Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-25
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

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Cunning Expedition-A. o. q. w.
VfsIt-A Big Church CollectiOn-Fast |
Rum From BrtdgepOrt-Omcers OF
Woolsey Cadets-Elect Secretary For |
the Third Time-Detected In OBJ
structinG q Track.
The Fair Haven registrars were busy
yesterday In getting the men to be made
voters to City hall, where the board of
registration was in session.
The six months interest on-the $125, 900
in bonds issued by the Old Colony Dis
tillers' company WAS due September l, but
sixty days longer having been allowed, the
company can save foreclosure If the pay
ments are made by November /.
The party of Fair Haveners who recently
returned from cunning expedition in the
Lyme woods, killed 175 squirrels, besides
other game. The party has two lodges
erected in the woods and enjoy this hunt
ing trip every fall.
The members of Sterling lodge, A. o. U.
W., have invited the members Of East Rock
lodge to an entertainment to be held in
their lodge room on Wednesday evening.
A. B. Barnes, the oyster dealer, was able
to be out yesterday after an Illness of two
weeks.
Everybody sighed for visit of the
watering cart yesterday.
At the annual collection of st. Francis
church on Sunday $4,000 was realized and
it will be applied to the debt, which was
reduced g, 600 the past year and is now
vrr,1l-- r.-s, no.
George Parsons rode to Bridgeport on their
| wheels on Sunday. The return run was
| made in hour and 45 minutes.
| The officers of Company A, Woolsey
District cadets, are: Captain, Will Morgan
first lieutenant, Elford Clark; second lieu.
tenant, Daniel A. NcCaffrey; third lieuten'
ant, Daniel NJ. Smith; first sergeant, -
| Chamberlsin; second sergeant, Nat Gable
Rev. E. @. Sage has been elected for the
third time secretary of the State Ministers
conference of the Connecticut Baptist con-
vention, and was also chosen a membe,
Of the committee on home and foreign mis-
sions.
Of late the lads near Morris Cove have
been tampering with one of the switches o.
the electric road and number of carl
Mack having been requested to apprehenc
Il SAoo
ing school when he saw the lads 60 dow1
and place sticks in the frogs. He caugh
| the lads, administered sound reprimsnt
and the mischief is not likely to be re
peated.
The oyster trade was rather slow las
week, due to the fact that many of the GUS
toners up in northern New England pur
chased to cheaper southern stock from tn
Boston market. After purchasing thi
poorer stock the buyers usually forward
| their next orders to the Fair Haven deal
oysters. The cold weather Is bringing in
creased trade and the shippers reported
very good demand yesterday.
Miss Edith Wells of James street is Wis
iting in Springfield.
The burial of Mrs. Jennie, wife of Ed
ward e. Griswold of Guilford, sister o
Friend and Charles o. Francis of Fai
Haven, took place on Saturday. AS Mrs
Griswold died from the effects of scarle
fever, the burial was private.
Rev. DR.. W. E. Vibbert, who has bee
confined to his home by severe illness TO
the past nine weeks, was able to be out 70
} the first time yesterday.
The bush fires in the Annex, which wer
quite threatening at one time, have bee
: | extinguished.
At the shoot of the German Indeper
dent Rifle club, Conrad Hine won oh,
, | mile table g pread, Henry Konold We
> | given q pair Of blankets and Mr.. Spite
also secured prize.
( William and Clifford Hubbard, with tt
/ | Booth Meat company, went to the Mort
8 Guilford woods and returned with te
squirrels.
q The schooner William Nicely, Capital
r Thompson, one of the Hanscom flee
: sailed yesterday for Norfolk to load anoth,
. carpo of coal,