Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-15
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Rehearsal by the Chorus Choir Almost Hit by Sharpshooters-Che
 Games at the Y. M. c. A.-An App
 preaching VeddfnE-ComingE Enter
 tafnmeats-A Fine Series at the First
 Church.
 The chorus choir of the East Pearl street M. E. church met last evening at the home of the leader, Mrs. Kate Preston, No. 197 followed by watermelon cut. Fra James of Hinton, W. Va, has been the guest of his uncle, Rev. D. N. James. He will spend the winter here and attend school
 At the Y. M. O. A., chess has been the fsvorite game during the past month. Several members have been learning and l the association may look forward to aone | interesting games this winter. A chess tournament is talked of. The physical in structor will soon commence classes in the gymnasium exercises. It would be we'll ! for those intending to take advantage of | these classes to join at once and familiar ize themselves with the different apparatus ! in the gym before the regular classes begin. | A large class ie assured this year. A num- Der of young men have handed their names to the secretary with the intention of join | ing the association this fall. Alderman William E. Morgan, who has l visited the G. A. R. encampment at Indian | apolis and the worlds fair, has returned He Is 8 candidate for the board of educa- ton, and his friends mean to elect him. | On September 20 Miss Julia Fitzsim- | mons of Fair Haven and Charles k Oort of Philadelphia will be married.
 Miss Bridget Heenan and Miss Bridget Rourke have returned from the world. fair
 Several nights ago thirty fee hens were taken from John F. Coyne of 230 Ferry street. Mr. Coyne will be ready to receive | his visitors next time.
 Miss Ford of Franklin, Mass, is the teacher in room 1, and Miss Sarah Cooper Is teaching in room 3 of the Montowese school.
 ! Lowe Brothers have 2 contract for @ store and tenement, 27x50 feet, for e man named Cashman at Highwood. | George Easton has moved his news and | confectionery store across the way on Grand avenue, and now occupies the store recently vacated by the ahoe dealer, MT. ! Berger.
 | There have been several narrow escapes on the river above Csmargo bridge lately | from wounds or death at the hands of careless shooters at the rif1e range. One day recently couple of lads in a boat be came so alarmed by the flying bullets that they laid down in the bottom of the boat and drifted by the deadly range, one bullet going through the side of their boat
 Miss Kate Dow of Brooklyn, N. Y, has been the guest of Mrs. s. W. F. Andrews Miss Dow's aunt, of East Haven.
 -f IL Empire and New England Transportation company, while driving to his cottage neal Morris Cove Tuesday evening, was thrown from his carriage by his horse becoming frightened, and considerably injured. His face was badly bruised, an ankle spraIned and he received a severe shaking up gener ally.
 MT. Perry was able to sit up for the frs time yesterday. It is expected he will bt able to attend to business in few days. The people of the Grand avenue Congre gational church have about completed ar ! engagements for one of the finest courses o! entertainments in the line ever brought tc this city. The course includes a coneer by the Dudley Buck qusrtette, with Mis Kettle Bradley as soloist; lecture on Uncle Ssm's People" by Hon. J. Wigh, Giddings, lieutenant governor of Michigan an evening with Miss Anna Warren Stor, and Avice Boxall, the harpist; and fnall! 8 chamber concert by the New York Phil
 harmonic club, with Marion g. Weed Al
 soloist.
 The price for the entire course is to b $1, including a reserved seat For a singl
 admission fifty cents, the idea being t,
 furnish the very highest class of talent
 and at the same time place 1t within tn
 reach of everyone's means. It is expected
 the large seating capacity of the ohurcl
 will make up for the low price of sdmis
 sion. This is largely an experiment to se
 whether such a course can be appreciated
 and made to pay. Any surplus ther
 may be is to be applied to the church ben
 evidences.
 Already the sale of @ large number 0
 tickets has been guaranteed and fina | success seems assured