The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-07-27
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
COUNTY GRANGE PICNIC 1T MANS FIELDS GROVE, AUGUsT 10.

Schooner Horace IF. Shares Sails for
 Darien, Gn.-Y. F. 5. c. E. Trolley
 Pnrty--ContraI Green Liberty Pole
 Erected by Fair Haven Ship Builder
 Other Items.
 The schooner Horace F. Shares, cap
 tain Mount, a well known Fair Haven
 built three-master, shipped crew in
 New London Tuesday and sailed yester-
 day for Darien, Ga. The schooner is y, one of the earlier vessels built at Hans
 com's yard and has proved good in
 vestment for her owriers
 f John l.. WetherWaX has purchased Of
 Betsy H. Platt 37 feet on Blatchley
 avenue.
 The West Washington oyster market
 men in New York are getting ready for
 the fall opening. They are repainting
 their scows and the barges all present
 d fine appearance. The dealers look
 forward to prosperous season.
 Rev. c. J. Hawkins of the Ferry
 
 turned from his vacation and will preach next Sunday as usual.
 The New Haven County Pomona grange will hold it's annual picnic at Mansiields Grove August 10. II is ex- peoted there will be about 300 in attend ance. Dinner will be served on the basket plan.
 John F.. Crockett and sons are build- ing windmill which will supply water for their residences and barns in Mon- towese.
 George H. Jacobs is ill at his home on Wolcott street. He is member of East Rock lodge, A. o. U. W.
 The trolley party of the Y. P. S. c. E. of the Baptist church on Tuesday even- ing was a great success Despite the threatening weather about sixty mem- bers and their friends took the trip. They left at 8 D. m. and at Montowese partook of a fine supper served by the ladies of the Union Baptist church. The party then re- embarked and rode to Lighthouse point and Whitneyville, arr irving home little past midnight. The members of the party had a very en- joyable time.
 The liberty pole on the central green, l which, it is believed, will be taken down owing to it's decayed condition, | was made and erected by the late H. H. Hanscom, the well known Fair Haven shpbuilder. It was put up at the time of the death of General Grant, | as the old pole had not been replaced at that time MT. Hanscom was given a rush order upon General Grants death pr ho6 fp ,,1n I,a% fl,a flag was hung out on the day of the funeral MT. Hanscom was an expert | spar builder.
 Miss Maud Kelley of AT Atwater street | will go next week to Waterbury and Watertown for three weeks visit.
 Mrs William Donovan of Boston with her daughter, Miss M F. Donovan, are the guests of MT. and Mrs. J F. Hogan, S3 Downing street
 Fort Hale lodge N. E. o. F., which was invited to take part in the produc- tion of "The Drummer Boy" next sea son. have voted not to participate. Sev- eral other lodges of the order will take part, but the members of Fort Hale lodge did not see their way clear to join with the others.
 F. J. Murphy. clerk at Station A, is quite i'll at his home, 2S6 Exchange street. His place is being filled by Lawrence w. Sullivan of the New Ha- ven postoffice.
 Carrier Frank Carroll of Station A is ( away on his vacation. He is visiting friends in Duchess county N. Y. His place is being filled by Substitute Owen J. Hickey
 There is on exhibition at the drug store of J. H. Hillhouse a cat and ten kittens, which are two days old There were two litters of five kittens each and one mother abandoning her progeny, hey were given to the othar mother, which is taking care of the consolidated 'amily very nicely. The good mother is | tortoise shell cat which MT. Hill louse has owned for years | Misses Ethel and Irene Beach of fl yha mberlin street have returned from | | weeks vacation in West Haven.
 Frederick H. Kelley of Atwater street 2 las received a cablegram from his son. ! 4eorge D. Kelley, announcing his ar- ival in England. He will remain U broad several weeks. Miss Lenuie Helfrich of Brooklyn, N. z, has been visiting Miss Mattie chneider of Montowese d Four schooners from the south have a ust completed dischargng their car oes of lumber for the New Haven " team Sawmill company and three oth- 5 r cargOes gre on the way Secretary d ieorge M. Baldwin says the company oes not care to have so many vessels U with lumber at one time, but II his fleet came along together rather EeXpectedly
 The schooner Alice E. Phillips is at .oundcut N. Y., and has nearly dis n, harged ,56O,000 feet of lumber loaded " Fernandina, Fla. The schooner is by Captain John Crossley A, [ Fair Haven. The schooner came up -, 'om Fernandina to New York in five ,n,, ays,' which is almost steamer time. r he Phillips is a fast sailer and Cap h, lin Crossley knows how to make good me. .' ar r w J. Sizer of the east side. vice n resident of the National Savings bank, ht taking the place of treasurer of the cr Ink during the absence of Julius he wiss. ae New Haven council. Empire Knights st Relief, will meet Friday evening and ,t upon several applications for mem E. ,rship Iorren A. Humiston. the SJ- =,