Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-25
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Personal ItemS-Cro Guet Rnd Checkers Boating and Yachting. Mir Henry Hitchcock, the oyster dealer in ! Baltimore, Md, end former resident here, 1 is in New Haven for few weeks. MT. Henry M bannon went to PhiladeI- phia last Saturday night to visit his mother rho is seriously ill.
 MT. John F. Hemingway, the Adams ex- press agent has purchased beautiful horse which is called the finest driving hoTso in Fair Haven.
 Quite number of the boatme n and others went to tie boat race yesterday of the New Haven Yacht club.
 Croquet parties rage to some extent through the warm weather and many of the players are experts in the game.
 few of our checker players have been present at the sittings of the game witnessing Mir. Wyiie,the champion checker player.
 MT. Thurber Salisbury writes that his friends would hardly know him now. His health is much better snd he is "roughing it" in hunters fashion. He has just left on a surveying expedition.
 Dr. c. $. Thomson and wife with their families will celebrate their golden wedding at the residence of MT. J. c. Kinney, Of the Hartford Courant, at Hartford to-day. Mrs. Kinney is daughter of MT. and Mrs Thom- son.
 Miss Estella, aged six years, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Friend Francis, who has been very low with the scarlet fever, Is much bet ter and is improving very nicely.
 Dr. Miller, prominent young physician in Oregon, has been visiting here 8 short time. Be leaves today for Portland, Oregon, but will make several stops on his route home.
 Mir. John Dorman, who is so well known at all the cattle shows, races, etc., where he supplies refreshments, has secured the first privilege for renting the ground on the Green on Fourth of July.
 The beautiful sloop yacht Anita, 30 feet in length, owned by H. J. Lewis. the oyster grower, came up and anchored in the river last evening. The yacht went over the route yesterday sailed by the New Haven club and proved one of the fastest boats in the feet
 Yesterday Captain William Wright was placing buoys along the line of the chan nel up nearly as far the island, with line attached by means of which to pull the scows loaded with shell down the river. The work wss witnessed by many spectators from the iron bridge.
 The yacht Happy Thought was success- fully launched from the ways on Monday evening about half-past eleven o'clock at high water. There were some thirty or more present to witness the novel sight of launch ing a vessel at that time of night.
 Friends, relatives and neighbors last even ing made visit to the Dana Bradley home- stead and joined with MT. and Mrs. J. C.. Bradley in celebrating their silver wedding There were various presents, furniture and silverware of all kinds Among the many gifts was large cake with twenty-fi silver dollars placed around in a circle on the top. The occasion was very pleasant for both Mir. and Mrs. Bradley and the guests assembled, and an event long tO b0 remembered.
 At the parsonage of the old stone church, East Haven last evening at o'clock, the Rev. MT. Clark united in the bonds of holy wedlock Miss Jessie O., youngest daughter of Barlow Russell, residing in the Foxon dis trict, and George D. Page. the well known milk dealer. eldest son of Mir. Darwin Page, of North Branford. Both parties have many warm friends in Fair Haven. The happy couple went on short wedding tour, going to New York on the night boat. May pros perity and happiness go with them on their journey through life.