Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-12-23
ram HAVEN NEWS.

II seems Almost Like the Grip-Ar.
rival OF steel Rafls-ChristmasP Prep
arations-The Heavy Mai1s-Bnsy
With the oyster Dealers.
Mrs. Tyler Gidney of North Quinnipiac
street, who has been very i'll with peneu-
monia, was considered somewhat better
yesterday. Miss Jennie Hunt of Montreal,
who has been visiting at Jonn 81. Linds-
ley's, is very i'll with asthma. She was at
tackled with the same trouble on visit
here several years ago. Mrs. E.W. Easton
| is i'll with pneumonia troubles.
Eve are having the grip again on the
east side,n said John 81. Lindsey, warfn-
ger at Benedict's dock, last evening"
ssThere is no doubt about it. have had
| it, and several of my neighbors. The
symptoms are about the same as those OF
one year ago."
Seventy-five tons of steel rails for the
Fair Haven and Westville company were
discharged at Benedict's wharf yesterday.
These rails are for the double track on the
depot branch.
The Christmas exercises for the infant
school of the Second church Sunday school
will be held either on Tuesday or Wednes-
AAOo
having been set. The Christmas festival
at the Grand avenue Congregational church
will be held Thursday evening. At the
Grand avenue Baptist church the exercises
for the Sunday school will be held Christ
mas eve.
There was considerable increase in the
mails yesterday and Christmas Transports
ton has set in in earnest. This makes
work for the carriers and they will be glad
when the days Of preparation are over.
Fair Haven letter carriers are faithful
remembered on Christmas day. There
was also an air Of business
at the branch Office yesterday. The ex.
, press Office, too, shared in the revived
traffic. In the absence of Express Agent
J. J. Dayton, George King is serving the
public. Mr.. Dayton, who has been IL
some three weeks, is able to sit up Little
each day.
Il The furnishings for the rooms of the
) Allegro Social club are nearly completed
l This is new club organized by number
of young men on the east side. The clulD.
rooms compare favorably in tastefullnes
and elegance with those of any club of thu
. | size in New Haven.
!. The store of A. DeMatty, the shoe dealer
' is being enlarged. The new part is to b
g used for the workmen, and the section the,
t now use will be thrown into the store.
= The oyster dealers are very busy. CIV
= are having all we can do" said one of tn
: shippers yesterday, "and we have enougl
: to do to run our shops nights. just nov
: the preparation is for the Christmas trade
There is big demand, much larger tina
4 last year, owing to the failure of much Q
:, the southern supply. We can sell just a.
:. we can open. The trade is UNUSUAL
y lively.
q THE EAST PEARL STREET M. E. sUNDA
r SCHOOL TO REMEMBER THE POOR CHRIST
+ MAS MORNING.
> The Sunday school connected with th
8 East Pearl street M. E. church propose t
9 introduce little change from the usu'
= Christmas celebration, and instead of til
$ scholars receiving presents it is planne
+ that after short program of miscellaneor
g exercises the school and friends, either b
classes or individually, shall send up col
s tributions of food or other things fl
g material comforts which will be placed
o the hands of competent committees to di
n tribute among the worthy poor and theret
It practically wish them Merry Christina
! The order of exercises will be as follows:
II song-"Joy to the World
If Psalm
n | Prayer.
a | HYMN.