The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-07
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES OF THE RIVER.

Hiram Camp Division-PIeasant Visit
 to shelton-The Hot spclI-The Dry
 Weather and the Gardens-Marime
 NOtes-Other Notes.
 A party of Hiram Camp division, No 14, s. of T., rode to Shelton, Monday, ill ment of Edward Gum. The team started at noon and returned in the small hours yesterday morning. Those who went were Edward Gum, Martha Hall, Watson Shepard, Herbert Shep- ard, Bertha Allen, Hattie Waters, Mrs. Hudson, MT. and Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. But Ter. Mrs. Wackel went by train and W. H. Pollard, Mr. Butler and Arthur Darby rode up on their wheels. The members of Shelton division entertained the visitors, serving ice cream and cake.
 Everybody complained of the weather yesterday, while standard thermometers only indicated 90 to 92 degrees, others marked 95 degrees and over. The cool est localities were on the Fair Haven bridges, but the breeze was unusually warm.
 Local gardeners complain of the dry weather and say their plants are suf- fering greatly for want of rain It is feared the strawberry crop will be light CT than usual owing to the dry wealth CT.
 Captain Cassel of the steam barge c. h. Haynes has lowed out the barges ID. D. Ffske and Charles Ryan, which for nearly week were lying in the Quinntpiac river, and will return with two more barge loads of cement for w. A. Warner & Bro. These boats former ly ran on the Erie canal, but Captain Cassel for the past two years has se- cured sound freights and has not run on the canal during that time. He says the freighting on the canal is not as good as 1t used to be and his boats can secure better earnings on Long Island . Sound. He says the competition of the railroads is so severe that canal boat freighting is poor business. In conse- quence, no new boats have been built in several years.
 The Home Mission alliance of New Haven will meet at the Grand avenue DdptISt CIiuICIl OlI I1uIsudy dl p. He The exercises will include an address on "The French in New England" by Rev. J. Williams. Some months ago mite boxes were distributed among the six Sunday schools which are represent ed in the alliance and a report will be made on this special offering, which is to be devoted to the Alaska orphanage.
 The tug William of the New England Transportation company is nearly ready for launching at Graves yard. She has been on the ways about three weeks and has been partially rebuilt, having re- ceived a new keel and considerable new planking. The boat has a new wheel and her speed will be somewhat in- creased. Although this boat was built in 1852 with her ,overhauling she is about as good as new boat. For the past eleven years the boat has been un- der the command of Captain William Wilson, with Frederick A.. Williams as engineer
 A few days ago c. G. Ames, superin- | tendent of the rubber shop, and w. P. 1 Payne, engineer at the shop, visited the | works of the General Electric company | at Schenectady N. Y. A large party ! went up from New York upon invita- ton of the company, leaving New York on special train of eight Pullman cars. The inspection of the large works proved very interesting.