Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-18
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Greeting for MT. murPhy-Dolegates
 to the National C0nvention-An
 Approaching Church Wedding
 Memorial Service-Deleeates to the
 I. 0. Q. F. Grand Lodge.
 Thomas E. Murphy received hearty greeting after bis lecture on "John Bull and Brother Jonathsn," delivered under the auspioes of the Y. N. 0. A. in the Grand avenue Congregational church Tuss- day evening. The lecture was preceded by a cornet solo by MT. Bamberg and . vocal solo by Miss McDonald. N. A. Besbe, president of the Y. M. O. A, presided. In predicting his lecture MT. Murphy re- ferred to the pleasure 1t gave him to speak again before a Fair Haven audience after the series of very successful temperance meetings given here the past season. He then gave Fair Haven people an awful big puff, stating that for all that is included in the general makeup of q law w-abiding and excellent oitizsnship he knew of no oom- munity that exceeded Fair Haven in these characteristics. And all present said amen in their hearts
 Next Tuesday Merritt A. Farren will leave for Baltimore and after remaining a week will go to Chicago to attend the meeting of the national division, Sons of Temperance, as grand worthy patriarch for the state of Connecticut. He Is also a dslegate-at-largs for Connecticut to the worlds temperance convention, also to be held in Chicago.
 Clifford Foote and Mics Tillie Bostwiek will be married at St. James church on the evening of May 29 at o'clock.
 The Fair Haven three master H. Fl. Hsnsoom has arrived at Bslle dock from Norfolk, Va, with coal.
 A memorial service for the late John H. Perry will be held in the hall of the Sons of Temperance this evening. Rev. J. H. Hand having another engagement, W. H. Pollard will speak in his place, and there Houston, worthy patriarch of Hiram camp division. There will also bs appropriate singing. Mir. Perry was past worthy patriarch and chairman of the state propa- gating committee of the s of T.
 John E. Moore, D. Burton Brown, D. s. Granniss and Joel T. Rice, represented the Polar Star lodge at the grand lodge of the 1. o. O. F. in session at New Britain yes- terday.
 The members of the tennis club of the Y. M. c. A. have fitted up the tennis court on the east eide and are practicing fre- quently for the games to be played on the morning of Memorial day.
 The hook and ladder company that is named for J. J. Dapton, chief of the Fair Haven east fire department, has adopted resolutions requesting the borough officers to re elect that official It Is expected that there will bs another candidate in the | field.
 Frank P. Tyler, who has been i'll several weeks, Is able to be out, but he has not re. l stunned business yet. He is prominently | connected with several secret societies and popular, and his many friends hope for his | complete restoration to health. The oyster boats found the squslly weather of yesterday afternoon adrawbaoh to dredging, but most of them caught up
 8 good lot of seed in the morning. The
 dredging now Is mostly to supply seed l oysters for the schooners and sloops tha, come from the west end of the sound with few from the eastward.
 This evening an entertainment for the
 children of the Sunday school of St. James
 church will be held in the parish rooms. In addition to an interesting entertain
 ment supper will be served by the ladies