Morning journal and courier., 1888-08-08
FAIR HAVEN.

Fair Haven Veterans Who served Un-
 der General SherIdRn-Nfght Bloom
 ing CeFug-Gener@1 Items of Interest.
 There are quite number of veterans of the late war who served under the gallant Sheridan during the late war who reside In Fair Haven. Most of them served in the l2th O. V or the First Connecticut cavalry, al though some were in New York cavalry reg1- ments during the war. It is estimated that there are from twenty-five to thirty now liV- ing in Fair Haven who once marched to ylc- tory beneath the standards of Little Phll " Mhe list so far as learned is as follows: A. K. Brown, 18th o. V. James Johnson, 18th c. V. Henry Futile, 18th 0. V. Jason Thompson, 1st cavalry. Thomas HempstocK, 1st cavalry. Joseph Hempstoek, 1st cavalry. Giles Clark, 1st cavalry. John Hill, 1st cavalry. Alvah H. Grsnnies, 1st cavalry. James Potter, list cavalry. Postmaster William Fl. Moore was one Of those who served in the New York Eighth cavalry and lost a limb in action. The COURIER will probably be able to give the full list in day or two. Joseph Kramp's little three-year-old child who sustained such severe injuries the other day by falling from 8 second story window IS getting along quite nicely: Attorney William P. Niles, who haa been  able to attend to business yesterday. Principal Henry W. Loomis returned | from three weeks vacation trip to- Yer 1 mont last night. Most of the time he spent at the Mountain Hotel in Drewsville. A night blooming csreus owned by Mrs. W. s. Johnson was part of the floral dec oration at the East Pearl street Methodist \ church Sunday evening. The many buds \ opened into beautiful flowers during the | service-which were examined by large num- bers of the congregation at the close of the services.
 rapidly pushed ahead. By this arrangem ent some three or four grade crossings will be ! done away with.
 Miss Jennie Futile of Fall River, Mass, has been visiting friends in town.
 Werkmen have been engaged in making repairs on the Grand avenue school house.
 Master John Manwarning is visiting ir Unionville.
 Charles De Forest has returned from his ! visit to Unionville.
 The St. Ignatius T. A. B. society has dis. cussed more fully the plan of erecting 8 large
 society building. It has been proposed tha ! each member pay $50 toward erecting this
 building, the money to be paid in four pay
 ments of $12. 50 and the members to have un
 til October 1, 1890 to contribute the sum This plan met with some opposition and it jl
 probable that nothing more will be done il
 the matter until considerable majority O
 the members signify their willingness to pro
 mote the plan.
 The arrangements for the society's excur
 sion to be held to-day are quite extensive
 A number of Athletic contests, such as run
 ming, jumping, swimming, 6 100-yard dasl
 for persons weighing over 200 pounds ant
 throwing the shot, have been arranged ant
 several of the prominent Fair Haven anna
 teur athletes will compete.
 Mrs. Otis Hine and daughter Lida, o
 Clinton avenue, go to-day to spend feT \ weeks At Colebrook, Litch6eld county.
 Grapevine Point, has just put in an eight-tol \ marine boiler in Richard Law's oyster boat
 now building at Graves shipyard. Miss Edith Groot leaves to-day for tw \ waak,a stau in ProvidancA and NAurnart