Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-08
Fair Haven.

Miss Lulu Linsley reached home Saturday afternoon from Deep River, where she has
 been visiting over the holidays.
 Many of the oysters brought from Virginia
 waters this season are quite small, and do
 not suit the ''shuckers, y as it is almost i'm
 possible to make anything like day wages in
 opening them.
 Of the coal boxes now being built at
 the old shipyard, near the wire mills, half
 the number contracted for are completed,
 and the rest will be finished in few weeks.
 The Masonic brothers most heartily con-
 gratulate Corinthian Lodge, F. & A. NJ, of
 Northford, on the grand success of their
 fourth annual on New Years evening. Nearly
 eighty couples were in the grand promenade,
 and the net proceeds were over $1O0. The
 dancing was kept up until Tuesday morning
 at daybreak. It was the largest party ever given in Northford, and was a perfect suc-
 cess in ever way, nothing in the least happen ing to mar the pleasure.
 Mr. Eugene Hamilton has purchased the H. R. Barnes wharf property on South
 Front street, and is repairing the buildings thereon.
 Opened oysters in barrels shipped from
 the South to dealers here, due on Thursday
 night, did not reach here until Saturday. The
 heavy cold storm that prevailed was the cause of the delay.
 Two of our sportsmen went out rabbit hunting one day last week, and they caught fifteen of them and used ferret either. They were well satisfied with their days tramp.
 Not much going down the river after oys ters such days as last Friday and Saturday. Some few went down on Friday in the storm. H11,1 o1 oil of IUith sails and implements pretty well used up, and well satisfied not to go again in any such weather.
 Almost all the oyster dealers in the coun- try object to having kerosene oil put in with the oysters in the tubs after they are on the depot platform ready to be shipped away. Not one of them thinks that the oysters are any the better for 1t.
 At the morning service yesterday at the Second church the holy communion was par
 taken Of Fourteen persons were added to the church, five by profession and the others by letter from sister churches. The evan gelist Rev. Mir. Hammond, was present, and
 after the Lords Supper made some very in teresting remarks.
 At the morning service at St. James, l church there was preaching by the rector, Rev. Dr. Vibbert. In the afternoon there were childrens exercises, and g service in the evening when the rector, Rev. Dr. Vibbert. preached a New Years sermon. It was 8 ! fine discourse and listened to with much at l tention.
 The series of meetings conducted by the 1 evangelist Rev. E. Payson Hammond | held in Fair Haven this week, commenced yesterday afternoon at the First church, a ! union service being held. The church was well filled, the Sunday school scholars occu- | pvinp the front seats in the center pews. l Little Charlie Hale the blind boy, was pres- l ent and sang most beautifully, his sweet | voice filling every part of the house, and his | singing fairly enraptnring the whole audi | ence After the meeting the blind boy was l taken down among the children and intro ! duced, shaking hands with all. In the even- | ing union service was held at the Second l church. It was well attended and the exer-
 cises were exceedingly interesting. Bible l services will be held every morning this l week at 10 o'clock in the parlors of inc East Pearl street Methodist church, commencing this morning. Chlldren's ser 1 vice will be held this afternoon at four l o'clock in the First church. There will be l also services in the same place this evening, 1 and services will continue alternately each 1 afternoon and evening through the week In the First and Second churches. | AS MT. John Dayton, of Quinnipiac mar- 1 ket on Saturday last was delivering meat to 1 his customers on Bridge street, Waterside, his horse became frightened and started on a
 run up the street. Iurnlng .n ,n1o n tesrS tesr
 was stopped by MT. Frank Thrall, without any damage being done.
 The following is from the Bridgeport Far mer: The models are prepared for the con- l struction of new oyster boat for Isaac E. ! Brown, of Fair Haven, Henry J Lewis and the Stratford Oyster company. The keel is to be seventy-five feet long and breadth of beam fourteen and one-half feet. The boat
 will cost from Ss, GOO to $9, 900 and will be I built for speed, as she is to be used as 9 l watch boat on the Bridgeport and Stratford beds as well as for dredging purposes. The ! contract is not yet awarded.