The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-14
| LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES OF THE RIVER.

Judge L. P. Deming to Lecture i'm Say
 brook-Surprise Party Rendered Har-
 old Kellogg-Quiet Wedding To-day
 ofMrs. Minnie Bishop and F. J, Chat
 tertOn- Other News.
 The Fair Haven Choral society will give a concert tonight at s o'clock in the parish house of Grace P. E. church. The concert promises to be a great sue cess. The chorus sings superbly, and with the other artists, both vocal and instrumental, it will be quite a treat for the people. The concert will begin promptly at 8 p. m. Besides the render- ing of the cantata, 1.-The Gypsies," by J.. Beecher, which the chorus sings with precision and a full volume of tone, un- der the able direction of William J.. Kraft there will be solos by the follow ing artists: Miss Catherine Murphy, soprano; A. Langer, violin; F. s. Ham, 1 ilton, Jr., bass solo, and also a whist ling solo; E. E. Beers, baritone; Master Edwin Arthur Kraft, pianist. Ex-Judge L. F. Deming has been re- quested to give one of his illustrated | lectures in Saybrook. He has lectured | there before and much to the editica- l tion of his audience. He expects to de- | liver his new lecture on the West h. dies, which is of especial interest in view of the recent war with Spain. Dr. Frederick s. Waterbury, formerly | of Fair Haven, is very ill in Chicago and his father, Superintedent William A. Waterbury, has gone on to see him l Hattie H. Everett has purchased oi Julius H. Morris seventy feet of land on Cove street.
 ] Lulu B. Hemingway has purchased of Nathan A. Palmer fifty feet of land or Quinnipiac avenue.
 A surprise party was rendered Heroic Kellogg, son of MT and Mrs. Willet' H. Kellogg of Quinnipiac avenue, on his 1 birthday anniversary. Supper was served to the young people and the ! gathering was greatly enjoyed by all | Those present were May Jerome l Gladys Crossley, Iva Cripps, Lottif l Cripps, Leslie Tyler, Eddie Roberts Herbert Barnes, Harold Barnes, Ghjaf l Ball. Jane Ball, Winifred Thompson l JeSSle DdNlS, lCttlt 1ctNlof LeSy | '~A AA ham, Dwight E. Bray. Pearl and Ruby Crossley and Flossie Hemingway as sisted in waiting upon the younge people to refreshments.
 A quiet wedding for to-day is that O Mrs. Minnie Bishop and F. J. Chatter ton The ceremony will be performed at the brides residence on Grand ave nue.
 The snow spoiled the skating at Hem ingway's pond, but there was prospec of getting a section cleared away s' that the sport may be enjoyed to-day.
 Rev. Dr. Burdett Hart of Philadelphl; l was in town yesterday attending tn meeting of the Yale corporation.
 The funeral of Eleanor w., wife 0 l James D, Ashbee, was held at her lat home in East Haven yesterday after noon, and was largely attended, Rev In. I. Clark of the Congregations church, officiated There were man. beautiful floral tributes. The bearer were William and Benjamin Hosley cousins of the deceased, Frank Baile and Walter Bailey. The interment wa in the old cemetery
 Despite the lateness of the seasol there are a few oysters still fenalnln' on theBeach beds. They are theVirgini plants that were brought here in tn spring. The owners will hurry an catch up these oysters soon or else the, will freeze and be lost.
 About the coldest place in New Ha ven yesterday was on the Grand avenu drawbridge In the afternoon the tenn perature fell rapidly, running down t IA degrees above zero and with tn bleak wind sweeping down the rive the bridge was cold spot This loca ton is the coolest in summer of abou : any place in the city, and one of tn coldest in the winter.
 The Misses Hughes of New York cit have been guests of Dr. and Mrs. E. K Roberts of Grand avenue.
 One of the vessels lost in the blizzar was the little schooner Nathan F. Dix on, which has brought several cargoe of iron to the Fair Haven rolling mil
 The schooner lies nearly submerged ot Fort Trumbull, New London harbol and is past raising. This vessel wa built many years ago for packet an mail boat between Providence an Block Island.
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