Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-24
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

The Peoples Course of Entertain
ments-Miss Waterbury, Reception
death OF Mary j. Barnes-Youpg
Peoples Entertainments.
Alfred Edmondson of Shelter street, the
plumber, has gone to Norfolk, Va, for
three weeks, having taken contract there,
and his son, who has been residing for the
last year and half In Hartford, II locking
after his business temporarily.
At the prayer meeting In the Grand ave-
nue. Baptist church this evening Rev. DR..
Sage will give the second in series of
short talks on "The Church." bis theme
being sits Members" DR.. Sage will begin
series of four popular addresses at she
Grand avenue Baptist church next Sunday
evening. The topic will be "Sslf-Knowl-
edge"
The Adamant company's works were
shut down for time yesterday while re-
pairs were being made to parts of the ma
cbinery. .ss - ----- - .-.,-
Two teams with coal for the Shore Line
cutoff became stalled at tho corner of
Grand avenue and 9 ainnipisc street yester-
day. One wagon was loaded with 5000
pounds of coal, the other with 500, and
the drivers attempted to draw each load
with pair of horses. 1t WAS necessary to
consolidate the teams and draw one wagon
at q time the remainder Of the journey.
The eight days. fair of St Ignatius 7. A.
B. society will begin at old Union armory,
and preceding the opening the society,
headed by their drum corps, will make q
street parade this evening.
John E CLARK of 81 Wolcott street, who
was severely bitten in the left leg by bull
dog belonging to Mrs. Timothy Palmer of
North Haven, Wednesday has had the
wound csuterizsd and lie getting along
finely.
The Peoples course of entertainments at
the Grand avenue church has proved q
great success and Its success was addition
ally demonstrated Wednesday evening
when the third entertainment was given.
The participants were Miss Anna Warren
Story, impersonator; Miss Lizzie Gsffney,
soprano, and Mics Louise Gallagher, harp
| let
Miss Harriet e. Waterbury, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. William e. Waterbury of %
Grand avenue, with some sixty of her
| friends, celebrated her eighteenth anniver-
| ssry at her home last evening. There was
| music and dancing, and refreshments were
| served. During the evening announce
| ment was made of Miss Wstsrbury's en-
gsgemsnt to Charles E. Burton, the Chapel
| street insurance agent.
Mary j., widow of s. Sherman Barnes
died Wednesday evening at the residence
| of DIR. Hall on Grand avenue, where she
has been for the past two weeks for the
treatment of a stomach trouble. Mrs
Barnes home was in Wallingford, but ehs
| came here to see friends and TO secure msdi
| cal treatment, but grew rapidly worse and
was unable to leave DR.. Halls. Her hus
band, the late 8. Sherman Barnes, carried
| on the grocery business for several year
with his brother, the late Henry r. Barnes
the firm having been 81. r. & S. s. Barnes
and were located at the corner of Crane
avenus and East Pearl street. When th,
firm dissolved, S. S. Barnes wen
to Baltimore where he died. TIL
widow afterward moved to her old hom
ed. She was formerly Miss Hall. He
son, Charles Barnes, arrived from Norfolk
Va, yesterday and made arrangements TO
| the funeral. The remains were taken t.
Wallingford yesterday afternoon and tn
| funeral will be held there this Afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
Thomas E. Murphy, the we'll known tenn
| psrance orator, who carried on q success
full campaign here last winter, will delive
temperance address in one of our lsrg
churches some evening after New Years.
The entertainment for the members @
the Boys brigade and the Junior Epwort
league, given in the Sunday school room Q
the Second Congregational church, was
great success, 103 of the young people bt
tween the ages of seven and sixteen al
} tending. There was fine spread aerve
by the ladies, drill by the brigade an
games. 1t was a very pleasant affair 70
all.
II @. W. Hemingway is able to attend
business again after his recent severe IL
, ness. He was confined to his bed six day
, and says he was never laid by from the o.
fects of sickness for that length of time bt
, | fore in his life.