Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-19
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Speaks Highly of the Worlds Fair
 Lost the Ends of Two Fingers-Five
 Hundred Italians Enjoy Postal Fa-
 cilit1es-AnOther CT Physician Puts Out
 His Shingle-SundaY school Picnic
 To-day-Busiest Week for ssShell-
 1ns,,-Meeting of the Home Coun-
 cils.
 Henry s. Lancraft and family have re- turned from the worlds fair. They went out by the Baltimore and Ohio and return ed over the Lehigh Valley road. MT. Lan- craft says that if he had to go to San Fran cisco and back to see the great fair he would not miss the opportunity.
 An Italian whose name could not be learned had the ends of two fingers crush ed off by catching them between the cars while coupling yesterday. Dr. Hall at- tended him.
 James Barr of Avonsdale, NY, who has been visiting James McArthur of Lloyd street, has returned home.
 MT. and Mrs. Walter Bishop have return from the Columbian exposition. There are five hundred Italians employed on the Fair Haven cutoff who obtain their mail and deposit their letters at the Fair Haven postoffice, the business increasing l the duties of the office very considerably. The superscriptions are hard to decipher, and as but few of the Italians caa read | English the annoyance Is considerable, but | Postmaster Moore performs these extra du' ties uncomplainipgly.
 Mrs. E. Otis Hoyey, who has been criti- cally i'll at the home of her parents, MT. l and Mrs. Henry s. Lanoraft, is now rapid ly improving.
 Dr. 0. H. Murray of Clinton avenue is
 one of our new physicians. He is nephew 1 of W. H. H. Murray of Adirondack fame
 To-day the Sunday school of Grace P. E
 church will picnic at Pawson park, leaving from the foot of Ferry street by steamer
 games for the young people and other
 features to entertain.
 The building on Grand avenue recently l occupied by Healy & Bigelow should no
 be allowed to remain idle longer, as it i,
 we'll adapted for manufacturing or com
 mercial purposes. The idleness of thi
 building and of the distillsry site near b.
 Is not interesting to contemplate. | o. M. Thompson will go down in Main
 for vacation in August. Last year he rod
 on his wheel, but next month Is to mak
 the trip by rail.
 This is the busiest week among the oys
 termen in sshelling" the beds The thirt
 week sees the business at it's height an ) the output is by far the largest Tester , day an immense quantity of shells wer thrown overbsard outside the hsrbor. Some plans for an excursion for the Y
 M. 0. A. have been considered, but noth ) ing has come of 1t. Another plan was fo lawn party, but no lawn large enoug l can be found near ths-Y. M. c. A. rooms It is probable, however, that some sort Q an entertainment for the members will h provided during the season. Rev. and Mrs. D. M. James have gone the home of the former in Pennsylvania. One of the soows that ex Selectma Isaac E. Brown loaded with shells an sank has been raised. The trouble ws caused by the vessel leaking and sinkin under the weight of the cargo. l At the semi-annual meeting of Hon councils 1, 9 and 8, Brotherhood of Relic the reports showed that the order Wi r fourishing and doing 8 good work.
 A. B. Barnes and family left yesterds l. for Greenfield, Mass, to remain sever : weeks. MT. Barnes has been to Greenfie : for several summers. He has not bee l well for the past year, but hopes to secu : gain in health from this outing.