The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-02
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ANNEX FIRE DEPA RTMENT MEET
ING TO-MORROW NIGHT.

Will Consider Proposal to Enlarge the
Engine House-Bark Essex In Conn
mand of Capt. Richardson ON Her Way
to AfrIca-FuneraI of G.. w. Thompson
Miss Pauline Merchant Ill.
The Annex fire department will have
a meeting tomorrow evening to talk up
the matter of the enlargement of the
engine house. 1t is intended to begin
the work on the addition as soon as the
plans are adopted. The department will
also arrange for smoker to be held in
the immediate future.
Two former Fair Haven schooners
arrived at New York this week. The
Charley Woolsey, Captain CHM, from
Perth Amboy for an eastern port, and
the Thomas L. James, Captain Pierce,
from Norfolk, to discharge.
The bark Essex is now well on her
way across the Atlantic to Sierra
Leone, west coast of Africa. The Essex
is loaded with a cargo Of 900 tons. She
goes out in command Of Captain Rich
ardson of Fair Haven. After discharg-
ing her cargo the Essex will sail for the
West Indies, to load for the United
States. The round trip will take about
five months. e. H. Weaver Of Long
wharf is agent for the bark.
l.. P. Deming Of Quinnipiac avenue,
supreme warden of the N. e. 0. p, Is
in Boston on business connected with
the order. During the past two years,
under the administration of Warden
Deming, the order has paid death
claims on an average of seven days af-
ter presentation.
Howard 3. Dayton has purchased of
Frank S. Bishop, 80 feet of land on
Cove street.
H. f. Potter of Montowese has been
elected vice president of the Connecti-
cut Dairymen's association at the an
nual meeting held in Hartford.
Miss Pauline Merchant, daughter of
Mrs Ella Merchant of Lenox street Is
i'll with scarlet fever. DR.. Seibold is at
tending her This is the first case of the
disease in this part Of the city this sea-
son.
The funeral Of George w. Thompson
of Foxon will take place at his late
home to-day at IL o'clock The de-
ceased was seventy-nine years of age
and died after a short illness from par
alysis He was a bachelor and resided
with his brother, Merwin S. Thom, 1son,
on q large farm which they carried on
together.
At the meeting of East Rock lodge,
A. O. U. w., this evening, after the
lodge business. an address will be made
by J. p. B. Ricketts,, past master
workman.
Arrangements are being made for
concert to be given in ST. Andrews M.
e. church next Tuesday evening, under
the auspices Of the Improvement asso-
citation.
The committee appointed at meeting
of the citizens of East Haven to raise
money for the library fund expects to
make their report in few days. 1T is
understood there is prospect of raising
about $500, which will include 5000 ap-
propriated by the state. This sum, it is
believed, will be sufficient to start the
library, which will grow gradually.
There is some talk of using a couple of
rooms in the town hall building for
library rooms for the present.
Michael Pickett, who was struck by
an electric car on the East Haven flats
Monday evening, was not seriously hurt |
He had narrow escape and owes his
life to the vigilance of Motorman Barry.
EAST ROCK LODGE, A. o. U. w.
East Rock lodge No. 3S, A. o. U. W.,
will hold their regular semi-monthly
meeting tonight at their hall, No. %
Grand avenue. The degrees will be con-
ferred upon several candidates. J. P. !
B. Ricketts, will be the speaker of the |