Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-20
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

J jumped From Qutnn1p1ac ha1lfOa0
 Bridge-The Second Degree to be
 Worked-Mr. Basserman's House
 Much nmproved-Presente to the |
 Y, M, 0, A,-Hot Arizona Weather |
 News stand Disposed of-Fifty |
 Thousand Bushels of Shells Sold l
 Successful Church Picnic.
 Yesterday afternoon there was feat of bridge jumping performed that almost equalled that of young Brody Of New York. Irving Squires, lad of less than twenty years, jumped from the deck of the railroad bridge into the Quinnipisc river and came out all right. Wearing only e pair of trousers he made plunge down. ward with hands olssped against his body, shooting straight as an arrow. He soon reappeered on the surface of the water and swan around as if the feat was an every day occurrence. It was not equal to flight from Brooklyn bridge, but it was high leap and not many would have cared to undertake 1t.
 Columbia castle, Knights of the Golden Eagle, will work the second degree on couple of candidates next Tuesday even- ing.
 Rev. J. Lee Mitchell, pastor of the Grand avenue Congregational church, began his | vacation this week. He will not resume his pulpit labors until September l. MT. Basserman, the Grand avenue mar | ketmsn, who moved one of his houses | from Grand avenue around the corner to | an adjoining lot on Ferry street, has erect | ed a two story addition to the rear and ar ranged the apartments for two families. In a short time ground will be broken on
 the vacated site for brick block.
 Mrs. Nelson Linsley, president of the
 Ladies' Auxiliary corps, has presented the Y. M. o. A. with series of illuminated
 scripture cards for every day in the year
 Professor and Mrs. Wilbur Scoville ot
 Boston is visiting Postmaster Moore and | wife Professor Moore is come cted with
 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Paul Goldberg, who has had prosper
 ous newspaper business in the front par
 of the postofice, has disposed of his stand
 to Charles McGilvary, the Chapel stree
 newsdealer.
 IA. Stevens has sold about 50,00t
 bushels of oysters to Smith Brothers ant
 H. J. Lewis for eight cents bushel loaded
 on boat, and they will use them for shell
 ing oyster beds. These shells were brough
 from Baltimore.
 The pulpit of the Second Congregations
 church will be supplied next Sunday b.
 Rev. MT. Reynolds of North Haven. The iron smokestaek at the ruins of th
 distillery was taken down yesterday b.
 means of rigging derrick. The work re
 quired several hours, and was watche' with interest by many people.
 !, Clifford B. Hemingway, who has bee : sperding several months in Arizona for hi health, writes that the thermometer durin the day stands at 112 and 115 in the shade He intends next month to take horsebac i ride of about seventy five miles into th f | mountains, where 1t is much cooler. : Charles D. Manwaring of East Pea 7 street, clerk for Chamberlin & Co.,, an f family have returned from Montauk Poin f Long Island, where they spent their vael
 tion with relatives. MT. Manwaring L. father. John H. Manwaring, left for tt l same destination Tuesday morning for a few days outing. He drove to Bridgepor
 took the boat for Port Jefferson, and wi n then drive sixty miles to Montauk, ,visitir q acquaintances en route.
 n The annual picnic of the Sunday scho n of Grace P. E. church took place at Pay t son park yesterday, the party leaving C
 the steamer Margaret, which came up l, the foot of Ferry street. and leaving if S:30 There were about 150 In the part o including Mir. and Mrs. N. A. Ludingto
 MT. and Mrs. Rogerson, Mrs. J. D. Va ,s derhilt, Mrs. Dr. Roberts, MT. and Mrs. 'e E. Hull, MT. and Mrs. George W. Terre II MT. and Mrs. Alcott, Mrs. Lauren Humi I. ton, Mrs. Mary R S. Gilbert, Miss L'zz !. B. Gilbert, Mir and Mrs. James T. AcM " hon, Miss Grace Frost and Miss Ora ,e Bishop. About noon dinner was serve ,e and it was hungry throng that feaste [ During the day there were games and ot d CT diversions for the children. The affs d was a great success and heartily enjoy :, | by all