Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-02
Fair Haven Items.


 A concert is to be held in the First Congre- gational church, Fair Haven, this Wednesday evening, May 2, under the auspices of the young ladies of the church for the benefit of the Young Ladies Missionary society. The New Haven Orchestra club will give choice selections, Misses Whittemore and Bradley and Messrs D. A. Jones, A. P. Hall and G. R. Dickinson will be the vocalists, and Miss Cady, fine elccutionist will give readings. The programme will be very enjoyable one and cannot fail to interest. Give the young peoples efforts a rousing benefit.
 The school children are enjoying their va- cation this week.
 The first of May yesterday. but no May day festival.
 As warm weather advances the oyster trade is more quiet.
 Several cargoes of oysters for planting are due.
 Improvements on North Quinnipiac street
 More moving yesterday in this vicinity than ever before.
 How many one-dollar bills will it take to weigh five dollar gold piece down? Just guess.
 base ball on the latter's grounds. The score stood II to 8.
 H. M. Shannon, in Chamberlain $ Co.'s grocery house, is much afflicted with the rheumatism in the shoulders, so much so that he has hardly any use of his left arm.
 John Baittinger, who lost his arm at Stam- ford last winter by the railroad cars running over the limb, has taken the news stand in the postoffice. John is @ worthy young man and we hope that all who can will patronize him and so help him along in his new busi- ness.
 Mir. Charles Potter, who has been so long on the Fair Haven delivery wagon of Root, the baker, has given this route up and will go to Birmingham on the route there for the same firm. s. l.. Bradley has taken Mir. Potter's place.
 Business at the Hemingway ice houses as summer approaches grows quite brisk. MT. Charles Palmer has charge of the weighing houses. Charley is quite popular and just the man for the place.
 A birthday party was given to Miss Ada Lindsley, who was fifteen years old that day, at her residence on Monday afternoon, by her companions. The young ladies wore the dresses of Eye olden time, and the occasion was heartily enjoyed by both Miss Ada and the visitors.
 MT. Sherman Russell, jr., on Monday last while getting his boat to the wharf after he had been down the river, accidentally fell into the water Fortunately the water was not deep and MT. Russell scrambled to dry land quickly, deciding that the water was too cold for bathing yet
 Mir. Daniel Wedmore arrived here yester- day from his orange grove in Palatka. He will sojourn here through the summer sea- son, but the improvements on his plantation will keep going on the same during his absence. MT. W. Is very enthusiastic over the sunny cline in Florida, and advises his friends to secure an orange grove and stay there through the cold weather
 The annual renting of the pews at the First church took place on Monday evening. MT. Henry R. Barnes was the auctioneer About $1 600 were taken in from the sale, ,the premiums over the appraisals ranging from $1 to $3o. The sales will be continued Sunday. The total amount will reach about $3, 800.
 At the Second church the seats of the church for the ensuing year were also on sale the same evening. There was quite goodly attendance. The total result will nearly reach that of last year. W. P. Niles, the at- torney, by his eloquence, his brilliant sallies and jokes helped to make the occasion agree able and add to the amount of the sales.
 At the sale of seats in the East Pearl street M E. church Monday night, the sum realized was much larger than last year.