Port Norris Pickings 1889

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Saturday, September 7, 1889

Wm. Dillahay, of Centre Grove, came down to this place last night.

Aug 30

Schooner H. L. Steelman, Capt. John Brodwater; schooner Ruth Blackman, Capt. Geo. Hollinger, and schooner Julia B., Capt. Clarence Robbins, were all up to Sea Breeze yesterday with parties to witness the races.

Rev. A. B. McCurdy left us yesterday morning for Fort Scott, Kas., which he will make his future home. Mr. McCurdy has the well wishes of the people of this place in his new field of labor. He has made many warm friends here and they regret very much to have to part with him. It is not known yet who will take his place.

Miss Alice Hunter, of Haleyville, has been visiting at Jere. Vail's.

Rev. Charles Lawrence has been visiting Capt. Charles Lake.

Daniel Lore, of Newport, has been down this week putting lightning rods on Warrie Hand's new livery stable.

The colored camp-meeting will break up on Sunday next.

Dr. Day had his horse hitched out one day this week and left it in front of his office while he went in to get his medicine box to go out to call on some patients. When he came out the horse was gone and he supposed it had run away. He was greatly relieved a few minutes later when he saw a certain young lady living East of the railroad, drive up and alight to give him a chance to attend the sick.

Joseph Gibson was in Atlantic City yesterday to witness the band contest.

Thomas Hearn and wife are visiting in Philadelphia.

Mrs. Aaron Campbell is visiting relatives in Newport.

The sloop Wm. B. Stites, Capt. Howard Sockwell, had a party out in the cove yesterday.

Wm. A. Walling returned yesterday from his visit to Keyport, N. J.

Capt. Robert H. Bloxsom will ship oysters from Long Reach this season. See notice in another column.

Captain Henry Lake was in Bridgeton to-day on business.

A couple of our young men were out to see their best girls recently and upon going home one exchanged hats with the man of the house and the other left his vest. Of course they don't want it

to get in the NEWS but such things will get out and if they would go home earlier they could take more time to look up their wearing apparel.

Central Engine No. 50 came down to this place yesterday to run the oyster train.

Warrington Hand purchased a horse at W. W. Robbins sale on Saturday.

The oyster boats nearly all left Long Reach yesterday morning to try their luck among the bivalves. They came in later in the day reporting very favorably, oysters looking better than they have for a long time so early in the season. The schooner Philip Ford, Capt. John Hogate, of Fairton, was the first boat to get to the dock with oysters. Four car loads were shipped by the C. R. R.

Albert Ogden, of Cedarville, and Robert Shropshire, of Haleyville came down yesterday to work at Long Reach station for the C. R. R.

S. I. Middleton, of Philadelphia, is visiting his father at the hotel.

 

Sept 4

Daniel Ferguson, Jr., had the misfortune to get his left arm dislocated at the elbow Monday night while wrestling with Wilbert Lore.

Ellis Parsons, of North Port Norris, who has been sick for a long time, died yesterday morning, and will be buried to-day at Haleyville.

H. A. James and wife, who have been visiting Capt. Lewis Andrews for a month, left yesterday for their home in Philadelphia.

Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Cook are spending a few days in your city.

Reuben Chamberlain and wife are visiting at Haleyville.

William Fecker, of Philadelphia, is visiting at Capt. Thos. Hearn's.

Al. Heritage is spending a few days in Bridgeton.

Mrs. W. Slehambers, who has been quite sick for a few days past, is improving rapidly under the care of Dr. Day.

Saturday, September 14, 1889

Sept. 7

The yacht Monarch, of Philadelphia has been lying at Long Reach this week.

Miss Eugenia Riggins, who has been spending some time among relatives in this place, has returned to her home in Philadelphia.

The tug boat S. W. Schuyler went up the river Thursday with three large vessels in tow.

Seventeen cars loaded with oysters left Long Reach on Thursday over the Central road.

Rev. C. Rollin Smith, of Newport, went home Thursday from a few days on board the schooner T. B. Husted with Captain Richard Lore.

The pile-driver is at work for the West Jersey Railroad at Maurice River docks.

Quite a number of boats have been laying off on account of the oysters being so fat they are afraid they will not keep over Sunday.

The W. C. T. U. held a meeting in their hall Wednesday afternoon, the first for a long time.

Mrs. John Donnelly is spending a few days in Bridgeton.

Anson Morrison, of Newport, has set up a shoe maker's shop at Long Reach.

A special train was run over the C. R. R. of N. J., leaving Port Norris at 11.30 a. m., to accommodate those wishing to attend the fair in the afternoon.

