Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-10
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Royal Arcanum Omcers Installed- MT. Humiston,s Funeral-The Elec- tric Light Works-Vessels Trading
 With Long Island-The Fair Ha-
 ven Coasters-The Week of Prayer Death of MT. Evarts-Society Om-
 cers Elected.
 Thursday evening District Grand Dep uty John E. Warner installed the follow ing as officers of Live Oak council, 1927, Royal Arcanum: Regent, Lewis L. Brad ley; vice regent, George s. Adams; orator, H. E. Franklin; past regent, George J.. Bishop; secretary, Edwin R. Slater; col lector, George Oldershaw, jr.; treasurer. Willis G. Montague; chaplain, Henry Manwaring; guide, Fl. S. Bent; warden, Thomas Broadbent; sentry, William Lowe; first trustee, Frank E. Hull; second trus- tee, John 0. Bradley, jr.; third trustee, Thomas I. Kinney. The lodge is growing in membership and is prosperous. Thurs day evening one candidate was initiated and another will be initiated at the next meeting.
 Quite number of friends of the late Franklin T. Humiston will attend the funeral at St. Peter's church, Cheshire, to- day at 1:30 p. m. MT. Humiston's death was very sad. He removed to pleasant home in Cheshire late in the summer, and was enjoying his stay in his native town after many busy years at business in this place, where he resided many years. He was pleasant and genial man, and his many friends here feel very sorry because of his untimely death.
 Straw is used in the horse cars this week and the feet of passengers are kept the warmer. For the past two winters its use was not required as the weather was so mild
 The east end of the new electric light building at Gainesville bridge, was shut in with corrugated iron this week. A considerable amount of the machinery has been placed and it looks as if the building would yet be used. It is well lighted building, thanks to many windows. In the front there are over 300 panes of glass. Despite the rough weather on the sound this winter, the trade in starch feed be- tween Glen Cove, Long Island, and Gainesville bridge stores, has been kept up by small two-masted schooners.' These vessels sometimes come across the sound in perilous weather, but the crews are thorough going seafarers and seldom meet with disaster. The Edward Mclaughlin arrived yesterday with load of feed. The schooner Charles l.. Valentine is al Baltimore from Savannah with hard pine lumber. The James G. Beecher arrived al Philadelphia from New York yesterday tc l load coal.
 H. H. Hanscom has the keel laid for l 600-ton three-master, and men are in the woods cutting the remainder of the frame Work in setting the frame will be resumed l about March l.
 "Icing" at Hemingway's pond is jus now at it's heighth. Work is also we'll ad 1 vanced on new ice house to hold 'abou l 6, 700 tons of ice. l The Grand avenue and the Second Con ! gregational churches have held united ser | vices in the week of prayer series, whicl | have been alternated between the tw' ! churches. At the Baptist church tn l meetings have been very interesting ant 1 fifteen persons have been forward fo | prayers.
 William R. Evarts died Thursday at hi residence on Perkins street after an Hines
 of nearly year of paralysis. He was | plumber and had shop on Grand avenu ! years A widow and daughter surviv
 him.
 l Mr.and Mrs. .Lucius Rowe and MI. Rowe
 sister, Miss Harriet Rowe, have gone t
 Riverside, California.
 ] Officers of the new Hiram Camp division
 No. IA, s. of T., are: W.P., J.B. Ellis; W
 A., Mary E. Bassett; R. s., T. E. Nunan
 A.R.S., Jennie H. Nunan; F.S. J.S. Young
 treasurer, J. c. Burwell chaplain, c. H
 Seeley; conductor, T. O. Perry; assistan
 conductor, Myra Seeley; I. S., Mary Grid
 leigh; O.S., F. J. Smith; P. w. F., J. H
 Perry.
 1 Fidelity division No. 27, Sons of Ten
 perance, of East Haven, has elected off
 cers as follows: Samuel F. Russell, W
 F.; Nellie Thompson, w.. A. F.; Ev
 Bradley, R. s.; Myra Russell, A. R. s c. c. Kirkham, treasurer; c. H. Smith, F
 S.; Andrew M. Crow, chaplnin; H.
 Frisbie. Con-; Ida Fonda, A. O.; Cla1
 Nickerson, I. S.; Waffle Coker, o.
 The society is in fourishing condition
 with membership of over one hundred East Haven Literary society has electe
 these oficers:2 0. J. Curtiss, presiden c. H. Smith, vice president; Herbert Ficl
 erson, secretary; Charles Reyes, to carr
 the keys of the treasury; Leonard Thom,
 son, janitor. This society meets once
 week-Wednesday evenings-in the bas
 ment of the Stone chapel. Before Jude
 Thompson's leaving for Arizona he pr
 sented the society with 8 stove wit | oh to boot tho rooDoo