The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-01
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Various Notable Social Events-Eairs,
Sales, suppers, Etc.-Purchased a Trotter
-Doings at SaItonstall Lake-Funeral of
Mrs. Fausett-other Notes.
The funeral of Mrs, Helen Fausett
was held yesterday afternoon from her
late home, 1903 East Chapel street. Rev.
Percy Barnes of Grace church Off
ciated The bearers Were Messrs.
Keast, Pratt, Kraus, Richmond, Chand-
Ter and Fields. The interment was in
the Evergreen cemetery, Mrs. Fausett
had been i'll long time from the effects
of cancer. She was fifty-two years of
age and the wife of Richard Fausett of
the Fair Haven Steam Carpet Cleaning
company,
Architect Allen has nearly completed
plans for the new parish building of
Grace church and it is expected that
work on the foundation will begin this
week.
Friday evening there will be an i'm
portant meeting of Fort Hale lodge,
N. E. o. p; six candidates are to be
initiated
Mrs. L. A. Roehner and Miss Millie
Rowe have returned from visit with
friends in Shelton.
The general committee preparing for
the fair to be given by Polar Star lodge
l. o. o. F., have added a bicycle to the
list of prizes on competition.
Grace Episcopal church will unite
with Christ and ST. Johns churches in
the annual Advent services. These SER
vices will be held in Christ church on
Wednesday evening; with Grace church
Thursday evenings and at st. Johns
church Friday evenings. Next Thurs
day evening Rev George T. Lnsley
of Newtown will preach. Mr.. Linsley
formerly resided in Fair Haven.
A midday mass will be celebrated in
the new ST. Francis church on Sunday
December 10, at 1890 a. m. The three
affairs have been raised and are nearly
completed. The organ has been raised
into the new church. Monsignor Far
ley. coadjutor of Archbishop Corrigan
of New York, will preach the sermon
The choir are holding special rehearsals
under the direction of Professor Rohan
for the occasion.
Civil Engineer Sanford has completed
the work of repairing and setting UP
new stations for surveys along the
coast in which work he has been en-
gagged for several days. New kinds of
signals are being built, having four
sides instead Of three, SO that the sun
light will always be on two of the
Sides At the Highlands, Little Cap
tain's Island and Greenwich Point the
stations have been repaired, and at the
Indian Harbor hotel and the watch
house on Captain Knappe's Island new
stations are made necessary by the re-
moval of the two buildings.
Henry r. Smith and Harvey f. HEM
ingway purchased a handsome three
year-old trotter at the Madison Square
horse sale The colt is a dark bay and
a very handsome animal; 1t has made
a quarter of mile in 50 seconds and
promises to be a very speedy animal.
The colt is now at the stables of Mr..
Smith at his place on the heights and
is being exercised by him, 1t will be
trotted next year at the Riverside Park
races and there is much interest among
local horsemen to see the record this
animal will make.
A schooner has arrived from Chin
conteague Island with oysters. This is
the second arrival this season of Vir-
ginia oysters.
Two engines have been set up on the
property recently purchased by Epson
& Granniss for pumping water from
Foxon river into the ice pond that is
to be flowed. The ice pond Is on the
Broom road leading to F'oxon. A small
stream flows through the tract, but not
sufficient to flow the pond in season for
ice gathering. The pond will be flowed
as soon as possible in order to take
advantage of the first ice-making
weather
Water from Saltonstall lake is sup
piled to the great 24-inch main by a
4-inch pipe, the demand from this sup
ply not being sufficient juts now to
use the full capacity of the main. This
supply Is now brought across the
Quinnipiac river into the city by the
main recently laid deep in the muddy
bed of Quinnipiac river.
Miss Belle Underwood, who visited
friends here last week, returned to Col
linsville yesterday.
a sale Of ennbroideries and stamped
goods will be held by Mrs Arthur n.
Thorpe at No. "a Chambers street from
until p. M, to-day, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Tickets are selling well for the stere-
opticon lecture on India" to be given
in the East Pearl street M. e. church
tomorrow evening.
An oyster supper will be held Friday
evening by Perseverance council,
Daughters of Liberty, at the residence
of L. G. Waters, Ferry street.
The letter carriers delivered a large
number of printed ballots yesterday
for to-day's election; at the branch
postoffice fully 500 envelopes containing
ballots were received.
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