Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-16
FAIR HAVEN NEWS,

To Entertain Sunday School Children Murphy's Lecture To.Night -
 Arbor Day In East Haven-Mrs.
 Burnss FalI-Death of James Gar
 rett.
 The Chatauqus Circle of Grand avenue Congregational church meets with Charles Smith on Blatchley avenue on Thursday evening.
 On Thursday evening an entertainment will be given in the parish rooms for the children of the Sunday school of St. James church. The exercises will be fol lowed with supper. The big locomotive No. 240, attracts much attention as it goes through on the Shore Line.
 F. w. Prescott of Stamford, will take the store now occupied by A. B. Cargill in the Osborne building after this week, and will also be the agent for the building. The front is being improved by adding new show window and steps. Mrs. Charles Smith of 6s Ferry street, died Sunday night from apoplexy, after a brief illness. She was the wife of sx-
 
 When the new coal bins for Konold & Son are completed there will be a storage for IF, 900 tons of that commodity. The Adamant company are to extend their dockage and shed room to double its present size. The works are still run at night to fill orders.
 Arbor day was recently observed by the pupils of the East Haven Center school in planting trees, flowers and shrubs on the grounds.
 Charles R. Burns, joiner employed by Bostwick, the builder, fell from . house in process of construction on Clinton avenue yesterday morning and was badly bruised. MT. Burns fell twenty feet and 1t was thought at first that he was seriou-ly in- jured, but 1t is not believed that he is badly hurt. He struck on the edge of the stone foundation of another cellar and | then slipped into the excavation. Had he | struck solid on the wall he must have been | fatally hurt.
 \ lecture tonight at the Grand avenue Con- gregational church.
 Pulaski chapter, R. A. M., will work the mark and past degrees on several candi- dates at special session to be held to- ! morrow evening.
 The big coal pocket that H. A. Stevens is building at his wharf on South Front street, looms up in great shape, the tim bers for the superstructure having just been put in place.
 James Garrett, son of William Garrett ot AZ English street, died on Sunday from consumption. Although critically ill he arose and dressed on Sunday, and hit father did not expect that he would die SC soon. He was sixteen years of age, and had attended the Grand avenue school
 He had been i'll since January. His family
 are greatly prostratsd by his death. Joiner Potwine on Saturday fell twt ! stories from the same house from whicl
 Charles R. Burns tumbled yesterda,
 morning, but escaped with few bruises
 It is to be hoped that fall number thre' | will be averted.
 Several new horses have arrived for tn,
 horse railroad and will be qusrtered in thu
 new frame stables in the rear of the rail
 road stables.
 HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY. J. J. Dayton Hook and Ladder compan.
 elected officers last night as follows: Fore
 man, Charles G. Wilson; assistant fore
 man, T. P. Ryan; secretary, D. Burto,
 Brown; treasurer, Morgan E. Fowler
 steward, Edward Ryan. There was 8 yer,
 large attendance at the meeting and si ! new members were elected. Next month June 1, the election for chief takes place.