The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-09-23
NORTH HAVEN NEWS
Enoneer BIakesee Recovering from Injuries Republican Ca-
 GUS Will be Held Next Thursday.

Special Journal Courier News service,)
 North Haven, Sept. 22.-Engineer Philip Blakesyee, who was injured ln the fatal railroad wreck at Allingtown, last Sunday morning, was able to be out to-day and took a short walk over to the postofF1ce. His right arm is bandaged and in a. sling but otherwise he is in pretty good shape General Goodyear asked him If this, his second wreck, had taken away his nerve for railroading. Mr. Blakeslee smiled and said he was good for another whlrl or two he guessed. It will be q month or six weeks before he will De able to resume his duties, however.
 The republicans of North Haven will hold a caucus at Memorial hall. Thurs day evening next at o'clock to nomin ate town officers. The annual meeting and election comes on october and there appears to be more interest in affairs and candidates than in several | years past
 Invitations have been received by friends in town for the marriage of | Clarence Abner Austin, formerly of New Haven, and Miss Marguerite, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Wilbur James
 Austin, of Pasadena, Cal. The cere- mony will be performed at o'clock at the home of the brides parents at 2S1 South Orange Grove avenue, Pasadena. 1 The groom is a nephew of Robert N. | Barnes of Montowese.
 Friends of G. J. Merz are congratu-
 lating him upon his good fortune He has been a clerk in the Water street freight office of the Consolidated road for some months and now has won promotion to the cashiership.
 | A large audience listened to an in-
 teresting and instructive lecture given
 Thursday evening at the Congrega-
 tional chapel by Rev. W. o, Keirstead
 of Montowese. His subject was "A
 Pleasure Trip to London"
 Local hunters have made severa
 trips into ths woods near by, but re-
 port game scarce.
 Many local friends have sent letters
 of congratulation to Rev George B
 Cutten, the able exponent of muscu
 lar Christianity, who has received an(
 accepted a very flattering call to thu
 pastorate of the First Baptist churcl
 of Columbus, O., the largest church O ; that denomination in that city. Rev Mir Cutten was formerly pastor of tn
 Baptist church at Montowese. The Montowese Dramatic club ha 4 voted to use part of it's surplus casl
 in constructing a sidewalk in iron , I of the schoolhouse and 3 crosswalk t
 the church opposite.
 MT. and Mrs. Herbert P. Smith an l family, who have spent the summe } months at Cosey Beach, returned yes l terday to their home, "Ridgewoo : Farm"
 l John F. Reynolds returned Wednes day evening from a business trip 3 the interests of the Stiles Brick Go.
 The proposition to consolidate the of
 fees of tax collector and assessor, un
 der the plan in force some years ago
 seems to meet with favor and the mat } ter will probably come up before tn
 annual town meeting, Oct, '. e The Indian summer has brought ros e es and pinks into a second bloom an d given morning glories and other trail | CTS a great lift skyward. Grapes ar n the only first class fruit this seasor e Peaches are very scarce.
 A north-bound trolley car, Tuesda evening, cut snake in two The ca x was stopped and the tail was foun ' between the rails, the head sectio having disappeared. Striking an aver S age. the conductor says the snake mus have been six or seven feet long. TT 4 motorman says he though 1t was a te A egraph pole owing to the shadow N cast.
 N Edward Hull, the well known farm E at North Hill, went met an accidel \ last week which may result in the lo x of his left eye. He was driving tea \ through the woods when a branch of
 tree flew back and struck him in u # face. The injury has been very pail N full and MT. Hull has been confined < his home. pr. Higgins is attending hi