Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-27
Fair Haven Items.

A few of the oysters recently planted on the beach grounds are dying The next time you go to fire just put on your badge.
 Flatfsh are being caught plentifulIy in oys- ter dredges.
 Nine good sized trout in one day is pretty fair luck, but prominent New Haven sportsman, MT. David Cowell, single handed, caught double that number Wednesday, half of them of remarkably good size.
 N. A. Luddington, the oyster dealer, was much better yesterday.
 Seines are drawn daily up the river for shad
 The dandelion green gatherers are out in the fields daily in goodly numbers.
 MT. Hiram Barnes. of East Chapel street, is very low with no hopes of recovery.
 The merchants com plain that business is unusually dull.
 Sherman Russell is the newly appointed janitor at the East Grand street school house.
 Captain Horace Lanfair, of Baltimore Md, is visiting here for short time.
 The steamer Spark, of Bridgeport, owned by the Brown & Lewis Oyster company, was
 
 Wright's marine railway for minor repairs
 The seheoners Charles B. Joyce and Trav- eller arrived on Wednesday in the harbor with southern oysters for planting. The schooners Harvest Home, Walter M Young Alice Curtis and Mary E. Mason were report ed in New York yesterday. All will probably arrive in the harbor this morning, and the boatmen will commence planting the bivalves into their watery beds. Mir. Charles McMann, employed in the wire mill, on Wednesday met with an acci- dent. While at work a red hot piece of wire flew into one of his eyes and it is feared he will lose the sight of it. Mr. McMann has I the sympathy of all in his misfortune. l Part of the oysters in the schooner Amelia Hearns, Captain Elsy, which arrived on We'd l nesday, were in the vessel about three weeks. When the cargo was unloading it was found ! that nigh half of the bivalves were spoiled. The loss to the charterers will be about five ! hundred dollars.
 Master Freddie Brown has with his own X money bought beautiful white pcny, and his parents have given him handsome dog ! cart, which is one of the prettiest aud nob- | biest turn outs" in this vicinity. It was on the street yesterday and attracted the atten- f tion of all.
 Mir. Leslie H. Russell clerk in the city in Wilcox & Co.'s dry goods house. has re- signed that position and will go to Provi- dence, R. l., as salesman in one of the larg. | est dry goods houses in that city at a largely | advanced salary.
 | to settle, has found the location he likes and written to his wife to come on and meet him | as soon as possible. He gives glorious de- scription of his new home The ladies' silver band played several selec- ! tions on Wednesday evening on the corner of East Grand and South Quinnipiac streets. The | music drew about three hundred of our peo- pie together very quickly and all heartily en- joyed the beautiful music well rendered at this free concert.
 Lucius Rowe, the dry goods dealer, has been South through the winter and finds | that the climate is justssuited for his health. He will sell out his business, goods and prop | erty here and remove there. Most probably going into business. He will spend his sum- ! mers each year among his many friends | in this locality.
 | The young misses, between the years of twelve and sixteen years, on North Quinni- l piac street. have formed themselves into 8 | missionary band and will meet for business ' every Saturday at the residence of Mrs. Nel- | son Linsley. Anyone wishing to become a member and help the society along in it's goed work can do so by paying into the treas | ury ten cents each year. At the entertainment at Central Hall on Wednesday evening, under the direction of l MT. N. J. Lee, there was good sized audi ence. Each one present pronounced it the best exhibition that had been given at Gen. | tral Hall for long time. All the artists were excellent, and much better than could usually | be expected from a travelling combination. They will give another concert at the same l place tonight, when Central Hall will be full | to it's very doors.
 The oyster dredge steamboat Hoyt Broth ! CTS Wednesday, after unloading at the I Goodyear shop, started to go back down the river, but got aground on the flats and had ! to wait until the tide rose to get off. The boat came up the river with another cargo of | bivalves and unloaded at the same place yes- terday. Returning it run aground in the same place, and had to wait again for full tide.