Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-20
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Moonlight Excursion-SJoh Johnnie',
 Power's Story-They Broke the
 Record-Death of Mrs. Palmer-The
 Late MT. Holloway-Rafting South-
 ern Lumber-Dr. Hart to Speak
 Ease Ball Contest for a Silver Cup 1
 To be Repaired Substantially-Many
 Personal Items.
 It was happy party that sailed out on the sound last evening on the 1vernia and the occasion was an excursion under the auspices of Quinnipiac Hose company. The tickets bore an engraving of trim yacht rounding the lighthouse. Mrs. John McG1egor and her nieces the Misses Geine and Jennie Ronald, have re- turned on visit to relatives in Amster- dam, N. Y. On their return they stop ped several days at Lake George and Sara toga.
 F. H. Hemingway and family are board
 ing at Smith Granniss, Bantam Lake. Rev. D. M. James and family have gone l to Pennsylvonia for the remainder of
 their vacation.
 1 Miss Nettie Bishop of New London is
 visitsng Miss Kinnie Hemingway Of Cen
 ter street.
 - Several officials and ex-of6cials from the
 Fair Haven wards attended the great clam
 bake at Branford Point yesterday.
 Miss Maggie Heenan of Ferry street is
 severely ill at her home.
 Bridge Tender Powers tells strange
 storyof 9 woman who hireda Fair Haven
 sharpie and borrowed crab net week
 ago and sailed out into the harbor, and
 neither the woman nor the boat has been
 seen since.
 The excursion of St. Ignatius T. A. and
 B. society to New York and Fort Lee will
 be made on steamer Elm City to day.
 Linus and Bart Bradley got up at one
 o'clock in the morning and by means of
 lantern fishing caught IA pounds of cells
 and 115 crabs. That breaks the record!
 Henry Barnes Bible class of ladies con-
 nected with the Baptist Sunday school en-
 joyed pleasant outing at Savin Rock yes
 terday A fine spread was served. The hard pine lumber from Brunswick, Ga., intended to enter into the construc- ton of the new three-masted coastine schooner, is being rafted up to Hanscom'a , shipyard, the vessel remaining down the harbor. When the material is all delivered work with larger gang of men will be resumed on the vessel
 At the Grand avenue Congregations
 church next Sunday morning Rev. Dr. Burdette Hart will give an account of tht worlds conference of Congregations ,, churches which he recently attended il London. Dr. Hart took part in the con
 ference and followed the details closely A large congregation will listen to this in : teresting address.
 Ellen F., wife of Charles Palmer, the ic dealer of 365 Quinnipiac street, died yes , terday morning of heart disease. She hat not been feeling well yesterday, but wa s not considered very i'll. She was takel 2 very ill early yesterday morning and be fore physician could be secured she died She was member of the Second church 8 husband and two children survive , Gideon E. Holloway died yesterday a his home on Lloyd street in the sixtietl year of his age after nearly years Hines 1 with dropsical and heart troubles. H l had been for several years life insuranc ] agent, with an office on Chapel street, hay ] ing come here from New London. He wa 3 I a veteran of the rebellion, having serve | | l in the navy.
 ] Miss Annie B. Way has returned fror Easton.
 l The members and friends of East Roc
 lodge, U. O. A. w., will be anxious t t learn the result of the contest of the bal g nine with the team from Israel Putnam 8 lodge at Pawson Park to-day. The priz is handsome silver cup. The local min l won at the last contest, but it is said tha the chances this year are in favor of tn Putnams.
 8 A big pile of building stone has beel l brought to Gainesville bridge to be uset
 in constructing foundation for the nortl
 | sidewalk which caved in. A substantia l foundation of piling has been driven ant l the masonry is to be laid on this substruc . ture.
 Mrs. E. E. Hart, accompanied by he :, friend, Mrs. Mary J. Holmes, the autho, : ess, has gone to Saratoga for few weeks Amongst the many Fair Haven peopl who went on the Saratoga excursion wer 2 Mrs. William T. Porter and Mrs. Johl [ Hughson.
 f Mrs. Frank A. Moore returns to he home in Boston today after a two weeks q visit with her father-inSls Postmaste Moore. She returns in few weeks ant ] accompanies Mrs Moore to Washington Harper's Ferry and Baltimore, where the 8 will stay four weeks visiting Mrs. Moore 3 father, mother and brother.