The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-15
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LARGE NUMBER INITIATED AT MEETING OF COLUMBIA CASTLE.

LARGE NUMBER INITIATED AT MEETING OF COLUMBIA CASTLE. Meeting at Grand Avenue Church To-
 night-Fine New Oyster Steamer
 Marriage of Elijah Williams and Miss
 COrbett-Address by Karl Thompson
 of Divinity. SchOOI-PersonaI Items.
 The meeting of Columbia Castle, No. 9, Knights of the Golden Eagle, held Tuesday evening at A. o. U. w. hall was one of the biggest in the history of the castle. Over 125 people were pres ent, members of Temple No. 2, side order of the Eagles, also attending. The degree team of the temple worked the degrees on twenty candidates. This team of eighteen members is under the direction of Mrs. Mary Bruse A fine supper was served and all who attend- ed spoke highly of the meeting. The committee consisted of J. B. Thompson, F. B. Buckley, Edward Herbert, Chas, Bruse and Albert Jones.
 Eggs have got drop on them. Fresh country eggs sell at twenty-five cents per dozen.
 There is to be a big meeting of the Grand avenue Baptist church this evening, and it is expected that every member who can will attend. It is the opH hqnnI1nt and a notice of the gathering has been sent to all the out of town members, and 1t is expected that all in town will be sure to attend. There will be so- cial hour from six to seven, and the banquet will be served at eight o'clock Officers will be elected for the ensuing year and the annual reports will be read.
 The new oyster steamer l. E. Brown is nearly completed at Bridgeport and will soon come here. This boat Is owned by Miller, Brown & Co. of Bridgeport, and the Fair Haven mem bers of the firm are Fred Brown and Frank Brown. The steamer Isaac E. Brown was taken to Tottenville, Staten Island where it was expected to re- build her, but the craft was found to be so rotten that she could not be re- constructed, and, all that was saved was her engines. The new boat is of 129 tons, is over eighty feet in, length and has capacity for 1000 to 2,5O0 bush- els of oysters. The craft has cost $l2,- 900 and it is claimed that she is the best boat for the money in the Con- necticut oyster fleet.
 The New Haven group of the Ep- worth League held meeting at St.. Andrew'se M. E. church last evening. Rev. E. A. Lent of Hartford gave the address, The fourth quarterly confer ence of this church was held Monday evening.
 There have been pretty good tides this week and many bushels of clans have been dug out of the clam banks. One day this week Rev. E. c. Tullar went clamming for the first time and brought home a basket full. He was accompanied by Henry I. Barnes, the East side marketman, who is an expert in bringing the bivalves to the surface He also knows the haunts of this de- lectable shel1fish. MT. Tullar dug the clans like a veteran. The next day he went to Glastonbury and delivered his famous Illustrated lecture on "In and About Jerusalem" This clergyman does nothing by halves, whether 1t Is preaching a sermon, delivering a lec- tr1re or digging out clans from the East shore beds.
 Elijah Williams and Miss Corbett were married at the residence of Rev. Charles G. Smith, BOA Exchange street, Monday evening. Both are residents of this city. The guests on the occasion were MT. and Mrs. Samuel Williams, Miss Lizzie Williams and Ellis Baker. MT. and Mrs. Williams will reside at BPS Exchange street,
 Mrs. Clara Fowle announces the en- gagement of her daughter, Edith Har- ris Fowle to William Orrin Tice of East Haven. Miss Fowle, who has been or ganist at the Grand avenue Baptist church since September, has resigned that position.
 Karl Thompson, of Springfield, of the Divinity school, gave an address at the Grand avenue Baptist church Tuesday evening on the recent conference of the Student Volunteer Movement held in Nashville, Tenn, MT. Thompson is also librarian of the Yale Missionary libra ry The address dealt with foreign missions, the conference being held to for the object of increasing the zeal in this work. MT. Thompson was a dele gate from Yale. He stated that there were four thousand delegates who were very hospitably entertained by the cit izens of Nashville. This conference is held once in four years, the first meet ing having been held in 1886. MT.