Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-19
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

FAIR HAVEN NEWS. Some Data Concerning the oyster Busi-
 ness-A ssessors Finish their Tour or 1.-the Annex - Ent ntertainmenss as tno
 Rink-Mr. sullivan's Funerai-he-
 sumption of Telephone service-hcai
 Kstasc saIes-Porsonal Mention.
 It was reported yesterday that an Oyster Point firm had received an order for loO only half that amount. Some of the local dealers are unable to fill orders. The Vir- ginia plants, the principal oysters that are now shipped, are opening very good meats, but not as good as the output last fall, the plants not developing as we'll as usual this season. The "set" can now be said to be 2 failure; there are some small patches of ground that may be said to be an exception to the rule, but the set in NewHaven, Milford and Orange waters lis practically a failure The heavy rains at spawning time are assign ed by many as the cause, but the real cause may not be known; oystermen can only guess at the conditions that affect oyster spawning and growth. So far as can be learned, the gales of the past ten days have not injured the beds by covering and smothering the oys- rers. On the New Haven beds storm to seriously damage the beds would blow from the southwest. From the south side of Fire Island and Rockaway the report comes that many oysters were killed by the storm. Some Fair Haven dealers lease ground over there and transplant Fair Haven stock to develop In October and early November considerable shipments of Long Island stock are made te this place.
 The preparations for the drill by "The Champion Lady Cadets" at the rink on Sept 24 and 25 are being completed and all indica tions are for very successful entertainment
 Dan ..til ba tha Grat toI,k tr make an opening address, and the Dwight Place orchestra and vocal qusrtette will fur. nish good music. Lieutenant B. Williams of the Blues and Sergeant Gruener have drilled the cadets so that they perform very correct military evolutions.
 John Smith and Miss Emma Smith, hii daughter, who went to Block Island just be. fore the big storm, were unable to return tc main land for several days.
 Mrs. H. E. Harkuess. who recently died 1T the Middletown asylum and was buried 1T Bristol, her old home, was well known hert where she had been employed considerably as nurse. She was very estimable lady anG had many sympathizers here upon losing hel mind.
 The reinstatement of the telephone service has been welcomed heartily. For time Fail Haven was completely cut off in the tele' phone service and the inconvenience was
 severely felt.
 The assessors have completed their tour o the Annex territory to ascertain the number of houses constructed since Sone year ago The number is in the neighborhood of twenty.
 "The Old Deestriok Skule" will be repeat ed at the Quinnipiac rink this (Thursday evening, with some additional features of in terest. This pleasing representation was st we'll received last week by the 600 who lis tened to the amusing dialogue and behe.d the quaint school costumes of fifty years agt that there was quite general request for iti repetition. Simon Willowgad, pedsgogue will probably be at his post this evening aut as ready to apply severe chastisements a' ever. The committeeman, Squire Kicker Deacon Sloucome and Colonel Wayback, to. gether with the nearly forty pupils. will alst be on hand to render their parts effectively Mrs. k. D. Fowler and child have returned from visit with relatives in Painesville Ohio.
 Charles Cooke, the barber, and family are spending their vacation in the Catskills. S. 8. Adams, the grocer, has sold his house at the corner of Woolsey and Lloyd streets tt Robert Dyas, and will soon remove to house he has purchased In Orange street. Conductor Mcfarland, of the Fair Havei Horse railroad, is taking the place of Con duotor Miller of the depot branch. MT Miller is quite Ill.
 Mrs. Romanta Wells and daughter Lil, are home from visit to Fire Island.
 The ladies' society connected with tht Grand avenue Baptist church met yesterday with Mrs. John Santry, Exchange street.
 MT. and Mrs. George Black have returned from two weeks' visit in Chicago.
 Very many electric light poles pasi through here, long. straight tree trunks tha were cut in North Guilford and North Bran ford woods. Sometimes four teams gc through together, making string almost ai long as a tow of barges on Long Island Sound.
 Rev. E. 0. Sage, pastor of the Baptist church, has been elected secretary of the As sociation of Baptist Pastors of New Havel county.
 John F., John J., Thomas Sullivan. Timo thy F. Callahan, Robert Daley and Patricl Fraher of Ansonia were the bearers at tn, funeral of the late James J. Sullivan, held yesterday morning at St. Francis church Mir. Sullivan was a grocery man in Jamei street, was about 82 years of age, and popu' lar with a large circle of friends.
 William Pate and family of Washington D. O., are visiting with c. M. Jacobs, 2' Naltby.
 Some recent sales of Fair Haven real estat' have been as follows: eOAeA " William o. Corning of that city the tw' dwelling houses on Woolsey street bounded northerly by land of Lucius Msltby's estate Harriet R. Burwell has sold to Walter R and Lillian G. Downs the property frontinl on North Quinnipiac street, 70 feet and 22 | feet deep.
 Michael Ward has bought of Margaret J and Michael Fahy the lot bounded easterl 40 feet on James street and 100 feet deep | The property was formerly part of the Der nard Ridley estate. Ralph and Joseph Kantrovitz have bough II of Mary Louise Blatchley the lot frontin feventeen feet on Grand avenue and one hun dred feet deep. Also Samuel K. Blatchle has sold to the same parties tho adjoinin lot 1<x100 feet.
 Ann Doherty has bought of Michael Ksye the lot fronting on Fillmore street 35x100. Julius Twiss has sold to Nellie Smith tn lot fronting fifty feet on Grove street in tn Annex. The lot extends southerly 18S fee and Is bounded by the land of Annie Hayes. Charles M. Linsley has bought of John T Sloan the house and lot fronting thiIty-fiv feet on Woolsey street and 109 feet deep.