Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-06
FAIR HAVEN NEWS,

Carriage Maker McLaYss Estate - A
Settlement Efected-SeveraI Spirited
RuRaways-What the BridgeTender
Did-The High Shore Line Bridge.
There was hearing in the probate court
yesterday on the insolvent estate of James
McLay, the carriage dealer, whose place ia
in the old Quinnipiac rink building and at
which the creditors agreed to accept a set
Element at thirty cents on the dollar, with
three fourths of the amount to be paid in
cash and the remainder in three months
notes. The hearing was then continued
for one week to bring in the papers. 1t is
understood that the money to settle the
case is to be furnished by Alfred Ellison, a
clerk at Even McIntyre's store.
In the city court yesterday morning Ell
len Widegrew of Poplar street appeared
against Charles E. Swenberg, Swede,
charged with seduction. Swenberg lives
on James street and he met Miss Widegrew
a year ago last January and some time after
that he proposed to her. They lived to-
her, and has since been intimate with an
other woman and says that be never offered
to marry the Fair Haven girl. He has
however, consented to pay the latter $3.50,
and one half of this amount has already
been paid to the plaintiff. The court re-
served its decision in the case.
There were several runawsys yesterday
In Fair Haven, and one of them came near
resulting seriously. One of the horses that
ran away belonged to farmer living in
Branford, who was on the way with his
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| crossing over the Quinnipiac bridge the
street and started of on brisk run down
| the street and turned into Chapel street at
| full speed. The farmer was unable to con-
| troll the animal and it continued in its
| flight until it reached the Chapel street
| drawbridge, where 1t was stopped by
| Bridge Tender Sullivan, who CHANGED to
| look up the street and saw the horse COM
| ing down the street and the driver shout
l ing to people along the street to try and
| stop the animal. Bridgetender Sullivan
| thought of a novel means to stop the runa-
way horse, and when 1t was less than a
hundred yards away he ran and closed the
| guard gates at the eastern end of the
bridge. The horse did not check his speed
| on the ground. The driver then jumped
out and grabbed the animal by the head
The lady in the wagon was terribly fright
/ ened, but was not injured beyond receiving
| a shaking up.
The other runaway was over on Forbes
| avenue. A horse that was being driver
by two young men became unmanageable
and ran from the Four Corners to Tomlin
son bridge, and was there stopped by s
man who happened to be standing on the
bridge. The carriage was somewhat dam
aged but the occupants escaped unin
jured.
Captain Fitzgerald of the steamer Mar
garet ia making preparations to move from
the house he has been occupying on Forbes
avenue to the south.
The steamer has made Its last trip and
Captain Fitzgerald will remove to tn
| south for the winter.
The workmen are making great progress
on the Mallory mausoleum that is bein,
built in the Union cemetery and the vaul
will probably be finished by the first o
December next.
The open cars on the Morris Cove roa'
have been taken off for the season ani
| closed cars been substituted.
Miss Fanny Hillhouse, the daughter Q
DR.. Hillhouse, has returned from a vaca
| ton trip to Long Island.
Ever since the timbers of the railroa
bridge over the Quinnipiac river gave wa
the Consolidated road has taken off tn
heavy locomotives, and are now running
the lightest ones, as 1t is feared another &C
cident might result if the big engines con
| tinue to be run on the bridgein its presen
weak condition.
Margaret Morgan, the woman who had
part in the stabbing affair in Williar
Innes' saloon on Crown street Monds
night, belongs in Fair Haven.
There will be large delegation fror
Fair Haven at Bridgeport to day to b
present at the annual meeting of the lodge
of New England, which is to be held ther
to-day. 1t is expected that there will b
100 members in the parade.