The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-04-29
FdIR HATEN NOTES.

The caisson for the east pier of the new drawbridge has been sunk twenty feet, and Is to go down twenty feet more. When completed it will be made up of HOO tons of stone. Contractor John Beattie of Leetes Island comes over every morning to see how the work is progressing. He says the piers he is putting down ought to stand as long as the world lasts-quite con- trast, he says, as compared with the old piers, some of the stone of which fell to pieces as they were being hoisted out. One of MT. Beatties schooners is trans porting 200 tons of granite per week to New York for the Third avenue bridge.
 Merritt E. Farren, who has been pur- suing studies for three years at the Bangor Theological seminary, will graduate May IS. His father, Willis Farren, leaves next week for Bangor to be present at the graduation exer- cises.
 MT. and Mrs. R. B. Farren will leave early next month for Milwaukee, where MT. Farren will attend the meeting of the Supreme lodge, A. o. U. w.
 The Parish Aid society of St. James church will give supper and sociable this evening in the church parlors.
 Particulars concerning the sudden death of Mrs. Russell, wife of Sherman Russell, will be found in another col umn.
 The members of Hiram Camp divi- cioO Spns of Tapnparappa baua uotaJ to hold another series of team drills the series conducted in the winter having proved of so much interest that many desired to continue them with some changes. These entertainments will be held on Thursday evenings after the regular meetings, and the public will be invited to attend. Company A will be composed of the male members, with Watson Shepard as captain, and the ladies will belong to Company B, cap- tained by Miss Kate Darby. The judges for Company A will be Mrs. A. E. Wackel, Mrs. W. H. Pollard and Mrs. Henry Lines, and the judges for Company B are James $. Young, En- cry L. Smith and Washington Cum ningham.
 Stewart H. Morgan of Exchange street is building a one-family house, 2Sx42 feet, on Farren avenue It will be provided with modern improvements, and is being erected under MT. Mor- gan's supervision. He has built, and sold, two other houses on the same tract of land.
 L. P. Deming of the annex returned yesterday from St. Johnsbury Vt. where he was called to deliver an ad- dress before the N. E. O. P. He spoke before a meeting of 600 people and his was much appreciated. Judge Deming says that several inches of snow fell in St. Johnsbury, Tuesday.
 WEDDED IN PHILADELPHIA.
 Miss Mary Fftzsimons of Fair Ha- Ven was married to MT. Thomas Cole man, also of Fair Haven, Monday af- ternoon, April 26, at 4:30 p. m., at St. Agatha's church, Thirty-eighth and Springside streets, Philadelphia.
 The bride was becomingly dressed in pearl grey silk trimmed with lace, and was attended by Miss Maggie Dumphy of Fair Haven, in light brown silk. trimmed with lace. The groom was attended by Mr Thomas Fitzsimons of Philadelphia, a brother of the bride
 The bride has made her home in Philadelphia for the past year with her sister, Mrs. Charles Cort, where a re ception was held after the ceremony at the church. A bounteous collation. was served They were the recipients of many beautiful presents.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Cort, at whose home the bride has resided the past year, are well known in this city, where they formerly resided. Mir. Cort is now one of the prominent officials of the Pennsylvania railroad.