The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-22
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS
NEJPSY ITEMS FROM TH1IPART OF
 THE CITY.


 Wedding gYesterday-Fair Haven Yes
 sells in Trouble During Lnst Week'i
 storm.
 The Narragansett Bay Oyster compa- ny, in which several Fair Haven plant CTS are interested, is doing a very large business this winter. The company has under lease a large acreage of ground in the bay and has built wharf and oyster house at East Providence, where the shipments are made. The wharf has been enlarged the past season and be- fore another winter it is expected that the oyster house will be enlarged, as the quarters are too small for the increasing business.
 Captain Horatio N. Pond has gone on ' duty as commander of the tug Gaynor, which is employed by the company that is dredging the main channel in the lower harbor.
 The heavy fog Saturday interfered with oyster catching and but little could be done in that direction. The fog-horn at the new lighthouse could be heard almost continuously during the day and night, as we'll as the warning whistles of harbor tugs and steamers.
 Thomas Reilly of Clay street, the con- ductor on the Fair Haven and West vile railroad who was severely shocked by electricity few days ago, is able to be about the house. He received a shock of about 800 yolts
 Daniel and John Doohan, sons of Thomas E. Doohan, the harness maker, left Saturday for Denver and will re- main duping the cold weather. One of the brothers, Daniel, is afflicted with bronchial troubles.
 The evangelistic meetings which have been held for the past two weeks under the direction of the pastor Rev. D. w. Stone, at the Grand avenue Baptist church have been very helpful to the members of the church, and several per- sons have expressed the desire to lead a Christian life. Owing to his protracted work and with sickness in his family Mr. Stone became quite tired and 1t was necessary for him to seek some assist ance in carrying on the meetings. Rev. MT. Cutten and Rev. MT. Jackson each tshiN' H. M. Thompson of Hartford was ex- pected for another evening, but could not leave owing to illness in his family.
 Rev. Mr. Stone at the Baptist church yesterday asked for subscriptions to procure new church hymnals, and in few minutes over $50 was pledged for the purchase of over one hundred copies. 'The Baptist Hymnal," a book of 400 will ha a o6 cIJnr1lpnpnt- ing those now in use.
 At the monthly meeting of the New Haven Christian Endeavor union held at the Ferry street Congregational church the society of the Second Con gregational church sent the largest del- egation that was present This society was recently reorganized and is on very efficient basis. The addresses were very interesting H. H. Spooner spoke on 'What the Christian Endeavor Should Do for the Church, and there were addresses by Rev. Dr. Leete, Rev. A. c. Powell. Fl. H. Taylor and Miss Minor. The marriage ceremony of Miss Sadie D. Button of this city and Robert w. Mcclure of Norwich took place yester- day afternoon at o'clock at the East Pearl street M. E. church. The church was about half filled with the relatives and friends of the couple.
 The bride is a daughter of MT. and | Mrs Lyman w. Button of 266 Whalley | avenue She has a number of relatives in Fair Haven and this was the reason for holding the ceremony in the East Pearl street M. F. church. The ushers were Frank Reveey, Bert Diver, Will liam R. Oldershaw and Charles H. Ol- dershaw. The bride wore a gown of white and carried a bouquet of white roses. The ceremony was performed by the pastor of the church, Rev. R. T. McNicholl Previous to the ceremony several selections were rendered by Earl F. Johnson, assistant organist of the church, and as the bridal party walked up the aisle the Lohengrin wedding march was played. After the ceremony the couple repaired to the home of the brides parents, where a reception took place for the relatives and a few of the immediate friends MT. and Mrs. Me- Clure have received many handsome gifts. After a. wedding tour the couple will reside in Norwich.
 The committee in charge of the fif teenth annual ball soon to be given by the St. Ignatius T. A. B. and L. society Is preparing for very successful affair. The affair will take place at Polar Star hall Wednesday evening, January 31. Music will be furnished by Arpin's or chestra.
 The schooner Nellie J. Crocker of Cal ais, Me-, which is reported ashore near Winter Harbor, Maine, was built in East Haven in the year 1874 and was of 312 tons register Captain Henderson reports that his vessel was from St. John, N. B., for New York and that the craft was blown ashore in a severe gale of wind last week. The crew were saved.
 Another well known vessel which got into trouble last week was the big schooner ChdrlevOiX, This vessel has been to Fair Haven several times with plaster for the Adamant Plaster company. Captain Pettis re- ports that his vessel while on the voy- age from New York for Port Greville struck on the unfinished Dog Bar break water at Gloucester, Mass, while en- 1eavoring in a severe storm to make the shelter of the harbor. The vessel has been hauled out at Boston. The schoon-