The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-30
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A Successful Eel Fishing Trip-Oyster
Opening has Beguni In Several shops
Little Wilbur Williams Is Somewhat
Better-Other Items Personal and
Brief
| Patrick Daley of 23S James street, a
heaters helper employed at the New
! Haven Rolling mill, was painfully in
Jured this morning While putting bill
! let's into the heater The bllets are
ragged pieces of iron weighing about
twenty pounds. In taking one from a
| pile ne dislodged several, which came
tumbling down, one of the ragged edges
catching and decorating the flesh of his
left arm. He also sustained a severe
| cut on the shoulder by being thrown
| backward against the pile of iron. He
was taken home in a team and DR.. G.
H. Robbins of 1929 Grand avenue was
called. He found that one of the ten
dons in the arm had been cut partly
through, but with proper care the use
of the arm may be saved
William Whale of Exchange street
has returned from a four weeks vaca-
tion spent with friends in Troy, N. Y.
The committee on building recently
appointed by the annex fire department
met Monday evening and accepted the
plans for the new engine house. The
new structure will be located on Forbes
avenue, opposite the present one, and
will be just twice as long. Down stairs
there will be banquet room, and on
the upper floor a fine company room
fitted up for the comfort of the mem
bers. Work will be begun at once, as it
is desired to have the work completed
by January l.
Mrs. Milo Allen of LenoX street has
gone foc visit to her old home liz
Wes!brook.
Mrs. Borst of Amer street has gone to
Hartford to visit her daughter.
Henry I. Barnes, the east side butcher,
and LIE Grand B. Cannon, the druggist,
made successful firelghting trip o.
Monday night They caught about
twenty pounds Of cells and Mr. Cannon.
who is an expert with the net, scooped
over fifty crabs.
Mrs A. ]. Smith of Totoket, who has
been very low with typhoid fever, is
bic, who has been sick with the same
disease. was able to go out doors few
minutes for the first time yesterday.
John Sullivan, clerk in r. B. Healys
pharmacy, has resigned his position to
accept a similar one with ]. T. Eagny.
Mr.. Sullivan leaves to-day for a short
vacation before taking up his new du-
ties.
Oyster opening commenced in several
of the shops yesterday. The oysters are
unusually fat for this time of the year
and there is prospect of brisk trade
when cooler weather sets in. The set
this year was larger than for two years
past.
Charles Huntley and family of Lenox
street are spending this week at Stony |
Creek.
The Dayton Hook and Ladder COM |
pany and the Annex Hose company will |
go up to Naugatuck about seventy-five |
strong on Labor day to participate in |
the big fireman's parade there. Lam
crafts drum corps will accompany |
them. Special tickets are on sale at re- |
duced rates.
The condition of Wilbur Williams of |
Pine street, whose skull was fractured |
while at play Monday afternoon. is
improved. Doctors Russell |
and Siebold removed several small |
pieces of bone and brought the skull |
into shape as nearly as possible. A |
trained nurse is in attendance and ev-
erything possible is being done for the |
little sufferer.