Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-09-15
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Black Dog Causes a Runaway
Married at st. Francis church. |
The Sluiceway Trouble -Reftting
Oyster SlOOps - Work at Graves
Shlpyard - The East Side Firemen
The Heavy Storm.
A black dog caused q runaway on the
east side yesterday morning. The dog
planked himself under the wagon and set
up vigorous barking that induced
the horse to kick higher than the dash
board, QUE of the kicks rendering the dog
senseless. Then the horse ran over the
bridge and just managed to clear horse
car in front of the postofioe. He then took
to the sidewalk and only escaped by few
inches in plunging tho heavy wagon into
L. L. Adler's store front. The animal was
stopped on Front street without further
damage. 49,,
Mrs. Daniel Bradley has the foundation
ready for fine new residence she Ia to
build on Main street, East Haven.
| At St Francis chorch yesterday after
noon Peter Corcoran of SO Houston street
was married to Kittie Murphy, formerly
of william Nicely & Co.'s store, Rev.
Father Mulholland officiating. Mr.. Cor
coran for the past five years has been en-
| ployed at Martins gun shop. Miss Mary
Murphy was bridesmaid and John Coyne
| the best man.
The box cars that were run out on the
horse railroad yesterday afternoon have
been much improved during the summer,
including newly painting and vanishing.
Most of them are also provided with stoves
| ready for the winter service.
Some of the east side citizens who petit
toned the board of health to abate the
nuisance of the sluiceway think the mem
bers must have suddenly changed their
minds, as when the health officer and
| other members first examined tho place
they called it one of the worst naisances in
town.
Several of tho oyster dealers have made
important Improvements to their shops
At j. A. Bishop & Co.'s and Lancraft
Bros new floors have been laid in thu
shocking shops, and the oyster openers
had to be removed to other quarters while
the work was in progress.
Orders for oysters are daily increasing
| A large share of the stock is now sent K
} Boston and other Massachusetts, towns.
!: Blatchley avenue is being hardened, tn
work having begun at Chapel street, tn
improvement to extend to Grand avenue
: The steamer Minnie, which has been i'm
proved at Graves shipyard, will have
new engine put in before she is ready TO
launching. At the same yard the oyste
watch boat is hauled out and is being over
l hauled.
Both the Quinnipiao Hose company an
g | the J. J. Dayton Hook and Ladder CON
: pany have voted to send delegates to th
o fall outing of the New York Veterans an
? Exempt Firemen's Sons on October Il
g Possibly the Dayton company will sen
their running team with tho hose carriag,
6 this to be decided at later meeting.
Frank Talmadge, who has been very
t with typhoid fever, is rapidly GONZALES
: cling.
@ dredging operations and the oyster boats di
not go down the harbor yesterday.
A big fleet of coasting schooners an
l. barges came into the lower harbor durin
[. yesterdays storm and anchored over Q
e the east shore.
!. At the grand avenue Baptist church la
evening q reception was given by the pa
j. tor. Rev. E. G. Sage, and wife, to membe
8, of the church and congregation. II
n church was crowded with people and tt
popular pastor and his wife received u
Is most cordial greetings. The auditorium
L the church was prettily decorated with OF
4. In the company present we
- not few of the form
8; members from out of town, and some wi
l. had removed to other city churches; 90
j. was one of the pleasantest reunions of Il
:. church members in many year. Amor
- those present was the Rev. A. d. Ball,
.; former pastor of the church, and now
Elgin, Ill. During the evening there "
g music, etc. 1t was entirely informal, but
r thoroughly social affair. Mr.. Sage is doll
70 good work in the parish, and the chur,
m under his charge is growing rapidly.