Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-02
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

A TwentY.FOur.HOrse Team big
Truss Successfully Moved-Captain
Ludington,s Anniversary-Y. M. g. |
A. Notes.-The New Sc. Thomaa' Mis-
sion. ....-.-.
Frederick P. Newton of $50 Grand ave-
nue. who has purchased the Charles L. Eng
lish property, Dwight and Chapel street, will
remove the old homestead on Chapel street
and erect fine residence on the site. The
lot is 153x28S feet.
There will be meeting of the borough
government next Monday evening.
Captain John g. Hervey said yesterday
that he was all ready to sail for cargo of
oyster plants and expected to get away In
about q wetk.
Rev. J. q. Hand of the East Pearl street
n. e. church delivered an address on ''The
Boys Brigade" before the convention of
Young Peoples societies in the First N.
E. church yesterday. Several members of
the Epworth league attended.
G. A. Beach, who runs the Ice cream So
loon where the famous "Aunt Rhoda's"
cream is found, is sick with rheumatism.
On Saturday evening at 8 O'Clock there
will be public exhibition by the physical
classes in the gymnasium of the Y. N. @.
A. All interested in the association will
be welcome.
As Rev. s. b. Doupe will be unable to
be present, the Y. n. O, A. meeting Sunday
afternoon will be addressed by student
from the university. A devotional meet
ing will be held in the morning at 8
o'clock.
There will be an illustrated lecture on
Central America by L. P. Dsming In the
Y. II. @. A. rooms next Wednesday even
ing. Several new views will be shown.
The Fair Haven mission, which has been
conducted in the rooms of the W. G. T. U.
during the winter, has been discontinued.
As result of the meetings there have been
seventeen hopeful conversions; most of the
candidates have Joined the local churches.
Another organization has been formed
known as st. Thomas mission, and meet
ings are held each evening in Central hall.
G. 81. Blakeslee & Sons had seventy men
and 100 horses at work yesterday remov-
ing snow for the horse railroad company
from Grand avenue, and from East Chapel
street for the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dunca Macarthur of Main
street, annex, entertained many of their
friends at q masked party Wednesday even
ing.
About fifty friends of Captain Caleb L.
Ludington paid him a surprise visit at his
home, 1876 Quinnipiac street, on Wednes
day, the seventy-sixth anniversary of his
birth. The captain, although greatly eur
prised, gave his guests cordial welcome,
One and all extended their congratulations
with the added hope that he would live te
| Celebrate many similsr occasions. A fine
| supper was served and there was music
and ether diversions. Captain Ludingtor
has suffered for years with rheumatism &C
| that he is unable to 60 out in winter, but
| Is now in comfortable health.
At least a couple of hundred persons
Witnessed "a horses pull the big bridge
truss from the corner of Grand avenue and
North Qainnipisc street up the latter street
to Hemingway street yesterday afternoon
| The start was made at 4:30 and the bis
| truss was carried to its destination appar
| emily as easy as a load of hay. The team
| did not have to turn out for load of hay
and get stalled in the gutter, as on for
mer occasion, but just beyond the RAILROAD
bridge the rear wheels slid against tn
curb and broke down lamp post, the cas-
iron column having been snapped in tw'
like pipe stem. The team was composed
of two less horses than that which drew
the first truss.