Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-06-30
rAnHAxEN NEWS.


rhe uvernia,s Commission for she Yale
Navy- w asched the Race From she
Rigging or she yansic-Faar Haven
veterans as Long Island-MfIl rivers
rraseherous Tides-Hhs Use of oxen
R.relv seen-A Needless Alarm OF
Fire ON saturday Night-Ex.Mayor
wn..eou,s VisIt-Prsaehed In MS
0la PuIpit-Thsir Memory Henored.
The steamer .Ivernia, Captain Charles
ThompaOn. returned Saturday morning from
New London with the race boats Of the Yale |
crew. having sailed at am. AID arriving at |
O'Clock. Captain Thompson has transport |
al the boats for the Yale navy for number
of wears. The Ivernia also carried down to
Nsw London John g. Hurd, the Fair Haven
newspaper agent, Henry Potter, GsorasBarnes,
Frank Ray, Noah Allen, Thomas Page and
Mr.. Stirrup, enthusiastic supporters OF
the blue. A few hours before the race the
United States cruiser Yantic had arrived
from sea and proceeded to the naval station
and moorsd OF the wharf. This is one OF
the wooden ships Of the old navy. The
Fair Havsnsrs went on board and waited In
the rigging until the races came by. The
Yantic's crew were Harvard supporters to o
man and exhibited red handkerchisfs, while
the Fair Haven party displayed the piue.
the Yantic's crew, for their allegiance and
were frequently told that "The blue ID no
GOOD to-day for our Harvard boys will win, !"
Int they were answered back with enthusl'
sam: 80 when the Yale crew won, the men
Of the Yantio had but little to say.
There fre residing In this city quite de.
tachmsnt of veterans of the One Hundred
| and Twenty-Seventh New York volunteers.
| To-day the rsgimsnt's survivors hold their
reunion OF Bay Shore, Long Island. and quite
q party Of veterans and their wives lefs on
the steamer Northam for New York Saturday
niqht 10 participate In the festivities. Int
marty inoluded Mr.. and Mrs. John McGregor
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith and Thomas Jonsl
Of Fair Haven, Jacob Cornelius and Nelson
P. Smith of the city. The party will return
tonight.
Osborn, partially owned here, arrived at New
York Friday, nineteen days from Mobile, wit
lumber for the Ssaboard Lumber company
The sacrifice of another life In Mil rive
J last week should prove warning. The cuI
rentu of this stream are treaoherous and IA
, stream ahounds In number OF deep "sprin
holes" whore the water Is very deep. II
---smpsr becomes exhausted near one c
these holes he may be sucked down by til
current and paraiyzsd by the cold wate
:, | Ken for tho best OF swimmers bathing 1
- or;nn;r,2 10 dangerous. The waters Of Ii
tnsrs are sousfl, much less dangerous an
OF aI ~ Mil Mn rivsr coed swimmIbs .rouut
II For couple Of days pan. =, 49,.
has been ct work ploughing Pse..,otor VA
Ia excavation for foundation for the GissS.
A light factory at GAINESVILLE bridge. I
= driving of piles at one side of the lot for
\ 6rm foundation 10 well advanced. T
:, death of John B. Smith at the pile-driver
:, past week 10 deeply lamentsd by his frient
the more 60 for the reason that 1t was SO q
called for. II was due to his great neg
- gencs as an inspector, although his servit
- were not required at the pile driver. \
!" Smith was one of the oldest joinsrs In Fl
lent death on the opposite side OF Ora
! avenue. A Swsde, in diving from
deck of the pile-drivsr having miscalculat
the depth Of water, broke his neck.
4 The alarm from box II, corner Of Ora
u avenue and Fillmore street, 10 seldom turn
in Saturday night. This box was needless
j pulled for are In a chimney of Fillme
psrtnent responded, but there was no ne
A for Its services, and the rally of the 6rem
from their beds at II o'clock on hot mig
a was not very pleasant. 1t 10 said that box
y has not been pulled before since one of
\ depot cars Of the y. II. & W. II. r. r.
:. took Are from lamp several years ago.
John ]. Horton, formerly OF this pla
now New York fruiterer, has been visiti
n friends of the east side the past week.
'"' Ex-Msyor w. w. Wheaton of Detroit, "
has visited his sisters on Clinton avenue,
returned home. Mr.. wheaton resided b
until his removal to Detroit. He has sil
become Q successful democratic politioi
and under the Cleveland administration '
prominently mentioned for consul to Nj