Morning journal and courier., 1885-03-03
FAIR HAVEN.
Jott1ngs by the Way-Personal, Social
And Pathetic.

Jott1ngs by the Eay-Personal, Social
And Pathetic.
Miss Aggie Lathrop, of Norwich, is visiting
| with Mrs Orrin Doolittle on North Quinni-
piac street.
Miss Ellenberger, who was quite indisposed
last week, was much better yesterday and is
gaining.
Mrs Louis Bradley, one of the oldest ladies
in the borough, had a~paralytic shock last
week. She is now doing well as could be
expected.
Mr. Herbert Barnes, who has been indis-
posed since last November, is able to be out
of doors every pleasant day and is improving
rapidly.
Mr.. Daniel Wedmore writes from his
orange groves, Palatka, Fla, to his people
that he has entirely recovered from his late
sickness.
Mrs. Alvin Rose has sold out her interest,
half the house and land of the Rose place on
Union street, to Mr.. Johnson, who owned the
other half of the property.
Frank Bailey is driving on the milk route
of Mr.. George Page, who broke his leg last
week while delivering milk to his customers.
before Mr. Page will be able to be on his
route again.
Those of the Fair Haven people who go to
Washington to attend the Inauguration will
stop over in Baltimore and go on to Wash
ngton on Wednesday morning and return to
Baltimore that evening.
Regular communication of Adelphi lodge
No. 63, F. and A. NJ, at Masonic hall this
evening, when there will be work.
The warm weather is taking the ice out of
the river rapidly. To-day if it continues
warm the space between the Quinnipiac and
the Tomlinson bridges will be clear and navi-
cation resumed.
The consolidation of the grocery stores of
H. B. ives and o. A. Rose took place yester-
day. The new firm will occupy the store Of
f. B. Ives, Both of the firms had large
trade, but each thinks they will be benefited
by this change.
Mr.. R. G. Smith, the tailor, who has been
50 many years at his trade and so well known
in this vicinity, has given up the business
and retired. Mr.. Smith, young maRfrom
Hartford, takes Mr. R. G. Smiths place as
tailor at Lucius Rowe's dry goods store.
The Salvation Army have hired Central
Hall for one month and will hold services
each evening On Sunday afternoon they
held an open air meeting on the corner of
Front and Grand streets. There were only
few in attendance.
The roller skating craze RACES here largely.
Barn, attic and basement floors are turned
into skating Kinks. To be- without roller
skates is out of the fashion. The elderly
people, the middle-aged, the young men and
ladies and the children-all are deeply in
terested. The Quinnipiac rink is well patron
lied, and afternoons and evenings the floor
is well filed with the merry skaters.
The Hsmingways are trying an experiment.
They are cartlng sand on part of the big
pond, and late in the spring when the water
is drawn off they will set out cranberry
vines, thus making the land do double ser
vice, in the fall raising cranberries and in
the winter flooding the pond and cutting ice
thereon.
The fremen in the borough and their many
friends have ga bone to pick" with w. W.
Smith, the prompter of Birmingham, for
overlooking his engagement with the Quin-
nipiac Engine company to prompt for them
at their thirty third annual on February "a
and failing to appear.