Georgetown Stories : 1869-1890 25 Street. Details of these were described in the Weekly Examiner of Feb. 21, 1890. [Later a young man named Higgins was tried and found guilty of robberies in Georgetown and Cardigan .] Race Track for At a meeting of the King's County Exhibition Association on June 3, 1890: "On motion of Dr. Barnes , seconded by Hon. Chas. Clow, a committee of five was appointed to obtain information respecting the feasibility and expense of fencing and constructing a trotting course on the at Georgetown ." (Weekly Examiner. June 6, 1890) [This was done and races were run that summer.] Lost At Sea "The friends of Mrs. Captain John MacDonald of this town, are grieved to learn of the death of her son, Charles. He was drowned while on a 5 month voyage from New York to Yokohama in the barque, Hamburg, of which he was the first officer. She sailed from New York on the 10th of February and on the 8th of May, he was washed overboard while it was blowing a hard gale, and nothing could be done for him. The vessel arrived at Yokohama about the 20th of July and the sad news came yesterday in a letter to his brother-in-law. Conductor [George] Hibbett from the captain . Charles was in the prime of young manhood, age 26 years, unassuming, upright and one of whom his friends were especially fond and whose prospects were very bright. He was home during the last year and left to fill the position on the Hamburg, one of the largest ships sailing from this continent. His bereaved mother and family have the most sincere sympathy of their friends in their sorrow." (Weekly Examiner. Aug. 29, 1890) [Further information on this is contained in the Nov. 21st, 1890 Weekly Examiner, in which we learn that John MacDonald of the P.E.I. Railways and Lemuel. MacDonald were brothers of Charles. Mrs. MacDonald , whose husband, Captain John, had died some years before this was formerly Mary Ball from Boughton Island , and as a widow ran a boarding house in Georgetown .] Other Stories : Oct. 17, 1872, Patriot: The Georgetown Exhibition is described. Dec. 1872, Patriot: A defense of retaining the large square in Georgetown on grounds of health is published in a letter to the paper. Mar. 3, 1874, Argus: Fire in House while Court is in session is reported. Aug. 4, 1874, Argus: An all-day temperance picnic is held on 16 July at " Mr. Dauncey 's field", Lower Montague , sponsored by the Georgetown , "Star of " and British Templars. June 28, 1878, Examiner: The schooner^rrow, owned in Georgetown , was found to be carrying liquor as well as herring and the cargo was seized by the government authorities and put in a bonded warehouse. July 11, 1878, Patriot: Georgetown nominates candidates for the House of Assembly with speeches by residents. Nov., 21, 1879, Pioneer. Montague: Rev. Mr. Mackinnon of Georgetown lectures in Montague on "Vegetable Physiology as part of a series. Dec. 1, 1879, Patriot: Presbyterian officials visit Georgetown , Cardigan and Montague Presbyterian congregations. These are amusingly described. Feb. 1, 1880, Patriot: Messrs Sanderson , Wickwire and A. C. Stewart , J. P .'s admit their error in too hastily committing James Dewar to prison on a charge of contempt of court. This followed Dewar's letter of protest to the Patriot. An account of the incident may be found in Dewar's letter to the (Montague) Pioneer, Dec. 26, 1880. Feb. 18, 1880, Pioneer. Montague: "A Perilous Night on the Cardigan River ." The author describes how a man "many years ago," walked along the icy rivershore (the only road there was), carrying supplies bought in Georgetown , to Upper Cardigan River , and the difficulties he had.