The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-04-20
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
DEATH OF MISS LENA BASSERMAN
FROM PyEUMONIA.
Daughter of Anton Basserman Dies at
the Age of Twenty-0nc--At Home Re
ccptson of Mrs. william II. BostwiclS--
Large Plant of Early Oysters.

To-day will be observed as Federation
day by the federated clubs of Fair Ha-
ven, West Haven and New Haven. The
meeting will be held at the rooms of the
chamber of commerce, 760 Chapel street,
at p. IN.
Miss Lena Basserman, daughter of
Anton Basserman, died at her home,
2O7 Grand avenue, Wednesday evening,
at the age of twenty-one years. She
had been i'll several weeks with rheu-
matism and some time ago was attack
ed with pneumonia, which was the
cause of her death. DIR. Moore was the
attending physician. The deceased was
member of the Grand avenue Congre-
gational church. The funeral will be
held this afternoon from the residence
of the parents of the deceased, No. 2O7
Grand avenue.
There is building at Staple Point a
power boat for the Narragansett Bay
oyster company, of which several Fair
Haven planters are the stockholders.
The boat is to be used in catching star
fish on the oyster beds of the company
in Narragansett Bay.
Mrs. Irving Frost of Montowese has
"
anges, ten green ones and over fifty
blossoms
L. r. Hemingway & Co. have recent
ly completed an addition to their glue
works. The works are running to their
fullest capacity night and day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William p. Bostwick
held their first 'at home reception on
Wednesday evening at their home, 269
Quinnipiac avenue. Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
S. Russell assisted in receiving Mr..
Russell is a brother of Mrs. Bostwick.
They We're married in West Boylston,
Mass, April II, as previously announc-
ed, and are here on their bridal tour.
Many friends of both couples called and
the evening was passed very pleasant
ly. The house was prettily decorated
with plants and cut flowers. Mr., and
Mrs Bostwick will hold their second ''at
home next Wednesday evening.
The remains of Mr.. Keeney of East
Grand avenue were brought here from
Meriden yesterday afternoon Mr.. Keen
ey worked in Meriden and died there af-
ter short illness.
Captain Charles II. Seeley sold yes
terday a boat-load of eighty-six bushels
of oysters, caught in Quinnipiac river,
for fifty cents per bushel. The oysters
We're taken down the harbor and We're
planted
In the absence of Rev DR.. Mitchell
the pulpit of the Grand avenue Congre-
gational church will be supplied Sunday
by Rev. Mr.. McCord. In the
evening Sunday school concert will be
held.
The plant of Virginia oysters this
spring in Fair Haven and City Point
will amount to about $4,000 bushels.
They include the cargo of the schooner
Bayless and that vessel is due soon with
another cargo for S. G. Burwell & Co.
and Ernest Ball. 5000 bushels in all; the
schooner Wharton, Captain Harrison,
$500, and the vessel is now loading a
second cargo; the schooner Helen p,
loaded by Captain Charles H. Seeley,
and the vessel is now loading a second
cargo, 10000 bushels in all; the schooner
5. p. Putnam of Baltimore, 5000 bush
els; the cargo of the schooner B. f.
Jayne and three other cargoes. These
oysters cost in Virginia from forty to
fifty cents per bushel, and it is pre-
licted by some that this stock will cost
1T least fifty cents next spring. There
las been a good demand for southern
oysters in Norfolk this spring, which
las kept up the price.
From Suffolk, L. l., comes the report
hat in New York during the last two
months oysters have been very scarce
and shippers at the former place have
had great difficulty in filling the orders
In preparation for the coming year the
Suffolk planters are buying more seed