Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1885-04-04
FAIR HAVEN GOSSIP.

Items of Interest-Church Notes-Rfvel
and HarbOr Items-SOeiaI News-HOW
the Residents Spent Fast Day.
H. C. Rowe, who is ill with gastric fever
was somewhat better last night.
G. A Osborn, of New York, is visiting E
Rowe.
Mrs. William Eldridge, who has been il
with pneumonia, is better.
| The Rev. DR.. Vibbert preached at tn
morning and evening services at st. James
church yesterday
Mrs. F. w. Sweet of Hartford, who ha
been visiting in town, returns home to-day
Captain Patterns wife is improving il
health
Nh. and Mrs. George Hubbard spent Fas
day out of town. They visited friends il
New London.
There were regular services in the Episco
pal churches yesterday.
Work on the new railroad bridge at Jack
son street will shortly begin.
John Doyle, the shipbuilder who fell from
staging recently, is able to be at work
again.
Captain Merritt Farren was much i'm
proved yesterday.
On Easter Monday evening grand paper
dress carnival will be given at the Quinnipi-
&C rink.
The choir of the First Congregational
of Easter music which will be given a week
from tomorrow.
Miss Kinnie Hemingway, who has been
visiting friends for three months in Balti-
more, arrived home yesterday.
Anumber of valuable hay stacks have late
ly been swept off the meadows by the recent
high tides.
In Isaac Bradley's bay window there is g
handsome display of winter flowers. There
are twenty-five different kinds of flowers in
full bloom.
The tLucy," owned by Mr.. Andrews, OF
the Mallory, Wheeler Co., is having new
keel put under her at Graves shipyard
The schooner civilian Matthew'S" which
has been unloading cargo of $500 bushels
of oysters at Robinson's wharf, sails to-mor-
row for the South.
James Matthews of Springfield, Mass, was
in town yesterday visiting his uncle on
Quinnipiac street. Mr.. Matthews is prom
inent young business man of Springfield.
Mr. and Mrs Brockett of Portland Conn,
have been spending Fast day in town. They
will return home to-day
The first spring blowing was done by Nh.
Camp of Ferry street on Thursday.
Freddie Brown, son of Landlord S. M.
Brown, has left the High school and will
shortly go to Newburg, N. Y, where he will
accept lucrative position in a large manu-
featuring concern there.
Commodore Beecher's yacht "Roger" has
been thoroughly overhauled at Graves ship
yard She is to be launched next week
Quite a number of Fair Haveners went to
New London with the remains of Henry
Chapman yesterday.
Fast day was generally observed in town.
All the stores were closed in the afternoon,
as well as the postoffice. At the churches
there were special prayer services both in the
morning and evening.
Captain Charles Munsell< and John Martin
of Fair Haven, are to accompany the North
pole exhibition now being fitted out in New
York. Captain Munsell is a brother of
Landlord Munseil of the Fair Haven hotel
Prof. G. E. Hendryx, the great burlcsque
and transformation skater, drew large au-
dience to the Quinnipiac rink last evening
He made six lightning changes of costume
during the exhibition.
The regular annual parish meeting of St.
James church will be held on Easter Monday
evening, April 6, in the Sunday school room
at O'Clock.
Thos. Forsyth, the laundryman, celebrates
his silver wedding Monday evening.
The barge B. G. Carpenter has arrived at
the wire mill wharf with wire from New
York.
The two steamers Doyle is building at
Grapevine Point are nearly completed. The