The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-18

Pretty Little Wedding on Wednesday,
 Estate Transacttons-Activ in the
 Fair Haven Kcg Shop-see Oysters
 Commanding Good Prices.
 Abram E. Mack of 10s East Pearl street and Miss Augusta Langer were married at the home of the brides par ents at 33 Auburn street, Wednesday evening, by Rev. Dr. Lines. About for ty of the relatives and immediate friends witnessed the ceremony. The bride Is a daughter of MT. and Mrs August Langer. The couple have gone to housekeeping at MT. Macks home in East Pearl street. The couple received gifts.
 The letter carriers delivered a large number of ballots and pastors yester- day and the mails were quite heavy in consequence.
 The bark Essex of New Haven is on the way from Turks Island to New York. Dr. F. s. Waterbury, who is a passenger on the bark wrote, from Bar badoes and afterward the vesesl went to Turks Island to load. Her trip out was from New York to Freetown, South Africa. Dr. Waterbury went out for his health, which has greatly improved.
 The directors of the Fair Haven Cemtery association have purchased patent lowering device which is to be used for funeral purposes; no extra charge Is made for the use of the same.
 Eliza Warren has purchased of Susan o. Thompson 67 feet of land on Thomp- son street in the Annex.
 M. l.. Chase has bought of Theron A. Todd 60 feet of land on Clay street.
 James O'Connor has purchased of Thomas F. Coyne 30 feet of land on Monroe street
 The service of forty hours adoration was continued at St. Francis R. c. church yesterday, with masses at 5:3O and 8 a. m. These services will close with the 8 a. m. mass to-day.
 Allen Huntley of Lenox street was quite Ill yesterday and threatened with pneumonia.
 The arrangements are completed for the twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of Columbia lodge, No. 15, Daughters of Rebecca, to take place in Odd Eel lows hall, Crown street. this afternoon at o'clock. The committee of arrange ments consists of Mrs. John Meyer, Mrs. Jacob Frolich. Mrs. Fricke, Mrs. Ka pitzke, Mrs. Parlow, Mrs. Schaffer, Mrs. Eisley, Mrs. Fredericks, Mrs, Bucholz, Mrs. Stahl, Mrs. Pfieghar, Mrs. Schorer. After the anniversary exercises a ban quet will be served to 800 persons a Music hall. Mrs. Frolich, noble grand, will preside and welcome the visitors and history of the lodge will be read by the secretary, Mrs. Charlotte Frcke. Officers of Polar Star lodge, I. O. o. F.. will attend the banquet
 The Fair Haven keg shop will soon be at work on butter kegs, for which there is a big demand in May and June. The orders for fish kegs, of which a great number were sold, are nearly completed MT. Smith of Smith Brothers X Co., City Point, was over to Fair Haven, yes- terday afternoon, He says his firm is shipping about 2,000 bushels of oyster seed per week to Providence planters. He reports the seed season backward and sales of late have not been as large as usual at this season, but says just as much seed will be sold as formerly. The shippers are getting good prices, ranging from fifty to ninety cents per bushel for good seed
 A. F, Hall of Meriden, who paid a visit to Admiral Foote post. Saturday evening, is well remembered by Fair Haven war veterans. He was member of Company H, Fourteenth regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, and was in | camp at Grapevine Point when the big war camp was located in that part of | Fair Haven. Some of the barracks were removed to East Chapel street and were fitted for tenements and are still In use; | and several of the buildings were taken | on scows to Branford Point