Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-23
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Prohfbitionists Organizing - Their Strength In the Eleventh Ward-St. Francis Parish Fair r-The East Haven Cider Crop-Church Trustees Elected-Surprfse Parties-Drilling With Wooden Guns-PrOficfency of the St. Francis Cadets-The New Three Master-The Funeral of MT. Price.
 The prohibitionir+ of this section are awake and will soon form club. A pre- iminary meeting has been held and it has been decided to hold meetings on the first and third Monday evenings in each month. A meeting is to be held in few days to effect organization and elect officers. The Eleventh ward polls one of the strongest prohibition votes in the city, and there is prospect of organizing strong club.
 Monday evening 8 birthday party was rendered Totie McManus at her home, 47 Wolcott street.
 Rev. Father Mullholland hopes to real ize $1 ,000 from the fair that St. Francis church will soon hold. It is expected that the fair will continue for one week.
 One hundred wood guns to be used by the boys of the St. Francis parish school in daily drill, have been received this week from the J. Gibb Smith Go. They were used for the first time for drill on Monday. The drill officer says the lads are making good progress They are interested in the work and drill an hour each schoolday. Work on the new schooner at Hanscom's yard is going forward rapidly. It is to be three master. There is good demand for these small vessels of light draft for | freighting to small ports where light loads | of coal are required. A number of these | small freighters are now building in this state. They are called small ves- sells in contrast with the big four masters, although ten years ago 700 ton coaster would have been termed large vessel. | In Fair Haven there are about forty members of the Annual Friend" bene- l fit order that has made trouble for mem- | bers in seme towns.
 Preparations are being made in East Haven for big press of apples, and cider will affect the license vote remains to be | seen.
 Trustees to serve three years have been elected by the East Pearl street M. E. church as follows: Lucius w. Moody, George Warren and Samuel M. Munson. | The funeral of the late Jesse H. Price will be conducted from his residence, 329 Exchange street, this afternoon, at 3:3O, and from Grand Avenue Baptist church at 4 o'clock. It is expected that large dele gation from Admiral Foote post, G. A. R. with which the deceased was connected will attend.
 Conductor Coffey of the horse railroad has been very i'll with infammatory rheu matism. Yesterday the inflammation had reached his eyes, which were nearly closed | from it's effects.
 Some forty couples attended surprise party paid to Miss Kittie Hickey of IS Clay | street Monday evening.
 In a few days the plant of the Connecti cut Adamant company will be removed from it's present quarters to the foot ot l South Front street.
 There are six new box cars building for the horse railroad and it is expected that they will be delivered this season. These cars are to be of the improved type, lik, those last purchased The two small car, formerly running on West Chapel stree and the two short depot cars, have beer disposed of by the company. When tn, West Chapel street cars began running down to the corner of State and Chape streets two horses were required to pull ul the college hill so it was decided to ruI large cars, and the increasing business o1 the depot branch rendered big cars a neces