The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-01
FAIR HAVEN.

The borough government will meet next Monday evening and it is proba- ble the fire department matter will come up for discussion.
 William s. and Horace L. Chidsey, the East Haven builders, have bought the property on High street in that village, adjoining the school house of Mrs. Minerva A. Blackstone of Bran ford, and will build house on the site.
 It is expected that many fine Fair Haven trotters will be seen at the Elm City Park this afternoon at the trotting meeting to be given for the benefit of the orphan asylums. The opening of the Riverside track in Foxon the past spring, has stimulated a love for trotting and several fine trotters have been bought, in addi- tion to several good road and trotting horses already owned here Another season bids fair to witness even bet ter events at Riverside. The success l of the first season, however, was all | that could be wished. There were very high tides yester- day and wharf property was over- l flowed in many instances.
 The lecture this evening in the Grand avenue Baptist church on Whaling" by Samuel P. Thrasher,, bids fair to be listened to by a large 1 audience. MT. Thrasher tells his story in a graphic manner and illustra tes his subject with several paintings made from his own drawings.
 Gardeners say that not in many years has there been season when the frost has held off so late as this year.
 | Last evening the Dayton Hook and Ladder company turned out in full numbers for their street parade. The company met at Central hall, and headed by the St. Ignatius drum corps, marched over to Chapel street and participated in the parade of the Veteran Firemen's Sons and later at tended their fair, which opened last evening. The company was com manded by Foreman Morgan Fowler. l The bridge gang worked on the rail- road bridge determined, if possible to make out days work yesterday but the heavy radn at noon decided 1t and they quit work.
 The steam lighter and barge have arrived from Yonkers, N. Y., to load with a second cargo of stone for the new church that is to be built in that city.
 Perseverance council, Daughters o1 Liberty, had as their guests Tuesday evening, a party of over fifty mem. bers of Echo council of Bridgeport The visitors witnessed the degree work and were then entertained by the mem bers of the local council.
 MT. Thrasher's lecture on "Whal ing" in the Grand avenue Baptist church this evening is deserving of z Large patronage An account recently published about this lecture, is as fol lows: K
 "A large audience filled the Howart avenue Congregational church las evening to hear s. P. Thrasher tel his experiences in a whale-ship. MT Thrasher has an easy narrative styl, and managed to impart much informa tion during the hour he occupied fol his lecture. What. he had to say wa! illustrated by his own free-hant sketches. He told how a great whale ship got ready for business; how tn, whale Is found and what is done aftel he is found. MT. Thrasher is. an ex cellent story-teller and his sailor yarns with which the lecture is interspersed have salt sea and racy flavor. l A BEAUrTsUL DIsPLAxs
 Mrs. J. A. Thorpe of No. 50 Nxchang' street gave 2 yellow chrysanthemun tea last week to 2 few cf her man! friends. As she has over 20 Of tn, Yplants the display was me