Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-21
FAIR HAVEN.

A Well Nigh Serious Accident-Cap-
 tain Farren's COndItion-Fair Ha-
 ven People At The Rock-A Trip On
 The Sound d-Interesting - Personal
 Items.
 W. O. Montgomery and wife returned home from their vacation trip to Stonington yes terday.
 About 8 o'clock last evening while D. D.
 Mallory's family carriage was standing at the corner of Pierpont and East Pearl streets for Mrs. Jesse Luddington and daughters, Julia and Louise, of Baltimore, to get in, the horses became uImanageable and the coach man advised Mrs. Luddington not to attempt to get into the carriage. The two young ladies, who had already entered, became scared and when the horses began to back
 up against the curbstone they jumped out.
 The horses continued backing up and finally
 turned the carriage over on one side, tipping
 the coachman out and breaking the glass in
 madly up the street to the corner of Grand
 where the reins became tangled in the for
 ward wheels in such manner as to check
 them, and several citizens rushing out into
 the street grabbed the horses by the head and
 held them until the driver arrived. The
 coachman was quite seriously bruised and
 the carriage somewhat damaged. Captain Betsworth and family arrived from
 Ocean Grove yesterday and will remain here
 about two weeks. They are stopping with
 c. W. Hoyt's people on East Pearl street. Burt s. Bradley and wife have arrived
 home from Saratoga and Mt McGregor. Rev. MT. Blakeslee, of the Second church,
 has arrived home from his vacation trip. He
 intended to stay week longer, but was tele-
 graphed to on account of the serious illness
 of Captain William Farren. The captain
 was reported a triae better yesterday, having
 held his own all day. If he gets no worse for
 the next twenty four hours tine doctor thinks that he will stand good chance of recov- cry.
 from here to Savin Rock yesterday to carry passengers to the Grand Army picnic. Camp 3. P. O. s. of A., turned out a large crowd to the excursion of the united camps to Glen Island yesterday. The breaking of en axle of wagon driven by two men on Grand street yesterday after noon resulted in throwing the occupants to the ground.
 Nearly all the persons interested in the proposed strengthening and grading of that portion of Ferry street that lies in the An nex are willing that the improvement should be made, and President Tyler, of the Board of Selectmen, went over that locality yester- day, accompanied by Surveyor Butler, to confer with the interested parties. Next Tuesday Trustee William Konold will sell the brewery property belonging to the estate of Schleippman & Spittler. Sev- eral brewers from New Haven, it is stated talk of buying the plant and running it joint ly.
 Mrs. T. B. Bowman, of Shelton, is visit ing her mother, Mrs. Frances Cornell of Hill street, for few days.
 The party of Fair Haveners who went to Faulkner's Island yesterday on 8 fishing ex cursion were not expected to arrive home last night until nearly midnight. They got in, however, at 9 o'clock. MT. and Mrs. Samuel Holmes and Samuel Holmes, jr., of Montclair, N. J., who have been visiting MT. G. P. Futile for few days, have returned home. Miss May Holmes will spend 8 few days more here among friends
 Fair Haven was nearly depopulated yester- day by the G. A. R. picnic at Savin Rock. Nearly everybody not kept at home by busi ness either drove down or took the cars. Ernest Betsworth of the firm of Gumby Betsworth & Co.,, who has been visiting in town for 8 couple of weeks, returned home ! last night.
 The road roller, which has been doing suct removed to South Haven. Daniel Granniss, of Center street, lost valuable horse from collie yesterday. Captain E. S. Dayton of the steamer Mol | lie will next week taks out party consisting | of Henry Connell, William Russell, Danie | Chipman and several others through tn Sound. They will stop at several noted wa | tering places.
 | A horse belonging to Superintendent San
 tached to buggy Tuesday afternoon ol South Quinnipiac street and broke a shaft | A boy had been hired to hold the horse, bu
 had let him go
 | John Rowe caught eleven dozen hard she | crabs in the river yesterday.