Morning journal and courier., 1892-09-30
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Depot-Baggage Burned At the De-
pot Fire-Drilling school Boys
Manufacture of Caskets-Omcers OF
a Sewing Soc1ety-Praise Service
Members OF the Merwin LegiOn-Mr. |
Hurd's Big Catch-At the Guilford
Fair-A Clergyman ON Horseback |
Dusty Grand Avenue-Many Yellow |
hammers Killed.
Over fifty persons from Fair Haven Wis
tied the Guilford fair.
Many people viewed the ruins of the de-
pot fire yesterday. A combination car
will be in temporary use to-day for ticket
Office and waiting room.
The New Haven Casket company are do
ing good business in the old nail shop at
the corner of River street and Blatchley
avenue. They are turning out thirty-five
caskets per day.
The coming of the electric road up South
Quinnipiac street will be hailed with de-
light. Work begins to-day in laying rails
from Woodward and Forbes avenues to
Quinnipiac drawbridge.
E. W. Easten of the east side had three
trunks filed with tools, clothes and sport
ing goods burned in the depot fire. He
was to have started to-day on o cunning
expedition.
The remains of the late Mrs. P. D.
Fiske were taken to Winsted for interment
yesterday.
At the East Pearl Street II. E. church
yesterday afternoon many persons assem-
bled to witness the marriage of Mics Bessie
r nf
Mrs. q. w. Crawford of Clinton avenue,
and Robert 8. Griswold of Hartford, the
pastor, Rev. J. n. Hand, officiating. The
best man was Edwin S. Cowles of Hart
| ford and the ushers Howard R. Griswold,
| brother of the groom; Harry Crawford,
| a brother of the bride, and Robert Woods
| of Chicago. The bridal party proceeded
down the north aisle to the music of a
popular wedding march, with Mr.. Wood
stock at the organ. After the ceremony
the party walked up the south aisle and
then proceeded to the home of the bride
on Clinton avenue, where reception was
held for about fifty of the relatives and
immediate friends.
rial, with trimmings of green velvet and
facings of light-colored silk. 1t was a
pretty costume. She also wore large
green hat with brown trimmings and
| feathers. She carried bouquet of white
| roses.
Fifty boys in the Woolsey school drilled
on the grounds late yesterday afternoon
under the direction of G. D. Dickinson.
Some had wooden guns and others only
sticks. The boys are preparing for the
parade on Columbus day.
on horseback nearly every day. He has 9
fine saddle horse and handles him well.
Rev. ]. 81. Hand returned home too sud
denly for his friends to give him a recep
ton, but many friends have called at the
| parsonage to congratulate him on his i'm
proved health. He is far from well yet,
but hopes to be able to resume his preach
ing.
John G.. Hurd, the newspaper agent
caught twenty seven black6sh on the new
reef yesterday. One of the fish, weighing
four pounds, had an old hook in his fest
and the person who lost him must hav,
been mad at failing to land him.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Crane
avenue Baptist church have elected thes.
officers: President, Mrs.. s. w. Ham
mond vice president, Mrs. Henry Keech
directresses, Mrs. Henry Poronto, Mrs
Edward Ives, Mrs. William Hanson, Mrs
Fred Williams; secretary and treasurer
Mrs. Samuel Latts; auditor, Mrs. Freeman
NJ. Wiser.
At the covenant meeting of the GRAM
avenue Baptist church to be held thi
evening the subject will be: "Some Les
sons taught us in September which "
shall try to put into practice during Dc
tober."
Following is the program for til
musical service at the Grace P. E. churc
on Blatchley avenue for next Sunda
evening:
Prelude-"The Holy City,. Shell
Observation-Disclosures the Golden".......
| GlorIa-Chant ......................... otor MOI
Anthem Hymn".;;;Shiaidocws Of the Evening
ofrertory Hymn Babylon. ..........:. Watsc
| foStluoe .'otormo,
The organist and choirmaster is Charlie
Stormont.
Among those who have joined the Me-
= I win legion are R. q. Davis, Lloyd Salisbury
Will Kellogg, N. B. Hemingway, Willial
A. Warner, Will Bigelow and E. g. Allil
Seven others will soon join.
Grand avenue WAS never dustier tina
-: yesterday. The watering carts have cease
4 their visits, although there is more need {
their services than ever.
Many yellowhammers were killed yeste
. day, and the bang, bang, bang of guns VIZ
r heard nearly all the morning. Some gu1
: ners secured as high As thirty-four birds.