CELLARDYKE. ASSAULT BY A TRAMP. —Before Provost Martin and Bailie Thomson on Monday, a tramp named Mary Hetherington, was accused of assaulting a pedlar from St Monans in John Street on Saturday night, and of committing a breach of the peace She was convicted on evidence, and fined or 5 days in prison. She went to prison.
WOMAN RUN OVER. – Last Friday night, Elizabeth Doyle or McMillan, wife of a tinker living on Kilrenny Common, met with a serious accident. Alexander Donaldson, carter, Toldrie, was proceeding home driving a horse and cart. At the east side of Cellardyke Manse McMillan came up and fell in front of the cart, the near wheel passing over her body. She was conveyed to the room of the Parish Council in Cellardyke, and medically examined, when it was found that with the exception of one of her ribs no bones had been broken. No blame can be attached to the driver, the accident being entirely the fault of the woman.
Re opening of the G.T.U. The Anstruther and Cellardyke Gospel Temperance Union will resume its meetings on Saturday Night, sept 5th by holding a social meeting in the Baptist school room. A programme of Vocal and instrumental music will be given. Tea will be served at 6.30. Admission 4d
A full attendance is requested
Mr Jas Dick, Campbeltown is expected to address the meeting
Cellardyke YMCA The usual Morning meeting will be reopened on Sunday Morning, the 6th inst, at 10 o’ clock, when Mr James Dick Missionary Campbeltown will preside. All are welcome.
WARNING TO CARTERS—A “CHRISTIAN” REFUSING TO TAKE THE OATH. —At Monday’s Burgh Court, Alexander Carmichael, carter, Kilrenny, was charged with having on the 19th ult., in Shore Street, left a horse yoked to a cart without any person having control of it, and wilfully causing an obstruction to the thoroughfare. Accused said he was not guilty, as it was done while attending to his master’s work. Constable Wright deponed that on the morning in question, between nine and ten o’clock. he saw the horse coming along the east end of Shore Street. No one was near it when it was stopped by Andrew Brown: It moved on again, and Brown stopped it a second time. Shortly after he saw Carmichael cowing out of Dunsire’s public house There was a distance of 80 yards between the public house and where the horse was first stopped, Andrew Brown, cooper, was next called. He appeared with his shirt sleeves tucked up, and on being asked to take the oath he said—l am not going to swear as that is against the Bible. The Clerk Unless you are a Quaker or an Atheist you must take the oath or be pulled up for contempt of Court. Brown—l am a Christian, and the Bible tells me “to swear not at all.” The provost—We don’t wish a sermon here on what the Bible says, and unless you take the oath or make an affirmation that you will tell the truth,. we will know how to deal with you. Brown—l will not swear, but I will promise to tell the truth. The Provost Hold up your right hand, and say the words after me–I solemnly affirm that I will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Brown at once made the affirmation, and gave his evidence after which the Fiscal craved for conviction. This was a very dangerous practice, and was too frequently done. It might lead to serious consequences to leave a horse unattended in the streets Carmichael said he was coming from Cellardyke, after having delivered a load of coals. On his way to the station Mr Beaddie asked him to call in at Dunsire’s, and ask for a loan of a cart. He only looked in at the door and delivered his message. He got no drink, and when he came out his horse was along opposite Thomas Cunningham’s shop door where it was stopped. He was only doing his master’s duty. A fine of 7s 6d or five days imprisonment imposed.
The boats of Pittenweem, Cellardyke and St Monans have been trying the herrings this week with poor success. One Cellardyke boat got 15 barrels.
EAST OF FIFE FISHING NOTES. The fishing was almost solely confined to the steam liners last week. The fishermen in the boats were engaged storing their gear, and making preparations for the South and Islay fishings. A few of the larger-sized yawls sailed for the latter fishing this week, including Mr D. Pratt, Cellardyke, who again this year set out with a ship-store filled with gear for sale. The southgoing boats will likely leave early next week. The doings of the liners were exceedingly good last week. The gross earnings were £528 by eleven vessels, giving an average of £48. Several of them went to Grimsby, others to Shields, Hartlepool, Aberdeen, and Newhaven. The best fished was the Isle of May with £98, but one two were unfortunate in not getting the supply of bait they required. The other liners had shots which realised the following sums: -Glenogil £65, Anster Fair £61, Copley £55, Maggie Lauder, £53. East Neuk £51, County of Fife £42, St Adrian £40, Rob the Ranter £2O, William Tennant £19, and Kellie Castle £18. Another two new liners have reached Anstruther, and are manned by Cellardyke crews. The Acadia is to be managed by skipper James Muir, and the Agnes of Aberdeen by skipper James Jack. A third liner is expected shortly, making 20 steam fishing vessels manned by Cellardyke fishermen.
