Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-18
FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.


 on Orange Street-Loss sI,OOO-In-
 sured.
 A fire at the residence of Charles Bigelow on Orange street yesterday about noon done about $1 ,000 damage. The fire originated in the cellar. probably in a box of kindling wood standing near the furnace, although another theory is that Illuminating gas es- capped through an injured pipe and set fire to the wood. Mrs. Bigelow discovered the flames and an alarm was sent out from box 531 at No. 9's engine house. The flames gained considerable headway before the fire men arrived. They had crept up between the walls to the top of the house and an extra or special alarm was sent out to bring out the hook and ladder and aerial trucks in case they might be wanted The~fre was under control, but the fremen were obliged to cut several holes in the floors and walls to get at the flames. Mir. Bigelow's is new, large and handsome cottage, one of the hand somest on Orange street, and was completed and fully furnished about month ago. Mr. Bigelow, who is of the firm of Healy & Bigelow, patent medicine manufacturers, is in Chicago The loss is fully covered by in surance. The furniture is insured for S, ,0OO in Charles Wilson 6 Co.'s agency and the house in Sloan's agency. It was quite dis tance from the house to the nearest fire alarm box and as there are many new houses. being built in that locality there is loud call for more alarm boxes.
 ALONG THE SHORE.
 LetharGy-The Shore Resorts Fright en1ng New Improvements and Changcs-New HOteIs.
 The shore resorts are awakening from their winter lethargy and dormant state and are being made ready for the summer business Twenty years ago shore resorts along the coast in this section were but few in number Now they are numerous, owing to the large increase of New Haven's population and of the population of Bridgeport, Meriden, Wa terbury and other nelghboring places in that period. Notes along shore are as follows:
 Down at Morris Cove the cottages are nearly all rented. It is not known yet who will run the Cove House. Landlord Forbes will con- tinue to run his famous hostelry.
 At Lighthouse Grove Captain Snow will hold forth the same as last year.
 The South End House will continue to be run by John Smith, at whose dock out in the Sound so many of the large sized datfsh were caught few weeks ago, some weighing three or four pounds each.
 The Short Beach and Double Beach hotels will be carried on by the same management as last year.
 At Indian Neck the Montoyese House. kept by Messrs. Bryan, has been open for a couple of weeks and has number of guests, among them being Mark Twain
 At Crescent Bluff 20 new cottages are be- ing erected this spring, but number of building lots have been sold
 Mir. Wallace is having built @ new cottage on his property at Pine Orchard.
 The Island View House and Frink's Hotel at Stony Creek are to each receive Q new coat of paint and be otherwise frightened up. Mrs. Coe has had the Three Elm House painted and fixed up.
 West Shore Notes.
 Howes' pavilion is thing of the past, It has been torn down and fixed over SC that the place would hardly be known now. Charles H. Miller intends to have an i'm nense beer garden in what was once the skating rink, where Harry Thomas orches- tra will play during the season.
 Railroad Grove will be changed sin it's fix lures somewhat. A German has leased it.
 The Beach House, owned by Charles H. Miller. will be 1un by Van Horn, formerly of Seymour. MT. Freeman will run the Sea View House.
 John 0. Anderson is making number of improvements to his palatial cottage.
 Lawyer Kleiner is soon to erect a cottaoe near MT. Anderson's property.
 James Gardner Clark is making 8 number of improvements on his shore house.
 MT. Johnson, formerly livery stable pro- prietor in Birmingham, and years ago en- gagged in the manufacture of lucifer matches in West Haven with the late Mir Tyler, is building cottage for his residence at Mer- wins Point, and will establish stage route te New Haven this summer
 MT. Rood, formerly of the Merwin's Point House at Merwin's Point, is having finished a handsome hotel, erected especially for store trade. The hotel was partially built last year.