The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-02
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS
LATESTNEWS FROM BOTH SIDES OF
 THE RIVER.

We'll Known Citizen Dead-Edward Wood
 stock Goes to Trinity Episcopal Church
 After April 1-sooial Life In Many Fra l ternal Soeieties-Many Improvements Being Made.
 Nicholas Mattis died at his home on Fulton street, Annex, yesterday. He was sixty-two years of age and was @ native of France, The funeral will be held to-day, Rev. MT, Dent of St. An drews' church officiating.
 After May 1 Edward Woodstock, the present tenor in the choir of the Grand avenue Congregational church, will be- come tenor soloist in the choir of Trin- ity Episcopal church.
 Some of the sharp curves of the Man ufacturers Street Railway are to be improved
 The members of Hiram Camp divi- sion, S of IT, will pay visit to H. H. Benedict division at the Four Corners, this evening, The members will meet at the corner or Ferry and Pierpont streets at 7;30, going down in the elec- l tric cars. Benedict division are to give an entertainment which will be open l to the public.
 The local committee which has been conducting sociables in town hall, East | Haven, had arranged to give another | entertainment on Wednesday evening, March 10. On that evening, however, i the employees of the New Haven Street | Railway company will have their an- nual entertainment and the committee has been requested to postpone the soci- able, as it would not be convenient to run extra cars to East Haven on that evening. As the committee have issued their invitations it will not be con venient to postpone the sociable, but they will know in day or two what to | decide on.
 1 The store at No, Grand avenue, for | so many years used as the Fair Haven | branch postoffice has been put in fine condition, with new floors, painting and | decorations and looks as fine as new | apartment. William A. Rowe has just | opened a merchant tailoring business there. MT. Rowe was formerly in busi- ness with his father; the late Lucius l Rowe. Charles Hendrickson has en-
 aged with him as cutter.
 1 MT and Mrs Herman Coats of Poplar street will attend the inauguration | ceremonies in Washington. | The trustees of Polar Star lodge, I. | o. o. r., held a meeting last evening to | talk over matters concerning the pro- | posed addition to Polar Star hall build ] ing. Several contractors are preparing | estimates preparatory to handing in their bids for the contract. The follow 1 ing named societies sub-let of Polar | Star lodge and hold their meetings in the same hall: Live Oak council, Royal Arcanum, East Rock lodge, A. o. U. | w. Fair Haven Degree of Honor No. 2; Morning Star lodge, Daughters of Rebekah; Quinnipiac court, A. o. F.; | Loyal council, K. of C.. Columbia Gas | tie, K. G. E., and Fort Hale lodge, N. F. o. P. When the Odd Fellows have l their new lodge room in their own building, it is probable several of the above named lodges will lease of them and remove their headquarters. Since the Masons occupied their new lodge | Iooiit SeNet di oI Liie ioeai iouSss iHseL III 1 the old Masonic hall
 [ Lenten services will begin to be held at the two Episcopal churches, to-mof- row and on Wednesday.
 At Grace Episcopal church Lenten evening services will be held each Fri day evening; the sermon this week will be delivered by Rev Dr. Bridgham,
 who was the first rector of this church.
 Rev. Percy Barnes of Grace church
 exchanged with Rev MT. Marshal of the Church of the Ascension Sunday. The contractors have begun to lay
 up the walls of the new parish build l ing of Grace church. A vestry meeting
 was held last evening, at which reports
 were submitted on the progress of the | work.