Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-21
WEST HAVEN NEWS.

WEST HAVEN NEWS. The Field Day of the West Haven
 Hook and Ladder Company To-Day
 A Brilliant Parade-What the Peo.
 pie at the Rock Are Doing-BalI
 Games, Picnics and Entertainments.
 The annual field day and parade of the West Haven Hook and Ladder company will be held to-day. The visiting com psnies will form on First avenue corner of Elm street at 10 o'clock this morning. The line of march will be through Campbell avenue, to Beach street, to the grove, where dinner will be served. The order of parade will be as follows: Landrigan's band of twenty-two pieces, West Haven Hook and Ladder company No. 1, Milford Hose com pany Dayton Hose company of Fair Haven East, Winchester Hose company, Hartford Hose company, Fair Haven Hook and Lad der company with Norris drum corps of sixteen pieces, Brsnford Hose company, Southington Hose company, New Milford Engine company, Bassett Hose company of Birmingham, Storm Hose company of Bir- mingham, Westville Hose company, Wal lace Hose company of Ansonia, Wallace Hose company and delegates from the hose companies in Ansonia, Seymour, ,Stratford Rockville and White Plain, N. Y.
 At p. m. the hose races will take place on Beach street. The chief marshal will be W. W. Clinton. If the weather is pleasant it Is expected that there will br one of the largest crowds this season at the Rock. The fair Is being attended each evening
 by large crowds. Among the prizes on ex-
 hibition are a silver trumpet of large size and excellent design. for the most popular fire company in the state; silver ice pitcher, for the largest and best appearing company at the tournament today; 8 piano lamp, for the second beet; silver trum- pet, for the first prize in the hcss race; an onyx table for the second prize; banjo, for the most popular banjoist; suit of clothes for the most popular conductor on the Winchester avenue railroad; $150 AL tair bicycle, to be drawn; gold watch, for the best lady canvasser; gold ring, for ! the second best; carving set, to be ! drawn; 6reman's complete rubber suit, | for the most popular fireman, and half 1 barrel of flour.
 For the most popular fireman, W. W. Clinton leads. He is the special officer in ! the grove, and his many friends in West ' dhVcu 6ay luht uc IS very pOputdE hu11uS | the hose companies through the state. William Collier, the waiter at the E ! Granada restaurant in the grove who was ! arrested on Wednesday afternoon by | Officer Peck for being drunk and attack. ! ing Manager Hine with knife, was tried \ before Justice Adams yesterday in Wes Haven. He was found guilty and fined two dollars and costs, amounting to $l1.73 He paid up.
 There was a large picnic from Hartford at the Rock yesterday and the electric car
 had two trailers on during the latter par
 of the afternoon. About 5 o'clock as on,
 of the cars was coming through Campbell | avenue one of the colored excursionist
 lost his ticket, and in trying to get off tn
 car he WAS thrown down under tn I wheels, but escaped without being in
 jured.
 The grand free open afr entertainment
 will be opened in the grove on Monday, a 3 p. m. The following is the list of at
 fractions, which will change each day
 Hines and Colby, daring aerial artists
 Pearl Raymond in serpentine dances; Bur
 and West, burlesque trspeza; Manton
 high-virs asce1sionist the Razzillos, i
 their novel act; the great Wendell, tn
 human serpent. The performances ar given under the management of Arthu Goodman.
 l Mayer, Strouse & Co.'s ball nine, ( ! which J. B. Ullman is manager, will pla the Winchester nine the second of tn at Savin Rock tomorrow afternoon. Henry Ward of the class Of 93, Unite , 1 States naval academy, is on leave an visiting his uncle, Wallace ". Ward , West Haven. MT. Ward is the son , the late Israel Ward, the banker of We Haven. who died about zen years ago. a MT. De Armit, the manager of the We l Haven institute, is in Nsw York to day. F ANSWER TO INVEST HAVEN ENQUIRER " "West Haven enquirer" is informed tn U the water from the New Haven Wat v company's works cannot at present.
 turned on to supply West Haven even 8 the West Haven company should wish ', and for the reason that the connection ii broken. The pipes do not now connee a aa owing to"the alterations made st Kimber . avenue bridge in order to afford bett ! facilities for deep water communication ~ for the new business concern which h Q taken site near the shore in the boroug z just west of the bridge. Considerab e work would have to be done before u aa 1 pipes of the two companies would be join, h ' AhA SOAAOCtCo 0S 14OJ VO4o 4o1U l. SENATOR GRAHAA's NEW BUSINESS ORGAN r PATTON.
 P Articles of association of the Graha
 Manufacturing company of Orange, Ne ]. l Haven county were filed in the office ] the secretary of state at the capitol yeste @ day. The purpose for which the corpor !. ton is constituted is to sell locksmitt @ supplies. The amount of it's capital sto J, is 10000.
 ,-l COLLISION NEAR TWISTED. h l Two Freight Trains Collide -- Bo, : Engines Wrecked But No One \ s jured.
 D TWISTED, July 20.-A head-on collisi betw en two freight trains occurred s Grants station. five miles from here, abo k ! o'clock this evening. Both locomotiv s were wrecked and thrown on top of ca other, one car wrecked and several othe a derailed. The engineers and firemen