Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-11
RAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Henryss New POsitiOn-The Extension of Myrtle Street-Hfram Camp Division Leading-The Todd Block Sold-Mr. Ludfngton's New Business - Improvements at the Cemetery-Accidental Death of Will liam E. Copperthite.
 Captain John G. Hervey is the com mander of the schooner Mary o. Decker in place of Captain Hutchinson of Setau- ket, L. I. The Decker brought cargo of oysters from Virginia and has been wait ing for a crew from New York for several days and will then sail for another cargo of oysters. The Virginia oysters cost about 50 cents per bushel delivered here.
 The recommendation of the street com mittee in favor of extending Myrtle street to James, there to intersect with Market street, is we'll received here. This would create another roadway over Mill river and afford facilities of travel that have long been demanded.
 The friends of Hiram Camp division, s. of T., are attentive to their divisions in terests at the German Odd Fellows fair. In the voting contest the division is in the lead.
 Charles Y. Beach of Bridgeport has pur- chased of the New Haven Savings bank the Todd block on Grand avenue, corner of North Front street. The price was be- tween SIG, ,00O and $12,000.
 Jesse Ludington, who is assisting his father, N. A. Ludington, in carrying on large fish and oyster market in Holyoke, was here yesterday. He says they have 8 large business and like their new home very much. Mr. Ludington's oyster busi- ness on South Front street is being car ried on by E. P. Goodsell, a retired oyster man.
 Of over 600 members of the Fair Haven Union Cemetery corporation, less than a score attended the annual meeting. The cemetery was never in as fine condition as at present-great improvements having been made in the past few years-so if the | members of the corporation do not attend | the business meetings they can rest as | sured that the management Is in good l hands. One of the prospective improve ments is the erection of a mortuary chapel. | for which a fund is already started. The past year several fine monuments have been erected.
 The Smead ventilating and heating ap- paratus in the new Quinnipiac school | house has been inspected by Bridgeport gentlemen with 8 view of adopting it in | one of the new school houses of that city. News was received yesterday of the sud l den death at Baltimore of William B. Cop. perthite, formerly of this place. The mes sage said that Copperthite while a prisone, in the Baltimore jail had jumped fifty feet in an attempt to escape and was instantly killed. The remains are expected to arrive
 this morning and will be inferred in the
 Fair Haven cemetery. The deceased wal g son of James Copperthite, formerly o1
 Fair Haven. Of late young Copperthite
 had worked in Baltimore pic bakery. | Several of the horse railroad men ar' | ill, most of them from the grip. Con ductors Burke, Gilligan, Mcfarland ant 1 Robinson, Extras Thompson and Barr.
 and Drivers Barnes and Cooke are of tn
 number. This requires nearly all of tn
 extras to run as substitutes.
 The oystermen complain of very quie
 business this week. The dull trade i
 largely due to the mild weather.
 The new cars Fl and 72 are running ol
 the horse railroad. These cars are 0
 superior workmanship and have stoves.