Samuel Harris is quite sick with quinsy.

The school teachers have all arrived and our public schools will reopen next Monday.

Rev. A. W. Hodder, a former pastor at this place, is expected to preach in the Baptist church to-morrow.

John C. Hand was in Philadelphia yesterday on business.

An uncommonly large eagle was seen flying over this place yesterday.

C. & R. R. Engine No. 2 was returned from Manchester shops yesterday where she has been for repairs.

Sept 9

William Peace was in Philadelphia on Saturday on business.

Mrs. John Donnelly, who has been visiting in Bridgeton, came home Saturday night.

Rev. John Wagg and family will go to Ocean Groove to-morrow to spend a short time in their cottage there.

Mrs. Elizabeth Whitaker of Camden, has been spending a week among relatives in Port Norris.

A change of time takes effect on the C. R. R. of N. J. to-morrow, but no passenger trains are changed at this end of the line.

George W. Sloan, Jr., who is working in Philadelphia, spent the Sabbath at his home in this place.

Capt. Charles Lake was in your city on Saturday.

Mrs. Harry Pierson, of Bridgeton, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Sloan, Sr.

Miss Sallie Lovett spent the Sabbath with relatives in Cedarville.

J. Kelsey Whitaker, of Camden, who has been in this place for a few days, went home on Saturday.

Quite a number from Port Norris are working in the canning factory at Newport.

 

Sept 11

Division Freight Agent W. F. True, of Long Branch, was down to this place Monday looking after the oyster business.

W. A. Walling, who has been visiting at Dr. S. L. Bacon's, left yesterday for Rochester, N. Y.

Dr. S. T. Day is boarding with Mrs. Fannie Lake.

W. H. Robbins was in your city yesterday on business.

Mrs. Lizzie Pepper was in Bridgeton yesterday.

Miss Smith, school teacher here, is boarding at Mrs. Theoph. Newcomb's.

Sept 12

Thomas Hand, Sr., was in Bridgeton yesterday on business.

H. H. Nickelson has returned from Sea Isle City and will fit up his store and spend the winter in this place.

Dr. S. L. Bacon was in Bridgeton yesterday.

Mrs. Tabitha Bradford, of Newport, has been spending a few days among relatives in this place.

Miss Anna Fowler is spending a few days in Mauricetown.

A sea turtle measuring over three feet in length and over two feet across the shell was caught in the Cove on Monday.

Harry Bradford, of Bridgeton, has been spending a few days among relatives in Port Norris.

The storm is still raging this morning but up to last night no serious damage had been reported to our vessels. One boat got ashore and had to be towed off by the tug and some others dragged their anchors but very little damage was done. It is feared the oysters will be packed by the heavy winds and they may not be so fat after so much rain, but we hope this will not be the case.

Mrs. Charles Bradford, of Newport, has been visiting among friends in this place for a few days.

 

Saturday, September 21, 1889

Sept 14

The first mail bag went to Bivalve Post Office yesterday.

Daniel Ferguson was up the river gunning for rail birds yesterday and succeeded in bagging over fifty.

There is strong talk of starting a bank in this place.

The boats went to work again yesterday in earnest. They found the oysters all there and as fat as they were before the storm.

Mrs. D. T. Robbins and Mrs. Charles Whitaker were shopping in your city to-day.

Joseph Herdman and wife, who have been visiting in this place, left for their home in New York to-day.

H. H. Nickelson succeeded in getting to Sea Isle City Thursday and back yesterday, by wading through the water for a long distance.

The railbird season is now open. From twenty to thirty birds are being taken from the meadows by lucky Philadelphians.

The schooner North Star was carried through the breach in the bank below the town, by the storm of Wednesday.

Seth Bowen, one of our most enterprising citizens, has made an important addition to his property.

Capt. Sharp's vessel, Frank McGear, is now lying at the yard of Vannaman & Son, undergoing repairs.

Arrangements are being made for a tent meeting by Rev. W. C. Stockton, the evangelist. "Uncle Billy" is an old pastor of the M. E. church.

A big sale of timber will occur on Wednesday next, in Jos. Mayhew's bear swamp.

HOWELL.

Sept 18

Samuel Harris, who has been quite sick with quinsy, is able to go to work again.

Mrs. Mary A. Cordery, of Philadelphia, who has been visiting her mother in this place, left us yesterday for Newport.

