The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-05
FAIR HAVEN NE WIS.

Kings Daughters State Conventton-Quin-
nipiac Conclave--Many New Members
at the M. f. Church-The Polar stars
The Oyster Season--Hiram Camp Di-
vision-Y. p. S. @. Il Pictures of India
Mrs. James Goodsell of North Front
street is spending the month of October
with her daughter, Mrs. E. L. Stout of
Troy, N. Y.
The monthly meeting of the board of
burgesses of Fair Haven East will be
held this evening. Bills amounting to
about $500 are to be audited
One of Contractor Gearys divers
went down to the bed of Quinnipiac
river on Saturday to examine the exca-
walton that is being made for the cen
tral pier of the new draWbridge.
AT the second annual convention of
Kings Daughters of Connecticut to be
held in the Fourth Congregational
church, Hartford, Tuesday, October 10,
Mrs. D. M James of Fair Haven, the
state secretary, will deliver an adj
dress.
The Mckinley club will meet at 377
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complete its organization. No. SIT has
been hired by the club, one hundred
chairs secured and other furnishings
procured. sf1
During the month of September Quin-
nipiac conclave, I. o. H, received eight
new members.
At the communion service of the East
Pearl street M. E. church held yester-
day twenty persons were received into
full membership.
At Polar Star hall on Wednesday
evening, under the auspices of Grace
church. Professor Timothy Drake will
present his pictures from the Passion
Play at Ober Ammergau.
Miss Lulu, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William s. Johnson of Grand avenue.
and Walter B. Newgeon are to be mar
ried October IA.
There Is promise of a good oyster
business during the coming year The
Fair Haven growers are opening five
gallons of oysters where they would
have opened one gallon two weeks ago,
This Is the result of a heavy Boston
trade, the bulk of which has been fore
ed into New Haven by reason of the
+ poor QuctIIy VI LIE IL Wy sICL $
this year. The Fair Haven dealers all
say business is excellent oysters tax
en- from the head of the beach Were
never of better quality, some of them
yielding five gallons to a bushel, while
the average of those from outside is in
the neighborhood of four gallons to a
bushel They are selling from eighty
cents a gallon to S1.1O and upward
Hiram Camp division has elected del
egates to the annual meeting of the
grand division, Sons of Temperance, tc
be held at East Haven October %. The
delegation is as follows: w. H. Pollard
F. j. Smith, M A. Farren, Mrs. Dor
man, Mrs Wackle, Miss Ida Waters
Charles H. Seeley, e. III. Potter, Will
liam Gillespie, William Gorse and E.
T. Smith. Hiram Camp division has
been invited to attend temperance
rally at Pyramid hall Tuesday evening
October 49, Benjamin R. Jewell, most
worthy scribe, Of South Hampton, N
H., and Charles Baldwin of Milford
will address the gathering.
The Y. p. S. C. E. of the Grand ave-
nue. Baptist church has elected these
officers: President. Rev. E. G. Sage;
vice president, Miss Lena Smith; sec
rotary, Miss Grace Huntley; treasurer
G. d. Manwaring; chairmen of)conlmit-
tees, prayer meeting, Rev. E. c. Sage;
lookout, William Preston; Sunday
school, Mrs N A. Beebe; sick visiting
Mrs David Hanselpacker; missionary
Miss Fannie Beebe; floral, G. D. Man
waring; social, James Girker; temper.
ance, ~ B. Smith; music, Miss Kate
Darby; leader of singing, N. A. Beebe
Attorney ]. Birney futile and Mis-:
Bernice Chase, daughter of the late
Frederick Chase, were married Satur
day afternoon Both formerly resided
in Fair Haven.
Rev. Nathan Gilbert Cheney of thu
East Pearl street Methodist Episcopa
church, who resided in India for ovel
six years and while there took many
!. views of interesting persons, places ant
events, will, by the aid of the lime ligh
at 8 o'clock this evening in that church
open an Illuminated album of the
above DIR. ,Cheneys six years resi-
dence and his command of rich descrip
tive language combine to make this lee
ture as delightful as any of stoddard's
richest.
DEATH OF CHAUNCEY MANN.
Chauncey Mann, aged fifty-one, {
well known and esteemed citizen, dice
at his home, 1853 Exchange street, Sat
urday, He had been i'll with malaria
fever and congestion of the brain Sc
in, and despite most skilled medical at
tention and nursing he passed away
The deceased was foreman for the New
Haven Gas company and was valued
employee He leaves a wife to mourn
his death. She is a sister of George B
Gladding. a popular man, who was
former New Haven clothing merchant
who was in business on Chapel street
and who has been in business in Cali
fornia for about ten years past.
PoPULTsTIC BRYAN.