The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-03-05
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
4 LETTER FROM HERM1N 4fMM1NN
 IN FLORIDA.
William A. Warner In Cuba-Funeral of E. K. Mullen This Morning-Qutn.
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 The schooner Grace Seymour, Captain
 Holmes, Is at Newport News waiting an
 opportunity to load coal.
 The schooner John M. Brown has
 sailed from Providence for the same l port.
 Herman Ammann, who has been spending the winter in Florida, writes
 that the freezing of the orange trees
 wlll'not prove as serious as was expect
 ed. The blossbms will be put back but
 in three weeks time the damage will
 have been repaired. Mir. Ammann has
 been enjoying some fine hunting, his
 game secured including two deer and many fine game birds. He is now stop
 ping at Orlando. He expects to return in the spring. N
 The w. c. T. U. will hold it's annual
 meeting tomorrow afternoon at three
 o'clock in it's rooms, + Grand avenue. This will be it's first meeting in it's new rooms, and 1t is anxious for a large att tendance,
 The park commission in it's annual re- port, refers to Clinton park In the Twelfth ward as follows: "The policy has been to defer any layout of this val uable park territory until the near fu- ture." Residents in that portion of the ward are anxious that something should be done very soon for the improvement of the park as they believe they are juetly entitled to It.
 The sale and supper given by Our Workers Mission band of the Montow- csc Baptist church netted the sum of $1S.50.
 William A. Warner, who, with cou- pie of friends, sailed for Cuba about ten days ago. writes that they had rough passage down to Nassau and nearly all the passengers were seasick. The party were all well. They intend visiting sey- eral places in Cuba and may go to Por- to Rico.
 The cold days of the past week froze ice on Hemingway's pond and there was skating, but the ice was thin and sev eral skaters fell through, but with no se- rious consequences.
 E. K Mullen, whose funeral will oc- cur this morning at the Church of the Sacred Heart, was assistant to Clerk in- Charge Mulvey when the station A was opened. He remained several months and was then transferred to the New Haven postoffice. He had many friends here and some will be present at the fu- neral
 Fort Hale lodge, N. F. o. F., initiated eight candidates and received three ap- plcations Friday evening.
 Live Oak council will initiate three candidates Thursday evening and two applications are pending A delegation from the council paid fraternal visit to Seaside council, k. A., of Bridgeport | Friday evening.
 At the Grand avenue Baptist church after the communion service yesterday morning the pastor Rev. F. w. Stone gave the right hand of fellowship to seven new members.
 Mrs. Frank Smith of Montowese, who is spending the winter in Americus, Ga, recently sent her mother, Mrs. Samuel | Sackett, a large box of violets which | were gathered by her.
 A big crowd was attracted to the fire | which nearly destroyed the barn of Dr. Barbault, 209 East Chapel street, Sat urday night. The loss on the barn is about $500, with no insurance, A $200 [ horse was suffocated.
 William H. Huntley of Pierpont street | leaves to-day for New London to do work on the local directory. MT. has been in the directory work for about twentySix years
 Extra meetings are to be held in the chapel of the Grand avenue Baptist church every evening this week but The pastor, Rev. E.W. Stone, will be assisted by Rev. ". J. SWaflleld of Jersey City
 The Rhode Island shell fish commits sion has just leased fifty-five acres of land on Narragansett Bay. Fair Haven planters have under cultivation several hundred acres of ground on the bay and t is the most profitable of all their hold ngs and the acreage has been increased he past year. The grounds Just leased was to Rookes & Havens fifty acres at Rocky Point, five acres to MT. Crowell and an application for twenty-five acres was continued until March 25.
 Rev. A, Douglas Miller of Hoboken, who supplies the pulpit of St. Jame6' F. D. church, preached in the Lenten ,ourse at the Church of the Good Shep nerd, Hartford, Friday evening.
 This evening Quinnipiac conclave No, 13, I. o. H., will hold it's regular meet ng and several candidates are expected o present themselves for initiation. Ar CT the business meeting the doors will ,e thrown open to gentlemen friends of he members and a programme of eo- .al and instrumental music will be giv- m and there will be addresses by two prominent members of the conclave coffee and cigars will be erved A large attendance is expected. '