The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-13
FAIR H1VEN NEVIS.
Funeral of Mrs. Lydia Hughes To-day- Fair Haven Interested in Swift Meat COmpnny.


 Fair Haven Interested In Swift Meat Company.
 Archer B. Cargill of Quinnipiao ave- nue has been i'll for the last couple of weeks.
 Miss D. Gertrude Duell will sing sev- eral solos at the morning service in the Grand avenue Congregational church
 tomorrow. Although the choir has a vacation this month, Miss Duell, the alto of the quartette, has kindly con- sented to sing tomorrow.
 Dr. w. c. Sturges of this city will preach at Grace P. E. church to-mor- row morning on "The Mission of the Brotherhood" Dr. sturges is president of the state association of the Brother hood of St. Andrew. There will be no evening service.
 The funeral of Lydia Jennette, widow of Captain Roswell w. Hughes, will be solemnized from the residence of her daughter Mrs. Orton A. Rose No. I'll Quinnipiac avenue, this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The interment will be in East Haven.
 Mrs. Fannie D., wife of Arthur Rice, died at her home, 3S3 Whalley avenue, yesterday She was formerly Miss Fan nie Dudley of North Branford She leaves three sisters-Mrs. w. P. Niles of Fair Haven, Mrs. Page, wife of Rev. Charles Page of North Branford, and
 another sister. The interment will be at North Branford
 Ralph T. Downer, letter carrier at station A, leaves Monday for fifteen days vacation. He will enjoy a wheel ing trip up in New England. Clerk M. J. Murphy of station A is away on vacation, and Clerk Edward K. Mullen of the New Haven postoffice is substituting in his place. MT. and Mrs. Frank F.. Hull of Ex- change street have returned from Nau- gatuck.
 Herbert Barnes leaves on Wednesday for Saratoga.
 The stock of Swift & Co.,, the Chicago
 packers, has advanced about points in a few days, and the Fair Haven stockholders, who have investments of nearly $400,000 in the stock, are much
 pleased accordingly. In New Haven there are holdings of about $1 200, GOO in this stock Upon the announcement that $1,250, 900 of unissued stock was to be issued the price of the stock advanc- ed from 96 to about 100. The stockhold- CTS will have the opportunity to invest at the rate of about one new share for each ten shares held. Some of the larger Fair Haven investors will take new | stock, and probably all will. It is un-
 derstood that the revenue from the sale
 of the new stock is to be used In estab- fishing business for the company in Cuba and Porto Rico, Herbert Barnes,
 one of the large stockholders and a member of the board of directors, re- l ceived yesterday copy of a letter writ ten by the company's agent in Santia-
 go to Edward F. Swift. It is as fol- lows:
 Santiago de Cuba, July 27, 1898.
 Edward F. Swift, Chicago, H.: Dear Sir--Yesterday I had an oppor- tunity of meeting General Shafter the IeCeplloll WdS very pledSdnl, l1lueeu. informed him I was looking for inform
 ation regarding to the location of a site on which to build plant. He informed
 me pleasantly that could have any thing l wanted and to go at once and
 see his lieutenant, who would go with
 me to the location I had selected He then said, You may wire Swift & Co. that I am highly pleased with the ser vice they have given us, and personally
 greatly appreciate it." To-day l un- loaded from the Mississippi the carload of oil, tents etc, this being the first opportunity I have had for so doing. Was informed this evening that the Port Victor had arrived, but as yet have no definite information. We have about 35,000 pounds of beef on the Miss issippi to be unloaded the next two days. The weather here to-day is ex- tremely warm and I think the ther- mometer has been higher than at any time since arriving. Yours truly, H. J. PERLEY.