Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-17
Fair Haven,

The funeral of Robbie, son of Mr.a Mrs Frederick Futile, took place yesterday after noon at 3 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. William E vibbert officiating.
 The Christmas festival of the Sunday school of St. James' church will take place on Thursday evening, December 27th, St. Johns day.
 Adelphi lodge No 63, F. and A. M, will hold their annual communication tomorrow Tuesday, evening It Is expected there will bO full attendance
 Mir. A. D. Barnes has changed his location from Shenandoah, Penn, to Lancaster, In the same State. He assumes the manage ment of the Dressed Beef company in the lat ter place.
 Several of our young men are quite enthu- siastic over the big wages offered to young men to go to Texas to herd cattle, and some of them will go if they only get the advance.
 The Rev. s. s. Martyn, of Vermont, set- | tied over one of the churches in that State, preached at the Second church yesterday | morning. He took his text from Matthew 11th chapter, 11th verse. The discourse 1 was powerful and eloquent one. The ar- euments, illustrations and facts advanced showed that the reverend gentleman fully understood the subject he had taken for his sermon. MT. Martyr during his stay here visited at Mir. John c. Bradley's, on EesS Pearl street.
 1 Mir. Jesse Mallory, the oyster dealer, on Saturday afternoon when coming up Soutn | Quinnipiac street with his team, opposite the l Lester Smith place, met with an accident. 1 His horse stumbled and fell breaking one or the shafts and throwing MT. Mallory, fne l seat and robes out to the ground MT. Ahai- lory was considerably bruised on the snoul- ders and head Yesterday he was quite sore l and stiff for the bruises received.
 MT. Harvey Hemingway returned home on Saturday from an extended tour Tn the west and South, While in Texas he visited sew l eral cattle and sheep ranches ana neroing | stations, both of which he is much interested in. MT. Hemingway was well Pieaseo WILn Texas and thinks he would like living there. 1 He made several trips back farther from clVl- lization. During these journeys he slept nights on the ground and depended on what l fish he caught and the game he killed for his daily food
 E. Mansfield & Sons, oyster dealers, are putting up two rather large buildings ad- joining their oyster houses, to be used ID their business.
 Several of the boatmen on Saturday were hauling out their sharpies on the docks TOT winter quarters.
 Wyllis, eldest son of FrederlcK h: fler' pont on Center street, is quite i'll with con sumption but his physician thinks with prop or care he will get out of doors once more Mr. Pierpont belonged to the United States cavalry and was stationed in Texas The army surgeon, seeing the climate did not agree with the soldiers, secured his discharge telling him if he ever wished to get well 10 gc to his homo in the North right away. He ar rived home little over 8 week ago. Had hli destination been much farther he would moi probably have ever arrived there.
 The Rev Mir. Jerome oficiated yesterday morning and afternoon at the services In the Montowese Baptist church.
 Thermometer on the heights Friday, p m., AS. Thermometer at same place Sunday (yesterdaJ) morRing above, change oi only A degrees in 36 hours. Those Hho went ont of doors called it pretty cold,