The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-02
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
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tasopIls-Other Personal Items. .. .. MT. and Mrs. John H. Linsley, Master Henry Linsley and Captain Edgar Dow started Sunday in MT. Linsleys tour ing car for trip to Boston and other places in New England. They stopped in Springfield Sunday night and ex- pected to reach Boston last evening. They will probably be away all of the week.
 Local investors in the stock of Swift & Co.,, the New Haven Gas Light Co.,, the New Haven road and other good dividend paying stock, are receiving dividend checks this week. There is fully $5O0,OOO worth of the Swift stock held in Fair Haven.
 The rector's aid society of Grace church meets Wednesday evening to elect officers and arrange for winter work.
 Henry Benson, U. s. N, and now at- tached to the battleship Connecticut, is at his home on Blatchley avenue on a furlough.
 Henry Cain of Lloyd street left yes- terday to take a dental course in the University of Pennsylvania.
 Dr. E. C. M. Hall has returned after a stay of a month in Maine.
 Conductor James w. Burke of the Consolidated Railway is spending his vacation in Maine.
 Miss Catherine scoville of Lombard street has returned from the Adiron- dacks.
 The oyster business is now rushing, although not the entire force of shuck- CTS are yet employed The cooler weather has boomed the trade to a considerable extent and at the shops of H. c. Rowe & Co. over 100 are em- ployed Nearly all the shops are open ing oysters and additional help was taken on yesterday. The stock is spok- en of as very good this season and there is prospect that during the fall and winter all that can be marketed will command a ready sale. Fair Ha- ven oysters are sent almost across the continent and there is no better stock anywhere. Many oysters from the Beach beds will be marketed this sea- son and Narragansett bay will be called upon to supply the usual ship ment.
 Mercury dropping down to near the freezing point yesterday, brought light f1ostss in this vicinity. Tn some places the thermometer marked as low as 55 degrees. IL Is not expected that any killing frosts will come of this cool snap, as it is to be warmer to-day, but the next cool spell is more than likely to bring a temperature that will kill the tender plants.
 It was rather cool on the open cars yesterday morni but patrons With wraps did not mind it and preferred the summer cars to the closed ones. By afternoon the closed cars were running pretty generally on the Fair Haven lines People in general prefer the | open cars and would like to ride on them just as long as possible, but it is not expected that the weather will per- init running them very much longer.
 The funeral of Ellis A. Bassett of 42 Exchange street was attended at the memorial chapel yesterday afternoon, Rev. B. C. Tullar officiating. The inter- ment was in Fair Haven cemetery. At the rally day services for the Sum- day school of the Grand avenue Con- gregational church Sunday about 300 were present. This school numbers about 800, but owing to the unpleasant weather only about the average att tendance was out Sunday.
 The Outlook club will have its first meeting of the season in the chapel of the Grand avenue Baptist church Thursday evening The committee is preparing an interesting programme for the occasion.
 Rev. Charles G. Smith is expecting to attend the annual meeting of the New Haven Baptist association, which meets with the church in Deep River tomorrow and Thursday. At the meeting of Quinnipiae con clave of Heptasophs last night the the committee on the ministerial enter | tainment that is being planned met and made some preliminary arrange ments. This committee consists of D. 1 R. Connell, w. R. Downs, A. w. Beech CT, Mortimer Smith and F. P. McCabe.
 William Russell clerk in Salisburys drug store has gone to the Adiron- dacks for his vacation
 Wednesday, October 10. at 10.30 a. m. is the time set for the marriage of Miss Helen Mabrey of Exchange street | to flames Heslin of East street The ceremony will take place at St. Fran | cis' church.
 Mir. and Mrs. Robert Allen and chill dren who have been staying in East Haven on visit with friends for two weeks, have returned to their home in | Delaware.
 A new main is being laid by the New Haven Water company down Kimberly avenue, East Haven, and into several streets in Maple terrace to supply a number of new houses.