Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-04-09
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

FAIR HAVEN NEWS.
mrs. Themson's Death = Aprepes to
tho Electric Car - Two Havana
Freights-Wen Known West India
Br1gs-Health and Mission work.
Captain CrossleY,s Law SUIT t. The
Oyster Planters-GrandO verseer Far.
rem Busy-Mr. Blakeslee,s visit-In Q
SquaM on Eaalkner,s-First Church
Musicale.
The death mentioned elsewhere of Mrs.
Susan O. B. Thomson, wife of DR.. Charles
8. Thomson and mother of DR.. w. n.
Thomson, will be deeply felt in Fair Haven,
where she had been for 90 many years well
and favorably known. Her son, DR.. William
h. Thomson of this place, was with hsr
when she died. DR.. e. L. r. Thomson Of
this city and Charles Thomson, for several
years mate of Q ship sailing out
of the port Of New: York, were also
sons of the deceased. The daughters
are: Mrs Kinney of Hartford and Susan,
widow of the late Colonel DARLING of New
London. few years ago, when DR.. 9. 8.
Thomson, now in his ninetieth year, gave
M practice, himself and wife removed to
Hartford. DR.. Thomson practiesd msdi-
cine in this vicinity many years and himself
and wife were among the best known Of the
old Fair Haven people. The funeral will be
attended in Fair Haven Friday afternoon,
and the intsrment will be in the Fair Haven
cemetery, but the final arrangements had
not been made last evening.
Rev. j. w. Payne, who few months sso
resided on Blatchley avenue, now pastor of
the Baptist church in Jewett City, preached
At the reunion fast day meeting In the latter
place, last Friday.
Tho schooner Marjery Brown il at Havana,
discharging a cargo of about 1000 tons of
coal taken out at 50 per ton. The vessel
brought sugar from Havana to Philadelphia,
and then loaded back to with coal. She will
sail light to Mobile and load with 900, 900
feet of lumber for New York.
The following from the Norwich Bulletin,
reminds one of the tests last year on the
Fair Haven horse railroad with the electric
car:
o. & r. put out occasionally on storage battery
electric cars, mean !" Answer--"Get out and
.ss IS fe e 4se
car patrons get exercise enough without employing
Miss Emma Mcdonald gave q card party
at her home on Grand avenue Monday even-
ing.
The crayon portrait of ex. Captain Timothy
Al. Callahan Of the SarsRelds and executed
by Tierney, now on exhibition in the window
of @. E. Longley & Co., has been fmuoh
admired by friends Of both gentlemen, who
are residents Of Fair Haven.
Mslloney's dead horse wagon was stopped
in Fair Haven on Monday, and the
driver was urged to have a covering to place
over the caroasses of dead herses that are
carted through the place every day. The
way in which these disgusting earcasses are
brought out to the try works in Foxon
should call for the Intervention of the board
of health.
The address of Rev. A. II. Goodenough
before the Ladies' Home Mission society at
the conference of the Methodist church in
Brooklyn last week was very generally COM
mended.
The sloop Frank Foote arrived yesterday
from Long Island with another load of escol-
lops and CLANS. Captain Horton says that
this is probably his last load of shell fsh, his
purpose being to 60 down to the mouth of
Connecticut river and bring in fare of
shad. Captain Horton encountered a sudden
and severe squall off Faulkner's island at 8
O'Clock Monday afternoon. The wind
and waves were very boisterous for
90 small vessel and the captain
was obliged to get the craft under q storm
rig as soon as possible. The sails were dou-
bic reefed and the trim craft was soon riding
the seas like duck.
The three brigs formerly of New Haven)
that arrived at New York Monday are well
known here, having repaired ct the Fair Ha-
ven marine railway. They were the brig
Starlight from Porto Rico and brig Ruby
| from Point a-Pitue. both for L. W. & P.
Armstrong, and the brig Arcadia from Anti
qua, for the Trowbridges. A few years age
when 80 many West Indiamen hailed from
New Haven the square-riggers were frequent
ly seen at the marine railway repairing, but
In these days O vessel with yards IL rarely
seen at the railway.
Fair Haveners are interested to see the
| outcome of the suit that Captain William
Crossley has in the court of common pleas
against Madison shipbuilding firm. Cap
| tain Crossley was long resident of this
place and until two or three years ago, when
he returned to Madison to engage In build.
| ing coasting schooners.
The Eve schooners with IA 600 bushels OF
Virginia oysters are pretty we'll discharged,
| and several of the sohooners are ballasted to
return. For several days the steamers and
sharpies have been kept busy conveying the
plants to the Beach" beds down the harbor.
| This stock will be allowed to remain until
opening purposes. This southern stock ID
| the first that is used at the opening of the
season in late summer or early autumn.
Roswell Farren of this place, who several
weeks ago was elected grand overseer of the
grand lodge, A. o. q. w., of the New Eng
land Jurisdiction, has many calls out of town
In visiting lodges. He is supervisor of the
Connecticut lodges, which number forty
four. At the last meeting of Elm City
lodge four new members were added and
there were eight applications.
Miss Lavina Hubbard has succeeded G. P.
L. McGuerty az operator at the telegraph
Office. Miss Hubbard WAS the operator here
for twelve years. and Mr.. koGuerty, who
was messenger boy. learned the business Of
her. all of the old patrons of the Office vii
be glad to welcome her back after an absencs
of two years. Mr.. AcGusrty has gone te
| New York.
| Rev. Erastus Blakeslse, formerly of the
Second church, now pastor of the Congreoa
tional church In Spencer, Mass, is visiting
friends here this week. Since January
sixty members have been added to hi
church.
The practitioners of Grace church are hope
full that Rev. A. d. Miller will accept the cal
| to the rectorship. Mr.. Miller has preached
and with great acceptance.
morrow evening at the First church II
Fair Haven q musical and literary entertain
ment will be given In honor of Miss Ward
tho elocutiouist. 1t is given under thu
auspices of the Helpers Missionary society o
the church. Miss Ward will help along tn
literary part of the entertainment by recitinf
several selections. Miss Hattie Bradley vii
also sing.
A New Formulated Schooner.
BRIDEGROOM, April 9.-Captains Weave
and Hail of New Haven to-day closed con
tract with Beardsley & Son of Bridgspor
for the construction Of q new four mastet
schooner. Work will begin on the vessel .
soon as possible.
PARK AT THE CKDARS.
Another Boom for the Project at To
nights Meeting.
A committee of citizens from the Fourtl
ward will bring set of resolutions bsfor
the park commissioners at the city hal
this evening. The people in that locality ar
anxious to have public park made out q
what is now known as the cedars. The sui
ject has been agitated for some time, but q
present the citizens are pushing things to tn
| and i.,ht nj htod1