The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-04
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
POINTS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES OF THE RIYER.

SIDES OF THE RIVER.
 Sudden Death of Mrs. Caroline Smith Lecture at M. F. Church-Illness of John Turner Burges En Route-B Baptists' En- tertainment- Grand Fair of Polar Star Lodge Opens To-night-Masonio News. The grand fair of Polar Star lodge, l. o. o. F.. opens this evening in Polar Star hall. The attractions will be the opening of the fair, with orchestral music and speech by Grand Repre- sentative D. R. Alling, This will be Rebekah night, and many members of these lodges will attend. Fifty prizes, including $1oO in gold will be awarded on the season tickets.
 Mrs. Caroline Spring died quite sud- denly at her home 119 East Chapel street, yesterday morning. Mrs. Spring was apparently in her usual health early in the morning, but later in the forenoon was suddenly seized with se- were pains about the heart and expired before physician could be called. Medical Examiner White was called in, and upon learning the facts decided that death was due to heart disease. The deceased was the widow of Charles Spring of Granby, and the remains will be taken there for interment this af- ternoon Undertaken Crawford will have charge of the funeral arrange ments.
 John Turner of Exchange street Is very i'll, and is not expected to re- cover.
 "An Evening in India was the sub ject of an interesting and instructive lecture given by Rev. N. G. Cheney at the East Pearl street M. E. church on Wednesday evening under the auspices of the Epworth league. It was illus trated with stereopticon views of in- teresting persons, places and events, the material having been secured dur
 
 country. A cluster of carefully select ed views of the peerless Tai Mahal were also shown. One of the mission ary churches shown in the views was at Banilly, where Rev. MT. Kasten- dieck, pastor of the Howard avenue M. E. church, and wife were married The evening of the lecture was the twelfth Tpa MT, Kastendieck, who were present at the lecture Mir Kastendieck was a CO., worker with MT. Cheney in the Indian mission field.
 w. A. Warner & Brother have two barges on the way from Rondout, N. Y.-the steam barge Motto with 1900 barrels of cement and the Moulton with 1,200 barrels, and both barges have a quantity of bluestone. MT. Warner has not heard from the boats since they cleared, and possibly they may have been caught by the ice in the river He is anxious for them to arrive, for if they should be detained in the river all winter the firm would be short of cement.
 There is good skating at Montowese, and the electric road company had signs posted to that effect yesterday. Many young people went up to the new skating pond at the terminus of the railroad.
 An entertainment under the auspices of the Grand avenue Baptist church will be given in Polar Star hall Thurs day evening, December IF. It is to con- sist of the juvenile operetta in four acts, Jack and the Beanstalk,' with libretto by Laura F. Armitage and rnu- sic by Richardson Caldwell. It will be given with stage settings and appropri- ate costumes and scenery. There are to be eleven in the cast, four adults and seven juveniles, with a chorus of fifty children. It is the dramatization of the Mother Goose story of Jack and the t Beanstalk'' Jacks mother is very poor and they are obliged to sell their cow Jack sells her to a butcher for some beans, which the butcher per- suades him to believe will bring him much money Jacks mother throws the beans away, but they take root and grow in a single night A fairy ap pears, who tells Jack about the giant, his gold and his wonderful hen which lays golden eggs. She claims that the hen once belonged to Jacks father, but was stolen by the giant, and urges Jack to climb the beanstalk and go to the castle for it. Jack does so enters the castle, is hidden by the giants wife and when the giant is about to discov- CT his presence calls for the fairy, who at once appears and charms the giant, while Jack runs off with the hen. Jack cuts down the beanstalk when he reaches the foot, and he and his moth CT live in peace and plenty ever af- ter. A party of Jacks playmates ap- pear several times on the scene. Sev eral rehearsals have been held under the direction of Mrs. D. l.. Allen, the talented elocutionist, who is drilling the cast and chorus.
 CRAWFORD COUNCIL ELECTION
 AND BANQUET.
 The annual meeting of Crawford council, Royal Arch Masons, occurred Wednesday evening in their lodge room on Grand avenue, Fair Haven. Be- fore the election of officers for the ensuing year the super excellent de- gree was conferred upon the following named gentlemen: H. Levi Potter, B.