Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-08
Wednesday, July 8, 1885.
FAIR HAVEN IN BRIEF.

Anmex-Other Matters of Interest.
 There was 8 large attendance at the special meeting of the W. c. T. U. which was held in the Methodist church parlor yesterday af. ternoon. The union has accomplished much good service It was started last winter.
 Horace s. Lanfair, the noted oyster packer of Baltimore, who has been visiting Mrs. Magnus Bush, of East Grand street, for the past few days, returned to his home yester- day.
 James w. Rowland of Atwater street, the joiner and builder who broke his ankle a few days ago by falling from the roof of his house, IS rapidly recovering.
 The work of building the magnificent stone arched gateway at the entrance to the Fair Haven Union cemetery is being rapidly pushed towards completion. The structure when finished will be an ornament to Fair Haven.
 Willis Hemingway and wife left yesterday morning for two weeks visit to Rev. Jos eph Cook, who is stopping at his handsome summer villa at Ticonderoga, N. Y.
 The thermometer only indicated S3 deg. in the shade here yesterday, but the weather was so close that several persons are reported to have been overcome by the heat.
 Bradley Brothers, the marketmen, have a dog that is eighteen years old and which is as active as ever and does not appear to be over five years old
 One of the Blatchley cottages on East Grand street has been completed and ground has been broken for the other
 If anything can be determined from the sale of tickets to the First church picnic, which will take place at High Rock Grove to-day, there will be very large attend ance.
 A. L. Chamberlain, John J. Dayton, Washington Cunningham and hundred others have signed petition to the Consoli- dated road praying that all trains running either east or west, stop at the Center street crossing. It is also asked that a station be erected there.
 Herbert Barnes will shortly leave for Hot Springs, Mo. MT. Barnes has only been home from that resort short time, but his health is so bad that he will be obliged to return.
 Rev. Burdett Hart will soon leave for vacation to Amherst, Mass, where his wife and daughter May are already stopping.
 Mrs. Lambert Bristol, of Exchange street, is visiting her sister in Springfield, Mass, who is quite seriously ill.
 Mr. and Mrs. Porter Darrow, of Thomas ton, paid flying visit to friends here yester- day. MT. Darrow, who is superintendent of the clock shop, reports business very dull there.
 Charles H. R. Miller of Springfield, Mass, is stopping in town for a few days.
 Captain Andrew J. Bassett, of Woolsey street, still continues quite feeble, not being able to sit up at all
 Mrs. E. O. Beckwith, of Houston street, is visiting friends in New York State for the summer.
 Many citizens are. desirous to know why the Annex cannot have police protection all the time as we'll as on Saturday nights. They complain that there are unseemly rows nearly every night on the principal thorough fares and many attempted burglary have been reported. What would be necessary would be to have two mounted policemen, they say, who should ride about in the Annex all night.
 The sunken schooner Henrietta was yes terday raised after much trouble and is now being repaired at the marine railway Two new schooners have arrived in the river and will take the Henrietta's place.
 Luzerne Luddington and wife have been visiting at Coney Island.
 At the West side yesterday afternoon Eli zur Goodale left a wheelbarrow containing pair of rubber boots, a bushel of clans and a bushel of oysters standing in front of Al yah Grannis' store while he went inside to bargain with the proprietor for the sale of the oysters. After he had made trade for the oysters he went outside to get them, when he found that some one had stolen the whole outfit, boots, wheelbarrow and all. Although MT. Goodale searched high and low for several hours his search was unavailing.
 Nelson A. Beebe and William Wright were to have opened grocery store on North Front street yesterday.
 Charles Hemingway has remodeled his res idence on Center street and now has one of the finest houses on the East side.
 Mrs F. H. Norton, of North Quinnipiac street, has been quite ill for some time.