The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-03
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SLDES OF THE RIVER.
Oystermen Busy In Supplying Increased DemaMd for Oysters-125th Anniver- sary of Fair Haven Congregational Church to be Celebrated Friday Even- fnm-Bsrn nes-StOrec Marriage,
ing-Barnes-storer Marriage.

The people were unprepared for yes- terday's severe cold snap and mini mum temperature of 30 degrees. There was a killing frost a:,d tender plants and vegetables were destroyed. B. s. Bradley estimates that he will lose two acres of late sweet corn, Ice formed as thick as window glass in exposed places,
 The tide Is such at present that the oystermen 20 down to the oyster beds at night. Sunday night some of the oystermen started down the harbor as early as 9 o'clock and returned early yesterday morning. It was pretty cold night on the water. There is good demand for oysters at present and the catchers have to go when the tide serves to catch up the bivalves. Oys- ters are unusually fine this season, which fact accounts in large measure for the big demand.
 Lawrence A. Humiston, deputy su- preme organizer of the Empire Knights of Relief, is engaged in organizing a lodge, No, 137, In Bridgeport. He thinks that there is prospect of starting strong lodge there.
 The regular meeting of the East Ha- ven grange will be held this (Tuesday) evening.
 The town meeting in East Haven was held yesterday. It was a cold day for the workers, but very good vote was got out for town election.
 Elk Warden F. ". J. Sizer and wife left yesterday for their annual stay in the Berkshire Hills. and will visit Pitts field, Lenox and Stockbrldge before their return. They will be absent two or three weeks.
 Miss Addie Manwaring of 277 Lloyd street has returned from thrse months stay with relatives in Shelter Island and with her sister at Amagan- sett, Long Island.
 Constable Frederick Siebert and fam fly have moved from Exchange street to 6S Poplar street
 Eight persons were admitted to mem bership at the East Pearl street M. F. church on Sunday.
 The sad death of Joseph c. Salisbury at Torrington is much regretted by his many friends. sHis brother, s. Lloyd Salisbury, was in Torrington yesterday making arrangements for the funeral. It is expected that the burial will take place in Cheshire, where several mem bers of the family are buried.
 Arthur H. Barnes, Anthony De Matty and Howard C. Henderson have return ed from New York and report having had a fine view of Saturdays great pa rade.
 The marriage of Arthur D. Barnes, son of MT. and Mrs. Herbert Barnes of Quinnipiac avenue, and Miss Anna Mary Storer of Bartville, suburb of Philadelphia, will take place at the home of the brother oe the bride, Bsn- jamin Storer, near Philadelphia, on Oc- tober Il at 8 p. m. MT. Barnes has re- sided in Philadelphia several years and is engaged in the manufacturing busi- ness. MT. Barnes, the father of the prospective groom, will furnish the cou- ple's new home.
 The one hundred and twenty-fifth an- niversary of the East Haven Congrega- tional church will be celebrated in con nection with the annual church meet ing Friday evening, October 6. Supper will be served in the chapel at o'clock | to which all the members of the church are invited. The anniversary exercises will be held in the church at 1.30 o'clock l D. m.
 Superintendent Mulvey of Station 1 | will begin weighing the outgoing mails | to-day. The department has ordered | the weighing of the mails for thirty five days to get an average of the | amount of mail matter carried by the | railroads. There are seven mails dis | patched from Station A every twenty | four hours, amounting to about eight | cen sacks and seven pouches of mail matter.
 Mrs, Fannie Mulford of Amagansett l L. l., is visiting her brother John H, | Manw airing of 277 Lloyd street.