Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-30
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.


 MT. Brockett,s Visit to Virginia - Some Interesting Facts About the Southern Oyster Trade - Watching Aerial Workers-A Difficult Founda. ton to Build-Engineer Bodvven to Sue the City The Ice Harvest - Successful Revival.
 George A. Brocketty the oysterman, has returned from a visit to the oyster ports of Virginia. His headquarters during his stay were at Franklin City, on the eastern shore. This place that was named for a man who established the oyster business on one of the peninsulas running out from the shore, MT. Crockett says, has only seventeen resident families, and yet it is called a city. It is opposite Chinconteague bay. The oysters of Chinconteague, MT. Crockett says, have no superiors. He says that the dealers of the eastern shore obtain $1.2O and s1.40 per gallon for stock, or as much as the Fair Haven dealers get, so that there is no money in shipping Virginia oysters here this season. Mir. Crockett says that the climate of the eastern shore is excellent at this season, but the country is too lonesome place for long stay. The oystermen who have gone there, however, have done well. The oyster crop this season was very light Tn all the Virginia waters, and that is the reason prices are so high Had there been the usual crop several vessel loads of these oysters would have been brought to Fair Haven during the season, where they would have found very quick market, but the oystermen of the eastern shore have market for all of their output this season by shipping in barrels to Philadel- phia and New York.
 On Tuesday, lofty smoke stack for the new boiler house of the Old Colony Dis tilleries company was erected by means of strong pulleys running from lofty shears. in mid-air and there seemed difficulty in stepping the great iron pipe in place, but finally the workmen were successful at their task This work, and "Steeple Charley's" operations from the lofty St. Patrick's church steeple, elicited the at tention of scores of people. Many Fair Haveners had @ good view of the aerial worker yesterday as he sat in sling chair just under the big golden ball, fastening some new iron braces in place.
 Work is still in progress on the founda- tion for the big building that the distiller- ies company is to erect This building | will be used for stabling cattle while they ! are being fattened from the refuse material from the distillery. Work on the pile | foundation and lower frame work is slow, | as the tide and floating ice work in between the spiling.
 Willis E.Bodwell, a Consolidated railroad engineer residing at 21 Woolsey street, vii sue the city for damages on account of in l jury received in falling on the icy sidewall | at 174 Saltonstall avenue at 12:30 a. m on January 15. Hamilton & Callahan are hi attorneys. MT. BodwelPs limb is stil strapped up quite high to forward the for nation of new gristle about the knee pan l Afterward the limb will remain ten week. in plaster cast.
 l The houses at the Hemingway ponds ar nearly filled with ice, including the ney house with capacity of 6,500 tons. Tn amount stored this winter will probabl excel that stored any previous winter.
 The meetings at the Baptist church thi week are held Tuesday, Wednesday Thurs day and Friday evenings. Over sixty pel sons have been forward for prayers. Thi is the fourth week of these revival meet ings, and the pastor has conducted ther with no evangelistic aid. The church ha been filled at most of the meetings.
 It was estimated thirty-five or fort years ago that ,000, 100000 oysters yea were consumed in London, and for 1864 th number was placed at 000,000,0O Tn English supply is rapidly failing throug l recklessness of the dredoes