Morning journal and courier., 1890-05-02
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 General William Pierpont has made his residence in this place for several years, but the past winter removed to town. He has just moved back again, however, and has pleasant boarding place in Atwater street. For several weeks he has suffered considera- bly, with rheumatism, and his physician ad- vised him to return to Fair Haven. General Pierpont contemplated Q trip to Alabama where he has business interests, but his ill., ness will make postponement of the trip necessary for the present. The general has a block of stock in the Fort Paine Coal and Iron company, 6 company that has bought 32, 900 acres of land in De Kalb county, one of the northern tiers of counties in Alabama. This company has capital of $5, ,000, GOO and has already expended q, ,500, 900 on its plant. The land was bought at $25 an acre and now, in some parts of the town of Fort Paine, frontages arc worth S100 per foot. The wonderful resources of coal and iron are the real secret of the success of the little town, which has already attained quite @ growth, with churches, schools, electric lights and other public improvements. The supply of HUI OIo III PAhCoo booAAo AhoAunuoADACJ bCAu0 of the layers being nearly twenty feet thick. The company has a blast furnace nearly ready for business. General Pierpont is very anxious to revisit Fort Paine. Himself and William E. Morgan are the only New Ha- ven stockholders in the company.
 All through the past season in which so many petty burglsries have occurred in this city, Fair Haven has escaped. Wednesday evening, however, marked breaking of the record for immunity and the sneak thieves swooped down in the Eleventh ward and succeeded in gobbling up between $35 and $40 in money. While MT. and Mrs. Charles o. Francis were attending the N. E. reesp- tain Harvey Robinson, at the corner of East Pearl and Chapel streets. were entered by forcing . 'oellar door. In tho Fran- cis' sleeping apartment the prem- ises were completely ransacked, and from bureau drawer was taken over $50 in cash and this seems to have been the extent of the property taken. Tho beds were torn to pieces and everything in the bedroom turned topsy turvy in the attempt to find more money. The thieves left two outside doors open, probably in order to have good avenues of escape in ease of discovery. As sneak thieves have been known to be operat- ing in the city for months, householders should secure their apartments as securely as possible, especially in view of Thursday evenings operations in Fair Haven.
 In presence of only half dozen witnesses married at the reotory on Grand avenue by Rev. Dr. Vibbert Wednesday evening. olr. Clarke is the well known storekeeper at 2g7 North Front street. The wedding was an- nounced to occur last evening. but the couple proposed to steal march on their friends by being quietly married Wednesday evening. Mir. and Mrs. Clarke have begun housekeep. lv.r, al kba "a hovna O Charles Cook, the Meadow street barber, has removed from Lafayette street to his house at the corner of Prospect and Hill l streets, where he formerly resided. His as sistant, Fred Barber, and wife also have rooms in MT. Cooks house.
 The following marine report undoubtedly relates to the Fair Haven schooner Charles L. Valentine, which has just reached Charles ton with two of her three masts gone: Schooner Maggie Andrews, Snow, at Dela- ware breakwater from Cienfuegos, reports April IS had gale which lasted until 20th, with fearful sea running, shipping heavy seas constantly and much water getting be- low at times; morning. of 21st shipped heavy seq over bow, breaking in windows and doors and filling engine room and going into tho hold. Same day passed about forty feet in length of vessels deck, with beams and knees attached; 22d, twenty miles 8. E. of Cape Roman, saw c three masted schooner with main and mizzenmast heads gone, and all sail forward and trysail set, steering for Charleston.
 The Valentine had been previously spoken with the loss of her masts, but her captain declined assistance. It required good sea- manship to navigate vessel thus badly crip- pied into port. Repairs are rapidly being made at Charleston and the Valentine will then proceed to Savannah to load for northern port.
 The four.mastsr Napoleon Boushton is et New York discharRing cargo of reilroad ties loAAsd at ChaxIeuton.