Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-07
Tuesday, July 2. 1885.
NEWS FROM FAIR HAVEN.

The Sunken SchOoner-What a Well
 Known Oysterman Says Other News
 of Local Interest.
 Mrs. Isaac Woodford, of Exchange street, will leave to-day for Meriden, where she will visit her brother for few days.
 Simeon Grosvenor, of Bright street, is seriously i'll. He has been ailing for a con siderable time.
 The w. 0. T. U. will hold meeting in the Methodist church parlors this afternoon at 4clock. All the members are earnestly re- quested to attend.
 Mrs. William Comstock, of East Grand street, has arrived home from an extended visit to her father in Essex. Mrs. Comstock is greatly improved in health by her trip.
 Cortez P. Watson of Ferry street, who has been ill for many weeks is worse
 Many from the Grand street Baptist church will go to Meriden Thursday to at tend the Home Mission union of the State, which will be held in the Main street Baptist church at 2:30 p. m.
 Dan Jones, late manager for the Water burys, was in town yesterday looking after his property on the Heights.
 The yacht Happy Thought is to enter the ocean races of the New Haven Yacht club, which will take place near Block Island Sat urday. Lon Shute, veteran waterman, will sail her if he can get away from his bus mess.
 James Futile, who daily takes out sailing parties in his trim sharpie, says that business is light this season, nobody appearing to have any superhuous cash.
 Edward Dayton and Arthur Futile have leased the mammoth new summer skating rink at Westbrook, and are running it with great success. The rink is said to be one ot the largest in the State.
 Fred. F. Brown, who is, perhaps, one of the most practical of Fair Haven oyster growers, considers the stories that some growers have circulated regarding new kind of bug which they claim is raising havoc with young oysters as ridiculous in the ex- treme. He says that there has nothing of the kind been discovered. What gave rise to the assertion, he says, was the discovery of one grower that certain oysters had been covered with a mixture of sand and mud This formation is caused, according to Mr. Brown, by little worm no longer than a pin. There are doubtless many oys- ters killed annually by this worm, MT. Brown thinks, but is also of the opinion that they do as much good as harm they prevent the starfish from operating successfully. MT. Brown says that instead of being anything new it has been known to practical oyster men for twenty years.
 There are over eight schooners in the river busily engaged in loading oyster shells which they will throw overheard in the harbor.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Barnes, of Reading, are spending a few days with Mrs. Barnes father, Harvey Hemingway, of North Quin- nipiac street.
 William D. Hemingway of the firm of H. F. Hemingway & Co.,, oyster dealers of Nor :oIk, Va, is visiting his father William R. of North Quinnipiac street. In spite of the dull times MT. Hemingway states that business has been good with the firm during the past season.
 Willis Linsleys new house on South Quin- | lipiac street is approaching completion.
 Unsuccessful efforts were made all day ong yesterday to raise the sunken schooner Henrietta. Every day that she lies where he is she suffers much from the tide.
 Two piers of the railroad bridge are now emoved and the work of laying the new ones will be conducted simultaneously.