Morning journal and courier., 1883-12-27
Fair Hauam Hama

Christmas at the Great Southern hotel in St. Louis, Mo. Many thanks to MT. Mallory for copies of the Denver, Cheyenne, Kansas City, St. Louis and other western daiies. MT. William Lancraft had 8 porker ten ! months old butchered on Monday last, wE1ich 1 weighed four hundred and eight pounds Freeman Clark, who killed the hog says il is the largest one hs nas slaughtered this sea son.
 The Sunday school Christ entertain, ment, "Jacob's Ladder, at the East Pearl street Methodist church on Tuesday even, ing was we'll attended in spite of the snow. The exercises were fine and the presents were very nice. Six hundred names were called wbieh the teachers were called, they distrib..' ting the presents to tlieir scholars. The Christmas exercises for the Sunday school of the First Congregational church took place last evening. The programms arraned for the event was an excellent one, and was heartily enjoyed by the members of the Sabbath school and those present. Tho warm weather yesterday softened up the snow so that the sleighing is very bad. Those who came in from the country with produce say that in some pieces 1t is almost impossible for loadsd teams to got along.
 MT. George A. Linsley, the efficient Demo cratic register of the Fourte enth, returned home yesterday afternoon from a short visit with friends in Deep River.
 The old bell of the First church was re- moved from the belfry on Christmas day, and the new bell placed in it's position
 s. D. Bradley 6 Co.,, feed and grain dsal- CTS on Grand street, who opened a branch store in the Hemingway Rowe block during the building of the bridge over Mill river, now that the bridge is completed, have closed the branch store, and do all the business at the old headquarters again.
 MT. A. B. Barker and family of Branford, and MT. J. P. Hopson and family, of New London, were among the visitors iIojourning nere over Christmas. They return ed to their homes yesterday morning.
 Yesterday afternoon at half-pGst five o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Knowles, mother of the bride, on Harbor street. Guil ford, few of the nearest friends were as sembled to witness; the marriage or Mise
 Hattie Knowles of Guilford, and Morgan E. Fowler, of Fair Haven. After the swair were pronounced man and wife, short re- ception was held, and collation. served
 May prosperity and happiness go with Mir and Mrs. Fowler on their journey through life together. The happy couple took the train for New York and will go tSn 8 short wedding tour. The bridal prese ats were beautiful.
 The Christmas festivities for the Sunde1 school of St. James church will take place this evening.
 Christmas day passed of very quietly. In the morning the church services were fairly attended. So me few of the hunters started out on a days sport, but the snow being so deep they did not go far goodly number went out on the avenue in the city in the afternoon to see the fun. Several of them were caught out in the snow storm. The horse CATS were running on twelve min utes time and were well patro nized. The snow in the evening kept most of the people In aoors-naking many family gathering at the fireside, that would not have been had the evening been pleasant. Several visitors from abroad spent Christmas here with fri ends, and few of our people went out ot l tl4e place to take Christmas dinner. On Christmas evening about o'clock, as MT. J. Chester Bradley was going from his house to the barn, he heard in the distance some one shouting for help. He immediate ly started across the lots in the direction from which the call came, stepping at Mir
 John G. Tuttle's. who hitched up his team and both went to the rescue, going over tht Little River bridge onto the crossway l When opposite from where tk4e sound came
 they left the team and started on to the sal
 meadows. When near the Air Line railroad
 track, under hay stack they found mar
 who had lost bis way in the driving snow
 storm. He was completely tired out ant
 would probably have peris he'd. The msl proved to be MT. Dunn. Ba was taken t. his home on Middletown av enue just abov, Little river. He had been to New Havel and was on his return hom g. He missed hi way and strayed of onto the salt meadows
 When he could proceed no longer he fel near the hay stack, where his rescuers foun, him.