The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-09
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
MATIERS OF NOTE ON ROTH SIDES
 THE QUINNIPIIC.

The Big Fair of Polar Star LOdge-Much
 Interest in the Peoples Course at the
 First Church-The Caisson's Deep Work
 --Rascally Work in Frightening Women.
 The fair of Polar Star lodge. l. o. O. F., is progressing satisfactorily. Mon day evening there were 700 attendants and at o'clock, when dancing began, the floor was crowded. The perform ance in magic by MT. Petrie evoked much applause. Announcement was made that in the contest for the gold watch Miss Brandt had received 40 votes and Miss Lena Glerding 3S, There is only one candidate as yet for the lodge gavel, Morning Star lodge. Good music is furnished every evening by Arpin's orchestra. Tonight the en- tertainment will be given by the en- tertainment committee of the First church. Mrs. Wallace Hurlburt, chair man. It is United Workmen and De- gree of Honor night.
 The attendance Sunday afternoon at the communion service in the Grand avenue Congregational church was probably the largest ever held there. Nearly every seat in the lower part of the church was occupied and about every person was member of the church. Six members were added upon profession and four by letter.
 The fourth season of the peoples course at the Grand avenue Congrega- tional church will be opened tomorrow evening, the initial entertainment to be given by the Ariel Ladies quartet of Boston and Charles T. GrilleyS who is | spoken of as the first humorist of the day. The quartet consists of Miss Lil- lian Hanson, first soprano; Miss Nellie May Holt, second soprano; Miss Fan nie F. Holt, first alto, and Miss Emma l V, Foster, second alto. The work of the quartet is highly spoken of and there | is promise of a very fine entertainment for tomorrow evening; in fact, the en- tire course promises to be the very 1 best of the series. The season tickets have sold rapidly, but there are a few more left. Mrs. E. C. Curtis has dis posed of thtrty-eight tickets and Miss Hattie Denison has sold twenty-one
 The caisson in which the center pier for the new drawbridge is being built, has at last been sunk in position and rests on the hard pan foundation many [ feet below the mud of Quinnipiac river, i There are over 800 tons of stone built up In heavy courses of masonry in the caisson and within about fifteen feet of high water mark. When the masonry is completed the curbing of the caisson will be released and used in another caisson. When within few inches of the bed of the river fifty tons of water was pumped in settling the i immense box on the river bottom. | The work was done methodically SO as not to vary the caisson a fraction of an inch from true level and tests were made with two transits, one sta 1 toned on the temporary bridge, the other on East Grand avenIle. The work was found to be perfect, and City En- | gineer Kelly, under whose inspection the job was performed, expressed him. self as greatly pleased with the result | Had the caisson varied from true lev el 1t would have been necessary to pump out the water, perhaps taken out | some of the heavy blocks and stone and 1 raised the box, which would have in- 1 volyed large additional expense. The | outside water pressure in the swift ] running tide is severe, and several 1 heavy braces have broken Additional braces are being added and there is network of timbers inside to prevent the sides of the caisson from collaps 1 ing. As soon as the water is pumped out the masonry of the pier will be completed. The mud-digger is still at work digging out the mud where the west pier is to be built.
 1 Some rascal is frightening women in
 the evening on Clinton avenue, and if this sort of thing is continued some body is likely to be arrested. Monday evening a woman and her daughter were frightened on the avenue near the corner of Grand avenue, a fellow sud denly jumping from behind one of the
 big trees, confronting the ladies and
 frightening them. The mother ran away but the girl stood her ground un- 1 til the rascal beat a retreat This is
 the second or third time that ladies have been thus stopped in the evening
 The police should make big effort to catch the rogue
 Henry A. Loveland of the annex has | IeCelNeu d CdFlOdu pl line dpplSS lIOIl Litchfeld county,
 Monday evening a musicale was giv-
 en by the Misses Sperry of 230 Ex-
 change street. A few nights ago the
 Misses Sperry entertained the Entre
 Nous, which club has been recently formed.
 The annual meeting of Quinnipiac conclave No. 313, Improved Order of Heptasophs, was held Monday evening.
 There was a large attendance. fully seventy-five being present. There were
 visitors from the local lodges and from | Bridgeport. An oyster supper was
 served in fine style by John O. Row | land. Among those responding to l speeches were Dr. J. l. Hutchinson, Judge Cleaveland and Frank H. South- worth. Officers were elected as fol- lows: Past archon, Elmore s. Wade; | archOn, c. Clifford Foote; provost. | Charles B. Rowe; prelate. Luther H. 1 Whitehead; secretary, Frank P Tyler; | tinancier Ezra Healy; treasurer, Wal | ter R. Downes; inspector, Henry w. Russell; warden, William Shute: sen
 tinel, Charles s. Warner; trustees Lu- cius s. Rowe, Willet Kellogg and c. D. l Parmelee; representative. E. S Wade;
 alternate, r. Ii. Mansfield
 The popular young elocutionist, Miss
 Margaret Goodyear Smith. will render | "Salvator' at the Polar Star fair this