Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-12
Fair Haven News.

General Items of In6erest-The Gypsy
 CamP-PeFsOnRl
 March winds, April showers and May weather combined to help out for the past two days.
 Regular meeting of Hose company No. at the engine house this evening at o'clock.
 Borough election at the engine house to- day. Polls open from o'clock a. n. until noon. It is expected there will be two tickets in the field, but as there is Ho excite ment about the election the vote boiled will be very light. An annual meeting is called at the same place at 12 noon. when probably the meeting will adjourn until the first Monday | in June. MT. Fred w. Foote is out again and able to l attend to the business at the store, after l weeks confinement with the humps. Major R. R. Strong contemplates this week l going to the Southwest as far as Texas and may possibly extend the trip farther. The Berry Pickers, musical operetta, is to be given at the First church on Wednes- day and Thursday evenings under the direc- tion of MT. J. c. Bradley, the leader of the choir of the church.
 The oyster dredge steamer Virginia made her trial trip last week and fully came up to | all that was expected of her. The boat will engage in the dredging trade this week. | MT. George DeForest, who was for some time clerk successiVely in Wyllis fleming ways dry goods store and later in Monsou & Carpenters store in this city, is now pleasantly located in Oswego, N. r.. visited over the Sabbath with Mir. F. Howard Hem l inoway's people. The traveller will return home to-day.
 MT. Willie Loomis, proprietor and pub fisher of the New Haven Advertiser during it's existence, visited here over the Sabbath with his people and among his friends. Mir. Loomis is situated in Rockville, and is well pleased with the place and people.
 The gypsy camp, consisting of four fine large wagons and two smaller ones, With | thirty or more persons and about twenty ! horses, is located just little east of the big ice houses. The gypsies had very large number of visitors all day yesterday some going afoot, others in carriages. Al one time there were over hundred visitors present. This camp keeps the Sabbath as { day of rest, telling no fortunes, doing nc trading or any unnecessary work. Int horses are all good ones. and the large wag
 ons are kept up in frst-class shape and verI | neat Several of the visitors were caught il the showers while they were at the gypsl ! settlement.
 A number of the friends of Miss Minnie
 Bradley paid her surprise visit on last Fri
 day evening, her birthday. The fai
 hostess was taken completely abacl } at seeing so many callers at on time, having no suspicion of what wa going to take place. She soon recovered
 from her surprise, and most cordially vel
 comed them one and all, and spared no pain . to make it pleasant time for all. It needless to say that her endeavors were sue
 cessful. The programme consisted o
 music, readings and games. Miss Haiti
 Bickford, of Boston, cousin of Miss Min nie's was present and entertained the assem-
 bly finely with her readings, which wer
 greeted with hearty applause.
 The services at the churches yesterda were well attended, some of the audience being unusually large. At the First church
 missionary from the far East preached in tn
 morning and also spoke at the evening praye
 meeting. At the Second church the pastor : Rev. Mir. Blakeslee, preached in the morning In the evening prayer and promise servic
 was held. At St. James, church the Rev
 MT. Wildman, of Wallingford, preached Il
 the morning and evening. having exchanges
 with the Rev. Dr. Vibbert, the pastor of St , James,.