Morning journal and courier., 1892-02-08
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

New Members Added-"The Berry .
 Pickers',-The shut Down at the
 Dtstillery-The old Rink-A Boy
 Soloist-Funerals Held Yesterday-
 The Consolidation Scheme-Miscel-
 laneous News.
 At the communion service yesterday morning two members were added to the Grand Avenue Baptist church. The operatta of s'The Berry Pickers"
 will be repeated by the young people con- | nected with the Grand Avenue Congrega- tional church at Central hall Tuesday l
 evening. l There are various rumors afoat as to the cause of the indefinite suspension of work
 at the Old Colony distillery. Some claim
 that the plant is under the direction of the
 whiskey trust and that it will not be
 started as long as the market is we'll sup
 piled with goods. The company has been
 negotiating for the sale of the property to
 a New York syndicate, but nothing has 1 come of it.
 The Quinnipiac rink which has been
 sold for carriage factory, was built about
 ment, by stock company. Major Lin coin was the contractor. After being
 used for polo games it was in use for sev- eral years for public entertainments. The
 old rink will be greatly missed: At the four nights fair of the St. lgna- tius society base ball outfit, consisting of Z suits for nine players, bats, balls, masks, etc., will be voted to the most popular amateur base ball team in the city. Brother Angelus 0. S. s. of Nosre Dame. Ind, is canvassing in St. Francis parish in the interest of the Ave Maria. Next Saturday morning at s o'clock solemn high mass of requiem will be sung in St. Francis church for the repose of the soul of the late Nellie Clark. Miss = Clark died one year ago very suddenly.
 She was the daughter of Patrick Clark of Bridgeport, who formerly resided on South :, l Front street.
 One of the attractions for this evening at the baratto now in progress in Union . armory, under the auspices of Loyal Le- zion, Mo- 9, o. U. A. M., will be singing s by Harry Cook, the well-known boy solo . ist. He is the son of Lewis c. Cook, who @ keeps a. restaurant on Grand avenue, near . Poplar street. He has acquired quite a a reputation throughout the city as an ex- e cellent tenor singer, having at present all T ! engagement to sing every Sunday in the U. Christ church choir.
 u The funeral of the late William Sulli- 'e van, who died Friday at his residence, 10C
 ! J Father Mulholland officiating'sat the ser. g' vices held at St. Francis church at 2 TX o'clock The interment was in St. Der y nard's cemetery. A high mass of requiem
 will be celebrated this morning at 9.o'clocl TO in St. Francis church for the repose of his Q. soul.
 at If the consolidation scheme comes uI H aHt again, as is altogether probable, it is ikel, n' that the report of the special committed
 annointed to consider the matter will bt le adopted. This report included the draf s- of bill to be submitted to the legislature
 providing quite liberal provision for thu u out of town districts. The Fourteenth 'n ward was to have one alderman and twt ol councilmen, and the Fifteenth ward al uue ' alderman and councilman. These wart nme m officers could vote only upon measures af 10: fecting their respective wards. For fir er and police protection the people were [ ss be taxed only for the actual benefits re he ceived This measure is the most ibera
 that has been offered to the outlying dis s ns tricts under any previous plan of consol noo dation.
 nd The funeral ot Perley Parks, 10 years c III age was conducted from the Grand Ave m GIT nue Baptist church yesterday at p. m an .l brief services having preceded at the hom to of his parents, 2l Elliott street Th o. bearers were: Willard Waters, Will Ec ,u, mondson; Harry Santry and Howard Pre- gre gre ton. The members of the Sunday schoe s1 ar attended in a body and sang several hymn sly The floral offerings included a star frol
 the Sunday school; the class of which th
 deceased was member Miss Viola Hal
 teacher), presented wreath, and his pla. red mates star. The interment was in th ths 1 Fair Haven cemetery.
 ,. John J. King and wife of Chicago al ao visiting MT. Kings parents on Pine stree