Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-03-14
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

The svarsity Crew Out for a Row
Registrar Linsley Better-Marine
News-The Oyster Fleets, Etc.
The Yale crew were out on the water
late yesterday afternoon and their move
ments were watched with interest. They
rowed above the Quinnipiac drawbridge
and over on the east shore alongside OF
Graves shipyard, where the Yale launch
is hauled out. After taking look at their
favorite craft they turned about and rowed
out of tho river, not daring to proceed fur
Their, as big cakes of ice were floating down
the Quinnipiac.
Registrar George Linsley of the -Four
tenth ward, who fractured couple OF
ribs by fall six weeks ago, is now able to
lie down again, having been obliged to
sleep in his chair every night since his &C.
cident. He has been rather unfortunate
with broken bones, having fractured his
leg several years ago.
Yesterday was the first real spring day
of the season and the Thermometer ranged
the highest. It was also the anniversary
of the Monday of the blizzard, and the
great storm was freely commented upon.
The wharves are almost clear of vessels.
There was not a schooner or steamer In
the Quinnipiac river yesterday. Several
echooners are expected from the south
It'll oyster plants and several hundred
t. q of coal In barges are due this week.
A 'hooner with starch feed for 3. q.
Davis & Co., loaded at Long Island ar
rived yesterday.
The oyster sharpies now go down on the
harbor beds on pleasant days. They have
been in winter quarters much longer than
usual this season.
The new roadbed of the Shore Line rail
road is being pushed ahead rapidly. The
pile driver Is now at work on the meadows
near Comsrgo.
The progress of the bill which is intended
to cut off some of the privileges of the
clam diRgers, ia being watched with inter
est. 1t will affect scores of people in this
Vicinity.
Tomorrow evening pound party is tc
be held in the rooms of the Sons of Tenn.
persnce and all are invited to attend and
bring pound of some article During
the evening the articles will be sold 81
auction by M. A. Farren. Ice cream and
cake will be served and the affair promises
to be quite enjoyable.
Charles E. Steele, secretary of the Y. NJ.
G. A., has been confined to his home the
past week by illness.
Some Of the evidences of spring which
have appeared are: the flying of kites,
spinning of tops, and the appearance OF
roller skates and tricycles on the con-
crete.
Within few weeks the members of
Hiram Camp division, 8. of T., will pay a
visit to Excelsior division of Mt. Carmel.
]. J. Dayton, agent of Adams Express
company, has his new Office at No. 7 East
Grand avenue comfortably fitted up and
has taken possession.
AS far up as Lewis bridge ice in the
Quinnipiac river has broken up. Yester-
day big cakes were floating down stream
and ont into the harbor.
Portions of the road way of Grand ave-
nue. were being cleaned of the acoumula
ton of mud and dirt yesterday. 1t was
about the first cleaning up of the winter,
as ice and snow has covered the street con-
tinuously since last December.
W. 81. Warner says the baokwardness of
the spring has well nigh spoiled the trade
in sprinkling hose.
DIED IN HER NINETY NINTH YEAR.
Mrs. Sibyl Smith, an old and esteemed
resident of Fair Haven, died last evening
at her home on North Quinnipiac street at
the advanced age of ninety eight years,
two months and six days.