The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-02-26
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEVIS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
 ACROSS THE RIVER

dChOSS I IT G Ia L4Ss
 Only Two Oyster steamers Came in
 Last Wcek-snOw Cars Out Again
 sunday-ROd Mill of the National
 Wire Corporation still CIosed-Harry
 Leigh Writes That Weather is Very
 Hot in FIorida-SociaI, Lodge and
 Personal Notes.
 The rod mill of the National wire corporation is still closed and no one seems to know just when it will be started up. This affects quite a num- Der of workmen who. losing their labor in the winter season., it is rather dis couraging. Some of the employees are leaving the city as the future is so un- certain for work The bill has turned out large quantity of manufactured material since the plant was establish ed and there certainly seems to be great future for the business. When the business is reorganized and placed on an enduring basis there ought to be excellent business for that department of the big plant.
 Harry Leigh in a recent letter from Avon Park, Fla, writes that the weather is very hot there and there is but little encouragement for hunting, although he carried down a complete hunting equipment and good bird dog. There are not only many game birds near his orange plantation but little farther away there are bear and deer. some of which Mir. Leigh ex3ected to bag this winter He writes that the crops are growing finely and promise profitable yield on his plantation.
 Copies of renonstrances against the sale of the natural oyster beds, as is proposed in a bill pending in the gener- al assembly, have been placed in sev- eral stores and are being signed by many citizens. It is stated that Bridge port is also being canvassed for sigma lures to a similar remonstrance, If the bill becames a law it will spoil the bus mess for many boat owners in Fair Haven. who catch seed on the natural beds every fall and sell the same for a considerable income.
 Among the social affairs planned for this week is a whist to be given by the ladies of Columbia temple, Ladies of the Golden Eagle, at 210 Front street Thursday afternoon. All friends and members of the order are invited to at tend
 Only two steamers came In the past week with oysters and the market is not very well supplied at present. One of the big Rowe steamers has just dis charged and sailed east yesterday to lead another cargo. The schooner Rob- ert Boswick is due from Providence with oysters for F. Mansfield & Sons, but the storm has evidently delayed her, for she has set arrived. The Quin nipiac river was pretty effectually clos ed with ice yesterday, but that was no particular disadvantage, for there were no oyster boats to go down. although there are one or two barges, the cap tains of which would like to sail west wal U. VIII llNNA IS di0D tApHbd NiNll ice, although tug could break it out is necessary.
 Next Monday night will occur the annual meeting of the Quinsipiac Canoe club at the club house in Front street and officers will be elected It is stat ed that F. Carter Hitchcock will not be candidate for reelection for secre- tarv of the club and the name of Ger maine Crosley has been suggested for the position; anG Alinon Kellogg does not cahe to be reelected treasurer and it has been proposed to elect Harold Mix The other officers are likely to be reelected Seven names for new members will be acted upon. After the meeting a banquet will be served and the committee of arrangements will be Charles Blatchley Mir. Ball and Wal ter Ames A large attendance and an enjoyable time is anticipated It was necessary to get out the snow cars again yesterday and four were working removing snow from the west end of Grand avenue and dumping it 1 into Mill river. Quite gang of show elers were also required, The Cuasol- Iidated Railway ran it's snow blows and sweepers out Sunday night to keep the { tracks clear and yesterday morning the cars were making very good time con- sidering the snow
 | Darkest Chicago and Her Walls is the topic of the Illustrated lecture to re given this evening in the Sunday School room of the East Pearl street I M. F. churck by the pastor, Rev. E, c. Tular. This is the last of a series of six lectures which Mr Tullar has de- livered on Tuesday evenings It will be illustrated with 100 lantern slides.
 George A. Munson of Front street is quite ill
 At the prayer meeting at Grand ave- nue Congregational church this even ling the topic is How to Get Strong"
 Next Sunday about twenty-five new members are to be received into Pill grim church,
 Fair Haven lodge, Degree of Honor, held it's regular meeting last evening
 At the home of Rev and Mrs. D. J. Clark of East Haven on Saturday ltwenty-eight members of the Junior Christian Endeavor of the Congrega- tional church were entertained. A can dV pull was one of the interesting feat