The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-07-17
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
 ACROSS THE RIVER.

ACROSS THE RIVER.
 Rev. Charles G. smith, George l. stur- | ges and John Male Back from suc-
 cessfuI Fishing Trip--Rev. L. J. Bam-
 berg to Preach at Grand Avenue Rap
 tist Church--InspectiOn of Dayton
 Hook and Ladder COmpany--Interest- A ing Dinner Party Given by William
 R. Hemingway--other Notes. | One of the most successful blackfish- ling trips of the season was that recent lily of Rev. Charles G, Smith, George I. 1 sturges and John Male. The party went in MT. sturges' power boat, an- chored on Nigger reef, off the Branford coast, and were soon hauling fish right land left. Rev. MT. Smith was high ihook, having caught two fish, each weighing three and half pounds. The total catch was fully seventy pounds. MT. Sturges says that in all of his fish ling this was certainly the most success ful trip.
 | The shelling of the oysters Is now at it's height and several hundred thou sand bushels of shells will be planted lout in the sound to arrest the oyster 1 set. Dewing & Co.,, of Providence, who have bought several acres of ground, have brought up big pile of shells from that city, and they are at Stevens dock all ready to be shipped down the sound
 Rev. L. J. Bamberg, of Lakeport, N. lH.. formerly of Fair Haven, will preach lat the Grand Avenue Baptist church on the fourth Sunday in August, It is hoped to have Rev. F. s. Evans, of Brooklyn, former pastor of the church, preach there on the third Sunday in l August.
 Captain Buzerne Ludington, of Troop A, in speaking about the recent camp Hast, evening, said that he regarded 1t as very successful and instructing the sol- diers in the regime of army life, Quite a number of Fair Haven men went to Mantle as members of Troop A.
 Mrs. William Graham and children, of Poplar street, are spending the summer in Woodbridge.
 The regular meeting of Quinnipiac conclave of Heptasophs was held last evening.
 Dr. L. T. Doolittle, of Grand avenue, has returned after trip of several days at the shore.
 D. l.. Potter, of 49 Perkins street, Is disabled as a result of stepping on nail.
 Miss Mae J. Grant, Miss Sadie Dugan and William Grant have gone to the Adirondacks for two weeks vacation.
 Connecticut has about 75,0OO acres of leased oyster grounds, and Fair Haven planters control large portion of this territory.
 1 Rev. Dr, Horace c, HoveY of New buryport, Mass, who Is here visiting relatives, preached at Pilgrim church Sunday morning and was warmly greet ed by many former parishioners. Dr. 1 Hovey was pastor of this church sev- eral years and was succeeded by Rev. Erastus Blakeslee.
 There was an inspection of Dayton Hook and Ladder company last evening at the engine house at Four Corners preparatory to the parade of the state firemen at West Haven on Thursday. The Daytons have a new uniform which tbev will wear on parade for the first time Thursday
 Rev. E. C. Tullar, who is stopping at the Plainville camp grounds for a few days and came home to preach Sunday, returned yesterday.
 Attorney W. s. Moyle, of Woolsey street, went to Boston on a business trip yesterday.
 The quarterly business meeting of the Grand avenue Baptist church will be held in the chapel Thursday evening at 8 o'clock
 The Quinnipiac Hose company will not have any team entered in any of the athletic events at West Haven, but their fine chemical apparatus will be in line in the parade. The Daytons and the Beacons, of the Annex department, win each have team to contest in the dashes and the hose races,
 Vincent R. Kilhoy, of Shelter street, has returned from visit with relatives in South Norwalk.
 Miss Emma Hart has returned from California and is staying at present with Mrs. James Hemingway, of Quin- nipiac avenue.
 Miss Mamie Tracey, of Lloyd street, has returned from pleasant stay in Beacon Falls.
 Captain John Coleman took a party of fifteen down to the Thimble Islands on Sunday in his yacht Comet.
 The dinner party given by William R, Hemingway, of Qulnnipiac avenue, to member sof his family and other rela- tives, at the Pequot house Saturday, referred to briefly in yesterdays paper, proved most interesting occasion. One year ago, on MT. Hemingway's elghtieth anniversary, he gave a similar enter tainment at Mansfleld's Grove. Those in the party on Saturday were Mrs. AL bert Forbes, sister of MT. Hemingway; Burton Street, Miss Harriet M. Barker and Miss Anna Bradley, all of East Haven; MT. and Mrs. Charles E. Bray, Dwight Bray, MT. and Mrs. Wnlett A. Hemingway and daughter, Mir. and NFrS ZViIIett KelIope and son Mrs Coya