The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-18

Standard OH Company!a Tank Boat No,
 l-Quinnipiac COnclave's Trolley Ride
 TO-night-N. N. 0. P. to Visit BrIdge-
 port Lodge-FuneraI of Ethel May
 Carter-PersonnI, Etc.
 The Standard Oil Co.'S tank boat No. l, lowed by the company's tug Astra, discharged cargo of 108,O00 gallons of water-White oil at the storage tanks near Forbes avenue on Tuesday This is one of the oldest boats of the com pany and has not been in service for some time, but it was found necessary to put it in commission on account of the taking by the government of three of the largest boats for war purposes. Those taken by the government were barges No. 75 and 76, with capacity of 100000 gallons each, and No. 55 with capacity of 150,000 gallons; also the tugs Atlas and Hercules. The pumps for unloading the oil are on the barges, the steam for operating them being furnished by the tugs. The process of unloading the 108,000 gallons from boat No 1 consumed only about two hours
 Miss Florence Dart of Vernon Gen. ter is the guest of MT. and Mrs. Will liam Preston of IF Chapel street.
 Quinnipiac conclave, I. o. H., have voted to give trolley ride on the even- ing of September over the New Ha- ven Street Railway Co.'S lines. The committee consists of E. s. Wade, Ezra Healy and F. w. Beacher.
 Edward Vaudeville of Quinnipiac avenue and Frank Howard of Exchange street, are camping out for two weeks at East Haven River. The young men report large catches of crabs and fish.
 Mrs. Charles Foote and son Herbert of Exchange street are visiting rela- lives in Massachusetts.
 Mrs. Robert Cunningham, who has been visiting her brother, Henry Barnes of 50 Houston street, has gone to Wash ington, D. C., to visit her daughter.
 Miss Elizabeth Parker of 112 Front street has returned from two weeks vacation spent in Long Island.
 Fort Hale lodge, N. F. o. F., has voted to pay fraternal visit to Park S, Tuesday evening, September G. It is expected that about 100 will go as Park City lodge has the reputation of hav- ing the best degree team in the state, and will exemplify the work on that night. Final arrangements will be made at the meeting of Fort Hale to- morrow night.
 Philip Humphrey of Winsted is visit ing his niece, Mrs. John Hurd of East Pearl street.
 The funeral of Ethel May, only child of Charles H. and Alice Merwin Carter of Woodmont, was held yesterday af- ternoon. Mrs. Carter formerly resid- ed here and will have the sincere sym pathy of her many friends. The child was a great grandchild of ex-Policeman Merwin of Blatchley avenue.
 Miss Bessie Rylands of Bridgeport is visiting friends here.
 Among the Fair Haveners who en- joyed the trolley ride to Bridgeport yes- terday under the auspices of the King s Daughters of the Second Congregation al church were Miss Addie Strong, Mrs. George Black Mrs. Bates, Miss Little john, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Huntley, Miss Hattie Shipman, Miss Cleary, Henry Russell, Wells J. Bray, Mrs. Nelson Lindsley, Mrs. Futile. Miss Rosa Bur we'll, Mrs. George Bishop and Mrs. Robert Forbes About fifty went, start ing from the city at 10 o'clock and stop ping for dinner at Meadows End.
 Niggerhead blackberries are just get ting ripe and are very abundant this year Joseph Kramp picked fourteen quarts yesterday.
 Miss Ethel Prince of 19 Perkins street is visiting relatives in Holyoke, Mass.
 One of the largest catches of crabs made this season was that of sixty-five by George E. Futile in Little River