Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-14
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Lawn Fete this Even1ng-The Hot
 Weather - Preparing to Occupy
 Their Shore Cottages-The Excur-
 sion of the Hose ComPany-Wtden.
 ing of the Causexyay-The Electric
 Lights to be in Operation by July
 Fourth-To Play the Ansonia Team.
 The lawn fete to be given three evenings by members of the St. James church will begin this evening on tho rectory grounds opposite the Grand avenue school build ing. The program of exercises is as fol- lows: Selection. St. James' quartette ;read- ing, Rev. Dr. vibbert; solo, J. E. Thomp- son; selection, by four little girls; piano solo, Miss M. Munson; solo, Miss Clara Ford; violin and piano duet, Misses Jennie and Nellie Thompson; solo, Miss Ida Pot wine; harmonica and guitar, Arthur Reeves. Aunt Rhoda's ice cream, straw berries, confectionery and cakes will be on sale.
 Miss Carrie M. Chapman's kindergarten school, which was closed for two days ow- ing to the illness of the teacher. was re- sumed yesterday.
 The hot weather formed 8 universal top ic of conversation yesterday: Even in Fair Haven, the coolest nook in the city, the thermometer was sporting high up in the tube. breaking records of previous years on June 13.
 will soon be in occupation if this torrid have already made preparations to remove to the welcome shores of Lighthouse Point and Short Beach.
 The boys of Quinnipiac Hose company \ are anticipating fine time at the picnic l of the Wallingford fremen next Saturday. Frederick Kelley is adding 8 veranda to | the front and south side of his residence 1 on Atwater street which greatly improves it's appearance.
 There is considerable interest in the pro
 posed widening of the Tomlinson bridge
 causeway which is to come up for hearing
 before the board of selectmen this evening.
 There is also some probability that the
 selectmen will authorize grading of the
 north drive to the top of Beacon hill, an improvement that is greatly needed. This
 drive would prove very popular with the public.
 It is now expected that the fourteen
 electric lights authorized by the recent
 meeting of the freemen of Fair Haven
 East will be erected and in operation by
 July A. There is still considerable opposi
 tion to the new lights, and the objectort
 claim that the appropriation was foolish
 waste of money. These people claim tha
 the appropriation will not be sufficient tt
 run the lights, and that there will be
 deficiency at the end of the year. Th'
 light people, however, cay that it is al
 right and that the taxpayers will never re
 gret the enterprise when the bene6cent eff
 fects of the modern lights are once real
 ized. Meanwhile everybody is waiting t.
 see the new lights.
 The Y. M c. A. ball team of the eas
 side will play return game with the An
 sonia Y. M. c. A. on Saturday, June 25 l The home team has played only on
 matched game as yet, the interest in tn ! sport not coming Cp to expectations. Principal Mark Pitman reports that , party of about forty will go nnder hi
 care on a vacation trip this summe through European countries. The part will sail from New York on July 9, on tn : steamer City of Rome, and will land 8 Glasgow. The places which will be visit , ! ed include Lakes Lomond, Katrine an < Ellen Isles in Scotland. A stop of tw , ! days will be made in Edinburgh, in Me | rose Abbey, the castle of Walter Scot
 and Dreyburgh, his burial place, will |
 visited. After making several stops {
 various points, the party will take th g steamer for Rotterdam. Later they wi
 arrive in Paris, where stop of five day t is to be made. They will then proceed ! London, and remain there for six day f during which time Stratford- -on-Avo1 g Chester and the English lakes will :, l visited. The party will be absent abo1 !. sixty-three days, and will return to Ne h York on August 25.
 4 The party from this city includes M Mark Putnam and daughters, Miss Cla1 }. ! B. Walker. s. T. Dutton, wife and chil. 8 1 ren, and others from Washington, D. c z | Columhns O. Wisconsin and Meriden