Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-17
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Blg Arrival OF Virginia oysters Yes /
tsraay-NeW Victims OF La Grippe !
Groceryman Colless,s Peril - Horse
Car Men Down with InAusnna-In.
ssallaslon OF Omcers OF Woolsey
Lodge, knights efHonor.
There is now larger invoice of Virginia
oysters In market than for many years. The
schooner j. b. Elliott of Chintontsague, w.,
that discharged 2,0oo bushels sailed on
Wednesday for another cargo. The schooner
David Carroll of Long Island, with cargo
of 8, 500 bushels, and the P. J. Fart of Chin
conteague with !, 900 bushels came into the
harbor yesterday and will begin discharging
to-day. This invoice of 1000 bushels are all
Chincontesgue's and of . very fine quality.
A. B. Barnes owns one.half of the stock and
Chapman & Co. and ]. E. Bishop & Co, the
other half. This stock will open ak quarts
to the tub.
The new victims Of 10 grippe on the east
side are as follows: Rev. D. l.. James, Henry
r. Smith, Lester P. Mallory, Charles w.
ss%inswsy s, Albert n Rowe Captain Joseph sd
P. L. Ncduerty, Willis Bunnell, j., and E.
P. Goodsell,jr., are very i'll with pneumonia.
Mrs. Ella Dudley is also very i'll with pneu-
monia. During the illness of Expressman
Davis his place ia filed by George King.
Frank Carroll, letter carrier in the Eleventh
ward, is Ill with the inevitable malady.
Fred Collect, the groceryman at Grand and
Blatchley avenues, met with an accident yes
terday that came near proving serious.
When delivering goods on Grand avenue
near Lloyd street his horse suddenly started
and he was thrown over the dashboard, and
remained in this position of danger several
seconds, as the horse kicked and ran. He
was finally liberated and dashed to the
ground considerably bruised and cut, but
very fortunately he escaped serious injury.
| The horse continued on and the wagon was
broken.
! The six extra conductors and six extra
drivers of the horse railroad are all employed
while the dozen of regular men are laid off
with la grippe. It was also necessary last
week to employ two additional drivers and
as many moro to run as temporary conduc-
tors. Two or three of the men resumed theiS
places yesterday. Owing to 80 much illness
travel on the horse railroad is light.
The new officers of Woolsey lodge, knights
of Honor, were installed Tuesday evening by
Grand Dictator Charles F. Bollman. After
the installation speeches were made by the
grand dictator and by District Deputy Hine-
man of Meriden. The list of oficers-elect
has bsen published in the COURIER. This
lodge is in excellent condition and 1t is ex-
pected that the coming year there will be
considerable addition to the membership.
| A farmer states that the ground is in bet
ter condition for blowing than in the spring.
Miss Hettie Bradley, soprano soloist in the
First church choir, who has been i'll for nearly
two weeks from bronchial troubles, is able to
sit up. During her illness Miss George
Hardy supplied her place in the choir.
The Grand officers will install tina officers
elect of Polar Star lodge, I. o. o. F., next
Wednesday, evening. It is expected that there
will be large attendance and a very inter-
esting time, az these installations are always
very successful affairs. Il.
The fire department of Fair Haven east
will hold soiree and fair in Central hall on
the evenings of February 3, 4 and B.