Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-08-31
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Columbia Castle Excursion-The Re. |
mains watching the An
ME D.-Progress on the Electric |
Railroad.
The prospect is favorable for fine wealth |
sr to-day, when the first annual excursion |
Of Columbia castle, K. G. E., will be made
to Glen Island on the steamer John q.
Starin. The excursion was deferred Tues
day, owing to the storm.
Assessors Spreyer. Baldwin and Shan
non came over to the annex yesterday to
begin the annual assessing of property in
that district.
Walter Bigelow has left the news Office
at the postofice and is employed at Goes
irving Penfeld is his sue
oessor at the news Office.
Tuesdays gale ripped several boards
from the north side of the Quinnip'ac river
railroad bridge.
Many people watch for the little steamer
Annie D. as she navigstes the sand scow
Of the Adamsnt company down the Quin-
nipiac. The down trips are made on a
falling tide and considerable skill is neces-
sary in avoiding the stone abutments,
around which the water swirls violently.
The sand comes from Red Bank, about
eight miles up the river, and is used in
making plsster. Formerly the sand was
carried from places around the city, but the
bringing 7of loads of some forty tons by
scow is much cheaper.
Workmen are still employed on the
railroad bridge over the Quinnipiac river.
They are now engaged in wedging the
sleepsrs so as to bring them up plumb.
Four men are employed in this work and
they are watched with interest as the
trains pass, as there is but little room to
spare. A person with dizzy head would
not do for bridge repairer.
N. A. Ludington has received the suit OF
sails from his schooner Willie K. Bright
man wrecked at Gay Head few days ago.
The sails were new last spring and are
about all that WAS saved from the wreck.
Lewis Broadwell, 1913 South Front street,
has greatly improved his house by remov-
ing an old veranda from the front and
building pair of steps in its floor. The
house has also been repainted.
The iron standards for the electric road
in Ferry street have been erected as far
south as Quinnipiac drswbridgs. The
poles are in place from State street, where
the extension is to start, through James,
Lombard and Ferry streets.
Miss Bertha Eastman has returned from
Worcester, Mass.
The funeral of the late Frank S., son of
Alonzo S. johnson of % Wolcott street,
will be conducted to-day at 10 a. m. by
Rev. DR.. Sage. The remains will be taken
to New Britain for internent.
b. W. Crawford had charge of the
funeral of Arthur S. WEIGH at A Bishop
street yesterday.
Charles 81. Wilson, the plumber, is work
| ing hard to finish putting up the new gas
lights in the Grand avenue Congregations
| church, but Is afraid he cannot complete
the job by Sunday.
Miss Bessie Thrall, aged twenty, who
was taken down with spinal meninigitil
| while visiting friends in Fair Haven. dice
at her home in Wallingford Tuesday. Sh'
was an estiEable young woman and a grad
uate of the state Normal school at New
| Britain.
| The dead body found in Alfred Hughes
barn in the annex Tuesday morning no
been identified as that of Morgan Nolan
he was sixty years old, blacksmith, ant
had worked in various shops in the city
| When DR.. White visited the barn to view
the body he found ten other trsmps ssleel
in the building. Two of them were lynn
in the narrow managers and the rest wer
stretched in the COW stalls. Mr.. Hughe
said that Nolan came there the previou
evening and asked permission to sleep Il
the barn. This was granted. During tn
night he was taken sick and Mr.. Hughe
procured medicine and someone to watc
with him. He died before morning.
The effects of the second West India
hurricane Tuesday were not as violent i
this locality as that of last Thursday. A
noon the wind blew the water from Quiz
nipiac river up on the south side OF tn
Grand avenue bridge. There were bi
waves coated with foam rolling in fro1
the sound, and even the navigation {
Quinnipisc river would have been attend
ed with difficulty. None of the boats, eve
the big oyster steamers, ventured on
Cove, where the sight was a grand ont
and others saw the waves at Savin Rocl
There were couple of elms blown dow
in Ferry street and several fruit trees WEI
down, but the wind was far less destruc
} i've than during the former storm. Thrt
fine naples in Pierpont street, near Ea
Pearl, which were in danger of going owe
were saved by placing rope guys on then
Much of the fruit that escaped the forme
storm was blown to the ground.
, The Columbia Castle, K. g. E had
| give w tuolI luLouOou oACuIslOu W VIC
Island owing to the storm, but the tri
will be made tomorrow.
The fishing party which chartered IL
, Ivernia for trip to the reefs off Faulkner
Island, will have to set another day fl
! their big fishing.
During Tuesdays gale Joseph Belcher
sharpe went ashore at Morris Cove ar
| became total wreck.
, Last week Monday Philip Borst, IL
barber. residing at AZ Perkins street, viii
> at Pawson park, found two ladies' wrsl
> on the grounds. He says there was a pi
/ mic of the Ansonia Methodists at the pal
, that day and railroad ticket in a pook
) of one of the wraps indicated that Il
| owner was one of the picnickers. NJ
! Borst took the wraps for safe keeping ar
if he can ascertain the names CT Il
? owners he will deliver over the property.
! Rev. ]. Lee Mitchell of the Grand av
3 nue. Congregational church and Rev. D.
: James of the Second Congregational churt
are expected home this week and will of
ciate in their pulpits next Sunday.
Lowe Bros. have the contract for fran
house to cost So, 500 to be erected at Il
L corner of Blstchley avenue and Wolco
3 street for Officer John ]. Flynn.
John Lowe is building house on Dave
. port avenue, a Involvement house f
Daniel g. Alling on James street and
barn for F. E. Brooks on Whitney svenu
Patrick and Mrs. Grosrk of 112 Voice
!, street are at the worlds fair.
r BUSY TIMES.
. One New Haven Factory RunniI
Night and Day.
f The Monson & Co., paper box msnufa
. tory, is running day and night to exeou
: an order just received for Al, 000, 900 cigs
cite boxes.
The Oyster Beds.
u.n,.n D.. 49, L. 1.