The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-02-12
FAIR HAVEN.

There was meeting Saturday even ing of the east-siders who are forming a social club. Selectman Ludlngton, who is at the head of the movement, presided. Twenty names were enrolled, and the initiation fees paid. When the club numbers twenty-five a special meeting will be called and the organi- zation perfected.
 There was an extremely low tide yes- terday. In Mill river there was only a small brook, the flats being bare. The Quinnipiac was bare north of the Grand avenue bridge except for a narrow chan mel on the west side. The clam diggers were out in full force and one man was seen going away with wheel barrow load of the bvalves. At a meeting of the society of the Second Congregational church, held Monday evening, Luzerne Ludington and Marcus Hemingway were reelected members of the society's committee and Henry J. Fabrique and Charles M. Kel- sey were newly elected. Lucius P. Dem-
 
 l Rowe, deceased.
 The eighteen-months-old son of Will liam Garrett, colored, of Front street, | was buried yesterday afternoon, Rev. ] E. c. Sage officiated. The child died of consumption. This makes the fourth child which Mir. Garrett has lost by the same disease since August 10, just six months.
 l It was impossible for any of the oyster boats to work yesterday on account of the rough weather. The wind blew a 1 gale in the harbor.
 l Monday evening Eugene Hubbard of Chapel street was pleasantly surprised by number of his friends. The even- ing was spent very pleasantly with games and dancing. Among those pres ent were: The Misses Mae Coggshall. Minnie Johnson, Florence Smith, Mat | tie Shipman, Bethel Prince, Maud Kel- ! ley, Etta Sparks, Daisy Huband, Sadie Fisher, Viola Jones, Allie O'Connell, Gertrude Gridleigh and Grace Carpen- ter; also Joe MacGregor, Harry Jacobs, Ray Ford, David Winslow, Harry Prince, Will Sparks, Henry Munson, George Bidwell, George Tompkins, Eugene Jeffers, Louis Wetherwax, George Loveland, Clifford Porter, Frank O'Connell, Ray Fudge and Harry Cooke.
 John E. Healey has made large 1 purchase aggregating about 1,60O feet 1 frontage of land on Ferry, Rowe, Pine and Grafton streets. The cost was about s15,000. Modern tenements, with up to date accommodations. will be erected, commencing on Grafton street.
 Willis Bailey, the old and esteemed resident of East Haven, who dropped dead last Saturday, was well and fav- orably known here. lie was the first ] one to establish stage line between 1 New Haven and East Haven and was over eighty years of age.
 The recent severe storm did consider able damage to the oysters owned by local growers. The principal damage was on grounds where the water was shallow, near the harbor and light house.
 l The St. Francis T. A. B. society will parade through the streets this evening and at the society fair at the St. Fran cis' church in Polar Star hall the young ladies of the fancy work booth have
 arranged an interesting program as
 follows: Tenor solo, Joseph Mccarthy; recitation, Miss Vertie Kinney; solo, Mrs Nora Russell Haesche; tambourine drill with tableaux; recitation, Miss Jen-
 nie Hughson; fancy dance in costume, Master Gilbert Kinney.