The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-07-22

opened Yesterday-Mrs. Lillian ID.
Kelsey to sail for Europe August IL
Oyster Business Better Than Yenr
Ago.
Some additional information is at
hand concerning the late David Mack,
who died recently at Essex. AS previ-
| ously stated, he was an uncle of Mrs.
| Harriet E. Spohr, of 81 Chambers street,
and brother of the late Mrs. Henry G.
| Kirkland, of the same place. He was
one of EsseX's highly respected citizens,
| the last but one of the old Essex ship
! builders. He was i'll only two weeks
! and his age was ninety-four years and
! seven months, Mr.. Mack was born
near the entrance of Hamburger Cove,
| Lyme and came to Essex when a child.
The house where, he first saw light is
still standing and WAS built by his
father John Mack. in the year 1922.
| Mr.. Mack had been a member of the
| Essex M. E. church seventy-tive years.
| His life was devoted to the building of
sailing craft. About one hundred and
| fifty vessels We're built by him and
| launched near his residence, known as
Mack's Landing. The channel in which
these vessels were launched was of
great depth, but now almost nothing
remains to show that 1t existed. Mr..
: Mack at the age of ninety built a fine
naphtha launch for his son in his boat
shop, doing nearly all the work him
self, and up to within a few weeks he
was able to be out and attend to his
garden and do other work about his
place. He remembered well the British
soldiers coming to Essex in 1914, when
he was a boy eight years old, and the
burning of the vessels on the stocks OPP
posite the house where he lived for so
many years. His wife died about eight
years ago, after they had lived together
sixty seven years. He left three chill
dren-Miss Ellen Mack, Lewis Mack
and Jerome Mack, of Essex. The death
of Mr.. Mack removes the last of the
witnesses and one who had a personal
recollection of the raid made by the |
British to Essex on that memorable
April morning in the year 1914, while
this country was at war with Eng
land.
Reports from the New York oyster |
llldThGL Sldle lIldL Tie utditlS ~ lt'S
West Washington market are not very |
busy. A few are filling orders for shell |
and open stock for out-oftown custom !;
ers, some going to Buffalo, but the ma
jority of the dealers are cleaning up
their scows and getting ready for trade
next month. One dealer at Keyport is
shipping to some of his customers in
Canadian cities. Some of the large
dealers claim business is better than
last year at this time.
The Second Congregational church
was reopened yesterday. 1t has been
closed several weeks while repairs were
made to the interior, including paint
ing, laying of new carpet and the re-
covering of the pew cushions.
H. Gideon Wells has sold to Jacob
Aaron fifty feet of land located on Len
OK street.
Mrs. Lillian D. Kelsey, of Exchange
street, will sail for Europe August II.
She will be accompanied by Mrs. Susan
T. Darling. of Chapel street. They ex-
pect to remain away at least four
months Mrs. Kelsey purposes to con-
rinue her studies in French, German
and Italian.
F. W. Foley, the democratic general
registrar, is enthusiastic over the idea
IF having a cambake in the near future
FOR the fifteen ward registrars. The
matter has been talked over, but the
lime and place have not yet been decid-
I'd upon.
Oscar Hanson, of Monroe street, who
accidentally cut himself in the leg last
Friday with pruning knige, is i'm
He lost considerable blood
md narrowly escaped severing an ar
cry He is employed at the store of
he Jefferson company, and was show
ng pruning knife to customer, when
t dropped and injured him.
Mrs C. F. Wright and daughter, Miss
Wright, who have been Wis
ting Miss Dennison of Clinton avenue
or the past two months have returned
o Akron, Ohio