The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-18
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
GUNS AT LIGHTHOUSE POINT STILL
 ATTRACTING ATTENTION.

GUNS AT LIGHTR POINT STILL
 ATTRACTING ATTENTION. Fortincation Now Ready to be Manned Entertainment in Town Hall, East Haven, This Evening Blockade of Chapel Street Drawbridge Yesterday
 Afternoon-Comings and Goings of
 Well Known Residents.
 William Merwin of Blatchley avenue is to make some Improvements at his shore dinner house at Merwin's Point this season. He Is to enlarge the kitch- en by an addition of ten feet and other wise improve the house. A barn fifty feet square is also to be built.
 The funeral of Hemingway Smith of Front street was held yesterday after noon from the Soldiers Memorial chap el in the Fair Haven cemetery.
 Patrick Mortell has exchanged his cottage at Morris Cove and the lot for Iy ASSI WAoCJ Lol I liOuoC anu 1oS oiA Olive street owned by W. D. Clark.
 G. K. Londen has purchased of John Lowe a house and lot on Blatchley ave- nue.
 Another clergyman is to preach on trial at Grace P. E. church next Sun day. Senior Warden w. s. Rowe has already received letters of application for the rectorship of the church from twenty-five clergynen, and the list is constantly being added to.
 The big guns at Lighthouse Point still attract crowds of people on pleas- ant days. Dennis Kimberly, who con- tracted to mount the two guns in the battery, received rush order from the government engineers to complete the contract in twenty-four hours and he succeeded in the work. The news that a Spanish torpedo boat had been sight ed off the northern New England coast was the cause for the hurry. The for tif1cation is now ready to be manned. It has been suggested that the work be named Fort Hastings for Adjutant Hastings of Admiral Foote post, G. A.. R., who secured the names of platoon of men who offered their services in the cause of their country should they be needed.
 An entertainment Is to be given in town hall, East Haven, tomorrow eve- ming by the Ladies' guild of Trinity church, assisted by MT. Reed, organist; MT. Lowenstein, soprano; MT. Wood stock, tenor, all of Trinity church. The Manola Mandolin club and S. s. orches- tra of five pieces, led by MT. Menges, will also be heard. The drama Open ing a Seaside Cottage" will be given. The social committee will serve ice cream at the close of the entertain ment. The proceeds will be devoted to repairing the parsonage.
 Whooping cough has been quite prev a1ent the past season and there have been several deaths. The last death from the disease was that of Aurora Constantine, aged one year, of 32 Shell ter street.
 M. J. Barnes on his recent trip to Yarmouth, N. S., sailed on the steamer in the vicinity of the mines placed for the defense of Boston harbor. The steamer took down a special pilot and steamed slowly out of the harbor.
 The next meeting of East Rock lodge, A. o. U. w., will no doubt prove of interest to many of it's members. The question as to whether the new hall now being fitted up in the Jefferson building shall be sub-let to other socie- ties will be discussed and decided. A large attendance of members has been requested.
 A troublesome blockade occurred at the west end of the Chapel street draw bridge yesterday afternoon, caused by the breaking down of a heavily loaded truck on the east bound track of the Fair Haven and Westville railroad. The truck was loaded with four car motors for the New Haven Street Rail- way company and the rear axle of the truck snapped in two in the middle. It was long time before the track was cleared, and in the meantime cars ran up and back and transferred passen- gers.
 General William H. Pierpont has been i'll for about three weeks past with sci- atica, but Is able to be out again this week.
 Joseph C. Pierpont and wife of Alt water street have gone to Westfield for the summer.
 The Daughters of the King of Grace church met last evening with Mrs. Boynton of Lloyd street.
 The Ladies' Aid society of Grace church will give supper in the parish house tomorrow evening.
 The employees of the rolling mill have shown their patriotism by purchasing a flag 10 by 12 feet and throwing it to the breeze from a fiftyfoot staff erect ed from the peak of the new mill near Mill river.
 Walter Jacobs secured new halliards for the liberty pole on Quinnipiac park Monday. It was necessary to have a man climb to the topmast head to reeve the new halliards. MT. Jacobs has hoisted the flag on the park ever since the liberty pole was erected. He be- 1onged to the United States navy in the civil war and he is thoroughly pa- triotic.
 The American Ordnance company of Norfolw, Va, has filed two bills of com-