Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-20
THE WEST SHORE.

AT THE WEST SHORE. A sharpie Capsized Of Miller's Pa
 vtllon- The Occupants Rescued A
 Waiter Draws a Butcher Knife on
 Manager Hine-Captain Ward 1m-
 proving Railroad Commissioners
 to Meet In West Haven. l
 Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday after | noon a sharpie owned and commanded by Captain Horton capsized off Miller's pa vilion. The sharpie contained ten peo- ple: A. E. Johnson, wife and four children of Waterbury, who are stopping at one of the cottages at the beach; three ladies whose names could not be learned, and young boy. Early yesterday morning the party started off for days sailing and went to Shell Beach. After spending sev- eral hours there the party started on their homeward trip. The trip was without in cident until off Miller's pavilion, when sudden gust of wind, just as the sharpie was coming about, struck her, and she turned over on her side, dumping the oc- cupants into the water. The part, ho@- ever, managed to cling to the sides of The boat until assistance arrived from the shore The party was seen from the shore by Captsin Friend Hill and several others, who went out in s boat and rescued the shipwrecked mariners, none the worse off for their experience except that they were vet from head to feet. The party were clinginp to the sides of the boat for about | twenty minutes.
 ANOTHER BOAT CAPSIzED. James F. Lunny, proprietor of the Hoff-
 man house, with his wife and seven cbil-
 dren. aged from four to fourteen years, l hal a very narrow escape from meeting 8 watery grave at Savin Rock yesterday
 morning. They were out in 8 sailboat and when near the light house, about two miles from
 shore, in attempting to tack the two men | who were in charge lost control of the
 boat and it was overturned, throwing all into the water There was a wild struggle for life and by hard work the children and
 Mrs. Lunny were placed upon the boat,
 where they were held by the men of the
 party until other boats put out to the res ! cue.
 William Collier, a waiter at the Fl
 Granada. was arrested yesterday afternoon
 by Chief Peck, charged with assaultine
 Manager Hine. Collier early in the after
 noon became overcharged with shore
 beer and whiskey, and, it is eaid, attempt
 ed to run the restaurant. When Manager
 Hine expostulated with him wordy wa!
 ensued, during the course of which Col
 tier picked up butcher knife, intending
 to cut MT. Hine with 1t. Chief Peck wa
 hastily summoned and Collier was placed
 under arrest and locked up.
 Captain George Ward of the Sailors Snug Harbor, New York. for several year 2 | ,h0r %o1- {1 %ha ffa1 orf
 fering from an apoplectic stroke brough
 on by the excessive heat of Tuesday, wa reportedll Hast evening as being much i'm
 proved and will, it Is expected, recover. Everyone at the Rock is complaining 0 : the dull times and absolute lack of bus ness. At the hotels there are scarcely an l guests, while the merchants in and abou :. l the grove say that the season is the wors l | in several years.
 , Next week Manager Lempert will inauG urate his season of open air theatricals.
 new pavilion is in process of erection in th
 grove, where the performances will be give1
 The performances will be given from 3 7 5 o'clock each afternoon and from to 10:e :, specialists in the vaudeville line have bee t engaged and will positively appear ne, u week.
 6 To-day a special excursion from Meridel @ Middietown and Hartford will bring abo, J 800 colored residents of those cities y the Rock for days outing.
 Ii Mrs Thomas Campbell, wife of Thom d Campbell, one of the motormen on u o West Haven electric road, is seriously
 at her home on Brown street, West Have
 Mrs. William Bundle of Water stree West Haven, who was arrested Monds l. for breach of the peace and using abusi | law of e same street, appeared before Justice E o Psrdee yesterday morning and was fint :, $1 and costs. She appealed the case ar a was bound over to the superior court $100 bonds Her bondsman was G. IS Warner.
 g, The railroad commissioners will meet ]. the depot in West Haven on Friday afte er noon of this week to consider the folio of ing petitions: Raising the present brid " over the railroad on First avenue four tee X. which will make 1t the required eighte' , feet; abolishing the grade crossing entir '' ly on Union street and closing the stre I. at the tracks; also to consider regardir ,e raising the track on Washington avenue n, as to allow the road to go under the trac
 The matters are all of vital importanc B. and the meeting should be we'll attende d The warden and burgesses have employ a; an attorney to represent them at t I. meeting.
 l. There will be town meeting called in r. week or two to consider the matter of SC e, ing piece of land in the rear of the ne s: town hall, which is now owned by t es town of Orange, to the borough of We
 Haven. This piece of land is wanted
 the borough as the site on which to bui
 a new engine houee. While there are sor
 of the citizsns who want the house bu h- farther up town 1t Is the general desi
 that 1t be built on this plot of groun Ill The matter of dredging the channel " be also come up at this meeting.
 r. The fair of the West Haven Hook a | Ladder company Is being largely attend " each evening.
 Id The following prizes are being canvass le for: Gold headed cane, gold-hesded u k brella, silver pitcher, box of soap, two E . yer trumpets, rocking chair, Eagle bicyc 10 chest of tea. set of dishes. The fair e given to raise funds to build a hook a .n ladder house Music is furnished duri .n the fair by Landrigan's orchestra. ,n Keeley league No. met with T. F Kels 10 in Meriden Tuesday evening. E. s. WI lo pies, president of the league of NewHave ,n was present in consultation with the Me UT UT den boys regarding the reunion at Say ii' Rock, which will be held August S. H. that time it is expected that Dr. Keeley W
 Co present, aleO |. D.. murphy ana tne
 tional league officers, namely: Presidel al L. E. More of Pittsburg; vice presider W w. s. Arnold of Dwight, H.; secrets
 and treasurer, J. M. Kelly of Pittshul Pa, and others.
 la t The Keeley leagues of this state will al a' be requested tofurnish speaker from tn,
 cities, which will bring to notice the No 1e of New Haven. No. 3 of Meriden, No. 3 g. Danbury and No. ]. of Hartford. The Ms
 iden league have not yet decided who " " represent them in this matter and nothi H. definite has been decided upon by the oth b. leagues. Attorney Markley of New Br
 ain, recent graduate, will be master H. ceremonies.
 vs The excursion committee of the Graha ia Hook and Ladder company of West Have
 consisting of Captain Charles Dexter, Fiji , Lieutenant A. B. Wilkinson, Second Lie II. tenant G. A. Osborn, secretary A. F. Sa' ie and A. H. French and U. P. Thomas we A' to Shelton and held consultation wi
 the committee of Echo Hose company is Tuesday evening. It was definitely deci r. ed to go to Greenport, near Fishers Islsn 1 l IoAo Iof& T.