The liners left early for sea this week except the County of Fife, which is being cleaned and painted. The first intelligence was regarding the Edith, which went into Aberdeen on Wednesday morning with a shot which fetched £20.
1897
Three Cellardyke girls, a daughter of Pilot Thomas Tarvit, a daughter of John Jack, and a daughter of William Doig, have been engaged and are now stationed at Carrigart, County Donegal, learning their Irish sisters how gut and otherwise deal with herrings.
Anstruther – The best fished Cellardyke boat this season is the Lavinia, Skipper D Birrell, with £540, £120 of which was got the last week of the fishing.
Aberdeen Although the fishing has been light, a few boats have come off well, on account of the high prices ruling. The most successful boat was the Maggie Scott KY.27 which has made £502, the next was the Union of Lossiemouth which made £400
Anstruther The mail steamer to Stornoway has been crowded every trip with fishermen and female fishworkers returning from the East Coast. So unsuccessful has the industry been that many of the people had to send for money to take them home, and others less fortunate had to leave their clothing to pay for their lodging
ASSAULTING THE POLICE At a Burgh Court on Monday, William Sutherland, fisherman, Cellardyke, pled guilty to creating a disturbance at the Harbour Head one day last week, He pled not guilty to the charge of striking Sergeant Anderson to the effusion of blood. Four witnesses gave evidence for the prosecution, one being warned by the Bench that he must give his evidence in a straightforward manner, or it would be taken down. Three witnesses for the defence said they did not see accused strike the sergeant, but he might have done it. The case was found proved, and accused sentenced to pay 20s, or suffer fourteen days’ imprisonment, and bound over to keep the peace for the next six months, under a penalty of £5, or suffer other thirty days.
1898
COLLISION WITH A SUNKEN WRECK The steamer Ugie, of Peterhead, had a narrow escape when coming up the Forth on Friday on her way to Leith with a cargo of herring from Peterhead. When half a mile SSW off Cellardyke the steamer collided heavily with a sunken wreck.
Launch of a Fishing Boat. —Mr Jarvis launched a new fishing boat built to the order of Skipper Gardiner, Cellardyke. She was christened the Margarets. She is a fine model, and is 66 feet in length and 20 feet wide. She is being fitted with steam to hoist the sails and haul the gear.
EAST OF FIFE FISHING NOTES The last of the boats returned home Saturday. The highest Cellardyke boat has about £500, and the average earning is now said to be £120.
CLOSE OF THE FISHING AT ABERDEEN. —The season is now practically over. Between 300 and 400 boats were fishing from this port, but now only 60 remain. The season for this sudden exodus is largely due to the hired hands, who considered that the season’s engagements terminated by the first week of September. The fleet was comprised as follows: —Scottish Boats—KY 150; INS 75; LH 66; A 60; ME 13; BK 11; BF 5; DE 9. English Boats — LT 3; YH 2. Irish. -18 boats from Dublin.
OUTBREAK OF FEVER. – In Cellardyke, three cases of scarlet fever have been reported this week among young people. The fever is of a mild type.
THE SCHOOL VACANCY. —A large number of applications have been sent in for the headmistress of the school. Between 60 and 70 have been received, and a number of the applicants have visited the members and headmaster. The Board meets on Monday to consider the applications.
BOATS VERY MUCH AT A DISCOUNT. —Acting under instructions from the N. B. R. Company on Wednesday, an auctioneer held a sale of the old boats lying in Leven dock, some of them belonged to St Monans, Buckhaven, and Cellardyke, all of them about fifty feet long, One craft with the water going in and out of her changed hands at sixpence, another brought threepence more after a stiff piece of talking by the auctioneer and a third went at the princely price of half a crown, a halfpenny per foot of keel. They have to be removed within fourteen days. Leven folks will not be sorry, it is the wish of the place that the whole lot be cleared out. It is believed the Company will send a dredger to the river in the end of the month to clear out the entrance.
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