Morning journal and courier., 1889-02-26
FAIR HAVEN.

Building OPerations-Enterta
 This week-Oyster Dealers Troubles
 The oyster Dealers and the Shell
 Fish Commission Board-The First
 Church Helpers, Coming oyster Sup.
 per.
 Samuel R. Blatehley, who recently bought the property at the corner of Grand avenue and James street, will shortly begin the erec- ton of several fine houses on it.
 The work on Henry A. Loveland's fine new block is going on rapidly. The building
 when completed will be an ornament to this
 part of the city.
 MT. Waterbury's fine new house on Grand
 avenue Is now closed in and the painting
 contract has been awarded to Contractor
 Haesche. The house will be a handsome ad.
 dition to the numerous well built places in
 that locality.
 The annual concert and sociable of Bun
 nell's Big Five Drum corps will be given in
 Central hall tomorrow evening. There will be most unique entertainment in the early part of the evening. The drum corps will play few selections, Lew Crockett will give an exhibition of 7entiiloquism, Messrs. Reeves and Chaffee will play a harnonica duet, F. von Behren will render solo on the zither, MT. Reeves will render solo, Messrs. Potter and Chaffes will play duet | ter will give fife solo. The music for the dancing will be furnished by Smiths orches. tra and Professor Edward Clark of Middle town will act as prompter. The affair will no doubt attract big audience. The attendance at the fair held in the Quinnipiao rink by St. Francis church was quite large last night. Landrigan's band furnished the music and Prof. Foley prompt' ed. Nearly three hundred articles are to bs ! disposed of by chance during the next sever l nights.
 The oyster dealers are not inclined to talk, | a very rose-colored view of the trade thil season. Business is poor, and 50 are tht ! oysters. What is worse, the oysters are no ! only poor but scarce. Then, again, it is hart work getting at the stock, as thexe is goot deal of ice in the harbor.
 The oyster merchants in general in Teil Haven are strongly in favor of the re-ap. l pointment of board of shell fish commis l are opposed to the proposed change, which ii | that there be hereafter but one commissioner They hold that with three commissioner | they are more apt to get that equal and ex act justice, which is as dear to the heart o 1 the oyster merchant as to the average mar in other fields of useful endeavor. They hold, also, that three heads are apt to be bet ter than one in judgment and wisdom. They are also of the opinion that the interests o1 the State will be better served by board o one, clothed with power almost dictational Hence, there is a good deal of interest in Fail Haven on the shell fish commission question | now pending before the legislature of oul good little nutmeg State.
 There is to be an interesting affair at thu First Congregational church next Wednesday | evening. An oyster supper will be given oi 1 that evening in the lecture room, under thu l auspices of the Helpers, an organization ot l boys to aid the missionary work. The fant I of Fair Haven oysters is great, but it is said also, nowhere can oysters be prepare for thu I table so skillfully and 50 well calculated tt l satisfy to the fullest extent the gustatory de mands of the human palate than in Fair Ha yen itself.