isaac Reeves on New Year's morning at 3 o'clock. We need more officers.
PHOENIX.
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Jan 10
The children of the ???? school house are rehearsing for their entertainment to be given in the KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HALL. The proceeds will be utilized for buying a new organ.
Capt. Oliver Webb is improving his property by building a new shed.
Andrew Burgess of Esterville, is here on business. He is being entertained by Capt. John Broadwater.
Mrs. Aaron Campbell is visiting her son in law, John Westcott, in Newport.
Revival meetings were inaugurated last evening at the Baptist church.
The C. A. M. R. R. was one hour and a half late Thursday evening which was caused by an accident to the engine of the C. R. R. at Vineland, which was one hour and twenty minutes late.
The Baptist church has been re-carpeted: a marked improvement.
Harry Pierson, of Bridgeton, is visiting his family at the residence of George Sloan, on Warren street.
PHOENIX.
Saturday, January 26, 1889
Jan 19
Mr. John Lake, who has been seriously ill, is now reported some better.
Some two or three boys, from 12 to 16 years of age, were before Esquire Compton on Thursday evening and yesterday morning, charged with a species of petty mischief. They were reprimanded by the Esquire and told to go to school and sin no more.
Sayre, the Bridgeton painter, left town yesterday with his gang, having completed his contract on the Baptist parsonage. The building now looks as pretty as a picture.
S.