Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-08-29
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

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scarce-A Surgical Operation
They Shot Eighty.seven Plover-
A Lady Catches Big Bluefish-The
Kelsey Railroad Signals-Carried
Many Passengers on the Lake-The
DistilIery Company,s ARairs-Inter-
esting DIscourses-The Pulpit Sup.
plies Yesterday-Funeral OF Mrs.
Burland-The Water Rises at Lake
Saltonstall.
DR.. @. B. Adams, assisted by DR.. e. @.
NJ. Hall, recently performed delicate op- |
Grafton in brain surgery, extracting thirty |
pieces of bone from the brain of Michael
Muldoon of Fillmore street, the man who |
was struck by Shore Line train early In
the morning some time ago. Muldoon has
nearly recovered after remarkable e1pe-
Renee, as few would have lived after such
terrible injuries.
Jeremiah Smith of Oyster Point says the
beds of the sound are in better condition
than formerly since the improved methods
of catching up starfsh were devised, this
terrible scourge of the oyster family hay
ing appreciably diminished.
Quite delegation of prohibitionists will
attend the state convention in Hartford on
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Rev. E. G. Sage oficiated at the funeral
of Mrs Frank E. Roach at the late home
of the deceased, 2SS Shelton avenue, yes
terday afternoon.
F. s. Waterbury and Thomas Kinsella
| shot eighty seven plover on the shore while
| out hunting last week.
Miss A. d. Goodsell of 332 North Front
street at Block Island caught two bluefsh,
one weighing seven and the other eight
pounds.
Frank Kelsey, who formerly resided
here but has been residing at Florence,
| Mass, for the past three years, expects to
reorganize the Kelsey Signal company this
fall and locate the plant in this city. His
signal system ia applicable for all railroad
uses, and some of them are in use on the
| Consolidated and the New York Central
roads.
The steamer at Lake saltonstall has been
kept pretty busy this summer, making
four regular trips and sometimes three
for several days to come.
| George n. Townsend of the Annex, who
has been i'll for the past ten days. was able
to be out on Saturday.
Fishermen will frequent Lake Saltonstsll
next month for bass. About the first of
the month the fish come out of the deep
holes and the fishing improves.
On September the interest on the $685.
600 of bonds of the Old Colony Distilleries'
company becomes due. The company also
agreed to pay its creditors at this time 10
per cent. of the principal.
A number of the members of Unity
commandery, o. U. A. NJ, will go with
that body to Manchester, N. H., on Sep
tember &c.
On the afternoon of Tuesday, September
81, Rovers' Wheel club will have a road
race from Four Corners to East Haven and
return.
Rev. E. @. Sage, Phi. D., of the Grand
avenue Baptist church, is preaching q
series of interesting discourses on Sunday
morning on .'The Church" Yesterday
pillow and support" The topic one week
ago was: ''The church as q home" The
choir which has had vacation the present
month, will resume its services next Sun.
day. In August the singing has been led
by j. P. Morrow, formerly and for many
years chorister of the church.
Rev. D Il. Clark of the old stone
church, East Haven, preached at the
Grand avenue Congregational church yes
terday. The pastor of the church, Rev. J
, Lee Mitchell will resume his lsbors aftel
his vacation next Sunday.
The pulpit of the East Pearl street N. E
church was occupied by Rev. R. T
, Cooper.
At st. James Episcopal church the desl
, was supplied yesterday by Rev. Mr.. Pot
wine of Pendleton, Ore.
+ Six members of the o. U. A. NJ. from
, Fair Haven, including five from Bigelov
council, have applied for membership il
. Unity commandery of the order.
fho OF n
Mrs. Margaret Burland, the lady in Blatch
. ley avenue who died from the effects O
burns caused by the explosion of kero
sene lamp, were conducted Saturda
morning at st. Francis church, Rev
Father Mulholland celebrating requiem
| mass.
, The rain of Friday caused rise of tw
inches at Lake Saltonstall.
q Tomorrow evening the members of Hi
/. ram Camp division, Sons of Temperance
y will attend meeting of Elm City division
at the hall of Pyramid lodge, A. o. U. W.
, on State street.
At the young peoples meeting at tn
Baptist church tomorrow evening Their
r is to be a special rally to lay plans for reli
+ gious work for the coming season.
Thomas ]. Coffey of 200 James stree
| wishes it distinctly understood that he /
not the man who was arrested Saturda
g night for participating in saloon row Il
a Sandy Hollow some time back. The Cot
fee who was arrested lives on Webste
r street. Mr.. Coffee of James street is
a member of the st. Ignatius T. A. B. soci
ETY., and was very much grieved about tn
o report connecting him with the case. Som
, members on hearing that Mr.. Coffee ha'
been arrested spoke of having him expelle'
from the society, supposing one of thei
: members was referred to.
BACK OF THE HEIGHTs-vALE STREET
D NORTHUMBERLAND DIGGING TIL
DEEP cUT-HALFA DOZEN HOUSES TO B
REMOVED.
r The contractors to whom the Consoli
: dated Railroad company gave the contrsc
, for digging the cut back of Fair Haven TO
J the new route of the Shore Line road
{ have commenced work with large gam
3 of men, who are chiefly if not who'll,
8 Italians, and who are literally making tn,
dirt fly. The route has necessitated tn,
: closing of Vale street, which extends OF
and is directly back of the residence for
merly known for years as the Hon. james
, F. Babcock residence. On this stree
there are half dozen house,
that have been but lately built
, all but one Of which were built by Lawyer
julius Twiss of this city on the tract Of
| land he bought there some years ago, but
which will all have to be removed. These
were purchased from Mr. Twiss by the toll
lowing owners: Mrs. Eta B. Scofeld, wife
of William G.. Scofeld; Mrs. Maria Mozeal.
Gus, Mrs. Hattie E. Howard, wife of Ho.
bart G. Howard; Mr.. and Mrs. John j. and
Della Birmingham; Mrs. Catherine Mann,
wife of Clarence Mann. Besides this o
house which a man named Broschart had
erected on Grand avenue, and which he
had just occupied, has also been purchased
by the railroad company and will also be
removed. The railroad cut at the deepest
part will be sixty feet deep. A good be.
ginning in the work will be made before
the frost takes hold of the ground in
earnest.
Found In an IRsensible Condition.
A man, who was identified as James
Carroll, was found lying in the woods near
the end of Oak street last. evening about 2
O'Clock in an insensible condition. Officer