Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-28
SUMMER NOTES.
Enjoyment On Sea, Shore and Inland New Haven People Here and There ThimbIe Islands.

Enjoyment On Sea, Shore and Inland New Haven People Here and There ThImbIe Islands.
 The excursion season this summer, all though it has not been booming, has been lively, and it is estimated that already this
 season over 15, ,000 New Haven people have had steamboat sail. There are number of prominent excursions to come, which will
 largely increase the total, outside of the large number that every week go to Glen Island on the popular Starin excursions and the many that go to the Thimble Islands by the Philadelphia. It is also estimated that from 1000 to 10, 900 New Haven people have visited High Rock this season. A large party availed themselves of the opportunity to visit the Thimb1e Islands on Saturday afternoon by the steamer Philadel- phia. The day was all that could be desired, and all on board seemed to enjoy the sail on the Sound and to be invigorated by the salt air. On the return trip a stop was made at Branford Point, where three hundred Mer- iden excursionists belonging to the First Baptist church society of that city were taken on board.
 A large number of our citizens will go on the 10th annual Golden Rule Encampment I. O. O. F. excursion by the Elm City, to New London, Osprey Beach, Lyle Beach and Fish CTS Island next Wednesday, They take a
 brass and string band along The excur- sion will be one of the most popular of the season.
 The German Baptist church and Sunday school have their annual picnic tomorrow at High Rock Grove.
 The Church of the Ascension of this city picnics at Pawson Park nextyFriday. Wednesday the St. Aloysius T. A. B. excursion to Coney Island takes place. The Good Samaritans of this city picnic at
 Pawson Park on Thursday. They go by the Philadelphia
 The employees of B. Manville & Co.,, the cartilage manufacturers, were treated by the firm to an excursion to the Thimble Islands by the steamer Ivernia on Friday evening. Pot Island was the headquarters, and boun-
 tiful collation. was served. Everybody hearti- ly enjoyed the affair, and it did everybody good. A hearty vote of thanks was given the firm by the employees.
 MT. William Bronson, the druggist, corner of State and Bradley streets, returns home to-day or tomorrow from two weeks visit to the West. He went as far as Minnesota Rev. Father Kennedy of Birmingham re- l turns home from Europe this week. Patrick German and wife, of Birmingham, are sulnmering at Saratoga
 Charles R. Martin of steamer 2, leaves to- day to visit the Thousand Islands Rev. Dr. Park of the Howard avenue church is away on his summer vacation. General Harmon and family, of this city,
 are spending the summer at the Grand Hotel in the Catskills.
 Jerome Hopkins, and his opera of ''Taffy and Old Munch," well known in this State, are now amusing the people at Long Branch
 Mrs. I. N. Damn, wife of MT. Isaac Damn, president of the New Haven Folding Chair company, and son left Thursday to drive to Newburg, where they will stop at the New
 burg Hotel for couple of weeks. MT. Damn left Saturday to join them. General L. A. Dickinson, postmaster of
 Hartford, was in ths city Saturday evening, and attended the G. A. R. clambake. Mrs. Wylie Jones, of Burlington, Vt., is in
 the city visiting her friends. MT. Jones, who
 is stenographer for the Wells, Richardson O. of Burlington, visits here shortly.