Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-02

Miss Rosa Dayton is visiting this week
with friends in Springfield, Mass.
Mr.. Elizur Russell, former resident, now
in business in Utica, N. Y, is visiting here a
short time
DR.. E. H. Andrews, the dentist in South
ington, visited here on Wednesday and yes
terday
The rainy weather of yesterday morning
disappointed great many who were going to
see the parade of Barnum's great show.
Captain Merritt Farren, who has been con-
out of doors again.
The Yale Boat club steam launch got
aground in the river on Memorial day, but
got off again without any damage to the
boat.
The fish seines up the Quinnipiac river
(four of them) are pretty successful this sea-
son, all of them getting a goodly number of
shad at each drawing, which takes place
twice every day.
Mr.. Joseph Smith, of North Guilford, and
family have moved into the north part of the
Mallory house on North Quinnipiac street.
The Fair Haven Glass Ball Shooting club
have sent for more glass balls. They will
have shoot as soon as they come on their
grounds at the head of Church street.
Several small f1ocks of wild geese were
seen yesterday flying to the northward.
Some of our citizens were feeced out of
money in sums of one dollar up to two dol
lars and a half by person purporting to be
the agent of the Peoples Magazine, a month
~ periodical published in New York city by
the house of Osgood G Co.
Fair Haven was well represented at the
great show yesterday afternoon and evening,
and every one pronounced it the best enter
tainment of the kind they ever saw, and that
there was no ''humbug" about it either.
The dramatic and musical entertainment of
the st. Francis choir and Sunday school at
their hall on Wednesday evening was fairly
packed to the doors, many going away I'M
able to gain admittance. The whole enter
tainment was a grand success. Ali did SO
well that it would be hard to divide the hon
ors and too much credit cannot be given
them for the efficient manner each one car
rled out their respective parts.
Fitzgerald & allen, harness makers, dis
solved partnership yesterday, the latter re-
tanning the shop by buying out the former.
The Rev. William Vibbert and wife, of
Germantown, Penn, are visiting at Rev. DR.
W. E. Vibbert's The visiting reverend is
Z.
friends here of the Rev. Mr.. Vibbert and his
estimable wife are pleased to SEQ them here
again.
John Chase and Arthur futile caught
swapping turtle that weighed fifteen pounds
in Great river on Wednesday.
Wyllis Bunnell, the Fair Haven pedestrian, |
walked around the New Haven public square |
twice in thirteen minutes and ten seconds on
last Tnacdau avepipu which ooIIad ,,raftv L
good walking for man sixty-four years of |
age.
The Young Peoples society held their an
nual meeting in the hall of the Quinnipiac |
House on Wednesday evening and elected the
officers for the ensuing year Pres
dent, John Sanford vice president, Frank
Tompkins; secretary, Mrs. Frank Mansfield;
Fred. Munson. Then came the
and the newly elected officers were
installed, followed by rehearsal of the pro-
,ramme of the musical entertainment to be
given in the lecture room of the East Pearl
street Methodist church on Wednesday even
ng next.
The Church street crossing (since annexa-
ion named by outsiders East Grand
1Ioot) ID JIG 4ueSG4OH Wulcu lS dSltdseu COLL |
iderably. Those living in the vicinity and
wanting to cross at the grade say that a
fridge at this point would make the crossing
N Centre street the most dangerous crossing
N the whole road also that it would be i'm
possible for a loaded team to reach the
lights by going over the proposed bridge,
nd that if built it would always be an
mpediment to the east side and an eye-sore
0 the citizens-some of them suggested that
bridge is to be built that the railroad
move the track twenty feet or more
0 the eastward, and sink the track foot or
1ore, which is up grade from Centre
treet. Then the bridge would not be so bad |
nd the grade from Centre street to the
Fights would be gradual one. The railroad
fficials and one or two living on the heights
mink differently, and want the bridge built |
nyway, and propose that the short street
rom Centre to Prospect be closed, advancing
Il sorts of arguments to sustain their side of
ae question, claiming that this is the only
saslble way of crossing the track at this / '
lace and that it would be no damage to Cen
e street, or that the grade over the bridge
ould be worse than others in this vicinity (
here are very few people in the borough that e
ant the bridge built as proposed or are in l
tvor of having the short street from the
ulty corner on Centre to Prospect street
osed. 8
The first stone in tho Mechanicsville dam
the new project of the Wilkinsons, of Shell
n-was laid Friday in the presence of
rye number of manufacturers and others. v
lillian D. Bishop, of Bridgeport was there. !