Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-11-13
FAIR uAYEN NEWS.

Mr.. Rowe ON Wheeling IRterests.T0
Attend she state Division Meeting of
American Wheolmcn - The Good
work OF she Humane Sooiety-Dr.
Adams' Tesslmony-Prospec En-
terta1nments-A Hunting Expedition
VARIOUS Brief Items of News.
Next Tuesday evening Ernest @. Rowe of
this place and A. g. Fisher will represent
the New Haven Bicycle club at the banquet
of the Hartford Wheel club. They will also
attend the business meeting of the State d.
vision, League of American Wneelmsn. Mr..
Rowe, who is an enthusiastic whselman and
q long distance rider of NO mean distinction,
is much interested In the interests of the
League Of American Wheelmen, and is quite
anxious shat more of the Fair Haven Wheel
men should belong to IT. He says there are
81, 900 members in the league, and the mem-
bership is rapidly increasing. Every State
and territory was represented, and in most
States there were separate divisions. The
league had accomplished very much in i'm
proving many Of the highways of the coun-
try, and In Rhode Island the wheelmen were
In the van in urging and securing needed
highway Improvements.
DR.. O. B. Adams, who was SO seriously i'll
o couple of months ago, seems to have nearly
recovered his accustomed health. He pro-
poses, however, to not overwork az he did
before aud to take better care of his health.
The doctor, who for many years has been the
agent of the Connecticut Humane society,
| says that there are not nearly ~ many cases
of cruelty to animals notiseably as formerly.
When the work of the society was begun In
this city there were numerous cases of oru-
city and ovsrwork of horses, but the frequent
prosecutions and the condemnation of sick and
infrm animals has produced q good effect.
The owners of horses were more careful and
not as many infirm animals were driven as
before. Nowadays a notification by letter
was usually sufficient warning for the better
care of horses. He believed that the infu-
ence of the society had been very beneficial.
The society was also quite frequently investi-
eating cases of i'll treatment of children, and
the aggregate good accomplished In this city
alone was very great.
concert to be given In the Second church one
evening next week, at which there will be
music by the Yale Glee and Banjo clubs, and
singing by Miss Lizzie Gahney.
The members Of the "Old Deestrick
Skule" met at the home Of Samuel Fl. HAM
mond, the pedagogue, Monday evening, and
decided to give the entertainment In Gay
lords opera house, Branford, next Tuesday
evening, If the evening should be pleasant
the recent entertainments in the Quinnipiac
rink and all but Ave will participate in the
repetition of the laughable representation,
and substitutes have been obtained. The
"Skule" will hold q rehearsal on Monday
evening. The members will leave for Bran
ford In barges Tuesday evening at o'clock.
Henry R. Smith, Albert and Charles Rowe,
went to Durham yesterday on their annual
hunting expedition. As they drove down
with two horses it was expected that they
would return with large lot of game.
Flat fsh are now being caught, principally
in eel pots. The fsh are quite large, but the
catch Is not so numerous as in years past.
Rev. Mr.. Thayer of the Yale Divinity
school will supply the pulpit of the First
church next Sunday. Last Sunday three
candidates were added to the membership by
letter.
Gilman Silsbe of Brooklyn, is visiting his
aunt, Mrs.. @. Il. Bowers of Quinnipiac
street.
The party Of members of the Quinnipiac
Social club, who went to Branford Monday
evening, on the invitation of Bernard Kivlan,
one of the members, report having had a
splendid time. Mr.. Kivlan was recently
married and the affair was = sort of house
warming, with music, dancing and serving of
refreshments.
w. F. Mansfield, of F. Mansfield & Sons,
is building new house at the corner Of
South Quinnipiao and Brown streets. Thorpe,
the builder, began work on the new house
yesterday.
Captain g. L. Ludington, the veteran oys-
terman, who has been very ill with infam-
matory rheumatism, was able to walk down
stairs for the first time yesterday. Captain
Ludington has these attacks more frequently
of late and the disease seems to increase in
its severity.