Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-01
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Mr.. Brainard,s visit-To Use Small
Locomotives-The Excursion Cars
Pulled Oa-Petition for More Elec-
trio Lights-Ohoir Rehearssls Re-
sumed-East Rock Lodge Meeting
General News. /
q. w. ,Brainard of South Glastonbury,
who has been visiting Postmaster Moore,
returned yesterday. He has setter dog
that is a remarkable hunter. He makes
woodchucks a speciality, having caught
nineteen this summer on BraiDard's farm. |
The dog not only catches the pests, but |
brings every one home to Mr.. Brainard.
The small locomotives to be used in |
hauling the cars used in removing earth at
the Fair Haven cut off of the Shore Line
railroad are expected in q few days. Al
ready several of the small dump cars have
arrived.
The poles are being set for the wires
which are to carry the incandescent lights
down Grand avenue az far as Poplar
street. Some of the spruce poles are the
high ones removed from Grand avenue,
west OF the electric light station. They
were replaced by heavier chestnut poles
fifteen feet shorter. There was fear that
the smaller spruce poles would not bear
| the strain of the larger number of wires
| west of the lighting station.
q. G. Wells, son of Romantic Wells,
| formerly of the east side, who has been
connected with the Palladium several
months, will enter the scientific school in
| few days.
The horse railroad has been running all
the way from eight to twelve oars to the
NewYork boat and steamer Margaret early
in the evening during the summer, but the
| patronage of the boats has fallen off and
| only three extra cars are now run.
| The petition for half dozen more cleo
trio lamps in the borough is to be consid-
cred by the board of burgesses next Mon
day evening, and if it is acted upon favor
ably special meeting of the voters will be
called. There ia desire for light at the
corner of Prospect and Hill streets and an
other on Prospect beyond Grand, as there
are none of these lights at present on Pros
| pect street. Another lamp is needed on
Center, near Rose street, and the lamp on
Quinnipiac should be removed to the cor
ner of Pleasant street. A lamp is needed
also on the corner of Rose and Quinnipiac
streets.
The choir of the Grand avenue Congre-
gational church held its first rehearsal of
the season last evening. The choir, which
has had vacation in August, will resume
singing next Sunday.
A. N. Rowe has returned from his vaca-
ton.
Johnny Powers, tender of the Tomlin-
son bridge, says the people make a regular
merry-go- round of the draw. He fears
some one will get hurt by their careless
| ness.
Miss May Copperthite of Washington il
visiting Miss Mamie Blakeslee of Haver
street.
Miss May Brennan of Perkins street i,
to go to Rookaway Beach this week.
> Mrs. Francis Cook, mother of Charlel
> Cook of the east side, the Meadow stree
barber, recently died at the home of he,
! daughter in New York city
8 At the meeting of East Rock lodge, A
l | o. U. w., this evening delegates will b.
present from Farren lodge and Golden Hill
lodge of Bridgeport. There will be an in
teresting program.
Rev. J. Lee Mitchell and wife have re
: turned from their vacation, most Of whiol
t was spent at Cardillac, Mich. the forme
=. home of Mrs. Mitchell. During his absenc
. Mr.. Mitchell preached one Sunday in tn
q Cardillac Presbyterian church, which wa
q crowded. Mr.. Mitchell will resume preach
y ing in the Grand avenue Congregations
3 church on Sunday, and in the afternoo
~ the communion service will be observed.
Is Miss Jennie Doolittle of West Haven
l. visiting Miss Laura Barbriok of Exchane
| street.
A driver was so anxious to drive by th
sewer obstruction on Grand avenue Tue
10 day evening that he drove on the mort
If sidewalk inside the row of Elm trees.
k The first annual (racqueD of the B.
+ T. Tennis club will be given this evenin
~, on steamer Margaret, which leaves Bel
~ dock at 7:30. A stop will be made
Pawson park. Two hundred Invitation
have been extended, and the affa
promises to be a great success if IL
weather serves.
Edward Fsrren is spending the week
n Litchfeld.
William Russell has moved to 1!
lie Quinnipiac street from No. 1853 and tt
be house at No. 1858 has been taken possessic
a. of by the Misses Potter.
Captain Hervey will sail for cargoes
as Virginia oysters in the fall.
IF In about week Nugent & Graham, co
no tractors for the sewer now building
he Grand avenue, will complete the work
Ferry street and then extend the work L,
ne Ferry to Clay street.
p The piers of Tomlinson and Quinnipi
he bridges are daily thronged with men al
al boys striving to entrap young bluefs
bo some days the catch is considerable.
"a Captain and Mrs. Fred Mansfield ha
r. been enjoying the breezes at Ocean groy
H. Miss Grace Doolittle is visiting frien
~ in the west.
~: Mr.. T. F. Mullin and wife of Ferry sire
az were in Brooklyn the latter part of Is
~ week. They attended the wedding a
Ias niversary of Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Chapm
,rt of Brooklyn, who are very prominent pc
M pie there.
Il" The burgess of Fair Haven East will
next Monday evening decide whether tn
will call special meeting of the voters
order new electric lights. Quite numt
les Of conservative voters say there should
lst no more Of these lights, which are provi
too expensive. These voters say that
ed expense this year for all lights will rea
-. 50 1000, leaving a deficiency at the end
"S' the fiscal year of at least 81 500. They fl
Their say that before the lights were order
Us, there was a balance of 5000 on the rig
should have been applied annually until
$4,000 debt was wiped out. And they g
Sc, further that only a few of the oil lam
IN, have been extinguished, leaving this 9
nual expense about the same as before.
The Y. NJ. G. A. library now contai
~ 2O5 books and it is expected that this nu
ice Der will be added to the coming ssaso
If another book reception is held as talk
of the number of volumes should
| uOuO1oO. AAo Opou every .,
81 urday from 1880 to 9 O'Clock, and Mer
Farren, the librarian, has charge of issui
on the books.
John Smith of San Francisco, former
'Hs of Fair Haven, has been visiting his mot
. or, Mrs. Henry Smith of Prospect sire
% W Mr.. Smith has an agency for manufa
EoI uring firm in San Francisco and a comm
lss sion Office in Portland, o.
John o. Rowland has moved into t
TX; TX Samuel Linsley house at 200 Quinnipl
LII street.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Barnes have
on turned from Saratoga.
Rev. D. NJ. James, after months vat
u Ea ton, will resume preaching at the Seco
LOU Congregational church next Sunday.
ri Officer Mack of the east side has \
,e ~ made an arrest this month. Officer boo
'o4 on the lower beat has arrested several pe
l. sons. Some months the upper district
sA' the quietest, and then again there may
III less disturbance in the lower district.
av Accident in Branford-A Brook!
Nv Young Lady.
it'll Miss Edith Harrison, who with
parents, Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Harrison
tk' Brooklyn, N. Y, has been visiting
~ John Barnes of Branford, met with
serious accident yesterday. The fam
rk. were about to leave for home and M