The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-08-26
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEN6 OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES OF THE RIVER.
sloOp Kansas City Heard From-Cap-
 tain Pond Heard From-Large Run of Grabs RepOrted-sunday Services in
the Churches.

Grabs Reported-sundays Services in
 the Churches.
 On Thursday George Blackstone tele- graphed to Little Egg Harbor, New Jer- sey, to see if the overdue sloop Kansas 1 City had been heard from. An answer was received yesterday from Captain Pond stating that he was all right and was waiting for a chance to get out or | the harbor. In easterly weather such ! as we have had for the past two weeks, | the ocean pounds up onto the bar, mak- Ing the entrance to the harbor impassa- ble. The sloop is about fifty feet long, and in addition to sail power she has propeller run by Globe engine. She is now loaded with about six hundred bushels of round clans, and if the weather continues favorable she is ex- pected to arrive at Long wharf some | time to-day.
 Arthur Hemingway, assistant secre- tary of the New Haven Water compa- ny, has returned from two weeks va cation in Nova Scotia.
 Rev. MT. Burgess of this city will supply the pulpit of St. James Episcopal church tomorrow and also next Sun da.-.
 Miss Minnie Coyne of Maine is visit ing her aunt, Mrs M. Hennessey Of Blatchley avenue.
 Anthony De Matty, the popular shoe dealer, is spending few days in New York city. He left here last Wednes- day with his brother PasQuale, who is en route to his home in Pittsburg. It is said that every seventh year there is a large run of crabs, but for the past three seasons crabs have been very abundant in this locality. Yester- day one of the largest catches was made by Ernest Jacobs, the number reaching ninety seven, fifteen of which were sott shells. Just now the crabs go in pairs and are to be found clinging to the spies about the docks and bridge abutments. Tn one place MT. Jacobs scooped two pairs from one spile and a pair each from the next seven spies.
 Rev. A. J. Smith of Shelton, formerly pastor of St. Andrews church, Four Corners, will preach in Grace M. E. church tomorrow. MT. Smith was very popular while here and quite delega- ton will go to hear him.
 Miss Lizzie O'Donnell of Springfield is visiting her cousin, Miss Annie Mc- Namara of Munroe street.
 The iron guard rail for the new draw bridge over Mill river was completed yesterday.
 Frederick Allen of 15 Perkins street, who has been very i'll with typhoid fer yer, is slowly improving. The fever left him yesterday and his rapid recovery IS expected, now that he can take more nourishment.
 At the meeting of the Empire Knights of Relief held last evening there were ten limitations and eight applications were received.
 Frank Wicks, clerk in w. A. Warner & Brothers hardware store, has return ed from a two weeks vacation spent in cruising about Long Island sound.
 Rev. E. D. Knapp of Mystic will preach at the Grand avenue Baptist church tomorrow Those who heard MT. Knapp last Sunday will be pleased to learn that they are to have another opportunity of listening to him.
 Otto Lentsch of North Guilford is visiting his friend, Louis Dietz of 16 Lewis s.reet. About two weeks ago MT. Lent sch got his right hand caught in cider press and the third and fourth fingers were badly crushed. It was feared that the fingers would have to be amputatei and pr. Siebold was call ed to the case. He thinks that with proper care the fingers may be saved.
 Archie Cargill is confined to his house on North Qunnipiac avenue with stom- ach trouble,
 A. F. Porter and George Adams have both purchased new wheels, MT. Ad- ans will be given a royal welcome by the boys in the Consolidated offices when he appears in his new golf suit.