Morning journal and courier., 1892-07-11
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Pulpit Exchanges--SOns of Temper.
ance Installation--Schoo Commit
temen--To Plant Many Shells--
Change of Lodge Quarters--CaptaIn
Hervey In the Fruit Trade--Omcers
of Bigelow Counctl--Personal News.
The lodge room of Woolsey lodge, Knights
of Honor, has been changed from the hall
at the corner of East Pearl street and
Grand avenue, where it has been located
several years, to the Sons of Temperance
hall in the Central hall building. The
evening of the regular lodge meeting has
been changed from Tuesday to Monday
evening. The lodge will meet in their
new quarters next Monday evening.
Mrs Henry B. Goodaie of GA Houston
street and Mrs. Frank T. Humiston of
Cheshire have returned from visit with
friends at Corona, Long Island.
Captain John g. Hervey has brought
in two cargoes of fruit from the Bahama
islands in the schooner Mary G. Decker
the past season. One cargo was landed at
New York and the other at Baltimore.
Captain Hervey is expecting to continue
freighting Virginia oysters to this port in
| the fall
Mrs. Marcus Butterfeld and children
of Bridgeport are visiting her parents,
Captain and Mrs. Frederick Mansfield.
Isaac F. Mallory has horse that he has
| owned over eighteen years. The animal is
over twenty years old and is in good con-
dition.
Miss May L. Parmalee, teacher in the
Center street school. and her friend, Miss
Boughton, are at Plymouth, Vt.
Bigelow council, No. no. U. A. M, has
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mander, Homer Wesson; junior ex COM
mander, Merton W. Putney; councillor,
James 81. Cameron; vice commander, Fred
| A. Scranton; recording secretary, Henry
Reichel; treasurer, a. NJ. " essen; in
ductor; William Tuber; examiner, George
| Durstein; inside protector, Paul A. Gold
berg; outside protector, A. Lawler; trus-
tees, George Durstein, William Penfeld,
E. L. Whitney; representatives to state
council. William Pen6eld, James Il: Clan
| eron, M. W. Putney, 81. Wesson. Twelve
| petitions for membership are now pending,
and at the last meeting seven took the
third degree and four the first and second.
| At the Grand avenue Baptist church
yesterday the pastor, Rev. E. G. Sage, ex-
changed with Rev. w. P. Elsdon of Water
bury. Mr.. Elsdon ia one of the most
eloquent preachers of the denomination in
| the state.
D. g. w. P, J. B. Ellis, assisted by g..
G., M. J. Barnes, have installed officers of
Hiram camp division S., of T., as follows:
W. P, w. 81. Pollard; w. A., Miss Laura
E. 81. Potter; F. s., Miss Ida Waters;
treasurer, Howard Waters; chaplain, Mrs.
@. w. Kanahan; conductor, F. Smith;
assistant conductor, Miss Annie Dumond:
L. S., w. F. Somers; o. S., 9. Belden.
Richard Nickerson, engineer at Salton-
stall lake, who has gone into the bee bust
ness for supplying honey, has just re-
ceived queen bee from Dayton, Ill. The
shipment was made through the mails.
The Union school district of East Haven
has elected this school committee: Henry
T. Thompson, Charles T. Hemingway, G.
n. Steppe.
In few days the oystermen will begin
Smelling the oyster beds. It is estimated
there are in Fair Haven 600, 900 bushels of
shells, representing about $42 900 when
planted. To transport these shells will re-
quire big fleet of boats. For loading the
shells about sixty cents per hundred bush
els is paid and the transportation costs
about a cent per bushel.
Beautiful dahlias in full bloom, of many
varieties, are to be seen this early on the
Front street. The stalks of these beauties
are already seven and one-half feet high
and flourish in bank of solid sand.
| A Trip to Newport.
On next Saturday the Elm City will give
one of those popular excursions to New.
port, the celebrated summer resort. These
excursions are given annually by the
Elm City, and are alwaye largely patron
lied. The trip east will be made through
sionists a chance to view Mystic Island
Lyle's Beach, Watch Hill, Point Judith,
Fort Adams and Narragansett Pier. The
boat will leave Bolle dock Saturday at a.
M; returning, will leave Newport at 10
o'clock same evening, arriving in New Ha-