Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-19
WEST HAVEN NOTES.

Crowds View the Balloon Ascenston and Parachute DrOp-A Descent or 500 Feet-The Swimmers SW Wfm- Ball Game Near Oriental Park | Coming Events-Mr. Skeele's B1rth- l day To-day. The balloon ascension and parachute drop of Professor Palmer at the rock was witnessed by fully 1000 people yesterday afternoon. He made his sscension at 5:4O, the balloon going up over the rear of the Sea View house. He landed safely in the rear of the Twitohell house, where tho balloon also reached terra frma. The sero- naut made his drop at height of fully 500 feet, and-came down with 8 rush fully 100 feet before the "chute" opened. It was very successful drop.
 During the afternoon yesterday St. Clair, the well-known swimmer, was to have given an exhibition of swimming, starting in front of the Miller pavilion, but the adver- tised program did not come off, St. Clair failing to come up to the scratch despite earnest efforts made to revive him, he hay ing been overcome by the heat. He was to have made a swim to the lighthouse and back. He was around again all right in the evening.
 The deciding game for the dry goods l championship was played at the Cottage | grounds near Oriental park yesterday af- ! ternoon between the hines of F. M. Brown & Go. and Even Mcintyre & Go. The | score was Il to in favor of the Mcintyre team. A crowd watched the interesting contest.
 STATE BUTCHERS MEET-oTHKR COMING aOL | LIEIcAT1oNs.
 A very interesting annual meeting o the State Butchers association Is that te be held in this city on September 2. Tn delegates, about fifty in number, will b. the guests ot the New Haven association The business meeting will be held in tn, forenoon, and in the afternoon the dele gates will banquet at Savln Rock
 The annual reunion of the members O. the legislature of 1885 will be held a Hills homestead, Savin Rock, on Septem Der 4. The bueiness meeting will be helt at Il q. m. The committee in charge are J. H. Swartout, Stamford; Erastus Gay Farmington; and Alexander Troup, Ney Haven.
 Sawseunck tribe of Red Men have de cided on Tuesday, August 29, as the dat of their outing at Savin Rock, and Monto wese tribe has been invited to join in tn days pleasure.
 A BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY.
 An interesting fact in connection witt Savin Rock is the long Identification of N 0. Skeeles with the business interests a the west shore. Soon after, that still wei
 remembered and fashionable old hotel, tn
 Savin Rock hotel, at the Rock, was dee
 troyed by fire, which was in 1870, MI
 Skeeles leased the Rock and there con
 duoted business for years. For the las
 ten years or 50 he has conducted bushes
 in the buildings at Kelsey's wharf ant
 success has attended him so that he is no,
 the owner of the land and buildings, an.
 of Kelsey's wharf also of the handsom
 MT. Skeeles' sixty y-second birthday and
 is to be appropriately celebrated by a fam lily gathering, as has been his custom fo
 many past birthday anniversaries. IN BUSINESS IN FLORIDA.
 The many friends in this city of ( Howes, who was for many years propri'
 tor of the restaurant, now Pntnam's, oI posite the Sea View house, will be please
 to learn tkat he Is very prosperous an , pleasantly situated at Fort Worth, Ell
 He is there engaged in the catering bus
 ness in connection with the new railroad
 which the Plants are building in Florids | There was recently big celebratio | there in which several from New Have l participated. MT. John Reilly of this cit
 delivered the oration of the day. Ml
 Howes did the catering for the occasion
 and also was one of the speakers of the a, ! casion