The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-24
11TH AND t2TH WARD NEWS
ITEMS OF INTER EST FROM FAIR
 HAVEN AND VICINITY.


 Grange-Course of Lectures-A Small
 Fire-Mr. Brsdfey's New Naphth
 Launch-Girls' Aid Society.
 Oyster cultivation in Mystic river seems to be attended with success. The steamer Wizard from Greenport, l.. l., few days ago, loaded oysters which were raised on the Mystic beds.
 R. B. Dwight has purchased of J. B. Eggleston fifty feet of land on Ex- change street.
 The board of relief of East Haven will hold it's meeting next Monday from a. m. to D. m.
 The course of illustrated lectures ar ranged by the East Haven school committee, promises to be interesting and instructive. The next lecture is announced for the evening of January 25 at town hall The subject will be The Paradise of the Pacific" by Rev. J. H. Jackson. The other lecturers are Rev. D. J. Clark and Principal Scher- merhorn.
 The office of H. w. Crawford & Co. on Grand avenue is being much inn proved by repainting.
 The barge c. l.. Haynes has just dis charged 250 tons of Windsor cement for the Warner-Miller company
 It is expected that a meeting of cit izens of the Eleventh and Twelfth wards will be held in a few days with a discussion of the proposed contracts between the city and the water com pany The meeting will be at Polar Star hall but the date is not fixed Among those named for speakers are Alderman z. J. Conway, Hon. James P. Bree and ex-Alderman Henry G. Shepard, Alderman w. s. Moyle, Alder man George Wallace, George H. Ja- cobs, Councilman Thomas c. Bracken and J. J. Sullivan.
 FoXon grange, No. S4, has elected of fcers as follows: Master, A. J. Gram miss; overseer, Arthur Sperry; lecturer, Nellie Woods; steward, c. K. Gran miss; assistant, George Fowler; chap lain, Lincoln Grannis; treasurer, Mabel Thompson; secretary, Frank M. Sperry; Pomona, Mrs. H. F. Granniss; Flora, Mrs. Annie Granniss; Ceres, Mrs Nellie Sperry; lady assistant, Mrs. Lottie Prout; gate keeper, Rev. Frank Coun- tryman. The officers were installed on Wednesday evening by Robert o. Eaton.
 The Quinnipiac Brewing company has purchased of George Cripps a fine pair of team horses weighing 3,S50 pounds l The price was about $500.
 Jacob Frohlich has two pairs of fine | Antwerp pigeons, one has a record of | 100 miles. The F. F. Whist club met yesterday | afternoon at the home of MT. and Mrs | Henry Gesner on Front street.
 MT and Mrs. Samuel Snodgrass of | Quinnipiac avenue celebrated their tin wedding at their home last evening. A | large number of their friends were present and brought many presents. There was music: refreshments were served and it was a general good time for all
 There was q small fire at the home of William Brooks of Front street on Tuesday. A large piece of fire wood was placed in the oven of the kitchen stove to season, and it took fire. MT. Brooks managed to carry the wood to the wooden steps at the back door, and he says the. threw three pails of water on the flames. He supposed the fire was entirely extinguished, but it ap- pears that some flame slumbered in the log, as the fire broke out a few min utes later. A neighbor notified MT. Brooks, who was in the house, and the fire was again fought, and this time A large hole was burn ed in the wooden steps.
 Frank Bradley gave his naphtha launch another run on Quinnipiac river morning. The new boat did even better than on the first trial, and It promises to prov equite a speedy craft The girls aid society recently formed n the Grand avenue Congregational ,hurch met Wednesday, and did some sewing for the first time. There were eighteen members present. A short ad- lress of encouragement was made by he pastor, Rev, Andrew Burnes Chal- ( ners, during the afternoon The so- : ,iety meet each Wednesday afternoon md Mrs Chalmers will act as an ad- yisory friend in matters of arrange nent The officers are: President, Josephine Hemingway; vice president, Eva DeMatty; treasurer, Edith Bald vim