The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-04
NEWS OF FAIR HAVEN
FEATURES or qHE EYER GLORIOUS
FOURIH.


Coming Big Excursion to Glen Island
Accident to a CIintonviIle Team-BuiId-
ing Notes-PersonaI
What is pleasanter than a sail down
the sound in a cool day? The Sunday
schooi OF the Grand avenue Congrega-
tional church has wisely endeavored to
| avoid the excessive heat by choosing
the early part of the season for their
excursion to one of the pleasantest
places on the sound, Glen Island. They
will have from three to three and half
hours on the island, leaving there at A
o'clock. There will be music on board
and every arrangement will be made
for an enjoyable time. The boat will
leave Starin's wharf, Water street,
| Thursday morning, July 8, at s a. m.
sharp. All who are unable to secure
tickets before that time can obtain
them from the committee on their way
to the boat.
Wesley Beeman Of Clintonville left
his horse standing in front Of A. De-
r @'A&StS . 'ioG 9tOLS OIl dIld dNtlluG
yesterday morning when the horse
suddenly started to run and striking
the wagon of the Hillside store, the
Beeman wagon was overturned. The
| horse then increased his speed and
made a bolt straight for the windows
1 in the Booth Co. market. Spectators
expected to see the horse land within
the market, but he suddenly turned
into Grand avenue again and was
caught. The wagon and harness were
broken and the horse was considerably
cut about the legs.
| Isabelle, seven years of age, daughter
of William Shute. was buried yester-
! day afternoon The interment was in
the East Haven cemetery.
| Some of the stores will close all day,
| but most of the markets and groceries
will be open in the morning, The
| branch postoffiee will close at noon, and
the letter carriers will make only one
! trip. Several of the river boats will
take out excursion parties during the
| day AS there is to be a special cele~
bration, the first for many years, it is
desired that there be liberal display
of the national ensign National sa-
iutes will be fired at Quinnipiac park at
sunrise and sunset at the local church
| bells Will ring.
Robert Wilson, the Fair Haven ma
| son contractor, is very busy this sum-
| mer. In Webster street he has begun
| to build a four story brick house for
| ten families the owners being Wein-
| house q Merlars. His contract will
amount to about $4,000. He is putting
! in the foundations for the first house
on Whitney park on lot No. 81. The
house will be 25x3O feet. He is at work
on the foundations and will also do the
| plastering for a four story house, 50x75,
/ sixteen family house for Weinhouse &
Merlars. He has also just completed
the foundations for house belonging
! to William Barker of Branford.
The sloop Neena Rowland came in
/ yesterday to load oyster shells at John
/ Thompson's wharf for Norwalk oyster
men. Another sloop is loading shells
1 at N. A. Ludingtons wharf for Mr..
Law and City Point
/ W.T.Jeffersoria and family are at Short
Beach. Mr.. Jefferson has leased the
Hewitt cottage. T. G. w. Jefferson
and family will occupy their cottage at
1.-THE Beach next Monday.
/ William #. Hubbard, manager of the
Booth Meat Cos while descending the
/ back stairs of his market Thursday ev-
ening with his little child in his arms
made a misstep and fell to the bottom
of the staircase Mr. Hubbard was Sc
verely bruised and was quite lame, but
/ is attendings to business as usual.
singularly enough his child was not in
/ jured.