Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-18
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Dayton Company TO Give an Enter
tainment and Banquet Cannot
Cross at Grade-Her birthday Ami
versary Celebrated-The Hardware
Clerks Entertained.
The Ladies' Aid society Cf the Grand
avenue Congregational church had another
very pleasant gathering last evening, at
which refreshments were served and the
Echo was read. The Echo was, as usual,
spicy, bright and entertaining, and 1t is a
very successful literary vehicle for giving
vent to latent humor, satire, comment and
current news, all of an inoffsnsive and
beneficial tendency. The editors are Ar
thur Il. Smith, Jennie Griswold, Gertrude
Bradley.
The Dayton Hook and Ladder company
will give a musical entertainment and ban
quet on tho evening of February Is. The
committee consists of John b. Cain, F. P.
Ryan. Alexander Dupres, Nelson Burdick
and E. s. Ryan.
William Aeickle has become a member
of the Dayton Hook and Ladder company.
Nathaniel Rose, the night operator ia
the railroad signal tower at East Haven,
who has been i'll with grip, has gone to his
old home in New Jersey for few days for
his health.
Archibald A. Perkins of East Haven has
been granted an increase of 81 per month
In his pension.
Not many oysters are being brought up
from the beds at present, as the demand Is
slow and some of the dealers HAYS enough
stock caught up to last for month. The
oysters are stacked up in big piles on the
wharf and securely protected from the
frost by sail cloth covered with seaweed.
The athletic classes at the Y. NJ. @. A.
gymnasium greatly need leather ''horee"
to add to their physical apparatus This
addition will cost about $50. and such a
gift from any of the associations wealthy
friends would be greatly appreciated.
The State street electric road, although
claiming the sight to cross the Shore Line
railroad at Ferry street, will not contest
the matter with the Consolidated road, as
tie latter are to remove their tracks at
that point next June. Accordingly when
the electric road begins operation next
month 1t will be necessary to transfer pas
road stood ready to maintain fagman at
the crossing, but the steam road refused to
allow the cars to cross.
John J. Dayton, E W. Potter and Cliff
ford Foote are the members of the new
committee on music at st. James
church.
Among the new mem bers of Columbia
Castle, K. G.. E., are Clifford Hubbard,
Ralph Psstore, George Honey, M. E Col
burn, s. A. Tourtelotte and A. n. Ellis.
The eleventh birthday anniversary of
Josephine c., daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. f.
Fl. Hemingway, was celebrated at her
home, % Maltby street, Tuesday evening,
| when twenty-eight young friends were in
vited to help celebrate the occasion. Dur
ing the evening fine supper was served,
and there were games, music and other
diversions. Little Miss Hemingway re-
ceived large number of gifts. 1t was a
very pleasant occasion for all the little
folks who attended.
| At the oyster supper given by William
l A. Warner & Bro. to a number of their
friends employed as clerks in the
hardware stores OF the city en-
Tuesday evening, among those pres
emit we're Arthur jackson, william s.
| CLARK, Byron Clark, Sherland Smith,
| Harry Burchell, George Tufta, Ed ward
Darlington, Alfred Gruener and W. A.
Warner. Roland I. Warner, Walter Kelley
| and Irving Harrison of William A.Warner
& Bro. Messrs. Kelley and Harrison at
| tended to the oyster roast and discharged
| their duties we'll. All present voted the
affair great success.
Willis Bun nell, the pedestrian, who has
been quite Ill at the hospital for sever
| al days, is now much improved and hopes
to be able to be out soon.