Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-17
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

The Ward Registrars at Work-D1ed at the Age of Ninety-One- Beacon
 Hill Drive-State of the oyster Mar ket-The Norfolk COmpetitors-Wil welcome the Yale Navy-A Wedding Soon to occur.
 The registrars are at work in the several wards fixing up the voting ists. In the Twelfth the work is in the hands of L. F. Barnes and Frank Foley.
 The sloops Tormentor and Maria D., are on the ways at Groves shipyard undergo ing repairs.
 Sig Bauer has added fine, new chair to his barber shop.
 Mary A. Betts, an inmate of the Home of the Friendless, who was buried on Thurs day, had attained the age of ninety-one years.
 In the East Pearl street M. E. church on Thursday, September s9, at 12:30 p. m., l H. w. Crawford of Clinton avenue, will be married to Robert s. Griswold of Hart ford.
 1 The East Haven town hall having been destroyed by fire, the town fathers will have to secure some voting place for the coming election. The steam shovel was set to work on the Short Line cutoff on Thursday. The work of the big affair is watched by many inter ested spectators.
 Miss Esther Russell of Exchange street goes to Baltimore Monday for two weeks.
 The family of Captain Crossley' have re- turned from Madison.
 A large sloop is discharging New Jersey clay at one of the South Front street wharves for the Fair Haven pottery. A gang of trackmen of the Horse Rail- road company worked all Thursday night in putting the double tracks in order st the place where the sewer in Grand avenue has just been completed and they were in use yesterday morning for the first time in about five weeks. Yesterday the men were at work removing the temporary track, which has been used in transferring the cars past the obstruction.
 The sewer at the Grand avenue school house having become obstruoted from the roots of the elm trees, which penetrated between the joints, workmen have been engaged several days in excavating tho pipe and clearing out the Instructions.
 Orrin Potter of South Quinnipiac street a veteran of the Fifteenth regiment c. V. will leave Monday on the Washington ex cursion.
 Work has besn resumed on the new roat to the summit of Beacon hill. When com pleted this will afford 8 very fine drive.
 Although the output of oysters is in creasing in volume every week, it is not a large as it would be but for the shipment
 from Norfolk into New England. Tn
 southern shipments began only few day
 ago, and in some cases the Norfolk dealer r can underbid the Connecticut shippers
 A Fair Haven dealer eaid last evening ths @ one Massachusetts firm to whom he ha y been shipping 100 gallons of oysters pc @ week had transferred it's trade to Norfol
 on account of cut in the prices. Late i d the season, however, the Fair Haven shiI if pers will be busy and will have no diff l. culty in marketing all of their stock. ,r The Yale launch is anchored in Quinn r. piac river above the Quinnipiac bridg,
 The craft is in excellent order and read Y for @ spin during the pleasant autum Y days with representatives of the Yale nav, le The boys will be gladly welcomed back o v the river.
 At the annual meeting of the Home Mi d sion society of the Grand avenue Bapti W church the topics considered showed tf r, perils of the country and the strong nee rs of home mission work, especially in u 1t cities. The evils arising from immigr
 tion were also considered. Papers we is read by several members. Officers we is elected as follows: Mrs. A. H. Cargi s- president; Mrs. John McGregor, vice prei 1g dent; Mrs. John Hill, secretary and trsa