Morning journal and courier., 1894-02-27
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Is Was = Big storm-R1ver DISTRACTED
With Ice-A New Singer at the See. |
Ond Church-The Steamers Could
Not Work-PersOnal Mention.
Yesterdays storm, with wind velocity
Of forty miles, struck Fair Haven right in
the eyes. Probably the Grand avenue and
Quinnipisc bridges were a airy - any 10
calities In the town. There was only one
session of the schools. The snow drifted
In places to depth of four feet on the
sidewalk, and pedestrians took to the mid
die of the street. Some people insisted
that 1t was the worst storm since the bliz-
zard of 1888. but the cold was lacking to
bring the record up to that phenomenal
visitation. Several of the stores were
closed In the evening, rs trade had Ian
Ruishsd all the afternoon. On the horse
railroad the cars began to be doubled up
late in the afternoon and the men ran out
the snowplow to fight the drifts.
Many of the members of the athletic
classes gathered in the Y. II. @. A. "gym"
yesterday afternoon to play basket ball.
The woman's aux liary of the Y. NC. A.
Will meet at the rooms on Friday at $3.50
p. m.
Eleven horses were required to draw the
big truck with one of the bridge spans up
to Hemingway street. In front of r. e..
Davis house the wheels slid on the ice in
to the gutter and heavy tackles were re-
quired to pull them back At Hemipg-
wsytown the forty-foot bridge span OBJ
structed the street so that teams had to
turn out on the old country road.
L. ]. BsrdAr, who resided here about
twelve years ago and now of Yates county,
n. Y, where he is school commissioner,
is visiting the family of ex Deputy Sheriff
William Kopold. He is accompanied by
| his wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey F. Hemingway
have returned from Florida, where they
have visited some of the principal towns.
Mr.. and Mrs. William R. Hemingway, who
| accompanied them, stopped off for . few
| days at Norfolk, Va. to visit their son,
william D. Hemingway.
Arthur D. Barnes of Ksnsas City IL
| stopping for . few days with his father,
Herbert Barnes. Mr.. Barnes has not been
well of late, and came east hoping the
change would help him.
Mr.. Pierce, clerk at Arthur n. Barnes
pharmacy, will complete his engagement
Saturday to accept a similar position 81
New London.
Miss Lynch is the new alto in the choil
of the Second Congregational church, sue
ceeding Mrs. Griggs who went to Newark
some time ago. Miss Lynch formerly
Gang in St Msry's church.
The membership committee of the Y. N
@. A., N. A. Beebe, chairman, Will NEE
to morrow evening at 1880 o'clock.
Yesterday was the first dsy of the wintel
that none of the oyster steamers ventureG
down through Quinnipisc drawbridge. Il
the storm abates, the boats will 60 dowr
the harbor to-day after breaking out th'
ice from the narrows above the bridge.
The new f1eeze of Ice is about MINI
inches in thickness, and on the pond
where 1t has not been Gu tits twelv'
inches and over. The ice men would hav'
started in again yesterday but for tn
storm. If to-day is pleasant the work o.
soraping the snow from the surface of thu
ponds will begin, and the men will mari
off ready to cut Ice. A big force of mel
will be put on to house the blocks as rapid
ly possible, for this Is looked upon as tn
last chance of the winter.
William 8. Rowe, the jeweler, has beef
housed for the passed few days from tn
effects of q severe cold.
Adelbert Kaiser, Who has been visiting
the family of Jacob E Emery, 235 Blatoh
ley avenue, has left for Boston. Mr.. Kaiser
who is q relative of Mrs. Emery, is ON tn
Topeka (Kan.) Capital.