The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-23
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
MORE OYSTER SHELLS pIAsrnp THIS FEAR THAN EYER BEFORE.
Good Set !. H1psst.a-Drun Corp. En- sassd-wish the Fire Engine Com pany-soeiaI and Personal Items.

pany-socisi and Personal Items.
 Some of the oyster planters have fln-
 ished shelling the oyster beds down the
 harbor and it is expected that this
 work will be practically completed this
 week. The transportation has given
 employment to great many shovelers
 and number os boats from elsewhere
 have been chartered It is believed more shells have been planted than in any
 previous year. As there was poor set
 last year thousands of bushels of last
 years shells were dredged up. dried on the docks and again planted. This add
 ed to the shells made the past winter,
 has given an unusually large output.
 The outlook is quite favorable now for
 a good set. The oysters are healthy and
 the spawn ought to set well. It was feared by some that the heavy south easter last Saturday would injure the
 prospects, bu. it is now believed that
 not much damage was done to the small
 oysters
 M. Alton Kane. a well known railroad employe of the Consolidated road, and Miss Margaret Moray, popular Fair Haven young lady, were united in mar- riage last evening at 7:SG o'clock at St. Francis church by Rev. Father Peter M. Kennedy. After the ceremony re- ception was rendered the bride and grom by their many friends at the res- idence Of Mrs. Ellen A. Clements of g Wooster Place, where they will also ret side for the present
 Dr. c. H. Robbins Of 326 Grand ave-
 nue. who has been spending a week at the Hermitage, Lake Uncas Lyme, with
 E. W. Easter of Lexington avenue. Fair Haven. has returned home. MT. Easter owns the summer cottage known as the Hermitage. MT. Easter and family are spending the summer there as they have done sor several years There is fine fishing at the lake. pr. Robbina caught a good string of bass and pick erel
 The drum corps of the Quinnipiac
 Hook and Ladder company has been engaged to go to Hartford August 19E to play for the Mt Carmel division at the
 state parae of the Ancient Order of H.
 bernians. It is expected that several divisions from this city will attend the
 parade. The Fair Haven Engine companies have decided not to attend the state 1 firemen's convention to be held at Bran I ford August and B.. The Quinnipiac ! Hook and Ladder company will attend ! the parae at Southington in September. and the members decided that they could not accept both invitations R. T. Downer of Four Corners, one of l the station A letter carriers, is i'll with rheumatism. His route is being taken I by Substitute Goode Of the main Of l flee. Several Fair Haven people are mera- bers Of the various A. o. H. divisions,
 which parade in Hartford August IS. Roy Chidsey, aged sixteen years, son l of H. Walter Chidsey of East Haven, l who was painfully injured Tuesday by a severe accident. is getting along as well as could be expected. He cut his l leg severely with draw shave, just be-
 low the knee, making gash two inches long and requiring several stitches to- close up. Dr. Holbrook is the attending 1 physician. I The funeral of Frances B., wife Of
 Edward Eld, took place yesterday the
 Rev. D. J. Clark of the East Haven l Congregational church officiating. The 1 interment was in the Westville ceme- tery.
 Mrs. A. I Larson and son of New
 Britain are stopping at the Sunset View cottage, Morris Cove.
 | Miss Helen Kenney of Fillmore street has returned from visit in Meridell.