The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-09
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
WHARYESBOR-
 DERING SHELL HEAPS.

Smelling Season is at It's Height-Blg
 Sale of FirewOrks-New York Yacht
 Club WiiI Visit Morris Cove Next
 Week Friday.
 The shelling season is now at its height, and there are scenes of activity along the wharves bordering great shell heaps on Quinnipiac river. To transport the many thousand bushels of shells to the oyster beds in the lower harbor and out in the sound. considerable fleet of various craft from other ports is re- quired. Yesterday there were five schooners, a sloop, two North river barges and several steamers in the rach just between Grand avenue and Quinnipiac bridges. while another fleet was out on the oyster beds below the bridges. Most of the sail fleet were very service are about past, but which in their day performed valuable services as freighters. The sight of these old fore-and-after sailing up Quinnipiac river. reminded some of the older men of the days when sail craft were num- erous. To-day. however, steam craft are the more numerous in Fair Haven waters. One of the North river barges now in the shell service is the N. E. Ed monds. a craft just fifty years old. This barge was built at Athens, N. T., halls from Albany, is of 148 gross tons, and Is older than the $. Colfax, which is also freighting shells. The present warm weather Is favorable for set of small oysters upon the shells. although the cold and wet weather of June was less, favorable. But the setting of the small oysters is sort of lottery business af- ter all, and is very uncertain .e.y4
 The DeMatty brothers sold $500 worth of fireworks for the Fourth. Their sup ply ran out on the Fourth and with suf- ficient stock they could have disposed of $500 worth of the explosives. ,. ..%-. :.
 On Friday evening of next week the New York Yacht club squadron will pay it's annual visit .o Morris Cove and many will go down to see the yachts. Several boats are likely to go down with parties from this place and oth- ttS WIA4 St oO"lA OkA NutSs VII following day the yachts sail for New London.
 Several members of Hiram Camp .di- vision, Sons of Temperance, attended the meeting os the national division, held in this city yesterday and attended the reception in the evening. ~s>
 Members of the Sunday school and of the Grand avenue Baptist church at tended the annual picnic held yesterday at. Mansfield Grove. The weather was superb and the cool breezes blowing in from the sound were greatly enjoyed. There were games for the children, such as baseball quoits, and other diversions. Many enjoyed the bathing and others enjoyed the rowing, fishing and a sail in the launches. The dinner was served little past noon on the tables in the grove and the spread was appreciated by the hungry picnickers. The fine weather was an important and pleasant feature of the day. These gatherings in recent years have been marked by rainy or unpleasant weather.
 Mir. and Mrs. Thomas G. Hinckley came down yesterday morning from Springfield on short visit to their daughter, Mrs. Frederick l.. Willis of Exhange street and attended the Bap- tist picnic. t~. .~>.:
 A littleNgirl was born to MT. and Mrs. George straley of Bridgeport, formerly of Fair Haven, a few days ago.. s
 Mrs. Eva French and Mrs. Bruce of Fort Hale lodge. N. E. o. P, attended the social of Princess lodge in Branford Tuesday evening. ~-t
 With She temperature in the nineties yesterday was classes as pretty hot day. A good breeze prevailed which tempered the heat somewhat and so the weather was not so very bad after all. Such days will bring along the crops finely, making up in part for the cold and cloudy weather prevailing 50 stead- slxr in Tytna