The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-07-04
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
BLATCHLEY AVE. RESIDENTS no
CELEBRATE THIS EVENING.
Ctrcnlars Distributed Requesting Dis
:
play-BincIk Fishing at South End
Slight Fire in tho Chamberlain Build
ing on East Grand Avenue.

ing on East Grand Avemur.
Circulars Were being distributed yes
terday at the houses in Blatchley ave-
nue., between Grand avenue and Chapel
street, requesting the residents to dis
play American flags and Chinese Ian
terms in front Of their residences on the
evening of July 4th. One year there
was big celebration on the avenue and
an assessment was made on the resi-
dents to pay for fireworks. This year
the only fireworks burned will be on
private account But the avenue will
be made bright with American flags,
lanterns will be displayed and a good
many dollars worth of fireworks burn
ed.
Rev. #. r. Sanford and family left
yesterday for Madison beach, to occupy
their cottage for the summer, Mr.. San
ford will preach at Grace church
through the present month,
A Mr.. Wilcox caught a Blacklist
weighing seven pounds at South End.
Sunday; quite number were out fish
ing. Despite the cool weather, good
number were at the shore.
Major Albee's cruising schooner was
at the Warner Miller & Co. dock yester-
with party on cruise.
Harry K. Rowe left on Saturday for
the Adirondacks. He will stop near
Saranac Lake and will remain several
weeks.
A detail from the National Blues dec
GRATED the grave of their comrade,
Charles Lindsey, in Fair Haven ceme-
terry, Sunday.
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cure cottage at Morris Cove and take
his family there the last Of the week
Mr.. Bulley has been in poor health for
the last three years and hopes to be
benefited by the change.
Several Fair Haven people will go to
Plainville for the Fourth and a few
will remain until after camp meeting.
Those who go include Mrs. Harvey
Robinson, Mrs. Minnie Taylor, Mrs. Eli
hu Larkins, l.. j. Bristol and family
On Sunday one new member was
added to the membership of the East
Pearl street M. e. church and one was
received at the Grand avenue Baptist
church
Letter Carrier Patrick McCarten be-
gan his vacation yesterday; he intends
going to Bantam Lake. Frank DAILY Is
substituting as carrier.
There was a slight fire In the rear
of the Chamberlain building on East
Grand avenue Saturday afternoon. The
fire was eXtinguished by the Fair Ha-
ven East department and the damage
was not great. The building was for
many years occupied by A. l.. Cham
berlan & Co. and belongs to the Cham
berlain estate
George Bishop and family went to |
Mansfield grove yesterday and will oc-
cupy their cottage for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Baldwin I
leave Saturday for Cosey Beach and |
will occupy their cottage for the sum-
mer.
Stewart H. Morgan, the builder. has
recently made some big improvements
in the building line on Farren avenue,
beyond the hotel A few days ago he |
completed a two-family house and is at |
work on another two-family house. In
all, he has built six two-family houses
on the property. Since the enlarge
ment of the wire mill and the employ
ment of additional hands there has
been a considerable demand for tene-
ments in that locality
The oyster season recently closed is
reported to have been rather unprofita-
BILE for the oyster planters at Port
Jefferson. The oysters failed to fatten
satisfactorily and the sales were not
encouraging. Last year about 100000
bushels of oyster seed were planted at
Hampstead, L. l.; this year only about
10000 bushels of seed has been planted.
Captain Jesse Mallory of the east side
was in the Berlin depot when it was
struck by lightning Monday of last
week. 1t will be remembered the s10,-
900 building was burned to the ground.
At McDonald's yard a new oyster
dredge has just been launched. The
owners are the Narragansett Bay Oy-
ster company, composed of Fair Haven
planters The boat is forty feet long
and has a globe-gas engine of sixteen
horse power 1t will be used in catching {
starfish and taking up oysters on the !
company's leased beds at Narragansett !
bay. ]
Another dredge boat nearly ready for t
launching has been built a the yard of
George M. Graves for Ernest Ball. The ]
boat Is we'll built and is one of the best t
in the fleet The boat is named the f
Eric. 1t has capacity for 700 bushels {
of oysters and is forty-eight feet long. t
1t has a twenty-five horse power en-
CINE. Inc engines OF DOtn DOalS We're
furnished by Frank 1. Hitchcock OF
Bridgeport, formerly of Fair Haven. 7
This boat cost about $4,000 and will be
equipped ready for the Smelling season
which begins this month. !
L. P. Deming of Quinnipiac avenue /
has gone to New Mexico on business c
trip and expects to be away nearly two $
months. +
Miss Myra Deming has returned from t
Philadelphia, where she visiter her sis
tex t
Miss Josephine Hemingway has gone i
to South Royalston, VT, to remain sew d
eral weeks. S
Smith 7. Bradley is now starting a
Towering plants for the winter. He has C
1000 carnations, 5000 pinks and about
2.009 young palms and ferns. Some of
these plants have been planted on his
grounds in East Haven and will be T
taken up and brought here late in the
season.
To-day, July 4, Station A will close b