The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-06-27
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS
THE GRADUATING EXERCISES OF
 STRONG SCHOOL To-DAY.

I
 Funeral ol Joseph DOane-Enir Haven
 Lodge, ID. ofIS.
 The Fair Haven and Westville Rail-
 road company kept cars running very
 lively yesterday The Buffalo Bill show,
 college ball game and commencement
 exercises were the means of bringing much extra traffic. For the ball game fifty extra cars were run.
 Big crowds went into town in the
 morning to see the parade of the Wild West combination, and in the afternoon
 and evening many Fair Haven people
 attended the performances.
 The graduation exercises of the class
 Of 1900, Strong school, will take place in Granniss hall this afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. Granniss' hall can accommo-
 date about six hundred people, and it
 will be filled this afternoon. An inylt-
 ation is extended to all interested in
 the school to attend. The diplomas will
 be presented by James T. Moran of the
 board of education. The programme of
 exercises has already been published.
 A fine specimen of eyear-old oys-
 ter set is on exhibition in the store of I 0. A. Rose & Co. A large oyster shell
 nearly foot in length, is completely covered with the oysters, the size indi-
 eating that they have had thrifty growth in a year.
 Letters addressed as follows were ad-
 vertised yesterday at Station A: James Flanagan, Charles Kilbourne, Mitchell & Sons and Harold w. Phillips 1 H. A. Stevens, who has been in poor health for several months, has not been so well for the past two or three weeks. He was considered somewhat better yesterday.
 Jesse Mallory has been ailing several weeks from dyspeptic troubles, but is able to be about. He intends going away for awhile as soon as he is strong enough for the journey.
 l Charles J. Ketcheners oyster beds off Northport L. l., were visited by thieves a few nights ago and a large quantity of seed oysters was taken. The full ex- | tent of the depredations has not yet 1 been ascertained. About 45,000 bushels of seed were planted on these beds this season,
 | The funeral services of the late Jo- seph Doane were attended last evening from the residence of his son, Levi Doane, S43 Quinnipiac avenue. Rev. R. T. McNicholl officiated. The interment will take place to-day at Clinton.
 The worlSmen are proceeding rapidly with the work of laying the new big water main in Grand avenue The work Is now proceeding between Fillmore and Poplar streets. It was a difficult job laying the main in front of the car house without disturbing the many tracks leading into the house, but it was accomplished without removing any of the rails. The small temporary water main has been laid as far as East Pearl street.
 Collector L. A. T. Blake has collected taxes to within about $500 on last years list. Uncollected taxes are now bear ing per cent. interest. and if not paid by october liens will be placed on the property.
 William H. Pierpont, past grand pa- tron of the Order of the Eastern Star, will go to Branford to-morrow evening and address joint meeting of Widows Son lodge, A. F. and A. M., and Georgia chapter, O. E. s.
 Joseph Applegate of Lloyd street will be discharged from Grace hospital in few days One of his feet was badly burned by molten metal last October, and skin-grafting was resorted to, to build up the tissue. The skin was talk en from Applegate's brother. Apple gate has suffered severely, but is now nearly cured.
 At a regular meeting of Fair Haven lodge, D. of H., held Monday evening. six candidates were initiated by the de- gree team. The team used their new paraphernalia, which has just been con- pleted at no small amount of labor and expense, and the work was beautifully done, the members of the team acquit- ting themselves we'll The lodge room was well filled and all present pro- nounced it one of the prettest pieces of work ever presented on lodge room floor The room was beautifully dec orated with flowers, flags, bunting, etc. Among those present were Mrs. M M. Whitney, state supervisor and Mrs. B l.. Nichols deputy both of Hartford Addresses were made by these women wherein the team was highly compli- mented upon the able manner in which 1t performed the work. There were also members present from Purity lodge of Bridgeport, Silver City lodge of Meri- den and Elm City and Banner lodges of this city. The team is composed of sixteen women, with D. E. Cooper as drill master, who came in for his share of praise. An invitation was extended the team to visit Hartford lodge, which will no doubt be accepted in the near future. There is beneficiary depart- ment connected with the D. of H. and since the organization of Fair Haven | lodge, seven years ago, only twenty as- sessments have been called. A large | percentage of this lodge are beneficiary | members, and it will be but a short | time when every member will join the | insurance ranks. After the lodge closed I Chief of Honor Jennie E Moran invit- | ed all present to the banquet room, where Mrs. Hattie Smith, who is chair | man of the entertainment committee, | and her assistants had four large tables | well filled with ice cream, cake, etc, | after which all went home feeling well | pleased with the evenings entertain ment.
 St. Andrews Improvement associa- | tion met Monday evening with MT. and | Mrs. A. J. Futile of Main street, East | Haven. The grounds around MT. Tut | tIp,S yaci1opna u-ara ,J,ao,,4..J