Morning journal and courier., 1892-05-05
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

A Pleasant Five o'clock Tea-Gen. eral Pierpont,s Oration-New Cot. tages at Short Beach-A New Sewer Nearly Built-Wheelmen on Long Runs-ImprOvcmen at the Home of the FrfendIess-Fine Entertafn-
 ment for This Evenfng-A Choir
 ReorganiZed.
 An informal 5 o'clock tea was given by Mrs. L. W. Moody to the classmates of her daughter. Miss Mary G. Moody of the graduating class of the Hillhouse high school, Tuesday evening at her home on the Heights. A fine collation. was served and an excellent program of vocal and instrumental music rendered. The fol- lowing were present: Misses Margaret Manson, Mable Lancraft, Fanny Holcomb, Corlene Curtis, Lilla Baldwin, Agnes Smith, Grace Hunt, Jennie Mallory, Ruth Hume, Alpha Barlow, Fanny Thompson. Mary Montgomery, Alice Maynard, Pro- lessor R. o. Moody, Rev. and Mrs: J. H. Hand, Mrs. 0. A. Moody, MT. and Mrs. F. s. Moody, Harry Holcomb, John Farren, Fred Joslin, Charles Walker. Albert Kel- Ter, Robert Hume and Harry Benedict. The boom in the price of stove coal is a | not very pleasant topic for the considers tion of consumers. If it is to jump twenty-five cents month as predicted in some quarters, it will become quite valua- ble by next December.
 | A literary and musical entertainment, promising to be very interesting, is to be 1 given this evening at 8 o'clock in the der the auspices of the Y. P. s. c. E. Miss Minnie Kay, the elocutionist, will re- recite and vocal solos will be given by James E. Smith, Lewis T. McCullom and Miss SpitIer., There will be vocal duet by Misses Elcock and Sharpe and violin solo by Miss Johnson.
 | The quartette choir of the Grand ave nue Congregational church has been re organized. The new singers are Mrs. B H. Douglass, jr., soprano, who served thu church very acceptably before, and Will Peutress (who has also sung here before as tenor. Miss Josephine Bradley, alto
 and Frederick Weld, basso, remain for an
 other year.
 General William H. Pierpont will de ) liver the Memorial day address at Wood
 bury.
 A schooner with Virginia oysters i
 anchored in the Quinnipiac river and tn cargo is nearly discharged. j H.W. Crawford has just completed ne1 i; cottage at Short Beach, having two ther . now. It is a handsome cottage and is a l IurulSueu Ieauy 1or the opening or Ln
 shore season.
 The new sewer in Wolcott street, be
 tween Ferry and Poplar, is nearly con
 pleted.
 Some of the wheelmen have been nal ing long runs this week. George an
 Daniel Smith, Robert Gesner snd Herbel
 Foote ran to Bridgeport and Ed. Farr an r L. R. Allen made the trip to Shelton.
 At the Home of the Friendless son a much needed improvements are in progress
 Three small rooms are being thrown t. v gether and converted into a hospital, a apartment for the sick that has long bee a needed. Several other rooms are beir r. improved. The old wooden building h,
 outlived it's usefulness, and friends of u r institution should assist the lady man gers in erecting brick building to take i d place.
 |. The book reception at the Y. M. c. { n this evening will no doubt have a large a
 tendance. The literay and musical progra
 will be brief, and consist of soprano 80 'r by Miss Clara Ford, an alto solo by Mi s Potwine, recitations by Miss Emn
 Hitchcock and MT. Irving Eurlburt, sim
 ing by male quartette and other musi
 all of which will be followed by drill e gym nastics by Professor Owen.