Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-12-20
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Their Golden Neutrality-suspicious. Com
graduate Captain and MIS-. Ellis
Upon Fifty Years of Happy welded
Ltfe-They Want Murphy In Fair
Raven-The Pastors Offer to Open
the Churches for His Meetings
Grand worthy Patriarch Farren's
VisitationE-FIre in a Carriage Fac
tory-A General Secretary for the Y.
M. @. A.-Their January Ball.
Captain and Mrs. Obed M. Ellis cele-
brated their fiftieth anniversary at their
home, As Pierpont street, last evening.
About dozen couples were invited, in
Guiding Mr.. and Mrs. John johnson of
Stony Greek, Mr.. and Mrs. George King of
Branford, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Harrison
of North Brsnford, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chauncy Mann, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel W. Burn
ham, Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Tolland, Mrs.
R. T. Ellis, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bishop,
Edgar johnson and Mr.. and Mrs. Ewing
man of this city. Captain and Mrs. Ellis
passed the evening very pleasantly with
congratulations, and wishing them added
years Of married life. A fine collation. was
served. Fifty years ago Captain Ellis
married Lydia E., daughter of the late
Timothy Russell of North Branford, the
ceremony having been performed by the
Rev. Mr.. Baldwin, the local Congregational
clergyman. Captain Ellis drove with his
bride to the parsonage where they were
privately married, the only witnesses being
the good pastor, his wife and their servant
girl. In those days 1t was not necessary to
obtain a marriage license, but the
couples were published in the churches
for three Sundays preceding the marriage
When Captain Ellis was first published he
was thousand miles away on a voyage to
the West Indies, but he arrived home in
season. The couple immediately repaired
to Fair Haven, where they began house
keeping, and have resided here ever since.
Captain Ellis removed from Delaware to
this place in 1886. He became captain of
vessel at the age of twenty-thres years
and acted in the capacity of q sea captain
for thirty-fv years. He followed the
water for forty FIVE years, most of the time
running in small two-masted schooners be-
twesn Fair Haven, the West Indies, Vir-
ginia oystar towns and the coal ports.
Captain Ellis is seventy seven and his wife
is two years younger, and both enjoy fine
u6AlUu. All tuolT UauJ 1IlCAN6 WILL Nc
glad to congratulate them.
The Fair Haven temperance workers
have bssn anxious to secure the services of
T. E. Murphy for a week of meetings in
Fair Haven, but the pressure upon bis
ssrvices has been so great that no satisfac
| tory arrangement has been made. He was
willing to give thres days of next week to
| this work, or would como here after con-
Guiding a series of meetings in Msriden
next month. Some object to the work
| going on in Christmas week, while others
| believe it would be better than to postpone
the work several weeks. Nearly all the
ministers have offered to open theil
churches for the meetings.
| NJ. A. Farren, grand worthy patriarch Of
the Sons of Temperance. paid an ofioia
visit to West Rock division of Westvills
Saturday evening. Ten members of Hiram
Camp division also went over.
| At 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon 9. S
Barrett. the lveryman, turned in an alarm
at box II for fire in the carriage factory
of James McLay, jr. A boy at
| tempted to fill the reservoir of a kero
sene stove without extinguishing the wick
and the flame burst out and set the offic'
furniture on fire. The chief loss was thu
searching of a couple Of oak desks. Sew
eral large windows in the front of tn
Office were also broken. The loss was be
tween $25 and $50.
Charles E. Steele has been selected b.
the executive board of the Fair Havel
branch of the Y.M.C.A. as the general sec
rotary and will begin his duties this week
Mr.. Steele has been in charge of the Y. M
@. A. rooms In Ansonia and has had con
siderable knowledge of association work
Since coming to this town Mr.. Steele ha
resided in the annex and has been
member of the New Haven association
until the Fair Haven branch was organ
lied. He is we'll posted in stereoptico,
work, and has been In charge of that de
partment in nearly all of the illustrates
lectures given by Judge Deming. The as
ISOLATION has been without general secre
tary since Mr.. Ottarson terminated hi
lsbors last spring. 1t is now intended t
reorganize all the association department
and place them on working basis.
The Allegro committee will give ba
on the evening of January 4. The CON
mitt.e consists of ]. Fl. Denton, 81. 6
!; Pond, W. Granniss, L. Bonell and Williar
Messick. Professor Doolittle will furnis
music and Professor Dunn will prompt.
The work of putting up Christmas DEF
orations began in several of the churche
, | Yesterday.