Morning journal and courier., 1885-04-08

Personal GOmsfp-BuiIding Interests
-Oyster Vessels Arrived - Election
of Church Omcers-Postomce Cam
dfdates Getting Discouraged-Other
1 News.
The ouinnipiae rink will close the latter
part of this month.
Mrs. Jennie Hong of Waterbury, who has
| been visiting here, has returned home.
There were eight commercial travellers in
| town yesterday.
| Chief Browns condition remains about the
| same.
Miss Jessie Lafone, the champion Keller
I skater, appears at the Quinnipiac rink this
| evening.
Mrs. Fields, of Center street, is seriously
| ill.
The schooner Aberdeen is unloading wire
| at the wire mill docks.
FIJI. loves new house on the corner OF
| East Grand street and Blatchley avenue is
l nearly completed.
H. c. Rowe is improving. He hopes to be
able to be out soon.
Rodney Bradley was somewhat better last
1 night.
Mrs. H. 6. White, of Rockville, is a guest
1 Of Mrs. Henry Thomas, of Center street.
George II. Fowler of Guilford, who has
/ been visiting friends in. town, returned home
| yesterday.
The farmers about here are commencing
/ to talk about blowing now that the frost is
out of the ground.
Horace Clark was very low last night. He
| was not expected to live the night out.
The First church Sunday school will give
an Easter concert next Sunday night in the
| church parlors. y
Fred Brown went to Newburg, N. Y, yes
| terday. He takes good position in large
wholesale house at Newburg.
Mrs. J. S. Lockwood, wife of the chief of
police of Norwalk, is visiting Mrs. ]. F.
1 Hoyt, of Woolsey street.
The boilers of E. Browns new steamer,
4 being built at Doyle's shipyard, were put in
| place yesterday as well as a forty-four inch
wheel propeller.
The steamer Florence, of Bridgeport,
| owned by Captain Lewis, was hauled out on
Captain Wrights marine railway yesterday
| for repairs.
The steamer F. F. Brown is having her
| machinery overhauled at Bridgeport.
The many candidates for the postofics
| here are much annoyed by the delay in ap-
pointing New Haven postmaster, as he
| will have the appointing of the Fair Haven
| branch.
The abutments under the Shore Line
| bridge over the Quinnipiac river are being
| taken down and larger ones put up in their
place.
| Several Fair Haven men will bid at the
| sale of the Elias Smith farm, which is to be
| seld at auction to-day.
Captain H R. Linslev has finished loading
| oysters at Virginia and will return with a
/ cargo in a few days.
| William Kelsey has moved from Center
street into Mrs. Gilbert's house on North
Quinnipiac street.
Mr.. Wheatman's new house On Clinton
| avenue is approaching completion. When
finished it will be one of the handsomest
houses on the street.
Mr.. and Mrs H F. Sutherland, of Spring
field, Mass, are visiting Mrs R. N. Holly on
Center street.
Sherman Munse1l left for an extended trip
south yesterday morning, in which Savannah
will be visited.
- The First church held its annual sale of
seats Monday evening. The amount realized
was not SO large as that of previous years.
The annual parish meeting of Grace
church, Blatch1ey avenue was held Monday
evening The officers for the ensuing year
are as follows: Wardens, George Hits, Fl.
S. Parsons; vestrymen, J. 81. Griffin, G. Fl.
Phillips, S. T. Douglass, George w. Bill, w.
H. Merriman, g. II. Longstreet, John Brad
ley; delegates to the diocesan convention,
q. H. Phillips, J. H. Bradley; alternates,
Samuel D, uglass, w. 81. Fenn.