Supt. W. V. Clark, Division Freight Agent W. F. True and Surveyor Wm. VanMater, of the Central Railroad, and Division Freight Agent D. S. Grafley, of the Reading Railroad, were down here yesterday, looking after the interests of the oyster business.

The pay car on the Central Railroad was down to this place yesterday.

Luther Bailey, who works on board the sloop Horace Reede, had the misfortune to get his arm broken yesterday, with the windlass. He came as soon as possible to Dr. Day and had the arm set and is doing as well as can be expected.

Wm. Middleton, who has been quite sick, is improving.

H. H. Nickelson was in Philadelphia Monday on business.

Samuel Lake, Sr., was in your city to-day on business.

Irving Lee, father of Henry Lee, of this place, died at Cape May last week and the body was brought here on Monday for burial.

William Middleton has been on the sick list this week.

Sept 19

J. S. Heritage and J. E. Prichard were in your city yesterday on business.

Mrs. John D. Westcott, of Newport, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Aaron Campbell, of Port Norris.

Harry O'Hara is at his home, with a gathering on his finger.

Charles Maxfield moved to this place from Camden on Tuesday.

Real Estate Agent H. W. Douty, of the Central Railroad, is in this place in the interest of the road.

Mrs. J. Hand was in your city, to-day shopping.

L. H. Riggins was in Bridgeton to-day on business.

 

Saturday, September 28, 1889

Sept 21

Mrs. Rhoda Mayhew was visiting her son Clarence, on Thursday.

Belford Harris had what might have been a narrow escape, from a serious accident on Thursday while killing a beef. The animal was a very wild one and Mr. Harris stepped up to it to adjust the rope and it seems the rope had not been made secure, but was being held by Chas. Whitaker and the animal proved too much for him and drove Harris into a corner at the point of its very sharp horns. Fortunately a large gash on one arm and some torn clothes was the extent of the damage done.

Miss Kate Gilman who has been visiting in this place, left for her home in Philadelphia, Thursday.

The work train on the Central R. R. has been down to this place gathering up the old iron that has been taken out of the track.

Some of the boys gave us a little serenade one night this week.

The oyster business has been so heavy on the Cumberland and Maurice River Railroad this week that it was necessary to run the oyster train in two sections.

Mrs. Elizabeth Blizzard has gone to Cedarville to visit a sick relative.

Miss Priscilla Haley was visiting Bridgeton to-day.

 

Sept 24

Fred Sharp, of Camden, is in this place on business.

Little Mabel, the eight year old daughter of J. H. and Mary A. Lake, was buried in the M. E. Cemetery in this place on Sunday.

Mrs. Dayton Campbell is quite sick at this writing.

Mrs. J. B. Reeves and daughter Maud were shopping in your city yesterday.

Joseph Corbett, of Long Branch, who has had charge of Sandy Hook docks, has been transferred to Long Reach to look after the oyster business this winter.

Mrs. Ford Whitaker, of Fairton, is visiting relatives here.

The C. & M. R. engine No. 1, which has been at Manchester shop for repairs, came back yesterday in fine condition. She is now known as Central Engine No. 520.

Gabe Robbins was in your city yesterday on business.

Twenty-five car loads of oysters left Long Reach yesterday by the C. R. R. of N. J. and the shippers did not begin to fill their order.

Yesterday was blank in the Cove, hardly any oysters being caught.

Sept 26

Mrs. Lizzie Stites is visiting in Bridgeton.

A surprise party went from this place over to Bricksboro one day last week.

The W. C. T. U. held a meeting on Monday and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Lizzie Stites; vice presidents, Mrs. J. R. Morris and Mrs. T. McDaniels; recording secretary, Mrs. Amos Pepper; corresponding secretary, Miss Nellie Ware; treasurer, Mrs. Myrta Lake.

E. D. Compton, of Roadstown has been looking around Port Norris for a few days.

Enoch Sharp was in your city yesterday on business.

There seems to be some mistake about the young man from Newport and young lady from this place eloping, as the young lady is at her home in Robbinstown after a short visit among friends in Cedarville.

Rev. Mr. Ferris, of Philadelphia, is expected to fill the pulpit at the Baptist church again next Sunday.

Look out for a wedding in this place to-night.

Samuel C. Lake, Jr., is working at Long Reach for the C. R. R. of N. J.

J. O. Heritage was in your city yesterday.

Joseph Turner is in Atlantic City attending the Select Castle of the Knights of the Mystic Chain.

The West Jersey ticket and express office has been changed to E. J. Cook's clothing store.

Mrs. Rhoda Whitaker, who has been visiting relatives in this place, left yesterday for her home in Fairton.