Morning journal and courier., 1892-11-19
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Uufavorable Weather for Trade In
Oysters-Supper by a Parish Aid
Society-A New Office for Contractor
Ryan-They Cleared Over Eighty
Dollars-Oyster Shells From Balti-
more-Would Not Pay an Election
Bet - Reunion of Knights and
Ladies'.
The weather has been 80 mild the past
week that the trade in oysters has been
much affected. As yet the cool weather
peculiar to this month has not set in. 1t
will be necessary for cool weather early
next week to insure the usual large
Thanksgiving trade.
The members of the Ladies' Parish Aid
society of st. James Episcopal church gave
q very successful supper in the parlors of
the church Thursday evening. About 100
persons set down to the fine spread. Two
weeks hence the supper will be furnished
by the men of the parish.
Contractor Ryan has erected a new Office
building on Quinnipiac street, just beyond
Hemingway street. The railroad men are
now filling high embankment near Quin-
nipiac street, the work requiring large
amount of material which is brought from
the cut that is being made back of Fair
Haven heights.
The Ladies' Aid society connected with
the Grand avenue Baptist church Melted
over $50 for their treasury at the supper
given the New Haven Baptist Social union
on Wednesday evening. The managers,
through this paper, wish to thank the
oyster dealers, the lumber dealer who fur
nished material for the tables and all who
contributed in any way to the success OF
the supper.
The schooner Joseph I. Housman has ar.
rived at Stevens dock with 5000 bushels
oyster shells for the lime works. The
| shells were loaded at Baltimore. Former
| 1y shells were purchased here of the oyster
| dealers, but since they became of more
value owing to their use for preparing the
| oyster farms for sets they have been pur
chased principally in the south, where the
price is very much cheaper. In some
years cargoes are brought from the south
| even for the oyster culture.
The election bet which was to have beer
| paid by one of the citizens of the east sidt
| by wheeling another citizen in a wheelbar
row across the bridge and back did no
come off on account of the faint-hearted
ness of the man who was to ride, WHIT
feared ne WO0ld De dumped INTO OT6nd aV
enue mud.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. W. Crawford, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Arthur Barnes, Mr.. and Mrs. Mile
Tuttle, Mr. and Mrs. E. N Halliday, Mrs
Samuel Harrison and William A. Warne
were among the number who attended tn
reunion of the party of Knights Templa
and ladies who went on the trip to Denve
several weeks ago. Fifty of the fifty
members of the party were present.
| Miss Jennie futile has returned from
visit with friends in Trenton, N. J.
At the meeting of Phoenix lodge, A.
U. w., next Monday evening George Ole
ershaw Of Fair Haven will be the essayis
Death of a Son of Petrillo.
The eighteen months-old son of Angel
Petrillo, who WAS hung at the jail lal
Monday, died Thursday afternoon in tel
epent house on Lafayette place, whel
the wife of Petrillo lives. The child his
been iii some Tina with scarlet fever, b.
, the frat of the week it became i'll wit
diphtheria, which caused it's DEATH I'll
+ child was buried yesterday morning in
Lawrence cemetery, beside the remains
Petrillo.
. Seriously Ill.
Q Morgan g. Flaherty of Ansonia, a gra
) uate of the Yale law school class of '92,
f seriously i'll with pneumonia at his hor
in Ansonia. Mr.. Flaherty is brother-i
law of Financial Clerk Joseph McPartlal
!, | of the town agents Office.