Morning journal and courier., 1889-12-18

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 Three or four nights ago Officer Mack of the East side was called upon to suppress @ row in logging camp up back of the Heights A number of French Canadian woodchoppers after drinking freely got into a row in one of the shantiea, and the report that came to Off, cer Mack was that one of the men had threat ened to split his companion with an axe. The officer investigated and found that the riot- CTS were over the line in East Haven and as the row had ended he did not disturb any
 "Aunt Dinahs Husking Bee" was repeated at the First Congregational church chapel on Monday evening and the room was filled with interested auditors. The original programme was given with the addition of @ new chorus and several new songs. The committee of arrangements for these two entertainments may well congratulate themselves over the success of their efforts.
 A delegation of people from the Grand avenue Baptist church went over in busses to Calvary church last evening to attend the meeting of the New Haven Baptist Social Union.
 The new arrangements, whereby the trus- tees of the Fair Haven Union cemetery are authorized to manage trust funds left by de- ceased persons for the care of their lots in the burial ground, is looked on with favor by most of the lot owners. There has been one contribution to these funds of $500.
 Nathaniel s. English celebrated his seven- ty.eighth birthday anniversary by walking to town and back. He is hale and hearty for & man of his age. Mir. English, who owned large blocks of land in Fair Haven at one time, and for whom English street in the Twelfth ward was named, is one of our moat respected citizens.
 Alderman Callahan of woolsey street was detained from his desk in the Probate court yesterday by illness, occasioned by severe cold.
 The committee appointed at the meeting of the Grace hospital directors on Monday, to look up site for the new homeopathic hospital, should by all means examine some of the splendid sites on Fair Haven heights. When this project was pending before the legislature last winter, Fair Haven was one of the locations particularly recommended. There is no more beautiful or slightly plot in the city for such an institution than the cele. brsted heights of Fair Haven east.
 The east side people who use the Qunni- piso drswbridge daily, are very glad that the city has appropriated $500 towards erec- ting latticed gates to protect the bridge ap- breaches. Although ths drowning of two people has made many of the bridge patrons extra careful, safety gates should have been erected long ago.
 Down near New Bedford Is a town called Fair Haven. The Bay State Fair Haven is also delightfully."- situated by the sea. It is great center of the scallop fishery, and on November 1, when the law protecting this splendid shell fish was off, 150 fishers went down to the fishing grounds. The selectmen the past season adopted law that only resi- dents could receive licenses to fish. Each fisher is limited to fifteen bushels day, the limit last year being twenty-five bushels. The New Bedford scallopers are quite indig- nant to And that they will not be allowed to go into Fair Haven waters to fish. This year scallops are small and scarce, and there is prospect that the beds will soon be fished out. An average scalloper can make $10 per day while the cream of the fishing lasts. This fish used to be brought to this place quite frequently in the tall by email sloops from Long Island, but of late years there have been very few arrivals, as scallops ara becom- ing scarcer.
 The Fair Haven members of the common council will be called upon to look after the interests of this district in securing harden ing of several streets next year. The petition for hardening South Front street came to naught because nearly all the land owners on the east side opposed, on the ground that ouAOihk WOuAu AutOAAOA0 WAtn uLlvluK t66IuH to the oyster shops and wharves. South Front street, however, is in much better con- dition than formerly, when it was deep slough of mud from one end to the other Ferry street, south of Grand avenue, which was in a fearful muddy condition, has been improved the past season by @ top dressing of shells, but the roadway should be top dressed with stone next year. The traffic and heavy teaming on this roadway has be- come very important, and top dressing can- not be much longer delayed. James street also requires hardening. The improvement | of both streets should certainly be executed the coming year if good, faithful importuning | with the city fathers can accomplish it. | The house that N. A. Ludington is build.. ing on the lot on Grand avenue adjoining the property he sold to Mrs. Newton is being pushed rapidly ahead. It is frame build. | ing of sort of Gothic type, is being con- structed by Contractor Martin, and will cost about 5000. The interior will be finished in hard woods and the heating will be by steam. Mir. Ludington will occupy the house
 in the spring.
 Two cargoes of Virginia oysters will soon
 arrive, the first importation of shell oysters
 from the South this season.
 Next Monday evening Miss Mamie Hull 1 and Calvin B. Smith will be married at the
 brides home, 80 Perkins street.
 l James Corners, the grocer, of Clay street,
 who died on Friday, had been i'll only . few days. He leaves wife and two children.