Morning journal and courier., 1892-01-27
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

They Talked About the Weather Death of Postmaster MOore's
 Father Judge Deming's Lecture
 To-Night-A Runaway-Mrs. Jones'
 New House-NeW Council 0. A. M. |"
 St. Ignattus Society's Fair-Har-
 vesttng lce-A Young Cyelone-An
 Arrival from the South-Fo Attend
 Divine Service -, Miscellaneous
 News.
 "Ireland" is the subject of an illus trated lecture to be given by Judge L. P. Deming in Central hall this evening at 8 o'clock.
 A horse attached to . two wheeled cart, and startled by horse running without harness, dashed down East Grand avenue wildly yesterday afternoon, but was stopped on the bridge before any damage resulted.
 Mrs. E. R. Jones, the dentist, is to build house of nine rooms on Hill street, Fair Haven Heights. The foundation is now being prepared.
 Mrs. Herbert Barnes, who went out to Kansas City to see her son, Arthur D. Barnes, who was thought to be critically ill, has returned with him. MT. Barnes is not able to be out, but is slowly i'm proving.
 The meeting to organize a council of o. A. M. to have been held last evening, has been postponed for one week to better accommodate the grand officers. The new council will probably have it's headquarters in the society hall in the Granniss build ing.
 There has not been an interment in the Fair Haven cemetery in ten days. Last l month there were seven interments in a single week. g,r
 On February 26, at 2 P. m, the opening l night of the fair to be given in Music Hail by the St. Ignatius T. A. & B. society, the | St. Ignatius society will turn out in full ranks, headed by @ drum corps, and march through the principal streets of the city. The fair is to run four nights. A canvas sing committee from the society is receiv- | ing hearty responses from merchants of the city.
 l Everybody talked about the weather yes terday and there was no argument when the assertion was made that it was the | coldest of the season. Last evening l when the thermometer scored only sever and the breeze blew at a thirty mile ar
 hour clip, it was trife too cold for ex
 posed noses, ears and finger tips. The
 northerly wind made very low tide and
 in the Quinnipiac river yesterday after
 noon quite a number of men were digging
 clans and there were probable no colder l men in the town of New Haven. But tho
 ice men were happy over the prospec
 of harvest. E. B. Rowe hat
 gang of about dozen men culling nin
 inch ice on the Russell pond. Part of tn,
 ice was put in Rowe's ice house and tn,
 balance to Merwin's packing house. 4 l fau, mora houro nf u,o {ayn
 would ensure good ice harvest. Ther
 was considerable anchor ice in the Quinni
 piac river last evening The channel nea
 the Quinnipiac bridge is likely to close up
 Yesterdays heavy wind capeiz-d & loa,
 of hay near William R. Hemingway
 house. MT. Hemingway was sending tn
 hay to the city when young cyclon
 struck the load and overturned it. Postmaster Moore received inteIligenc
 last evening of the death of his father, Jo
 seph Moore, at his home in Coldwater
 Mich, at the age of eighty-seven years
 MT. Moore was a native of New York stat
 war of the rebellion. His widow is also i
 very bad health. Mir. Moore leaves fou
 sons and four daughters, all6f whom, wit
 the exception of Postmaster Moore of Fai | Haven and 8 daughter who lives in Buffalo
 reside in Michigan. When Postmaste Moore visited his father last fall he was il excellent health.
 A small schooner with about 1 ,500 bust . els of oysters for A. B. Barnes and one o , two other dealers has arrived. Anothe , vessel is daily expected.
 Upon the invitation of the Rev. J. Le
 Mitchell the members of Pioneer, Wasl , ington and Garfield councils, O. U. A. M | will attend divine service at the Gran a avenue Congregational church on the ev
 ming of Sunday, February 21, the servit e ] to be in commemoration of Washington birthday. It is expected that the churc a will be decorated with flags and bunting q and there will be patriotic music by u
 choir.