Morning journal and courier., 1889-11-30
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

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 Despite the early predictions, the oyster dealers enjoyed very fair Thanksgiving trade. The weather preceding Thanksgiv- ing was very unsuitable for chipping oysters, but the orders were heavier than could well be expected. With the improved weather there should be better tone to tho market. Miss Edna B. Kelley, of 47 Atwater street and G. H. Goodwin of Waterbury, will be married December 5.
 Calvin Russell is building four double tenement houses on Lombard street, to cost about $2O, 900. L. W. Robinson is tho archi- tect. With the establishment of the new plant of the G. E. Warner Manufacturing company there Is likely to be an increased demand for rents in that section of the Twelfth ward.
 E. Otis Honey, formerly of this place, recently read paper entitled Observations on some:of the trap ridges of the East Haven and Branford Rsgion,n before the Bridgeport Scientific society.
 The meeting of the W. c. T. union to-mor- row afternoon will be held in the Grand Avenue Baptist church, and will be ad- dressed by Rev. A. McNicholl of Westville. The society has decided for the present to hold these Sunday afternoon meetings in the several churches. The experiment 50 far has been success, . 9oodly number being able to attend whom the meeting is held in their neiRhborhood who could not otherwise do so.
 The prevalence of diphthsris does not seem to affect the attendance at the schools. There is good attendance at the Woolsey school; in ono room with an enumeration of 53 pupils the present attendance is 4S. The schooner H. P. Shares is at Pensacola, Florida, loading lumber for New York. Her outward cargo was phosphate. The masts for the now four-masted schooner James G. Deeoher are nearly completed and it is expected that they will be stepped next week. Tho construction of these built-up masts has been watched with interest.
 Rev. Joseph Cook, the son.in-law of Willis Hemingway, who often spends Thanksgiving with the latter, was unable to do 70 this year. He has bssn featuring for couple of months in the west and arrivsd at his summer home in Ticonderoga, N. Y., in time to spend the holiday with his aged mother, who is quite inhrn. He is now in Boston. Early in Jan Trement Temple. These lectures are delivered from 12 to l p. m. and are attended each Monday by audiences of from 1,500 to 2.50O people.
 The New Haven Bicycle club, in order to keep up practice, have decided to have a club walk occasionally, beginning to-mor- row, when party will walk to Meriden,. re- turning on the cars. Among the walkers will be Ernest O. Rowe of this place. The other pedestrians are Andrews, Backus and Bartlett.
 Elford Bradley has opened meat market in the store in the old Quinnipiac House building, recently occupied by 8. N. Brown for grain store.
 Early Thursday morning, as Edward H. bridge, he lost diamond ring from his finger and was unable to find it In the dark. He offered reward of $10 for it's recovery, and at daylight . small boy found the ring and secured the reward.
 MT. Ezra w. Barnard of East Glastonbury spent Thanksgiving with his friend, Post- master Moore.
 Thomas s. Smith of Washington, formerly of Fair Haven, Is visiting here and Is pre- pairing to place on the market a now wagon brake of his invention. The appliance is of very simple mechanism, but works efec- | lively and the inventor hopes to make its l sale success.
 Rev. MT. Clark of the East Haven Congre l gstional church, and family, spent Thanks l giving at his old home in Newington. Last l Sunday he preached Thanksgiving dis course in his church.
 John O. Rowland of this place, iigh priest | of the Connecticut Grand Chapter Royal | Arch Nasens, attended the conolave of the | general grand chapter of the order at Allan to, 0a., recently.
 The card business Is reviving at the msnu- factories and the shipments from the Fair Haven postofice amount to between 5000 | and 1, 1000 packages per day. The trade is at It's best after ths holidays.
 George N. Dayton has sold the oyster steamer Clee to Robert Pettis of Providence, who will continue the vesse1 in the same business on Narrsgsnsstt Bay. The steamer Is forty-s seven feet long, thirteen feet beam and Ave feet depth of hold.
 Mt. Holyoke seminary and Miss Laura Dem- Ing of the Bradford (Mass.) academy spent at their homes in Fair Haven.
 Tho following is the programme for the praise service at the Sec- ond Congregational church Sunday evening: Organ prelude.
 JnDnaes o,;:,,.,t. DOW Psalm 95, in unison.
 Hymn l,sl0. Prayer. f'"'s' A'- -i0"''' '' ouartstte. aUnto Thee Lord. do ~s Give Thanks Watson A''''''' Rev D. M. james. j pastor. @ '' '''Hk Hymn ,s3o. Scripture reading. solo-"Come Unto Me-: Coenen | The Beatitudes. responsiveiy. Lords Prayer, in unison.
 Quartette,
 Hymnl;ss7.