Morning journal and courier., 1892-04-05

Graves shipyard since last fall. and on
Saturday she was used in coaching the
crew, having come up the river as far as
the Grand avenue bridge. Several other
yachts will be put afloat at Graves yard
in few days.
Luzerne F. Barnes has bought the res
taurant at SO Grand avenue that was con-
Quoted by the late Charles Robinson:
The Grand avenue Congregational church
will be crowded this evening at Miss Brad
ley's farewell concert.
A schooner load of wire. rods has just
been shipped from the rolling mill for
Portchester. Business is still very brisk
at the mill.
The schooner Anna B. Jacobs which ran
ashore at Merwin's Point Sunday morning,
was from Fair Haven bound to New York,
having brought load of iron for the wire
mill. The schooner remained eight hours
on the rocky reef, but was hoated without
injury.
The river fishermen are overhauling their
fyke nets, which will soon be SET Flat
fish are now running, but with continued |
warm weather the fishermen will expect to |
begin catching shad soon.
The store at the corner of Grand avenue |
and South Front street, soon to be occupied |
by L. L. Adler, has received new glass |
front and other improvements.
It is expected that fully seventy-five
members from East Rock lodge, A. O. u.
w., will 60 to Naugatuck this evening to
visit Salem lodge.
Work on the new tugboat goes on slow
ly at Graves yard, but in few days the
craft will assume quite marine appear
ance.
Cards announcing houses for rent indi-
cate that moving day is not far away.
There were few removals last week, but
it is but drop in the bucket to the May
moving.
The Fair Haven employees of the rubber
shop resumed work yesterday, after two
days vacation for inventory at the shop.
The funeral Of the late William T. TIL
loston WAS attended from his home, 8
Woolsey street, Saturday morning.
delegation from Admiral Foote post, 6. A.
R attended. The remains wers taken to
Westchester, this state, for interment.
Lawyer Edmund Zacher says that the
Old Colony Distillery company will re-
| sumo business shortly, but he is not able
| to give the exact date.
There is demand for improvement of
| the site for the new park near the ale
| boat house 30 as to make part, at least,
of the area Immediately available for the
l people of this section. If Fair Haven is
to have park the commissioners should
begin to expend some money on it. This
L
preparations for parks.
East conference. held in Brooklyn last Fri
day, John S. Sanford, End, represented
| the East Pearl street ii. E. church as al
ternate for S. NJ. Munson, who was de
| tanned by sickness. The convention elect
ed Senator Eli J. Hill of Norwalk and
John f. Searles of Brooklyn as delegates
and John French of Brooklyn and L. w.
Wooster of Seymour IS alternates to the
general conference of the NJ. f. church, to
be held at Omaha next May.
The Cedar Hill Giants association has a
tug war team in which they have great
confidence. In all the contests this team
has entared recently it has not been de-
feated. The members of the club, togeth-
er with few influential sporting men who
live in the vicinity of East Rock, are de-
sirous Of seeing the Cedar Hill boys meet
the strong team from St. Patrick;s Young
Mems T. A. and B. society and are willing
to put up large stake.
The Rev. E. G. Sage of the Grand ave
nue. Baptist church leaves this week fol
Morgan Park, ILL.,, where he is to give an
address before the theological seminary
where he graduated. This will be the
twenty fifth anniversary of the seminary
which is to be merged into the new Chica
go university of which the Rev. DR.. Har
per is president.
George Townsend received from Troy
N. H., the past week several thousand fish
fry to be used in stocking stream at the
head of Lake Saltonstall. A dam has beer
thrown across the stream, and in the littl,
! pond the fish were placed, and when they
have grown sufficiently they will be PLACED
in the big lake.
The officers of the East Haven Terpsi
chorean association just formed are: Pres
| ident, William Hosley; vice president, H
! w. Chidsey; treasurer, H. H. Bradley; sec
rotary, L. R. J. Kirkham.
A large number of Italians are at worl
grading for the second track near Lax
! Saltonstall. There is prospect, when tn
double track is completed, that East Havel
will have a new station, an improvement
the citizens have long desired.
! The members of the firm of Lowe Bros.
the well known carpenter builders, Fai
Haven, were in state of high felicity al
! day Saturday. The reason Henry E. Low
, felt happy was because Mrs. Lowe pre-
sented him with bouncing baby boy, ant
, Richard was smiling because he had be
3 | come an uncle.
= At the Grand avenue Baptist church yes
: terday morning at the communion service
candidates were baptized. The pastor
3 gave the hand of welcome to eight candi
dates, six having joined by baptism.
The new East Side NJ E. church will
cost about $4,000, of which $11 900 ha
= been subscribed. The contract will b.
l awarded in few days and building opera
Y tons will soon begin.
At Lake Saltonstall Captain Ct. H. Bald
, | win is putting deck on his steamer g.
= that she will carry more passengers. Witt
= the barge Governor Saltonstall, which tn
!. steamer lows, there will be passenger capac
ity for 300 persons.
+ Work Resumed at Big Factory.
!, The L. Candee rubber manufactor,
started up yesterday morning owing to
shutdown of two days. Owing to tn
4 short time the factory was closed the ney
: ventilating system was not quite in readi
ness for trial yesterday, but it will be pu
in operation within the course of this weel
probably. The manufacturers of this sye
tenn are ]. B. Stutevant & Co. of Boston
Mass, and it is claimed that the immens
tubes will supply cold air in summer an
hot air in winter.