The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-21
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
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 V. Lines-socIaI News of Interest.
 D. Burton Brown, the Grand avenue fish dealer, who was severely injured about ten days ago in being thrown from his wagon and kicked by his horse, is not getting along as well as could be hoped. Blood poisoning has set in in his right leg below the knee. and his physician says 1t may be neces- sary to have the limb cut open and the bone scraped. This would necessitate his being on crutches for at least three weeks. Mr Brown was able to be at his place of business yesterday. He goes to the Emergency hospital for medical treatment.
 Horace V. Lines, of S6 Front street, formerly an oysterman, died at his home Sunday at the age of seventy-five years. He leaves widow and two sons -Chauncey and Clifford Lines. The funeral will be solemnized from his late home this afternoon at o'clock and Rev. Dr. L. R. Streeter, of the East Pearl Street M. E. church. will off1ciate.
 Several of the planters and oyster companies are now busy transplantinS oysters. The Narragansett Bay Oyster company, H. c. Rowe & O., F. Mans field & Sons and others are sending thousands of bushels of oysters to Mar ragansett Bay to be planted on the leased beds.
 The planters are also selling oyster seed, and some days from a dozen to fifteen boats are down the harbor load ing. The seed is of excellent quality, and three and four-year-old stock brings thirty to forty cents per bushel. The seed is shipped to ports on Nara gansett Bay and into Massachusetts, and some goes to Long Island and Jer- sey ports.
 For seven weeks the New Haven Gas Light company has had gang of men at work on Fairmont avenue laying main They have encountered great difficult and have progressed only about 7C, feet The trouble arises from the necessity of drilling and cutting through bed of red rock nearly all the way. Dynamite cannot be used and the progress is necessarily sIow. The resi- dents along the line welcome the gas service and nearly all will connect With the main.
 Frederick Newell, foreman of the Dayton Hook and Ladder company, who has been i'll several weeks, is now able to be out again.
 A oI inc nf nQvtnn and Ladder company was held last eve ming.
 The Quinnipiac Hose company will meet this evening. The committee on the annual ball will make its final re- port. Owing to. bad weather the at tendance was not as large as usual and consequently the net receipts were small.
 The w. c. T. U. will serve supper at it's rooms on the evening of April 30,
 "A barn belonging to Alpha Larkins, ana located at his farm in Montowese, was destroyed by fire on Saturday eve hing. A quantity of tools in the build- ing was also burned. Two acres of strawberry plants were also burned, in- yolving large additional loss.
 The voting places in the Fair Haven wards to-day are as follows: Eleventh ward. 2O4 Chapel street; Twelfth ward, 373 Grand avenue; Fourteenth ward, engine house, East Grand avenue, and Fifteenth ward, engine house, Forbes avenue.
 Yesterday afternoon the Mothers club Of Fair Haven, which was organized by Mrs. Alexander Irvine. held its weekly meeting at Bushnell hall on Ferry street. The vice president is Mrs. David Ration; secretary, Mrs. c. T. Rhodes; treasurer, Mrs. Welles M. Post. After the preliminary exercises the, subject pf the afternoon was discussed by Mrs. Charles Whittlesey Pickett, "The Infiu- ence of Music in the Home" Among those who have addressed the club since the first meeting on January are Mrs. Irvine, Mrs. Henry Champion, Mrs. D. l.. Patton, Mrs. Nathan Bronson, Mrs. William G. Lotze. Mrs. Frank G.. Sanders. Mrs. George Martin, Dr. W. J.. Mutch, Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers. Miss Tryon gave a musical afternoon with Chopin selections. pr. Julia T. Teele of the Lowell house will speak at the clubs next meeting on April 27 on .'How to Keep We'll" On May IS Mrs. Theodore B. Wilson will close the series with the subject Preaching Children the Use of Money" The literary after moons have been interspersed with musical afternoons, current events and social meetings which have proven very enjoyable and profitable to the mem bers.
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