The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-26
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ANNUAL MEETING OF LIVE OAK
COUNCIL, Il. 4.

The Sick Bcneh' AssUciatIon 10 Ia Good
Financial Conditfon-ArrIvaI Of the
Oystermen-ItemsO of social Interest.
Live Oak Council Sick Benefit association
held its annual meeting on Thursday even
ing with Live Oak council, Royal AreauuA.
and elected officers as follows: W. y. Bow
en-, of III Atwater street, president; Arthur
Sherwood, vice president, E. Il. Slater. Sec
rotary and treasurer. The association was
reported to be In good financial condition,
with thirty-six members.
The arrival Of the belated fleet Of oyster
boats from Narragansett Bay was very OPP
perfume, as the market was short of oysters.
Nearly 10000 bushels of stock came in the
feet Of two-masted coasting schOOners.
Some of the captains report a rough voyage
on the short run up from Narragansett Bay,
Or Providence river, as this sh%et OF waller
Is so Familiarity known. Several OF the
Schooners had their headgear iced up, ana
their appearance reminded one of sailing III
Arctic seas. But they all came safely
through, and the stringency in the oyster
market will be relieved for time. There IS
good demand for these oysters, which are
now thu best in the market. Long Island
Sound oysters are scarce and of poor quality
this winter, and the thousands Of bushels or
Narragansett oysters are proving a very
great boon to the trade.
There are several old-timerS in this oyster
fleet that is bringing up the Providence oyS-
tiers. One of the arrivals of the week-a
schooner that has been doing this transport
alton for several wnters-is the Rev. John
Fletcher. 1t is believed that this is the only
vessel in the merchant marine of this c0uh-
try bearing the prefix REV" The Fletcher
Is of 10S tons measurement was built IN
Nashville, Virginia, in 1877, and halls from
COldspring, Long Island. Although twenty
six years old, she is Staunch and SerIlcea-
BILE little craft.
Another schooner is the Emma Jane, Cap
New Haven and her commander is Fair
Haven man., Captain Wright 0utstripped
the rest of the feet and made nearly Two
trips while the others were making one.
The Emma Jane is the smallest craft in the
fleet. There are three two-masters OF TINS
name among the fleet of coasters. all or
them twenty-five to thirty years old
Another of the feet bears the name En-
ma, by which name seventeen of the two
masters in the fleet of coasters are known.
Another is the Caroline, and there are SIX
Carolines in the feet. Still another is the
Eva Lewis, built at NorthpOrt, Long Island,
Coldsprlng, Long Island, and of seventy
tons. The Marshal o. Wells, another of the
oyster freighters, is thlrty-six years old,
was built at Greenport, Long Island, now
tons. Some of these old transports have
had eventful histories. When this class of
vessels were built this type was the most in
evidence among the coasters. very few of
masters having been built. Some of them
ran to the West Indies part of the year
and some were fishermen. All of them have
been ashore, nearly all rebuilt, and some of
the best sea captains and sailors ever raised
have sailed in them. Many who sailed in
the feet have made their last voyage.
These little sea boats all have interesting
histories.
good harvest, much of the ice having been
housed the past week. E. B. Rowe has had
very good success in his harvest and has his
10,O00-ton ice house pretty well filled up for
next seasons sales.
Alexander Lundgun, of Totoket, who was
badly injured recently by a fall is getting
along nicely. He fell on the Ice and brok-
en- stick entered his body just below the hip,
making bad wound. He was rendered un-
conscious for time and taken to the house
of neighbor. DR.. Gaylord, of Branford,
was called and dressed the wound, and has
been in attendance upon Mr.. Lundgun ever
since.
In Foxon nearly all the ice houses have
been filled, including those of S. K. Haigh!,
E. c. Goodwin, C. W. Granniss, +, H. Sper
~, G. r. Page and L. s. Thompson.
Peter f. Scharnhorst. whose funeral wa:
soemnized the past week. was one of the
heroes of the War of the Rebellion and wa'
proud of his service IN the navy. lie served
on the old wooden ships, including thu
Brooklyn and the Mississippi, and partici
pated in some of the fierce naval battles o.
the Gulf. He was shipmate with Admira
Dewey and was in the gun section which thu
latter commanded, He used to tell man!
stories of the famous commander, speaking
of his precise methods and his indomitabl
energy.
Mr.. Scharnhorst was born on the othe
side of the water, but lived in this countr.
many years and was thoroughly American
in his ideas and bubbling over with patriot
ISM He was devoted to the G. A. L. ant
belonged to Admiral Foote post and tn
Union Veterans union.
Yesterdays heavy storm had the result t
diminish the attendance at the churches. l
was one of the stormiest days of the season
and only those people who were compelled
to go out ventured out in the driving
snow.
A number of people in this neighborhoo
have invested in the Scotch ant!racit
brought in by the steamer Oceana and som
of the fuel will be delivered to customer
to-day at the rate of So per ton.