The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-14
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
BIG LOT OF OYSTERS TO BE PLANTED
 BYLOC4L GROWERS,

Important Special Meeting of wardens
 and Vestrymen of Grace r. E. Church 10
 be Held This Evening-supper to be
 Given Next Week by Hiram Camp Di-
 vision, S. of T.
 c. D. Parmelee, F. Mansfield & Sons and Isaac E. Brown have leased sev- eral acres of oyster ground off Rocky Point, Narragansett Bay, R. l., and will plant 50,000 bushels of three years old stock this spring. They have already shipped east 1S,50O bushels of the stock. One of the schooners lowed down scow which will be used in the bay to distribute the oysters for planting. This stock will be caught up in the fall and brought her to market. It is claimed this ground raises much finer stock than the beds in Long Island Sound. The ground is never sol l, but leased by the state of Rhode Island at $5 and $10 per acre per year.
 The schooner Tom Beattie, one of Contractor John Beatties fleet of stone vessels, has been ordered by the gov ernment to New London to transport two large cannons to this harbor to be used for coast defense. They are to be taken from Fort Trumbull and are Rodman guns, s. 10 and 15 inch calibre, excellent weapons for a range of two miles.
 oI o;, nected with the Grand avenue Congre- gational church gave course dinner Tuesday evening, about ninety of their friends attending. Those who assisted at the dinner were Mrs. L. L. Bradley, Miss Addie Meek, Miss Gertrude Brad- ley, Mrs. George Kelley, Mrs. Arthur Brown, Mrs. Buck, Mrs. Dr. Hall, Mrs. Walter S. Bishop, Mrs. F. w. Prescott, Miss Hattie Denison, the Misses Jen- nie, Lucy and Matte Griswold, Miss Alice Finch, Miss Mary Blakeslee, Miss Edith Groot, Miss Minnie Goodsell Miss Stella Zimmerman, Mrs. Mark Holmes, Miss Josephine Bradley, Miss Annie Booker and Miss Jefferson. The third and last presentation of the cantata of Esther took place at Polar Star hall on Tuesday evening and was a great success. The cast performed their work in an excellent l manner and the large chorus under the direction of w. J. Kraft acquitted them | selves well.
 | A special meeting of the wardens and vestrymen of Grace P. E. church will be held at the parish house this eve ming. It is expected that action will | l1o +oI l,a ,,f | tor, Rev. Percy Barnes, who soon re-
 moves to Essex.
 Mrs. F. A. Kendrick, daughter of MT.
 and Mrs. L. c. Strickland, has returned
 from Newark, N. J., and is stopping with her parents at their home, 14S I Grand avenue.
 1 The young people of Grace church l are arranging for a concert to be given | in the parish house some evening next | week by the choir, assisted by local ! talent
 l A letter from Dr. c. B. Adams, who I is at St. Augustine, Fla, states that he
 has not been improving of late as rap l idly as desired There has been a great deal of northerly wind and the weather has been unfavorable for in- vaIids. He is expected home about | May 1.
 l Lucius P. Deming of Quinnipiac ave
 nue, supreme warden of the N. E. O. l F., was present yesterday at the meet ing of the grand lodge held in this city
 and made a brief address.
 J. Fl. Augur's steam yacht Gunhilde
 has been brought from Bridgeport
 where the craft has been laid up for the
 winter. The yacht will soon be put ir commission for the summer.
 On Thursday evening of next week 8
 supper will be given by members oi Company A of Hiram Camp division
 s. of T., to the members of Company B. A supper to the members of the
 company winning in the recent team
 drills was the forfeit to be paid by the losers of the contest.
 Yesterday was the finest day of the season, despite the fact that the dirt swept through the streets in great 1 ,1n