Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-26
FAIR HAVEN .

' General NeWs-ArrAn gememtS For Me-
 moriaI Day - The Postmastership - \ New Buildings-The New Church at Cedar Hill.
 Miss Nellie Roach of Atwater street is very low with consumption.
 William Horan, who was arrested for stab I ping Thomas Welch on Saturday night, is out on bail.
 | Free fights are becoming of almost nightly occurrence in the vicinity of Ferry and Pine streets.
 Some trouble is experienced in erecting the new piers at the Shore Line bridge. A new | caisson will have to be built. | Rev MT. Busfeld will preach his farewell sermon week from next Sunday. | The oystermen are rejoiced over the action of the Tomlinson bridge commissioners. ! The foundation for the new Union church which Hiram Camp is to build will be laid this week. The cellar is excavated- The plans for the church were drawn by Mir. Robinson, the architect.
 George Crockett intends to commence work on a new dwelling on South Quinnipi- ac street. It is to be built on the lot for merly occupied by the old Mallory house. The ladies' missionary meeting at the East Pearl street M. E. church was largely attend ed yesterday afternoon. Mrs. B. O. Cush- man, Lady missionary from China, gave very interesting address.
 Land fronting easterly on Farren avenue, 5Ox13O feet deep, has been sold by John s. Farr,sn, Charles A. Warren, samuel h. and Charl es c. Blatchley to John Mullen.
 Mr. Hiram H. Thompson's new buss the s-Ra1n bler'' made it's appearance on the stl eet yesterday. On Sundays 1t is to be used fc IT taking teachers from the Center church to Lebanon Mission Sunday school.
 About, the first of June MT. Thompson is to resume his excursion trips to East Rock park from ta he corner of Church and Chapel streets
 The ra mains of Mrs. Benjamin Hines were taken on the a. m. train to Ipswich, Mass, yesterday morning for burial. The funeral services o yer the remains were held at her
 residence on Ferry street. The
 floral decorations consisted ot large scroll
 comDosed of roses and callas and was pre-
 sented by the members of the kBible class of the Grand street Baptist church, of which the deceased was member. handsome
 bank of ros es and lilies was presented by the
 sisters of the deceased. The bu1ial took place from the Go ngregational church at Ipswich and Rev Mr. Watrous officiated. The de- ceased left husband and two children, be- sides large circle of friends, to mourn her
 loss.
 The new house of Charles Cook on Pros
 pect street is about completed. Thomas F.
 Lowe is erecting fine house on the corner
 of Lloyd and Woolsey streets and two other
 houses on the adjoining lots on Lloyd
 street. J. A. Thorpe, the builder, is con
 cretinp and grading the premises of Wallace
 
 block has been recently bullt& The Fair Have n members of the G. A. R. will meet in Central Hall at 2 o'clock on Memorial day. All wishing to contribute flowers are reque sted to send them in by $ a. m The school children will escort the yete- rans to town and the American band will furnish music All veterans of the war, whether members of the Grand Army or not, are invited to attend and participate in the
 parade.
 Captain Wright's offer to race the new
 steamers has not yet been accepted. The
 captain's offer has been talked of about town
 a great deal and it is thought to be very
 fair one. The new pattern engines in the
 new steamers it is claimed are not proving
 as satisfactory as supposed. The owner of
 one of tne boats IS talking or having uHer-
 ent engine put in.
 IL is the opinion of a well informed and
 wide awake Democrat in Fair Haven that
 the question who is to be postmaster will
 be settled soon. Judging from the number of applicants there is strong competition for the office No less than twenty-two have petitioned Postmaster English for the place.
 The paper which is being circulated about town for the purpose of getting subscribers to a $35, eco schooner, to be built ct either Hanscomb's or Doyle's sbipyards, is meeting | v;th success. Twenty-Five thousand dollars has already been subscribed and more is promised The vessel will be HOO tons burden.
 The New Haven district of Catholic priests will hold a conference at St. Francis church next week. The conference will open with | a solemn high mass, which will be celebrated ! by Rev. Father Russell, of St. Patrick's,
 and the promoter will be Rev. Father O'Con- nell.
 Michael J. Sarsfeld, who keeps grocery
 store near the wire mill, was before the City | court yesterday morning for violation of the Iiouor law The testimony showed that
 Sarsfield had sold glass of cider to GUS toner on Saturday He has no license. He admitted the sale of the cider and prom ised faithfully never to do so again. Cap tain William A. Wright, of the marine rail way, told the court that Sarsfield conducted a ouiet place and he never saw h1m violating the liouor law The case was nolled.