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Saturday, October 5, 1889
Sept 30
A young man by the name of Wolf, of Philadelphia had a little too much fire water Thursday night and commenced to paint the town red but was taken in charge by Constable D. B. Ferguson and safely lodged in the lockup. He had a hearing Friday before Justice T. G. Compton and was bound over for his appearance at court and as there was no one to go his bail he was "taken to the county jail."
Mrs. Mary Taylor, of Fairton, has been visiting relatives in this place.
One morning recently the bell at the school house was being repaired and to see that it would work all right it was rung, and about this time the hour for calling school had been changed a little earlier. When two of the lady teachers heard the bell they thought it was school time and hurriedly got ready and almost ran to the school house, only to find no one there and it was an hour yet until their daily toil would begin; so they very quietly took an hour's stroll around our pretty little town.
E. Gilman, of Long Reach is having a new roof put on his house and otherwise improving his property.
The wedding of Lewis Shropshire, of Mauricetown and Miss Mary E. Fagan, of this place, took place at the residence of Isaac B. Reeves, Thursday night. Quite a number of relatives and friends were present to witness the ceremony after which a treat of ice cream, cake, fruit & c., was served to the guests.
FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.
It seemed that on Saturday evening last the old fellow was let loose in the street of this place in the vicinity of the hotel. Imagine a boisterous crowd of twenty or more rough men, a number of them full of rum, and using the vilest language that could be imagined, one man crying and another flourishing a gun, and you have a moment's view of the scene.
Another incident of the week in the same neighborhood was a serious assault by two persons who were said to have been drunk and who have been bound over for their appearance at court, all of which reminds the peaceful citizens of the town of the difference between now and the short period of peace and quietness under the action of the recent local option law, and calls for renewed vigilance of the temperance element.
The oyster business was never better within the recollection of the oldest person. During the past week the two roads combined have carried away about forty carloads each day, allowing 100,000 oysters to each car, would reach about twenty-four millions for the six days. It is also estimated by a person who ought to know, that if all the mouths that consume this vast number of oysters each day were joined in one, it could be stretched from Fairton to Buena Vista.
The Central Railroad Company are to have additional side track facilities at Long Reach which their present rush of business demands.
It is said that the new post office at Long Reach has reduced the salary of the Port Norris office at least one half without a proportionate reduction of work, and that the P. N. office is no longer worth contending for.
The next most desirable thing for Port Norris is the extension of the Western Union telegraph. The present rate of fifty cents for a message of ten words need not and should not be tolerated.
We are pleased to record the greatly improved condition of our public schools under the management of Prof. Rundle and his excellent assistants.
SCRIBE.
Oct 2
Mrs. Frank Pepper was visiting your city, Tuesday.
Wm. Taylor, of Fairton, has been visiting relatives in this place.
R. A. Pettier, of Perth Amboy, is relieving Express Messenger Clarence Mayhew for a couple of weeks.
John D. Westcott, of New York, was in this place on business on Tuesday.
Saturday, October 12, 1889
Oct 8
Dr. E. B. Sharp is taking Dr. Day's place while the latter takes a vacation of a few days.
S. H. Chambers and wife, of Newport, were visiting their son, W. S. Chambers, on Sunday.
Mrs. Harvey Shaw, of Cape May, has been visiting friends in this place.
Warrington Hand and Clarence Mayhew were attending a sale at Clayton yesterday.
A change of time takes place on the C. R. R. to-day, the afternoon passenger train leaving this place now at 2.40 and, returning, arriving at 7.05 p.m.
The EVENING NEWS is now received by the C. R. R., getting to this place at 7 o'clock. This gives us a chance to get the four o'clock edition.
Edward Clark is now running the regular oyster train on the C. R. R. instead of the local freight, John Oliver having gone on the other end of the road.
Miss Mellie Chambers, of Newport, spent the Sabbath among relatives and friends in this place.
Oct 5
Joseph Corbett, who has charge of the oyster trains at this place, will spend the Sabbath in Long Branch.
The W. C. T. U. Festival should be well attended to-night.
Willie Turpin is selling the EVENING NEWS in this place now and makes a first-class newsboy. Any one wishing the NEWS delivered every day should see him.
George B. Sheldon, Charles Fagan, Belford Harris and Samuel Fagan were among those who were taking in the McClintock tournament on Thursday.
Mrs. W. J. Kienzie is visiting relatives in your city.
Fred Dehart, of New York, was in this place yesterday on business.
The oysters are still good and the business is flourishing. It seems impossible to fill the orders that are sent from all over the country.
Oct 10
John Bradway, of North Port Norris, received a fine lot of cattle on the Central Railroad Tuesday.
Mrs. Thomas Ferguson was visiting your city one day this week.
Chas. Wright, agent for the W. J. R. R. at Glassboro, was in Port Norris on business on Monday.
A small party from this place went up to Kenney's Branch yesterday after teaberries and succeeded in getting about thirty quarts. They report berries very plentiful.
See Mr. Leonard's advertisement in this paper if you want to buy a good bird dog.
Charles Bacon has been fixing up the roads a little.
Mrs. Henry Lake and Mrs. Wm. Miller have been spending a few days among relatives in Newport.
Look out for a wedding reception in this place to-night.
Saturday, October 19, 1889
Oct 12
The wedding reception of Dr. S. T. Day and wife took place last night at the residence of Captain Charles Lake. The ceremonies began with an old-fashioned serenade with bells, kettles, tin pans, horns, &c, which inaugurated a very pleasant evening. Refreshments were served and the rest of the evening was spent in singing, and amusements of various kinds. Nearly all present were introduced to Mr. Jones and family which was very large and some thought not very mannerly. Those present were W. S. Lambert and wife, Mrs. John C. Hand, Mrs. James R. Morris and Misses Sadie and Annie Ficken, Lizzie Pashley, Ruth Chester, Nettie Sockwell, Ratie Robbins, Annie Pepper, Hattie Bloxsom, Priscilla Haley, Lena Ferguson, Hannie Hand, Annie Fowler, Sallie Buckmaster and Lizzie Chew; Dr. E. B. Sharp, J. H. Lake, Daniel Turner, Jr., Joseph Gibson, Oscar Buzby, Jere Reed, Warren Woodruff, John Jones, Belford Harris, Samuel Meredith, Samuel Lake, Jr., and Walter Chambers. We all join in wishing the doctor and his wife a long and happy married life.
We very much regret to say that Dr. E. B. Sharp left us this morning not expecting to return for two or three years. The doctor's visits to this place will be greatly missed. May success go with him in the good cause for which he is working.
Scenes of the Johnstown flood will be given in K. of P. Hall in this place to-night.
While the crew of the schooner Nettie and Lena were laying some oysters out on a float one day this week the bottom of the float gave away and let about two hundred baskets of oysters go to the bottom of the river.
There is to be a post office at the West Jersey Railroad station at Maurice river.
Saturday, October 26, 1889
No Port Norris news was printed in the paper for this date as far as I know