The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-25
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
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SIDES or THE RIVER.

Word About Farming--The Interest Over
the City Charter-Fair Haven East Bor-
ough and Other Outlying Districts-Ex-
ohtcer Merwin Better-yarious Matters.
EX-City Sheriff John Coleman will
add materially to his facilities for rails
ing celery on his East Haven farm this
season. He has engaged the services
of Flip Flipsie and Mr. Van Haffton,
Hollanders from the state of Michigan,
who have been engaged in raising eel
cry for over fifteen years. A dollhouse
has been built and thousands of plants
have already been started With the
increased facilities Mr. Coleman eX-
poets to market more celery by at least
100000 punches than last year. In 1896
he raised 225, 900 lunches, but it was
poor year for celery, and the quality
being inferior the financial returns
were not satisfactory
The people of the annex are interest
ed in the proposed consolidation mat
ters on which hearings will be held be-
lore the committee on cities and bor-
oughs at Hartford this afternoon. 1t
was expected that some action would
be taken by the borough of Fair Haven
East in opposition to the measures, but
no meetings have been held. There has
been some doubt whether the outlying
districts would be allowed to vote on
the acceptance OF a consolidation meas
ure, but it was stated yesterday that
such provision would be included in
the bill
Sarah B., widow of the late Miner L.
Story, died at her home, No. Pine
street, on Tuesday at the age of seven
ty-four years. The funeral will be held
Friday at p. m.
Mrs. Hubbard and Mrs. Loveland Of
is Shelter street rendered reception
Tuesday evening to Mrs. Hubbard's sis
tiers, Mrs. Kate English and Miss Eng
fish, who are visiting her. Whist was
played, followed by graphophone selec-
TONS readings, Rotations and songs.
Ex-Policeman William Merwin has
been i'll for the past two months, but is
now able to be out again Mr.. Merwin
contemplates some extensive improve
ments at MerWin's Point, where he has
shore-dipner house. One of his prof.
ects is the building Of boarding house
30 by IS feet and two stories high. He
says there is quite a demand at the
Point in the summer for accommoda-
ton for boarders, and such building
as he has in view will afford rooms for
about forty-five people. His plans are
not perfected, but if his health contin-
ues to improve he will erect a boarding
house.
The west bound track on East Chap
Ell street was unused yesterday in con-
sequence of the laying of gas mains
near the entrance to the gas house.
The electric cars bound west were OBJ
liged to use the opposite track for the
day.
Just before noon yesterday Fair Ha-
ven was visited by a, genuine thunder
storm, the thunder and lightning con-
tinuing at intervals for about ten min
utes. Afterwards there was a heavy
fall of hail. which completely covered
the ground, some of the stones being
the size of small marbles. Such a fall
of hail is unusual here.
The East Haven grange will meet on
Thursday, April 6, at which time ar
visit of Hamden grange.
Representative Andrews of East Ha-
ven made short speech in the house
of representatives yesterday, at which
time one of the numerous fish bills was
under discussion He spoke of the
stocking Of Lake Saltonstall with fish
from the state hatcheries, adding that
this work had amounted to nothing be-
cause no one was allowed to fish there
at present.
The funeral of Elizabeth. wife of John
I'll. Vreeland, will be held from the resi-
dence of her brother, James Tate, 1877
Prospect street, annex, this afternoon
at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. D. E. Robinson of Durham is
visiting her sister, Mrs. F. S. Pratt of
332 North Front street