Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-04
THE GLoR1oUs FOURrH.

Quiet Day Comparatively I'm New
 Haven - Some Grumbling over The
 New Law The Excursions To.
 Day And Other Chances For Amuse-
 ment-The National Salute And The
 Bell Ringing-Befenders of The New Law.
 To-day, the Fourth of July, will in all probability be one of the quietest known in this city in the last fifty years, as there is nc public celebration, and as @ great many of the people will improve the opportunity to go on one of the numerous excursions leav- ing this city. The small boy will, however, be left at home to amuse himself by firing fire crackers and the dangerous toy pistol. The dealers in fireworks complain bitterly against the new law which prohibits the fir ing of fireworks between sunset the third of July and sunrise the fourth, as it has reduc en the sale of fireworks at least one-half. The boys don't like the new law either, and good many people were grumbling yester- day s'at the new tangled laws" and wonder ing if patriotism was not getting cold. The Mayor has ordered that thirty tight guns be fired this morning at sundown from the foot of Franklin street on Water, on the old Elnathan Atwater place, as 8 national salute. The city bells will also ring at sum- rise and sunset as usual on the Fourth.
 Among some of the excursions the people can take will be three by the steamers of the old line.
 One for New York on the steamer Con tinental, leaving this city at 1915 a. m., and returning leaving New York at midnight.
 One by steamer Elm City at a. m, for Lyle's Beach, returning at p. m.
 One by the o. H. Northam, which will leaveBelle dock for the mouth of the Connec- ticut river at p. m., returning at o'clock in the evening.
 The barge Juno will also begin her regular daily summer trips to Pawson Park and the Thimble Islands to-day, she leaving this city at 9:45 a. m. and p. m., and the Thimble Islands at 1 p. m. and p. m. This barge is built expressly for excursion parties and has capacity for 1 1000 passengers.
 The new and pretty little steamer Messen- ger will also take party to the Thimbles this morning and return about 6 o'clock p. m. with one. In the interim she will ply between the Thimbles. MT. Foster is having a large float stage built near Frink's at Stony Creek so that passengers can very readily and comfortably land at all times of the tide. His Messenger is proving very popular and q great public accommodation.
 Many people who are unable to take one of the latter excursions will pay a visit to Savin Rock and partake of 8 shore dinner at one of the shore hotels.
 An old citizen yesterday thought F'the good old Fourth of July times" were the best, and that by and by people would want the Fourth of July salute fired down at Savin Rock or the Lighthouse Point. On the other hand many expressed satisfaction with the new regulation requiring cannon firing to be done away from che center, and with the new law limiting the time for firing explo sives and allowing people chance to sleep the night before the Fourth.
 To-day no train will leave this city for New York at 5:15 8. m., and none will leave New York at D. m. The 6:30 a. m. local express from New Haven for New York will stop at all stations between New Haven and New York. The Adams express train, 9:20 D. m., from New York will be run as an ac- commodation train, stopping at all stations between New York and New Haven.