Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-05
FAIR HAVEN.
The News of the ROrOugh-Talking of a Skating Rtnk-Enterta1nmen at the First and Second Churches-The RnV HIr. RIakesIee UndecIded.

1 1he NeVFS OI the EOfOuSn-IaIRlI& 0 Skating Rfnk-Entertainmen a the First and Second Churches-Th' Key. MT. BIakesIee Undecided. Mr and Mrs. Fred ". Foote arrived homl from their bridal trip on Wednesday even ing.
 The St. James, Parish Aid society will giv an entertainment at Central Hall, Decem Der 16th.
 | The ladies of Grace church will hold { fair and festival three days next week.
 MT. c. H. R. Miller, of Springfield, Mass made short call on his people here or Wednesday.
 MT. D. B. Connen and child sailed yester | day from New York for the West Indies whore they will spend the winter.
 Mr. Eliyer Palmer cut his wrist with a saw on Wednesday, making bad wound. After the cut was properly dressed MT. Palmer pluckily kept at his work.
 Three of the merchants on the East Side have gone into partnership in purchasing roller skates, and are talking of opening a skating rink,
 Miss Etta Lancraft is teaching school through the winter months in North Haven.
 Mir. Montgomery, the grocer, has moved the horse shed on East Pearl street to the west line of the lot in the rear of the store, and also is enlarging the building. It is a decided improvement to the street.
 The large sharpie owned by MT. Eugene Hamilton, lying on the Barnes wharf, has been sold. The craft is to be housed over and fitted up with masts and sails and taken South and used to take freight from one place to another on the rivers in Florida. The boat is we'll fitted for this purpose as she is of very light draft and can go up and down the shallow streams that abound in that locality. The new owner, next sea- son, talks of overhauling the boat and fitting it up as pleasure craft to take out sailing parties. The owner is a resident of Florida
 The entertainment at the Second church last evening was well attended. The pro gramme was as follows: Organ solo by Pro lessor Brand, solo by Mrs Hart, singing by the choir, solo by MT. Keegan, reading by Miss Emma Ellenberger, a lecture on the Holy Land by Mr, Steele with stereoscopic views,
 The programme at the First church last evening consisted of reading by the gifted elocutionist Miss Nettie Taylor, of Brooklyn N. Y., song by Miss Hettie Bradley and also by Miss Palmer. The reading and songs were excellent and gave good satisfaction to the goodly number present.
 Miss Kitty Miller, of the east side, went to Providence, R. l., on Wednesday, where she has accepted a fine position in the leading shorthand and telegraph office in that city. She has the best wishes of all in her new sit' uatien.
 The Rev. MT. Blakes1ee is undecided as yet whether he will accept the f1attering call made to him by the Congregational church of New London. He has legion of warm friends here who hope that he will stay and labor among them.
 At tba session of Polar Star IOd1e No TT l. O. O. F., at their lodge rooms on Wednes- day evening, there were eighteen different lodges represented.
 Mir and Mrs. F. M. Sherman, of North Adams, Mass, are sojourning here for a short tiIae,
 Mrs. Captain A. M. Munson has been se- verely afflicted with the rheumatism for some weeks past. Her many friends hope that she may speedily recover from this afliction.