Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-01
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

FAIR HAVEN NEWS.
on Snow Scrapers-In the
Acknowledgement Tour in Ire.
land-The Depot Fire Recalled
Mr.. Dayton's Severe Experience
Electric Cars over the Heights
Praise Service-Fair Haven Veter.
ans Return-The Game Law Is
0f-Fair Haven East Government. |
Some of the horse cars are already being |
equipped with snow scrspers.
Maurice J. Cain, the letter carrier, is in
the Adirondacks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gallagher of Blatchley
avenue are expected home from Ireland
next week.
W. E. Morgan has returned from his
trip to Washington and Gettysburg.
Major T. F. Callahan, clerk in the pro-
bate court, has entered the Yale law
school.
In the depot fire John J. Dayton, the
Fair Haven express agent, severely
bruised the back of one of his hands and
siHged his eyebrows. When the lamp in
the station masters Office exploded like
the noise of gun, he rushed in and tried
to smother the fire, but an instant later
| the fire reached a bracket lamp and when
it exploded Dayton was pushed back
against the partition very rudely. The
smoke then became almost sitting and he
had as much as he could do to get out
again. He then directed his efforts to
saving the Adams Express freight. A
passenger car is now in use at the station
for ticket Office, but in a few
days building will be erected
to serve as station until
the Fairn Have cut off is completed about a
year hence. When that is done the Fair
Haven station will be abandoned and a
new depot, it is expected, will be erected
in the annex. In time it is expected that
Grand avenue will be extended over Fair
Haven heights. With the equipment of
the horse railroad with electricity the road
of reaching the new depot The extern
sion of the annex would also afford fine
facilities for travel If the electric road was
built, and many new homes wo uld spring
up in the neighborhood.
A praise service will be given at the
Grace Episcopal church, on Blatchley
avenue, on Sunday morning.
| Nearly all of the Fair Haven veterans
have returned from Washington.
The oystermen report brisker orders for
stock this week.
The game law is now off, and many
hunters will now start for the woods this
morning. There is promise of a greater
number of gray squirrels than any autumn
in several years, and for time yellow.
hammers will be slighted for bigger game
Quail also promise to be plentiful.
The trustees of the Y. NJ. G. A. viii
take no action towards securing new sec
rotary until the annual meeting of the as
ISOLATION in November.
The monthly meeting of the board O.
warden and burgesses of Fair Haven Eas
, will be held next Monday evening.
IL Officer Doody has twenty-five boarder
at his big boarding house in the Quinnipi
&C hotel building, and is expecting an ad
| dition of fifty more in two weeks.
, The number of small bluefish in tn
: Quinnipiae river is decreasing, and thos
q that remain are found in deep water.
Adams Express company lost only on
package, worth 81 cents, in the depot fire
3 E. w. Easter has gone on his annua
hunting expedition to the North Lynn
: | woods.
The schooner Mary G. Decker, Captain
q John G. Hervey, which has laid up in tn
j. Quinnipiac river all summer, will soon b
pat in commission for her trips to Virgini
q for oysters.
Edward Ryan of the east side fracture
his leg above the knee when handling
: heavy casting at Bigelow's boiler shop
~ Mr.. Ryan is a member of the runnin
team of the Dayton hook and ladder CON
d pany. This team has been unfortunat
y this season by reason of the illness c
, | members, and several Invitations at fir,
;, mems exhibitions have necessarily bee
- declined.
John J. Dayton, chief of the Fair Have
:. East fire department, left last evening fo
. Louisville to attend the annual conventio
. of the National Chief Engineers associs
ton. He will be absent about ten days.
l. Rev. Mr.. Dowd will supply the pulpit {
o St. James Episcopal church on Sunday
q Rev. DR.. William E. Vibbert, rector eme
! ritus of this church, who has been ill SCI
- eral days, is much better this week an
!, able to sit up.
~ Allen Huntley, who has been CRITICAL
" ill, is now convalescing. Several month
ago he stuck a rusty nail in his foot an
L Inflammation setting in he lost sever
toes.
% Mr.. and Mrs Richard Oviatt and Miss s.
h die Davis of Port jefferson, L. l., are vi
iting at Henry Barnes, so Houston stree