Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-18
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Recovering From a Terrible Cat
 Bite-A Court DecislOn-Getting
 Ready for Lawn Tennis Contests
 The Crack Players-Funeral of the
 Late Richard Wilson-Discussing
 the Open Car Question Now-The
 Superb Weather-Rev. MT. Halls
 Election.
 The young girl of thirteen who was severely bitten by 8 cat recently is able this week to attend school, although her | physician, Dr. Hall, thought it not best to | resume studies until fall. In attempting l to separate couple of cats who were fight | ing one of the animals inflicted twenty | severe bites o1 one of her hands. and for time it wes feared she would never be able to use her hand. The child was terribly | injured, but has progressed rapidly toward recovery. She resided with Mrs. Ruel Rowe of the east side.
 Monday evening the Chautuaqua circle of the East Pearl street M. E. church met with MT. and Mrs. Willis G. Montague, Grand avenue.
 The Rev. E. Edwin Hall of the east side
 has been elected member of the Ameri- l can Academy of Political and Social Science | of Philadelphia.
 In the court of common please yesterday
 8 judgment was rendered in the suit of
 Gleason, Flames & Go. of New York
 of this city. The suit settles dispute
 concerning title to land on South Front
 street, which is vested by this decision in
 Martha J. Futile.
 The Y. M. c. A., which has bicycle
 club, checker club, chess club, athletic
 team and is organizing bali nine, should
 start @ tennis club, as there is @ band of
 players in Fair Haven who would be glad
 to challenge them. The east and west
 side clubs are practicing almost daily and
 are anxious to play some good local club.
 The east side club has among it's players:
 John Farren, Edward Farren, A. L. Cham
 berlain, jr., and John and Edward Tracy MT. Tracy won in the singles of the Hill house high school team last year and MT. Chamberlain is also good player. On
 the west side the team includes Louis and Edward Bradley, George King, John G e. , Hurd, Howard Bradley, George B. Kelley, Bert Adams and E. N. Petit. Edward Bradley and George King have been men, toned as among the best players. These teams are practicing with an early contest
 in view.
 I I There was large attendance of relatives and friends at the funeral of the late Rich, ard Wilson held from the residence Ot hls , son-in-law, F. J. Mansfield, yesterday af : ternoon, the Rev. J. H. Hand officiating The deceased had been for many years
 l member of the East Pearl street M. E. { church, was 8 retired oysterman and ar u old citizen very generally respected. He !, leaves son, Richard Wilson, jr., and { U ' daughter, Mrs. F. J. Mansfield. The in :" torment was in the Fair Haven cemetery Miss Etta Sweet of South Meriden is wis
 iting MT. and Mrs. John G. Hurd. In response to question that has ofte1 been propounded this week: "When vii the open cars runa" horse railroad ma1 y had this to say yesterday: "The cars ma. /, go on next week, and they may not. I will depend upon the weather. When w put them on it will be to stay, and w . don't want to make mistake and rul 70 them too early. Last year they were no ''11 running until nearly the first of June, ant IL as the season is later now it will not do t. Il Il hurry. It would be pretty cool to ru1 o them evenings. I suppose the genera II u opinion is that they should go on at once t but we railroad men do no think so." To accommodate al Ia tastes, the railroad men would do well t 's run box and open cars altef4ately, as the 10 did last summer.
 The thunder and lightning early Monda ,9 5 morning, the weatherwise people say, indication of warm weather. Certainly n .e finer weather than that of Monday an IT l Tuesdav could ha desirad