Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-24

yard arrived Monday at Stevens coal deck and was carted from there it's destination in teams.
 The keel is laid and part of the frame work is up for the new steamboat now build ing at Capt Wright's ship yard.
 The fire department have been invited to join in the parade on Memorial day, but as so many of the members had previous en- agreements made, they will not probably turn out If the firemen could possibly partici- pate in the parade that day they would cer- tainly do so.
 The town teams were at work the latter part of last week on Farren avenue repairing the roadway between Bridge and Meadow streets.
 I The funeral of Elihu Watrous took place from his residence on Clinton avenue yester- day morning at 10 o'clock, the Rev. A. H. Ball conducting the ceremonies. The body
 was taken to Say brook on the II o'clock train ! for burial.
 l Mir. Wexel, commissioner from New York, and two representatives from the Mexican | government were at the marine railway on
 Saturday. They came to inspect the new l dry dock that Captain Wright is building on
 the vacant lot corner of Meadow street and l Farren avenue.
 Mir. William H. Young, the builder, was
 recently taken suddenly very i'll with cramps in the stomach, and has been confined to the house since. It is believed that he will soon be out again.
 Colonel D. W. Grosvenor, assistant inspec- z kI,nG 1ck1 of ths State, visited Birmingham last evening l and inspected the Grand Army post in that place.
 Allen Huntley, who hos had charge of the grounds on the Heights known as the Kings, prohibited the young folks from playing ball any more on those grounds. The spot taken for playing ball is not used at all. A seni-centennial jubilee class pray ger
 meeting was held last evening in the lecture
 room of the East Pearl street Methodist
 church. There was large number present
 and the services were quite interesting. ! The game of base ball between the hose
 and engine companies on the morning of
 Memorial day will be interesting. It is ex- pected large crowd will be present The
 game will be called at 9 o'clock and will be played on the grounds in the rear of Major ! H. H. Strongs residence. l Mir. Herbert Barnes, of the firm of Strong,
 Hart, Barnes & Co.,, is quite indisposed hay
 ing been under the care of a physician all
 this week. It is hoped that his illness will
 be of short duration.
 The Second Company Governors Horse
 Guards H. H. Strong, Major, commanding, at ! their spring parade to morrow will drill on
 the commons and take dinner in one of the
 halls in Fair Haven. This arrangem ent meets ! with much favor among the citizens, as sev- 1 eral of the members are residents here Some ten or dozen young men took ad- 1 vantage of the warm summer like weather yesterday and went in bathing in the river,
 They reported good time but that the water ! was rather chilly.
 ! The foundation walls for a new dwelling | house on Farren avenue a. @ nearly up. An other dwelling house down farther on the avenue between the Powell and Paine houses, is about to be built right away; also another dwelling house on Ferry street is going up | soon.
 l Some eight or more of the citizens of the | east side took 8 walk over to the lake yester- | day to go fishing. Most of the gallant sports men returned home before midnight without | even getting one bite.