Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-01-07
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.


Expect Big Business Next Season-The
Quarterly Conference - To Freight
Sulphur to CharlestOn-NIarketB Bare
fOysters-SundayS ervIces-Almost
Blizzard-A Well Known Schooner
Sold - Officers of the cold Stone
Church''-SOns of Temperance Off,
GERS Installed-The Hose Company's
Fafr-Board of Burgesses.
The Morris Cove electric cars now run
across Tomlinson bridge and connect with
the Fair Haven cars. The management
anticipate largely increased business next
season.
On Saturday evening of next week a
quarterly conference will be held at the
East Pearl street M. E. church, and the
next day Sunday Presiding Elder Beach
will preach.
The schooner Grace Seymour, having
completed repairs, has sailed for New
York to load with sulphur for Charleston,
S. @. The return cargo will be railroad
ties.
There has not been an arrival of oysters
from Virginia in over two weeks. The
schooner Eleanora cleared several days ago.
but on account of head winds is not ex-
pected to arrive for some days. The YES
sci Ia chartered by Ludington & Palmer.
Sunday afternoon the subject of the ad-
dress before the Y. NJ. G. A. by Rev O.. A.
Doupe Is "Obedience to Christ" George
G. Foote will preside
Norwich, will address the W. G. T. union
meeting in the Grand avenue Baptist
church tomorrow afternoon.
It was not quite a blizzard, but near
enough for all practical purposes. The
horse railroad people COPIED with the storm
excellently having run out the big sweeper
on the evening of Thursday and at o'clock
yesterday morning, following 1t up later
with the scrspers. The cars were doubled
up and running on twelve minute time IN
| til about 3 p. m when the six minute cars
began running. 1t was q fearfully tedious
| day for the horse railroad men
Fred Siebert of Fair Haven is one of the
| hustlers on this committee that has had in
| hand the arrangements for the GU. A NJ.
| fair, which begins this evening at new
| headq uarters of the order on Chapel
| street.
The schooner Garrett P. Wright, recsntly
sold to William lowering & Son of New
York for $780, is about as well known
here as some of the Fair Haven schooners
having come In here on so many voyages
with Virginia oysters The Wright was
built at Denton, Md, in 1868, and has {
carrying capacity OF ninety four tons.
The Congregational church of East Ha
ven has elected society's committee as
follows: William 81. Robinson, Theodore
Thompson and F. L. Hawkins. The re
port OF the trustees shows an increase IL
the permanent funds of the society, tn,
amount now being nearly $4,000.
| Lowe Brothers have contracted to cree
a three story house on East street for Pat
rick Eagan.
The following officers of Hiram CAM
division, Sons of Temperance, were in
stalled Thursday evening by G. W. G. P.
NJ. A. Farren of this place: W. P, Fred
erick Kanahan; W. A, II. Bates; R. S j
S. Young; A. R. s, Viola Hall; F. S
Waters; chaplain. Stewart Morgan; con
ductor, Charles Bslden; assistant conduc
tor, Miss T. Peters; 1. S., L. Sears; o.
F. Stiles.
The schooner James W. Ponder. whic
was abandoned at sea with cargo of lum
ber few days ago, Is well known here
having made many trips with lumber
Stoves wharf just below the Fair Have
rolling mill. The captain ia regarded her
as an experienced navigator.
Members of the Quinnipac Hose com
l phuy ire SottiuS Iehuy loI euclI auult
fair, to be given in Central hall Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of nel
week. The St. Aloysius Gee club wi
Q sing. 1t is intended to make this entel
prise great success.
At tho monthly meeting of the board c
warden and burgesses of Fair Haven Eas
/ held this week bills amounting to abor
8 $3.50 were audited and ordered paid. N
8 business of special interest came up fe
Q | consideration. In the coming spring tn
| board is likely to have considerable to
9 in readjusting the street lighting question
J | which will also receive some considerable
by the voters of the borough in mass NEE
, ing assembled.
, The J. J. Dayton Hook and Ladder con
j pany cleared about $40 on Its recsnt bal
3 The expenses were larger than usual ell
the net proceeds would have been MOI
, satisfactory.