Big fish are always newsworthy.....

This Week in Marblehead History: 1881 - Marblehead, MA Patch (http://marblehead.patch.com/articles/this-week-in-marblehead-history-1881)

I like the Business Directory....

"Blue Dogs" - that name has staying power.

Thanks for sharing, love reading old stuff like that.
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A drinking town with a fishing problem..
Police Court:

•On Monday, Cornelius Goshen, one of the crew of a ballast-lighter, was before Justice Nutting for being drunk and was fined $1 and costs, which he paid.
•Timothy Carrigan, a shipmate of Goshen's, was also brought in for being drunk. He was fined $1 and costs, which he paid.
•The case of Benjamin H. Swett, for assault, came up Monday, having been brought over from last week. Swett was fined $2 and costs.
•Richard Dermody went before the court for intoxication. He was fined $1 plus costs.