Ocean County , NJ History

Lakewood Time and Journal 7 Oct 1876

While 1870-71 was a very newsworthy year for Bricksburg, by mid-decade the excitement had died down and news items from that part of the county became increasingly rare. In NJ from June 10, 1875 it does mention a "Mr. Jones of Bricksburg", who went to the Tuckerton Sunday schools, apparently to organize an excursion for the students to Long Branch the following month. One of the only other news items to come out of Bricksburg in 1875 was a marriage announcement--on 21 July, Clara W. Phifer of Bricksburg married Theodore M. Nichuals of Camden. There was also mention of another family from Bricksburg in 1874: "The wife of one Charles Porter, a druggist, of Bricksburg, died on the 14th inst.(July, 1874), from the effects of an abortion produced by the use of instruments by her husband. The coroner's jury found a verdict to the above effect. Porter escaped. The case caused considerable excitement in the neighborhood." In 1876 there are a few more mentions of th

5 Oct 1876 -New Jersey Courier: "Bass River has changed very little, during the last decade; yet increased attention to agriculture is manifest on every hand. Pretty farms, neat residences, and school houses that will compare favorably with localities much more pretentious, give evidence that the population is at once intelligent and industrious. The school house, associated with which are so many tender memories of lessons conned, and extreme elementary ideas worked in by the aid of old fashioned licking stimulators, seemed as of old, though, wearing a more modern appearance and a more euphoneous name thatn "Frogtown Schoolhouse." Miss Eva Robinson, a lady of desirable properties, is the present teacher, and I understand is doing a good work educationally. "Mr. Mark Adams has charge of the New Gretna school. Of course, we can say nothing about what he will accomplish until he has been at work for some time, but we know that his intelligence is sufficient to bring

23 Mar 1876 -New Jersey Courier: Bass River beats the world on rats. A mother and daughter killed thirty-seven one day last week, the largest of which weighed six pounds and three quarter.

New Jersey Courier 20 Jan 1876 The ladies of the M.E. Church held a fair on Christmas evening, to raise funds for paying the debt off. Towards the close some rowdies, under the influence of rum drank elsewhere, came in and broke up the fair for that night. Warrants are out for their apprehension. .....On New Year's Eve, the ladies continued the fair at the church. The tables were tastefully arranged, and waited upon by beautiful ladies. Mr. Sankey's hymns were sung, and a tree was decorated for the occasion.

New Jersey Courier 20 Jan 1876: The ladies of the M.E. Church held a fair on Christmas evening, to raise funds for paying the debt off. Towards the close some rowdies, under the influence of rum drank elsewhere, came in and broke up the fair for that night. Warrants are out for their apprehension. .....On New Year's Eve, the ladies continued the fair at the church. The tables were tastefully arranged, and waited upon by beautiful ladies. Mr. Sankey's hymns were sung, and a tree was decorated for the occasion.