The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-26
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
THE SCHOONER EMMA JANE IS
 UNDERGOING REPAIRS.

The schooner Emma Jane, which is owned by Captain Frank Wright, ol | Woolsey street, is undergoing repairs at Bridgeport. She is having new 1 foremast stepped and new keel put
 on. During the spring she was engag-
 ed in carrying oyster seed from here
 to Providence river and later made
 quite a successful trip swordfishlng
 bringing one trip of fish to this port the largest of which weighed 3li
 pounds.
 Mrs. Harry Sloane, of Baltimore, for
 merly of this place, wbo has been
 spending the past three weeks al | Lighthouse Point, has returned to hel home.
 The last ice cream social which the | ladies of the Grand avenue Congrega' | tiona.l church will give this season will
 be held in the church parlors Wednes- | day evening.
 | Mrs. De Freist and daughter, of Bat | ing Hollow, Long Island, are stopping with Mrs. De Freists brother, A. H. Granniss. of Front street. | Mr. and Mrs. Friend Francis, of Clin- | ton avenue, are entertaining Rev. R' Hilliard Gage, of Wenonah, New Jer- | sey.
 George Darby, of Ferry street, who has been seriously i'll for two weeks, is somewhat better.
 Mrs. Carl Ives, of Bright street, has returned from Portland, Me, where she
 has been during August. The freshet which will follow the storm of Saturday night will drive the large striped bass which are up the Ouinnipiac river down this way Old fishermen say that this is always true after a severe rain storm, as the pass do not like so much fresh water, There will be a good chance for the local fsh- ermen to-day and many have planned to try their luck Robert and George Marchant, or Hartford. who have been visiting MT. and Mrs Rees at 325 Exchange street, have returned home.
 F. l.. Willis and family and Miss Ethel Stevens have returned rom a two weeks visit with friends in NC" London.
 The storm of Saturday played havoc on the hlly streets of the east slde. Many places were gullied out and gut ters filled with sand. On the road to Montowese the sand buried the tracks of the Fair Haven and Westville rail- road so deeply that they had to pc un- covered by workmen sent from the city A crowd of would-b be passengers to Montowese gathered at Cannon's drug store and were added to by every car from the city. Many amusing things were said over the telephone in vain endeavor to get some kind of trans portation. The track was cleared aIter about two hours of waiting.
 Joseph Paouette, a clerk in Philip Mayrand's grocery store, has gone to his home near Montreal, Canada, TOT two weeks vacation,
 MT and Mrs. Hayden, of Blatchley avenue, have returned from a two weeks trip to Maine. They made their headouarters in Portland and took side trips to various points of interest,
 Clarence Crockett took party of four young men for trip in his naph- tha launch last week. The party 1n- cluded James Jordan. Henry Konold and Druggist Richard Healy. They went LID the Connecticut river to Hart ford and then for a fishing trip off Faulkner's Island. During the heavy fog of Wednesday Healy, who was dub he'd the commodore, undertook to pilot the boat by compass, with the result that instead of making Saybrook har- bor. after about three hours, they came in sight of Long Island.
 The communion service at the Grand avenue Congregational church has been postponed from Sunday, September l, to Sunday, the Sth.
 R. K. Jones, the popular bookkeeper for the w. A. Warner &, Brother com pany, is receiving congratulations on the advent of an eight-pound boy into his home.
 MT. and Mrs. L. Fairchild, of Four Corners, are among the visitors at the Pan-American this week.
 Although the repairs to the Grand avenue Baptist church are progressing rapidly, it is not thought possible by those directing the work that the edi- flee will be completed ready for ser vices before the second Sunday in Sep tember. After the decorations are com- pleted and the staging removed the carpet must be relaid, and after the seats are placed the cushions will have to have a thorough cleaning. The chan deliers have been lowered two feet, and instead of the old circle of common burners there will be four of the latest improved Bradley lights. The members who viewed the work yesterday com mented favorably upon the good taste and workmanship displayed by Decora- tor Ammann The pastor, Rev. E. w. Stone, has gone to Carmel, N. Y, to join his family.
 Mrs. John Phillips and son, of Ex- change street. are spending two weeks with friends in Terryville and Water town Her sist CT Mrs Agnes Preston,