Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-17
Fair Haven Items.

Messrs Harvey Hemingway and Matthew Tyler returned on Friday night from the North with three carloads of cattle, mostly yearlings.
 Mr. and Mrs. Norman W. Parker, resi- dents of Craigville, N. Y., are spending a few days with MT. S. M. Aliens family on South Quinnipiac street.
 Dr. E. 0. M. Hall returned on Friday from his camping out expedition away down in the forests and woods in Maine. He left his companion, Thurber Salisbury, all right.
 The large barge William H. Vanderbilt of New York, was lowed up on Saturday and moored at Konold's wharf. The machinery and engine used in the distillery is to be put aboard the barge and taken away.
 A special meeting of Quinnipiac Hose company No. l will be held at the parlors of the company this evening to vote on the in- vitation received from Bridgeport to attend the annual parade in that city Oct. 11th.
 Two of those who were on carousal on Saturday night did not go to their homes, but bunked in on the steps of Rowe's dry good store, and lay there until about 7 o'clock yesterday morning, when passers by WAhoU up 6uu bu6LA Ous
 Mir. David R. Page, aged 70 years, living on Centre street, died on Friday night, after an illness of only two days fir om mortified tion of the bowels. MT. Page leaves wife, brother who resides in Saybrook, and sis ter living in the northern part of the State
 burlington & Palmer, oyster growers and general dealers, were out on Saturday with their new team, 8 pair of horses, one bay and the other a gray, and a new wagon from Henderson's carriage works. The team is for carrying opened and shell cyst CTS to their customers. It is 8 fine turnout, and every thing is in complete order about tho whole establishment.
 The town officials replanked the sluicevay bridge on Friday with extra heavy planking, and it looks now as if it would not need much repairing for some time to come.
 H. s. and E. E. ConnelI visited over the Sabbath Mir. Frederick Bowman's people in Shelton.
 Another one of our elderly residents pass- ed quietly away from these earthly scenes on Saturday forenoon. Mrs. Polly Smith, the deceased, aged 88 years, was the widow of John Smith, who died only a few years ago. Mrs. Smith died in the old homestead on South Front street, where she has resided
 
 of religion and has been member of the East Pearl street Methodist church, where she has been 8 regular attendant at all the ser- vices whenever her health would permit ever since the society was formed. Mrs. s. was loved and respected by all who knew her, a ing hand to those in need. The funeral ceremonies will be held at the church this forenoon at o'clock.
 A carrier pigeon brought from Newark, N. J., last week by MT. W. A. Granniss was let go yesterday morning from in front of Mir. Granniss' residence on Center street. Several witnessed the birds start. It is thought the pigeon would reach his home in about three hours.
 Henry Butler, in the employ of N. A. Lud- dington, the oyster dealer, in coming down the river Friday afternoon just before sum down, with a sharpie loaded with oysters, passed under Dragon bridge. To help pull the boat through, as the tide was running up pretty strongly, he tried to throw a rope over one of the rods, but he lost his balance and went into the water. He kept hold of the rope and drew himself to the boat and caught hold of the side of the sharpie But Ter, having on heavy clothing and long rub Der boots, found it hard work to keep above water. Isaac Mallory and Ava Grannis, see- ing the mans dangerous situation, ran and got boat and went to his rescue and pulled him out of the water. The boat drifted up in the meantime to the Shore Line railroad bridge. Mir. Butler was nearly Jagged out, and had not help come he would have prob ably drowned.
 The services at the different churches were well attended yesterday. At the First church, Sunday school in the morning, preaching by the pastor, Rev. MT. Burdett Hart, in the af- ternoon At the Second church, preaching by the pastor, Rev. Dr. Hovey, at the morn ing service. St. James' church, Episcopal, had preaching in the morning, also in the evening by the rector, Rev. Dr. w. B. Vib- bert. East Pearl street Methodist church had preaching in the morning by tha pastOE,