The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-31
DOINGS IN FAIR. HAVEN
ELECTION RETURNS AT THE CALU-
MET CLUB ROOMS.

A Gift to the Organized Charlties-ship-
ping News-Duck Shooters Success-The
New Fire Alarm Tower--P ersonal Items,
Etc.
The Calumet club has made arrange
ments for private wire to receive cleo
ton returns at their club rooms, corner
of Grand avenue and East Pearl street,
Tuesday evening.
The wires were put in yesterday af-
ternoon and Manager Harris guaran-
tees that the service will be equal in
every particular to that given the Re-
publican league and has furnished
written guarantee to that effect.
The expense will be met by subscrip-
tions of 81 each and the number of ad-
missions will be limited to fifty.
Refreshments will be served during
the entire evening.
Much credit Is due the enterprising
members of this club for arranging to
bring to Fair Haven the returns equal
to any which will be received in the
city.
James A. Nelson and e. D. Smith
are the originators of the enterprise
and have the subscription lists.
A Western Union wire was run into
the rooms of the Calumet club yester-
day for use on election night. The
members and friends will be admitted
by ticket, only there is some talk of
displaying bulletins on the outside of
the club house by aid of a lantern but
this matter is not definitely decided.
Willis Ely and family have moved
into the Jared Bradley place, Fair Ha-
ven. Mrs. Bradley will spend the win
ter with her daughter in this city
The annual meeting of the East Ha-
ven Congregational church shows
surplus in the treasury.
One of Contractor Beattie's schoon-
ers has arrived from Leete's Island
with the first load of cut granite for
the drawbridge
The quarters of the Fair Haven East
fire department have been decorated
with mourning emblems as a mark of
respect for one of the members, the late
Henry S. Connen.
The democratic caucus held in East
Haven, Thursday evening, passed. a
resolution pledging their candidate for
representative if elected to work to OBJ
tain five-cent fare on the New Ha-
| ven Street Railway from New Haven
green to East Haven.
| Several hundred sandwiches and five
| bushels of apples which were left over
| from the big parade of Wednesday eve
| ming We're presented to Agent Preston
of the Organized Charities yesterday
morning; the same was given out to
deserving persons.
| Charles Borce, an emigration agent
| for one of the western railroads paid a
visit this week to Postmaster Moore.
| Agent Borce resides in Coldwater,
Mich, the home of several of Postmas-
ter Moores relatives. Mr.. Borce is a
silverite and says Bryan will be elected.
| The Paul scaney, Captain Catshell,
which brought in a cargo of Maine
lumber, has sailed for New York to
load coal for Bangor.
| The sloop Helen ", Captain Henry
Pond, has returned from cruising trip
in the sound, principally around the
| Thimble Islands. Captain Pond, Har-
vey G. Pond and Leonard Tyler shot
| $50 ducks during their absence. They
report duck quite plentiful between
/ Branford and the islands. If the
weather is favorable, hunters in twen-
| ty or twenty-five boats will have a line
off Spectacle Island this morning.
| Contractor Burlington has nearly
completed the new tower for the East
Pearl street fire alarm bell. The house
( forming the belfry Is completed and
has been painted. Some of the wires
for controlling the ringing apparatus
| have been placed and it is expected
| the bell will be in the fire alarm cir
cult the last Of next week.
| On Thursday evening surprise
party was rendered Miss Madeline De-
/ Lacy at her residence, 179 Exchange
| street One of the many pleasant feat
ures Of the evening was an impromptu
musicale, in which the guests We're en-
| tertained by recitations by Miss Mar
garita Smith, solos by VIII Stoddard,
| Maurice Sheehan, Willard White, reci-
tation by Miss Nellie MCGOWAN fancy
dance by Miss Margarita Smith Sup
per was served and dance and concert
music furnished by Fitzgerald's orches-
ira
There was race, Thursday, be-
tween H. A. Huntley's boat Grace of
Fair Haven and NJ R. Darhams Mon