Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-11-13
FAIR HAVEN.
Festivals Next Week-The Meeting at
the Rink-Other Items OF Local In.

| Festivals Next Week-The Meeting n
| the Rfnk-Other Items OF Local In.
terest.
The ladies connected with Grace Episcopa
church are to give their annual sale of fancy
articles at the Quinnipiac rink next Wednes
day and Thursday evenings. There will bt
an entertainment each evening consisting Of
| readings, charades and dialogues. The young
people will have charge of the entertain
| ments. One of the evenings Rev. DR.. Vib.
bert of st. James church, well known and
pleasing elocutionist, will give reading.
The ladies will prepare a supper to follow
| the entertainment. A large number of fancy
articles, brio -a-brac and articles of virtu ave
been procured and will be offered for sale.
/ AS but a small admission price will be
charged the entertainments and sales should
| be well attended. they undoubtedly will.
| There will be supper and festival at the
/ pa1lors of the First Congregational church
| next Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. The
| affair will be in charge of the lsdies and
young people and an enjoyable time is as
| sured all who attend. A very interesting
programme has been arranged for the enter
tainment to pIecede the supper.
Quite number of chickens were sold in
Fair Haven last night at nine cents pound
alive.
Colonel Ebenezer Lane, of East Pearl
street, does not improve at all, although he
has been able to sit up little.
Quite number of new telephone and
electric light poles have been strung along
Grand avenue.
A shipment of nineteen horses was received
at the car stables the other day.
It is now expected that Captain Seaman's
new schooner, the w. w. Converse, will be
ready for launching November 90. Forty
men are engaged in completing the vessel.
Captain Seaman, who is to command her, ex-
poets to be at dinner in Charleston, S. c.,
New Years day.
A new water main is to be laid in Clinton
avenue.
W. Q. Montgomery has started on bust
Rev Burdett Hart of the First church has
been attending the Congregational conference
at Hartford.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crawford were ex-
pected home from their wedding trip last
night.
James Parker, of Clinton avenue, is able to
be out again after a severe illness.
Rev. P. S. Evans will preach one evening
next week at the Humphrey street church
where a service of revival meetings are being
held.
F. M. Bartlett, clerk at T. G. W. Jeffer-
CONS paper store, who was SO seriously hurt
by being thrown from wagon, is getting
along as well as could be expected.
The Knights of Honor enjoyed an excellent
time at their recent banquet at Odd Fellows
hall.
Mrs. John S. Farren, relict of the late
Deacon Farren, has gone to Baltimore where
she expects to spend the winter.
Mrs. Jennie Woodhouse and Miss Florence
Woodhouse have been spending few days
in New York.
Rev. Mr. Wyatt, of the St. John street
Methodist church, will deliver the address at
the temperance meeting at the rink to-mor-
row afternoon.
Mr.. William Comstock, of Grand avenue,
will break up housekeeping next week. Mrs.
Comstock and the children will spend the
winter in Essex.
A large cargo of lumber has been unload
ing at Robinson wharf the past week.