Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-01
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

EVen1ng-TO Recover wages Duo-
 A Bazaar Entertainment-I1ln of
 Mrs. CamP-Addresses to Workmen
 -Goed Weather for the Oyster Busi-
 ness.
 The entertainment given by the Bache- lors' club in the Quinnipiac rink last eve ming drew the largest crowd of the season. The principal event on the program was tug g-of-war contest between the St. Igna- tius team and team from the St. Pat rick's society was represented by James Illusion, anchor; John Kennedy, John Mulligan and Thomas Halloran. The St. Patrick's team was composed of D. .Ahearn, anchor; M. Mccarthy, J. Patten and P. Murphy. There were also foot races and comic recitations by Philip Rooney. The affair was under the management of Thomas Morris, J. Patten, J. Casey, J. Bowler and J. Ryan. ,.
 Hiram Camp has severed hik connection with the clock shop after services of near ly fifty years. In his retireIient all our citizens will wish him many years of con- tentment and the ease which he has so well earned.
 Friends of Captain Fred Crossley were sorry to learn yesterday of the grounding of his schooner Jennie E. Fighter in the Delaware river and will be glad to learn of the floating of the weasel without damage. Captain Crossley is a very successful sea captain and has had uniformly good luck.
 Mrs. William H. Barnes, who has been visiting here, left yesterday for New York to join her husband who was to sail in the afternoon by steamer Cherokee for Florida.
 The Old Colony Distilleries company ex- pect within a week to begin manufacturing rum from molasses. They have orders ahead for the product and expect to make 150 barrels of the spirit per day. Last Saturday the company shipped their first barrel of whiskey to the West Indies.
 At tue East side M. E. church Thursday evening Rev. c. B. Pitblado of Ansonia will lecture on Glove and Love Letters. " The proceeds are for the new church soon to be built at the Four Corners.
 Although it was pretty cold down the harbor yesterday the dredge boats were able to work and brought up good catches of oysters The present cold snap is ex- ters.
 Yesterday would have been good day to try the car stoves The heaters are be- ing placed in tn cars at the railroad shops in Grand avenue.
 John Rocket of East Haven has brought suit against Lawyer James H. Cook of Guilford to recover farm wages of $2O0. The case will be tried in January.
 At meeting of East Rock lodge, I. o. U. w., held last evening, there were ad- dresses by Past Grand Workman Sanders and others. Several degrees were also conferred.
 Mrs Hiram Camp of Ferry street is critically i'll.
 The ladies of the Grand avenue church will hold bazaar in the Sunday school room on Tuesdays and Wednesday even- ings If next week. The booths will con. tain many useful and handsome articles that will prove serviceable for Christmas gifts.
 The roof of the Quinnipiac rink has just
 been patched. If the rink is to be retained
 the roof should be entirely recovered. Il
 is q very handy place for entertainments, which are largely attended and it is pity that the big affair does not pay sufficient to keep it in good repair.
 Henry s Lancraft, the oysterman, is a, the Pasteur institute in New York. H. was recently bitten in the lip by house cat, which afterwards died, and he is a the institute awaiting the result of the in jury. It is hardly believed here that the cat was mad.
 At the Ferry street church Rev. Dr. Hart officiated Sunday morning and Rev J. D. Ritchay of Yale divinity school 1T the evening. The pastor, Rev. M. s Phillips, is disabled for the present by 6 severe cough.
 There was large attendance at tn, choral service held in Grace church Sun day evening. The selections were vel rendered and it was very interesting ser vice thrOuphOut
 The meeting Sunday afternoon at the Y M. c. A. was led by w. s. Welton, wh, addressed an interested and earnest audi
 ence of young men. Three expressed de
 sire to begin Christian lives and be manl, young men. The gymnasium is in fin | progress and the association hopes to hay one hundred names before the year is over | Herbert Barnes, of the firm of Strong l Barnes, Hart & Co.,, who is chairman o | the gym" committee, offered to pay $5 fo l every new name secured above one hun | dred. The gymnasium will have bowl 1 ing alley and a good list of apparatus | There will be a special me eting of the as
 sociation tomorrow Wednesday, evenin at 7:45, to talk over the advisability of in | creasing the limited membership to $2. The Eleventh ward is regarded wit l most interest now that the democrats o the Twelfth have fought their battle out a
 the primary. The chief interest is ove
 the Eleventh ward aldermen and the strug gle between Alderman Callahan and Gale | Toronto, the republican nominee, is likel, l to be close one.
 l The cost to the town for maintenance o | the big Fair Haven bridges the past yea
 has been as follows: Tomlinson bridge | $1 ,404 51; Quinnipiac bridge, $3, 192. .09 Lewis bridge, $180 05. The repairs t. Forbes avenue bridge have cost $2, ,766 an, | of Farren avenue $1, ,33S.17 The outla,
 thus expended has given much better high l ways.
 | The liquor cases against Richard N
 Bronson, the saloonkeeper in the annex
 have been continued to December 3. Many chrysanthemum plants are stil
 bearing bright hued blooms indoors Tn,
 plant show which was recently deferred
 because some of the exhibitors had fin plants frosted, will be held next November Horse Gossip.