Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-01
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Married Twenty YearS-Bntextalned
 by Their Passor-Nos Down on she
 Bills-Captaln LualnGton's Birthday
 To Form . Local Branch of she
 Evangelical Alllance-yecured an Ice
 Charter-The Appeal In she Bridge
 Case-A WeddinE-suppsr and Sale as
 the Four Corners Chapel.
 Thursday was the twentieth anniversary of the marriage of MT. and Mrs. Henry Toronto and in the evening they were paid surprise visit by number of their friends. The party assembled ct the residence of Mir. and Mrs. Lewis P. Converse at the corner of Ex- change and Lloyd streets and then proceeded in Q body to the Toronto home, ,299 Exchange street. The party included the following: MT. and Mrs. John McGregor, O.J. Hull, Mr. and Mrs. J. o. Clogstone and daughter. Nr. and Mrs. Charles Hubbard and daughter, MT. and Mrs. William Rogers, Mrs. F. M. Wiser, Nr. and Mrs. John Santry, Mr. and Mrs. Converse and daughter, Mrs. Sarah Ives, Mir. and Mrs. N. A. Beebe, Mrs. E. 0. Sage and Nora Sage, Mir. and Mrs. Beardsley, Mrs. Jacques, Mrs. W. B. Hubbard, Mir. and Mrs. M. w. Putney, Charles F. Putney, Mrs. Fred Williams, Mrs. Weber and son, MT. and Mrs. Lewis O. Newell and Mrs. Charles French. The evening was pleasantly passed with games, music, etc. A fine collation. was also served by the ladies. Just before the party dispersed Nelson A. Beebe in behalf of the assembled friends presented MT. and Mrs. Toronto with a handsome decorated china tea set. The couple were congratulated upon the consummation of twenty years of happy welded life and in these good wishes all their friends will share. Mir. Toronto is the we'll known officer at the Grand avenue precinct.
 Thirty.three members of Grand avenue Baptist church, who have joined during the years pastorate of Rev. E. O. Sage, were in- vited to the pastors residence iu Wolcott street Thursday evening. Twenty-three of the invited guests were present and the even- ing was very pleasantly passed in sociability, the serving of collation., music, etc.
 One of the participants in the East Haven prize fight, who was offered $25 for bis ser- vices, only secured A. The better class of people look upon the brutal affair in great disgust.
 Thursday evening as Rev. E. o. Sage was entertaining some friends at his home young couple called to be married. The couple were invited into the parlors and the mar riage ceremony was performed in presence of the guests. The affair was not down on the bill of the entertainment, but it was en- joyed just the same. After the ceremony the couple were congratulated by Mir. Sage's guests.
 The sohooners David Carll and Frank P. Hart which brought oargoes of Virginia oysters here, have discharged and are ready to sail. The Hart, a Chinconteague vessel, will bring up another cargo, while the Carll will load with plants to be put down on the "Beach" beds.
 A little daughter of Henry Mozealous of Vale street is i'll with scarlet fever.
 Benjamin H. Horton of IA Saltonstall ave- nua ia vary aicIr with arvainelaa
 William Woodward who has been in Florida several weeks for his health will soon return.
 Ozro Talmadge has just married Mrs. Mary Howard. MT. Talmadge is the well- known boat builder.
 Wednesday evening there was @ supper and sale of fancy articles at the M. E. was conducted by the ladies of the parish and was very successful.
 Rev. Julius Ives of Stratford will fill the pulpit of the First church on Sunday.
 Captain Caleb L. Ludington celebrated his birthday anniversary with few of his friends at his home on South Quinnipisc street. Captain Ludington is seventy-two years of age. For several years he has not enjoyed good health, but is better this win-
 Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the local churches will unite in service at the First church under the auspices of the Evangelical alliance. It is intended to form a local branch here and the services tomorrow will be In behalf of that object. Rev. Frank Russell D. D. of New York, secretary of the alliance, will give an address presenting the objects and aims of the alliance.
 Rev. Dr. Frank Russell of New York will preach at the Second church to omorrow even- ing.
 The schooner Jacob Reed has been char- tered to load ice at Clark's Cove, Me-, for Norfolk, Va, at $1.25 per ton. At Norfolk she will load coal.
 Attorney Russell says the appeal in the East Grand street bridge case will be heard in the supreme court at Bridgeport the third week in April. This bridge is the proposed structure to be erected over the railroad at the East Grand street crossing on the east side. There Is an order for the bridge, but the town, represented by ex- Governor Ingersoll, has appealed on some technical grounds. The recent accidents at the east side crossings have tended to inc crease the public sentiment in favor of the proposed bridge.