Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-04
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

A Fire Escape for Central Hall-
 Debating Club in the Y. M. 0. A.
 Frozen in the Ice for Nineteen
 Days-Captain CrossleY's Severe Ex.
 perience at Sea-S. of T. Visitation-
 Ragged a Fox-The Lancraft Bros'
 Oyster Steamers-Mr. Bradley's Fine
 Chorus Choir-George Ltnsley's Ih-
 juries-SlipPery Sidewalks-Present
 ed With a Gold Watch.
 A door has been cut at the rear of the stage in Central hall opening out upon 8 flat roof and to be used as a fire escape. This will tend to make the hall much safer.
 A plan is on foot to form debating club among the members of the Y. M. 0. A. A number of topics of interest will be dis cussed this season.
 Ex-Selectman Isaac E. Brown had con- tract to furnish 10, 0,000 bushels of two year old oysters to firm on Long Island dur ing January. Owing to the ice he has been unable to make any shipments and may cancel the contract. Last year he shipped II ,000 bushels of stock to the same place.
 The Hanscom schooner H. P. Shares has just been released from an imprisonment in the ice at Pautuoent river, Virginia She was bound from Savannah for Balti- more.
 During the recent severe weather the schooner E. F. Mansfield, which WAS blown several hundred miles out of her course, several sails were split and other minor damage inflicted, but the Fair Haven skip per, Captain John Crossley, brought the ship through all right, az his friends ex- pected he would. The vessel was light, having no cargo, and hence was easily bounced about by the waves. The good ship was thus bounced about for fourteen days. She was bound for Charleston, s. O., and after the gale's violence abated put in at Norfolk, and will sail from thence for Charleston to take cargo probably for Providence.
 At the eighth anniversary of West Ha. ven division, s. of T., the Hiram Camp division was we'll represented Among those who went down were: Washington Cunningham, William Houston, Fred Kan ahan, Fred Russell, Willard Waters, How ard Waters, Frank KsDahan, Fred Stiles, Miss Hattie Bates, Mrs. Amelia Gib- son. Mrs. Nettie Lines, Mrs. Jen- nie Houston, Miss Hattie, Con verse, Miss Laura Barbarick, Miss Hattie Baldwin. Mics Lena Duffy, Mrs. Meeker and Mlss Meeker. The party speak in high terms of their entertainment at the hands of the West Haven division. Some of the party had to return home in car riages, the trolley failing to propel the csrs by reason of the ice storm.
 T. B. Murphy, the temperance orator, will lecture to men only in the Second Con grfgational church Sunday st p. m., and there will be meeting for all at 7:30.
 Thursday evening party left the resi- dence of Daniel Coleman of Atwster street for straw ride to Branford. They took supper at the house of John O'Neil.
 H. Konold, jr., has just bagged another fox in the Foxon woods.
 The boat Frank McWilliams has arrived from Perth Amboy with 400 tons of coal for Ii. Konold & Son.
 Two of Lsncraft Bros' oyster steamers have resumed work after the ice blockade and are catching oysters rapidly.
 John Cain, who has been i'll, carried his moroing delivery yesterday and was then obliged to give up and go home. Subati- tute Downer took his plsoe the remainder of the day.
 John o. Bradiey's chorus Of sixty voices has received good deal of praise for it's good work at the Murphy meetings, adding much to the success of ths same. George L!nsley, the east side oysterman and democratic ward registrar, who frac- tured couple of ribs in ccnseqasncs of severe fail, is doing well, but complains of considerable pain, He Is attended by Dr. Roberts
 Thursday evening successful meeting of the Parish Aid society was held in the parlors of St. James, church. The ladies furnished fine supper. The walks yesterday morning were In 8 horribly slippery condition and pedestri- l ans had many a fail.
 At the residence of her aunt, Mrs. Rog- | CTS, on East Chapel street, surprise party was rendered Miss Mamie Corcoran Thurs- day evening. She was presented with 8 gold watch. A supper was served, fol- lowed by music and dancing.