June 26th.—Mr. Simms Reeve had sat as Recorder for the first time at the Quarter Sessions.
The Town was filling rapidly with visitors.
June 29th.—The polling in the Market Ward had resulted as follows:—
| Mr. John Garratt (L) | 418 |
| Mr. Tyrrell (C) | 168 |
| Majority | 250 |
The marriage of Miss Watling (only daughter of Robert S. Watling, Esq.) and Mr. Samuel Nightingale (nephew of Samuel Nightingale, Esq.) had been celebrated “amid great rejoicing.”
July 6th.—The late Mr. E. Fyson had left legacies of £250 each to the Sailors’ Home and the Hospital.
The new organ at St. Mary’s, Southtown, was estimated to cost £250.
Mural paintings had been discovered in Gorleston Church.
July 13th.—A ghost was reported to be frequenting the Churchyard; upwards of 1,000 persons attended at one time to see it.
July 20th.—It was stated that in the year 1871, 19,781 lasts of fish, weighing 39,562 tons, had been conveyed by rail from Yarmouth.