Morning journal and courier., 1892-12-21
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Murphy VIII Not Slight Fair |
Haven-Funeral of Mrs. Adams |
Repairing Schooner Getting |
Ready to House Ice-Entertainment
This Evening-Oyster shipments |
For the Christmas Trade-Populnr
Church Suppers-They Saw tho |
Wreck.
The schooner Grace Bailey, Captain sey-
mour Ketcham, is dischsrging 1900
bushels of oysters at Stevens dock for
William Fl. Potter, Morris Hemingway
and G. D. Parmelee.
T. e. Murphy, the Temperance orator,
said yesterday that he did not propose to
slight the people of Fair Haven and while
it would be impossible for him to lecture
here this month, he would surely come
right after his engagement at Meriden was
| terminated. If he had known in time he
would have put off the Meriden engage
ment, but as the hall had been hired he
could not disappoint the people. Mr..
Murphy expects to return from Meriden
about January 10, and then, he says, he
will come to Fair Haven.
The repairs on the schooner Grace Sey-
mour, which was SO severely damaged by
q collision with bark in Hampstead bay,
| are being pushed ahead satisfactorily.
The top sides are nearly complete and the
vessel will probably get away in few
days. The captain Is anxious to sail in
order to make some money. for the owners
and himself. The Seymour has been q
successful vessel and this is her first seri-
GUS mishap.
The funeral of George NJ, wife of DIR.
/ 1or from
the home of the deceased, 175 Grand ave-
nue., yesterday afternoon. Rev. ]. Lee
Mitchell spoke in terms of praise of the
departed, referring to her kind disposition
aud her fine Christian character. He
spoke of her great worth in her family, and
, Of the irreparable loss by her death. Rev.
Mr. Clark of the Old Stone church, East
Haven, offered prayer, and the benedic-
The quartette from the Grand avenue
Congregational church sang several selec-
, tions. and a solo was rendered by Miss Het-
, tie Bradley of New York. There was a
large number of beautiful floral offerings
from relatives and friends. The bearers
, were members of the family: DR.. G. B.
, Adams, Burdett s. Adams, DR.. NJ. j.
Adams of this city, Charles Fox of New
Britain and 8. B. Olmstead of Boston. The
, interment was in the Fair Haven cemetery.
LILO ITO o0a4OI5 uIo bcSiAhAAS W bhlAn
about the annual harvest and the big
, repositories and the housing machinery
are being put in readiness for business.
RI An entertainment will be given in the
J chapel of the Second Congregational church
/ this evening at 7:15 by the members of the
: primary department of the Sunday school.
f There will be an interesting program. Ad-
| mission Is cents.
The shipment of oysters for the Christ.
{ mas market will begin tomorrow, and If
the weather is cold there will be satisfsc
tory sales for the rest of the week. Fol
4 | several years the Christmas trade has beer
Q increasing. and the output now is nearly
4 equal to that of the Thanksgiving trade
g Although oysters from the south are being
i shipped extensively into New England
yet Fair Haven dealers are doing theil
J., share of the business
. The fortnightly suppers given in thu
r parlors of the St. James church are be
3 coming very popular gatherings of the
d parishioners. At the last supper 100 wer,
Il present. These spreads. which are al
d ways first class, are served for the nomina
IS sum of ten cents per plate. Such larg
10 numbers attending, the parish treasury ii
considerably benefited.
Quite a number of Fair Haveners wen
up to the Tin bridge to the scene of tn
railroad collision yesterday morning. -
e George Dixon is getting ready to reopel
p the meat market and grocery on Nortl
d Front street recently kept by Georg
r. CLARK