Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-28
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Church Statistics-Business at the
 Wire Mill-Sunday School Normal Class-Funeral of a veteran-Mystfc Shrtners at BrfdgepOrt-To Enter a
 Convent-Of for Europe-To Attend
 Seventy.fifth Anniversary Com-
 memoration-SuperI Goes
 vfsit-Sale of a Fast Trotter.
 Rev. E. O. Sage, clerk of the New Haven Baptist association, who has completed the minutes of the recent meeting in Water bury, forwarded them for printing yester- day and also data for the Baptist year book.
 There are now 135 men now employed at the wire milt There is 8 market for the manufactured product nearly as soon as it is made.
 school of Grand avenue Baptist church have already joined the normal class which meets for the first time next Monday eve ming, and is to meet weekly.
 The funeral of Sidney Bradley, an in mate of the Soldiers home at Noroton. was conducted yesterday afternoon in East Haven, where he formerly belonged. He was sixty eight years of age and a veteran of the First Connecticut Heavy artillery.
 Judge Deming and Major H. H. Story were among thoss who attended the cele- bration and banquet of Pyramid lodge of the Mystic Shrine in Bridgeport Monday evening.
 Miss Mary Sheehan, daughter of Jere- miah Sheehan of Blatchley avenue, went to Hartford Monday to enter the convent of the Sisters of Mercy.
 George Ross, leader of the Montowese band, came near drowning while fishing in East Haven river day or two ago.
 John L. Jude, for several years resi- dent of Fair Haven, sailed for Europe Monday.
 The congregation of the Grand avenue Baptist church has been invited to unite in the exercises oommemorating the seven- ty-fifth anniversary of the First Baptist church next Sunday afternoon. Rev. E. c. Sage will be one of the speakers. James T. Coe, superintendent of the Soldiers Home at Noroton, and recently of this place, came up on Monday to buy supplies and to hire cook. He says that the affairs at the home are going on very nicely.
 Yesterday was another very rough day for oyster dredging.
 Constable Charles R. spiegel, who has had charge of the Old Colony distillery fol the past eighty eight days, came over last evening to surrender the place back to the company and relieved Keeper David Shields. The past week about fifty bar rels of whiskey have been taken out by owners and mostly shipped to New York. There are in stock between eight and nine thousand barrels of spirits, mostly whis key. The purchasers have three yearf after purchasing to remove it, by paying storage at the rate of six cents per barrel each month. The principal l business of the old company was tht manufacture of 8 low grade of goods, bu the new company in order to evade a con fict with the whisky trust, proposes tt | extensively manufacture rum and high class of goods which will not infringe witt l the trade of their competitors. Caleb Toronto has disposed of one O his pair of horses which have trotted 1T 2:45. "Little Wonder" which he ha just put away, has record of 2:33. Thi little horse is one of the fastest in Fai Haven.
 The Woolsey evening school opened Monday evening with forty pupils. Thi number is likely to be increased and it i. the intention to make this school bette l than ever before.