Morning journal and courier., 1890-07-16
DAY AT THE WEST SHORE.

About 8, ,OOe People Witness . Balloon
 Ascension ana Parachute Drop
 meriden Masonic Friends Banquet
 at the Hinman House-Many Guests at she HOtels-A Short bus Lively
 Season Expected.
 Yesterdays hot weather and the prospect of seeing balloon ascension and parachute drop sent many people to the West Haven shore. The West Haven horse cars in the afternoon went thronged with people to the shore, especially between and o'clock, and scores of people rode down in carriages. Railroad grove was we'll filled with people for hours, and the various places of reerea- tion seemed to be prospering, both in the grove and along the shore. The balloon was advertised to go up ct 9 o'clock. It went up about o'clock amid the plaudits of the gag ing multitude, carrying along the Daring Donald, who when at about the height of 1000 feet let go the parachute and dropped slowly back to terra firma, landing near Wash ington avenue, at about the center of West Haven. The balloon went on in Q north- easterly direction and was recaptured in | East Haven. The aeronaut was brought back to the grove in about ten minutes after he started away on his serial trip and WAS heartily applauded. A troop of about soc boys of all ages raced after the wagon that brought him back to the grove. The crowds fingered at the grove and shore longer than usual, there being tolerably cool breeze blowing landward from of the water but began to scamper in earnest for the horse cars at o'clock, the clouds beginning to look black and portentous. At about 2 o'clock the rain fell and the thunder roared but neither to any great extent. After the balloon went up people clustered about the spot where the fire had ragged which filled alloyed interest at the glowing embers. One of the events at the West Haven shore yesterday was the Meriden Masons' banquet at the Hinman house. The Meriden men arrived in good season and enjoyed the pleasure of the shore, and the dinner es- peciallY immensely. Mine Host Harvey served capital dinner. The Meriden men Babb, William Tayler, J. F. Gill, George A. Davis, George A. Church, B. A. Horton, Herman Hess, Francis Atwater, William o. Mueller, Walter Mason, A. Garvey, Fl. J. Church, J. l.. Porter, H. Johnston, s. s. Bidwsll, John A. Lines, John P. Weir.
 The Hinman house is providing fine shore dinners and is full to overfowing with guests, among whom are R. J. Wellington, wife and two sons of Ansonia; James Anderson and wife of Holyoke. Mass; D. E. Sprague of Waterbury; D. G. Kimberly and George E. Kimberly of New York; MT. and Mrs. Adler, wife, child and nurse of New York: F. H. Harris, New Haven; H. P. Fox and wife, Hartford; M. M. Eekstein, New York: w. J. Smith, Ansonia; Mrs. J. Mason, Aurora, ILL; Mrs. B. A. Ingsrsoll, Madison, O.; Mir. and Mrs. Edwin Hotfheimer and family of Gin cinnati, O., and others
 The Sea View house is we'll filled with guests, among whom are many from other states, including some from western and middle states. The house was never in finer order, and has prospect of a prosperous season.
 Plainville party visits the. shoro to- day to enjoy one of Putmsn's shore dinners.
 A visitor at the shore yesterday estimated that twenty different Connections towns at least were represented at the shore yesterday afternoon.