Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-21
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

A Yoke of oxen in Harness<::Btg Day for the Horse Rail oad.Decorating
 Cars-ssMarshal StrongI-St. Igna-
 tins, Excursion-Horses Car Driver
 Infured-Captain HoHoway's Ser
 vices at Sitka-NEiss Rradleyss Suc-
 cesses-The Band Concerts-Paving
 With Belgian BIocks-A Water Main
 Bursts-Oyster Steamer Repaired
 Back from the Coast of Maine.
 It is seldom that yoke of oxen is seen in the city. On Grand avenue yesterday afternoon rarer sight was presented yoke of oxen in harness drawing stone wagon. The oxen drew their load by 8 yoke, but breeching and holdbacks were used in regular harness form.
 The horse railroad people had big day yesterday. The excursion on the steamer Margaret taxed the cars as much as any ex- cursion of the season.
 At the repair and paint shops the box cars are being got in readiness for the fall and winter use. When thorough job is to be done the old paint is burned of, which is slow, job.>, Then several coats of paint are applied, as we'll as varnish, and this work requires the. car to be kept in the shops for at least month.
 Captain William Wright.has put oys- ter steamer Virginia in complete order, having hauled her out on his marine rail way.
 Major H.H. Strong, who has been select ed for marshal at the parade of the Butch ers' association on Barbecue day." will ,,,oIo rot-c1ass 1oarsha1 of the 6av
 Officer Michael Flannery and his son William are home from Saratoga.
 The excursion of the St. .,Ignatius, T. A. & B. society to New York ands Fort Lee, for which Father. Mulholland would not give his approval, proved one of the big gest affairs of the season. There were 1 200 people on board the Elm City as she steamed away from her dock yesterday morning.. On. Wednesday the committee deposited $500 in the bank and the sale o1 tickets yesterday morning was very large The committee having charge of the ex cursion comprised James J. Burns, Henry Burns, William Handy, Thomas Matthews James Murphy, Thomas Kelleher,; Joseph Maher, Thomas -Mulligan, Thomas Hen messy and Michael Bremen.
 M. Flanagan, driver of the Fair Haven cars, is suffering from severely bruised hip, one of his team having kicked him Wednesday evening at the corner of Howe tering the horses 4: He was knocked down.
 A water main bursted in Clinton ave nue near'the railroad crossing Wednesday, and the supply of water Was seriously re- duced for several hours.
 The late Captain Gideon E. Holloway, who served several years in the United States navy, was in the United States steamer Ossipee in the harbor of Sitka when the territory of Alaska was formally transferred by Russia to the United States. Captain Holloway fired the first gun on the steamer when the Russian flag was pulled down and the ensign of the United States was hoisted in it's place.
 Miss F. Hettie Bradley, the soprano of the Grand avenue Congregational church, who is stopping at Saratoga, received an the ballad concert given at the Kensington hotel on Tuesday evening. The Saratoga Union says: The gem of the evening was a soprano solo, ''The Nightingale" by Genz, by Miss F. Hettie Bradley, who took the audience by storm and was not allowed to retire until she had responded to an encore with "The Kissing Gate." /
 The south gutter in the block in Grand avenue between Blatchley avenue and Fill more street is being paved with Belgian blocks. On the north side the gutter is paved with cobbles, having been done by the horse railroad company.
 Nothing more has been heard about another concert by the Second Regiment band in Fair Haven. It would look as if the populous Fair Haven wards were en- titled to at least two concerts.
 Rev. Henry M. Thompson of Hartford, who was visiting here, has just returned from Vinalhaven, Me. Next Sunday he Taae will exchange oSnhe with Rev. DeL"rme of