The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-05-11
FAIR HAVEN.


 MT. and Mrs. Charles Higgins cele- 4 brated the fiftieth anniversary of 7 their wedding with few of their friends on Thursday at their home
 No. 24O Exchange street. The din-
 ner party, which was held at 2 p. ,l m., was participated in by the relatives land a few immediate friends There
 were present MT. and Mrs. George Hig- gins, and Mrs and Mrs. Charles Web
 ster of Berlin, MT. and Mrs. Nelson Hig- gins of Shelton, Senator and Mrs. George w. Smith, and son of New Hartford, (Mrs Smith being a sister of
 Mrs. Higgins), Mrs. Gustavus Upson of IKensington, MT. and Mrs Wilfred Youngs of Barlzhamstead, Mrs. Ellen Wolworth and daughters and Walter
 Brown and family of Fair Haven. Mrs. J. B. Eggleston of Barkhamstead, a sis ter of Mrs. Higgins, was among those ! invited. The decorations were in vel low, and the dining table was very pret- l ltily set. About seventy-fve were ir- vited to che golden wedding celebration
 in the evening. MT. and Mrs Higgins Ihave been members of the Grand ave nue Congregational church over forty eight years, and the pastor, Rev. J. Lee Mitchell, and Mrs. Mitchell were pres ent; also Dr. and Mrs. c. B. Adams.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry B. Rowe, MT. and
 Mrs. s. K. Jones, Mir and Mrs. Harvey Cooper, MT. and Mrs. Frank Hill, MT. and Mrs. Chauncey Mann, Mrs. Samuel
 Perry, MT. and Mrs. Charles Phillips, MT. and Mrs. Willis Hemingway, Mrs. William S. Rowe, Miss Ellen Rowe, Mrs.
 Mary Lindsley, Miss Malloy, Conductor and Mrs. Bacon. The reception was
 given from to 10 p. m. During the evening light refreshments were serv- ed. The couple received some hand some gifts, including a quantity of gold coin. Letters of regret were re- ceived from a number of friends MT. and Mrs. Higgins were married in Ber- lin, the latter having been Miss Wealthy Atkins The officiating clergy man was the late Rev MT. Woodwork of the Berlin Congregational church. who also married Mir and Mrs. Rollin c. Smith of Perkins street, whose gold en wedding was celebrated one year ago, the two couples having in early life resided in the same neighborhood MT. Smith was present Thursday even- ing, but his wife, who has been an invalid for years, was unable to at tend. MT. and Mrs Higgins came to this city over forty years ago. For eleven years Mir, Higgins was in com pany with the late Lucius Rowe in the
 tailoring business on the avenue but retired from business several years ago. Their many friends hope they will yet celebrate many additional an- lniversaries of their marriage.
 Pulaski chapter, Royal Arch Masons, had as guests about twenty members of Jerusalem chapter of Bridgeport Thurs day evening. The degree of Royal Arch Mason was conferred on Officer Bissell | of this city, and w. A. Russel and MT. Kimberly of West Haven. Brothers were present from several of the city chapters, the entire company num- boring about 100. Among the exercises were several songs by MT. Moyle. The | exercises were followed by banquet | and speeches.
 A reception was rendered to the mem- | bers of the chorus choir of the East | Pearl street M. D. church, whose ser- vices have just expired given in the | church Thursday evening under the | auspices of the music committee. | Frank Mansfield presided. A fine spread was served and speeches were | made by Frank Crawford, E. c. Hill, EFrank Mansfield, Stewart Morgan, Harry Crawford, president of the Ep- worth league, and the pastor, Rev. N. | G. Cheney.
 Sunday evening Rev. N. G. Cheney | will preach a special sermon before the Epworth league of the M. E. church. | There will also be special music to | mark the society's anniversary,
 The funeral of Kate J., wife of Lewis c. Wilson, and adopted daughter of John and Antoinette Miller, was con ducted from the residence of the latter,
 39 Houston street, yesterday afternoon, Rev. P. S. Evans officiating, Two se- lections were sung by quartet consist ing of Miss Amy Gage, Miss Nora | Sage Harry Santry and Mark Hare. ! There were a number of handsome | floral offerings, A few days ago rel ative died at the home of MT. ann Mrs
 Miller Mrs Wilson, r6c Knowing of the death and approaching her fathers | house and perceivlng o~tl< on the door received a shock which resulted in her death. She was in the twentieth year of her age Among the floral offerings was gates ajar from the Sunday school of the Grand avenue Baptist church. The bearers were Walter and 1 George Avery, Wilbur Welch and liar ry Cooke.
 A caucus for the nomination of a warden, six burgesses, assessors, tax collector and batIiff was held in Fair Haven East last night. It was the hest attended caucus ever held in the ] borough. It had been rumored that as an effort would be made to defeat F. w. J. Sizer, the present warden, in the