Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-07
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

The Yale Crew Back Acknowledging
the Registry Lfsts-Low Tides and
Westerly Winds Real Estate
Transfers-Fixing Up the Oyster
Boats-The Yale Launch in Win
ter Quarters-Many Yellowham-
mers - Missionary Concert This |
Evening-Box 75-Old Veterans HI. |
There was light frost in portions of
Fair Haven yesterday morning, although
not sufficient to materially injure vegeta-
ton. Henry Shannon says that when he
came down town early in the morning
the Grand avenue bridge was white with
frost.
One of the Yale crews rowed up the
Quinnipiac river in the eight-oared shell
yesterday afternoon. The boys are well
coined back by all their Fair Haven
friends.
Registrars L. F. Barnes and F. d. Foley
have already taken the names of 1856
voters to be made in the Twelfth ward
and the total number will probably reach
200. In the Eleventh ward E. A. johnson
and Patrick WEIGH are also industriously
at work on the registration.
The westerly winds have made very low
tides the past two days which have been
improved by the oystermen working on
the beds in the Quinnipiao river.
Several transfers of real estate in North
Quinnipiac street have been made the past
| season. Mrs. John g.. futile has sold to
Nathan Palmer lot 80 by 27O feet, and he
has just finished house on the site.
Mrs. Tuttle has also sold to Mr.. Noble, the
milk dealer, lot 80 by 315 feet and he
will soon build. John Allen has bought
of DR.. Smith a lot in the same neighbor-
| hood, and he will build q residence in the
spring.
The oyster dredge steamer Morgan, is
being overhauled at the Fair Haven marine
schooner Mary @. Decker of Port Jefferson
which will soon go south for oysters.
The Yale launch has been hauled out al
the yard of George M. Graves and placed
in winter quarters. Captain Dodmsn say
the launch has run better than ever tn.
past season. Her best time has been four
teen knots.
A dozen or 80 pieces of property hav'
recently been transferred to the Consoli
dated road, Judge Charles Bray having
made out the papers. They were lot
along the new cutoff now being built, ant
are piece of property to which clear It'll
could not be given before, some of it be
longing to trust estates.
Yesterday morning was the best time o
the season FOR yellowhammers, some gun
ners having secured as high as twenty fou
birds.
In place of the regular prayer meetin
at the Grand avenue Baptist church thi
friday evening there will be held mis-
sionary concert. The general subject wi
bs: "New England as a Mission Field.
Following is the program:
J ''The Religious State Of New England in til
u Early Days"-a paper read by Mrs. j.
Changes Which Have Been Brought About b
Immigration"-F. D. Luddington.
! ''Factory Cities"-William H. Huntley.
Vocal solo-Mrs. Harry Smith.
9 Among the French-Deacon s. W. Han
t CO Among the Germans P Morrow
3 Missionary hymns will be sung by IL
3 congregation. The service begins at ia
and the public are invited.
At the annual association of the Ne
Haven Baptist conference, held at Ansoni
= Rev. E. G. Sage, Phi. D., of the Gran
avenue Baptist church was reelected cler
D Mr.. Sage was unable to attend the confe
Y ence, having been confined to his hon
r with severe cold.
l. D. w. Grosvenor has returned from
J. five weeks' visit in Iowa.
l. For number OF years the people ivir
d in South Front street have had a de6cie
supply of water from the four-inch mai
> the oyster dealers complaining especial
of the lack of water in their shops. A fe
% days since there was a break in the pill
II and the water company decided to take
y the old pipe and substitute six in
e main, and the work is now in progress
?. Nearly all of the excavation is of oyst
shells. The old pipe had been laid abo
twenty five years.
The boys from the Grand avenue schc
J. had another street drill yesterday.
D. Quite a number of people went over
- North Bradford fair yesterday.
Box rs, it is claimed, has been stru
70 more times since it was established tn
in any other fire alarm box in the city. 1t
N located at the corner of Ferry and ChaI
al streets.
is T. G. W. Jefferson has been ill for t
y past week from the effects of a severe CT
8, contracted at the g. A. R. reunion
IL Washington. Several other veterans ce
of tracted severe colda at Washington.
The westerly blow kicked up big (
out on the sound yesterday, and the oys
boats were buffeted about like toy craft