Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-14
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

kmect0 or th0 HE StOrm-AA"Oss an
 oyster Famine-Sale of the Wood-
 ward Baildin9-NarrowK Escape From
 Drowning of Q Former Fair Haven
 Woman-Successful Entertainment at
 the Rink.PIeased With . Bingham
 toR Pastor.
 The big storm that at present shows no
 sign of cessation has paralyzed business, dis
 arranged plans and disgruntled the people
 generally. The oyster fishers have been cut
 off from their deep water farms, the fractur-
 ing and crossing of wires has sundered the
 the outside world, and this part of the town
 has not been as severely afflicted by the ele.
 ments since blizzard days. The hope that
 springs eternal in the human breast is for
 uuclouded skies and resumption of trade
 and traffic.
 Although there were some small lots of oysters brought up from the harbor beds
 during the storm, 1t was not until yesterday that oyster dredging was generally resumed.
 It was thought last evening that there would be a pretty good supply of stock at the shops this morning. As Saturday is the best shipping day of the week, the ar- rivals are very opportune. There was al- most an oyster famine and only small por- ton of the orders could be filled. On Tues- one of A. B. Barnes' sharpies. but the storm was so severe when he was ready to return that he was compelled to run in to Oyster Point for the night, arriving here Wednesday morning. On Wednesday two sharpies went down and after catching a few oysters they returned in safety. One of the sharpies, that of G. W. Mallory, was sailed by John F. Larrabee, daring and skillful boatman, but only the great demands of a to venture out in such storm. There was
 such 8 demand for stock that the oyeters were taken directly from boats to shops and opened. Usually the oysters are thrown overheard and allowed to fattan for forty eight hours or 50 before opening The tides have been much higher than usual in Sep | tember. Some of the icehouse and oyster shops were flooded, but the high waters ef- fected very little damage.
 | R. W. Bronson has bought of E. w. Woodward the building on East Grand ave- nue formerly owned by the late Lyman Wood ward, and where he was engaged in
 the grocery business for so many years. It
 is two-story building with stores below and tenements oa the second floor. One of the stores was occupied for many years by | the late Charley Brown, the we'll known Ire are Fl. A. Stevens and H. A. Cornell. The
 store formerly occupied by S. M. Allen, har- ness maker, is vacant, and it is reported that | the new owner will open saloon there. The property was sold for about 5000. Last Sunday morning at about g o'clock, | two men discovered woman's body floating in the water about twelve feet from the ! shore, near the point where Henry Kellam's | cottage is located. The body was faced ! downward and was apparently lifeless, but after prolonged effort the woman was resusci- I tated. It proved to be Mrs. Nifan who, with | her husband, resides at Short Beach. The | family lived in one of Fred Mansfeld's hous- | es on South Quinnipiac street four years ago. | The cause of her being in the water has not been learned. Some think it was an attempt | at suicide; others say that she has occasional | fits and may have fallen into the water. It was an exceedingly narrow escape from drowning.
 The presentation of the "Old Deestrict Skule" at Quinnipiac rink Thursday evening drew out an audience of 600 people in the pouring rain. The dialogue and acting were ! excellently given and reflected credit on the participants. The forty or more who have worked to make success of the affair are entitled to all the praise received for they have worked very hard in their preparation. The lady participants were dressed in the garb characterizinR the country school girl of fifty years ago, including pantalets. The gentlemen were also attired in keeping with the acting, some of their costumes being ver- itable productions of forty years ago. San- usl W. Hammond (Simon Willowgad) proved an ideal teacher of ye olden time and was not at all averse to using the birch in season and out of season. Rev. E. 0. Sage, John MoGregor and l.. l.. Converse were school committee men who knew their business. In the original rendering of their lessons and the delivery of deolamations and compositions, the pupils were very effective in their work and con vulsed their auditors. If there was not the best of order in the school it was not the fonI of poIo WiIlouUoI it was a unique and amusing entertainment. The pelting of the rain on the big rink reof kept many spectators from hearing much of the dialogue. After "school close," the ladies sold ice cream to many customers. The entertainment was under the auspices of the Ladies' Sewing society of Grand avenue Bap-
 tist church and will aid the treasury very | materially.
 Rev. MT. Burr will fill the pulpit of the First church on Sunday. The congregation ! listened to the preaching of Key. Samuel Durham of Binghamton, N. Y., last Sunday. Mr. Dunham is a very pleasing speaker, and it was the quite general opinion that he would make verJ popular pastor for the First church. However, there is not much hope in that direction, as MT. Durham is a settled pastor In Binghampton. He has been set- tied over his church for sixteen years. He | is Connecticut man and Is here to visit his aged father, who lives in neighboring town.
 "The champion Lady Cadets" will give an exhibition of camp scenes In Quinnipisc rin including drill and songs, on the evening of September % and 28. The young ladies who are members of the congregation of East Pearl street N. E. church, have bee T drilled by Lieutenant E. Williams. There will be music by an orchestra and sale of | fancy articles. Rev. A. H. Goodenough will begin the delivery of series of Sunday even.
 ing di,courses on "the Pulpit and Pew" at | the East Pearl street NJ. E. church tomorrow | Sunday. The topics to be discussed are On Sept. 15, "The demands on the mod
 ern Pulpit Sept. 22, "Life in the Pew;H Sept. go, "Usefulness vs Uselessness." John Ferguson, who has worked as carver | for the Porter Stair company several years, but for several months past has been fore man in carving room In New York. will re- ! move his family to that city in Q few days. His son, William, also an experienced oar. | yer, is employed in New York. Mir Fergu- l son has leased his house in Exchange street, rear James street, to MT. Foster of 221 Ex-
 change street, and Mir. Beardsley of No. 50 Woolsey will occupy the house vacated by Mir. Foster.
 Lieutenant Platt, of the U. S. steamer | Fish Hawk, reports that in examinations of l oyster beds near South Norwalk he has found very few sea stars and the conditions | TOT oyster CuiLure are D0tter than III the Sound generally. From Norwalk the Fish Hawk is expected to proceed to Bridgeport. The United States investigators are expecting
 to examine the New Haven oyster beds later | in the season.
 k. R. Slater and family are home from Ocean Grove. They were just one day late
 to witness the fury of the storm. Mir. Slater | is quite a photographer and during his stay | succeeded in making some very satisfactory views.
 Samuel K. Blatchley, who for the past six months has been compelled to use crutches, 1 is slowly improving, although it will be sev- eral weeks before his complete recovery. His lameness is caused by severe knee sprsin. Samuel Wesson, formerly switchman at the Fair Haven station, has removed to Westfeld Mass. k. Huntley is his suc- cessor.
 J. N. Coe attended the reunion of the Sec ond artillery at Kent on Wednesday. Oscar J. Hull revived old memories with comrades of the Tenth regiment at Birming- ham on Friday.
 At Fair Haven Rink. Rev. Mir. Phillips of the Ferry street church and Hon. Hiram Camp will address the temperance meeting at the Fair Haven rink Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock. Y. M. 0. A.