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Annual Meeting of Quinnipiac Hook
and Ladder Company--Death of
Thomas WhittIesey-QuinnipIa Con-
clave, 1. o. H., Held a Memorial SER.
vice-CaptaIn Howard Gardner En-
route for Buenos Ayres-BOrough
Meeting of Fair Haven East--Races
Wednesday.
The annual meeting Of Quinnipiac
Hose, Hook and Ladder company will
be held this evening, and it is expected
there will be large attendance. The
present officers are: Chief, Edgar Allen;
assistant, E. H. Farren; foreman, John
Hotchkiss; assistant, George Swan;
secretary, Berne Russell. 1t is expect
ed a report will be made by the COM
mittee appointed to inquire about site
for q new engine house and also to
inquire concerning buying this old chap
Ell of Pilgrim church. + is believed the
report will be adverse 10 the purchase
of the chapel, as most members would
prefer building a modern and conven-
lent engine house.
William R. Carroll and M Joseph
Dolan are delegates from Lloyd coun-
Gil of Fair Haven to the state council
of the Knights of Columbus to be held
at Wallingford to-day.
The death of Timothy Whittlesey
took place at his home, 205 Grand ave-
nue. Sunday, after an illness of one
week from pneumonia. He was a
dealer in hulled corn and harmony and
was well known. Mr.. Whittlesey was
a veteran of the civil war, He leaves a
widow and several children.
Miss Ellen P O'Neil, who died at her
home, 438 Ferry street, Sunday after a
long illness, was twenty-seven years
of age, the daughter Of Mr. and Mrs.
William O'Nell, and also leaves four
brothers, Charles, Thomas, William and
Edward, and sister, Mrs. Daniel Sui
livan.
Howard North, son Of Edward c.,
North, is at his home in Exchange
street, having returned from California
After the regular meeting Of Quonni-
piac conclave, No. 31S, I. o. H., held at
"A. o. U. w. hall last evening, there
was a memorial service for the deceas-
ed members. The address was given by
Rev. e. G. Tullar and the exercises in
Guided vocal solos by Loring Burwell,
and Miss Burwell piano solos by Miss
Cathie Burwell, and vocal selections by
a mixed quartette.
Constable Frank Sperry says that
while 1t is rather a late spring, seeds
have come up well and plants are now
looking very well.
Captain Howard Gardner of the Dew
ing Oyster company of Providence, well
known by many Of the local oystermen,
has just started for Buenos Ayres with
twenty barrels of seed oysters, going
out via Southampton, Eng, where he
will take steamer for the former place.
The oysters will be planted under his
direction as an experiment by the gov.
eminent of the Argentine Republic.
A large new sign was placed in posi-
ton over the main entrance to the store
of the w. A. Warner Bro. company
yesterday afternoon.
and burgesses Of the borough Of Fair
Haven East was held last evening and
monthly bills amounting to about $500
were ordered paid The call for the
annual borough meeting was signed
and this will be held at the engine
house in East Grand avenue next Mon
day. There does not seem to be much
interest in the candidacy for warden.
Warden Clark does not want re-
election and the only persons mention
ed as possible candidates are those
which have been mentioned in this pa
per Unless someone of the present
burgesses is nominated for warden, the
ticket for burgesses are likely to be
the same as at present. The caucus
will be held late in the week
C. e. Bray has been clerk of the Dor
ough thirty years ana says he would
be glad to have some one else elected,
but he has made so good a clerk 1t Is
not believed the electors will excuse
him from a reelection. When he was
first elected the late Daniel W. Shares
was warden and Mr.. Bray ard George
"a. Bradley, who was burgess, are the
only ones on that entire ticket who are
now living. The borough was then
part of the town of East Haven and
was annexed to New Haven in 1881.
There is much interest in the speed
ing on Clinton avenue for the Wednes-
day matinee, beginning at 3 o'clock. At
4 O'Clock there will be quarter of a mile
dashes and the entries so far are as
follows: George Cripps, Molly Croniss: