Morning journal and courier., 1892-01-15
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

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4 thletic Entertainment-Th supply
of Virginia Oysters-PrOflts of an
Entertainment - Merchants Conn
plain of Poor Business - Church
RenevOlences - To Dispose of n
Horse by Chance-The O. U. A. M
East Rock Lodge Omcers-Funeral
of Sister Benedict.
Merchants complain of dull business
and attribute the slow trade largely to the
great amount of sickness. There are but
few families in Fair Haven where there is
not one or more cases of illness.
The donations by the Grand avenue
Congregational church for benevolence the
past year were as follows: A. B. @. F.
NJ, $576. 70; American college and Educa-
tional society, $15.17; American Congre-
gational union, $17.21; American Home
Mission society, $7s.25; American Mis-
sionary association, $136.73; Congrega-
tional Sunday school and Publishing
society, $16.O7; fund for ministerial re-
lief, $3.50; all other charities, $685.;
total, s, 0754S. This report has just been
made by Willis Hemingway, the church
treasurer, who is now on his thirty-second
year in that Office. Probably there is no
church officer who has served 60 long in
this city.
There will be drawing for . valuable horse in
Washington ball on Friday evening, February u,
S. a bs
recently.
Th a e. q the late Sister Ms
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs John Donegan Of 252
James street, took place from st. Peters church
Wednesday. Several relatives and friends from
Fair Haven were present. For nearly eighteen
years she had been a successful teacher in st
The J. B. Ellis company of this place has leased
the brick store on Union street, West Haven, and
will open branch store.
will participate in the barratto to be held by
Unity commandery at Sassacus armory begin
ming on the evening Of January o. There are 100
Tho officers of East Rock lodge of Workmen
will be installed next Thursday evening by Dis
The harriet is nearly bare of Virginia oysters
Two vessels, the Mary Q. Decker and Mary Jane.
are on the way north, but have been DELAYED BY
week the dredge boats down on the oyster beds
have felt their way around in the fog with Dill
fculty and then there was some danger OF COLI
sions.
Groceryman o. a. Rose, who has been laid uI
with II he sg Is to hs
disease. Oficer Mack of the annex is on duty
again after protracted illness.
cleared about $75 from the pantomime enter,
tainment "Under the Mistletoe Bough" given in
Central hall Wednesday evening; The whistling
kindly volunteered her services were excellently
given and were warmly applauded. She re-
Charles Allen had his four horse barge ready
party to North Hayen to
was no one to go. If the weather had been good
his barge would have been loaded.
The Cedar Hill Base Ball association will hold
| an athletic entertainment in Quinnipiac riuk OF
| the evening of Monday, January 10. The most
interesting event will be a tug,of-war contest be
| tween the Cedar Hill club and the St Ignatiu:
| team. A 1ve-mile bicycle race between james
l Byrnes and Charles johnson, and a one-mile rur
| between James Hunter of the Crescent Athletic
| N G., will be the other athletic attractions
| Philip Rooney will recite. A somewhat novel at
| traction will be introduced in New Haven for the
testants will be Fred Albracht Of New Hamp
shire az Alfred Mitchell of Massachusetts,
The formal opening Of the new gymnasium "a g
| Haven branch will take place on Saturday eve
ming, January 16, beginning at 7:45 O'clock
| of the Church of the kedeemer, and also by Mr.
| W. B: Wright, manager Of the Yale eleven ant
81 9ng oWen Wt ope Of Els
will give an exhibition dumb bell drill. All mel
| are invited free.
The gospel service Sunday will be addressed
| by Rev. 7. Lee Mitchell. Boys meeting at $50
The following officers elect Of Woolsey lodge
ing Dictator, H. A. Loveland; vice dictator, s
| W: Scranton: assistant dictator, William Shef
Healey; chaplain, ]. P. B. Rickett; guide, s: I
Salisbury; guard, F. a. Hemingway; sentinel,
| Z. Merchant; past dictator. L. j. Mundeling
representatives to grand LODGE J. P B. Rlckett
and F. H. Hemingway; alternate, Ezra Aealey
| trustees, J. G. Bradley, w. W. Post J. A. Thorpe
| The installing officers were Deputy Grand Dicta
tor William Dickinson and Frank Hildreth Of En-
| terprise lodge of Meriden. After the installatio
i there were SpeecheS.