The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-13
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS
LATEST NEWS FROM BOTH SIDES or
THE RIFER.


Entertainment to be Given by Young
Ladies' Mission of Grand Avenue Con-
gresationaI Chureh-PleaSant Socinble
in East Haven--Porsonal and Brief Mem
ton,
The young ladies' mission circle of
the Grand avenue Congregational
church will give an entertainment en-
titled THE Single Spinster Literary
Club" in the Sunday school room next
Tuesday evening, The subject to be
discussed Is MAN." and those to parti-
oipate are Mrs. l., l.. Bradley, Miss
Lulu Lennon, Miss Hattie Dennlson,
Miss Margaret Scott, Miss Bertha
Granniss, Miss Harriet jefferson, Miss
Minerva Goodsell, Mrs George Kelley,
Miss Lucy Griswold, Miss Mary Girls
void and Mrs. f. L, Prescott. The adj
mission will be fifteen cents,
DR.. L. C. M Hall and Alderman w. S,
Compton We're at the state capitol yes
terday
George S. Adams has made some fine
photographs of the interior of the new
Masonic hall.
The W. C. T. u will give n supper
next Tuesday evening at their head
quarters, II Grand avenue. oysters
will be served in all styles, and first
class supper at small cost will be furn-
ished
Mrs. DR.. Moody who has been at Mt
Vernon, N ". for several weeks, Is ex-
- Chp haS
been attending her little grandchild,
who was not expected to live, but is
now much better, The little one has
! been afflicted with diphtheria, scarlet
fever and pneumonia.
| The local committee, which has given
| occasional socables in the town hall,
| East Haven, scored its best success at
| the fourth in the series. Two carloads
| of people from Fair Haven and the city
| went down, and they pronounced it the
| best entertainment they had attended
| in a long time. There was good music,
| fine supper and dancing until the
| small hours of the morning. Those at
tending speak highly of the excellent
supper furnished just before midnight
by the ladies of Christ church choir.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Stowe of this city led the
grand march. The committee of ar
rangements consisted of VIM. F, Hub
bard, Ami Ludington and George
Bradley Those present included Mr..
and Mrs Hotchkiss, Mr. and Mrs. G. e.
Bradley, Mr.. and Mrs. Ami Ludington,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stowe, Mr.. and Mrs. Rice,
Mr. and Mrs. John Alling, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. F. Hubbard, Mr.. and Mrs
, Russell Mr.. and Mrs E. Alling, Her
bert Hubbard and Miss Holton, Lewis
Bunnel and Miss Minnie Mallory Rob
ert Tucker, and Nine Wolfert, officer
Bright, Minnie Hovey; Herbert and
: Watson Shippard, Mr. Cooke Viii
/ Marks, Mr.. Brockett, Miss Baldwin
Edward futile, Miss Lottie Rice, George
Tompkins and Miss Cora Palmer, Ellis
; worth Thompson and Miss Carrie Lins-
ley, George Rider, Miss Clara Rider
Miss Edna Kimberly, Miss Annie Lud-
ington, Miss Thompson, Miner Thomp-
, son, Mr.. Amman, Miss Bartholomew
John Clarke, Miss Hart, Miss Kill
feather and Mr.. Norton. The next en-.
tertainpent in this series will be giver
on the evening of March 81.
! Another difficulty has been encoun,
tered in the construction of the new
drawbridge. The framework had beer
built around the excavation for the cas-
| pier to guide the caissen in being sunk
: and it was expected that all was il
readiness to sink the great box; but tht
diver in descending to the river bet
discovered that a large amount of niue
and gravel had caved in since the ex
cayation was made This will require
several days work by the mud digger
The dredger of the Fall River Dredg
ing company, which completed the dig
ging last fall, has been lying at one O
the Wharves in Tire harbor during thu
winter. Early in the week several ma
chinists went on board and put tn,
machinery in order and the boat will
several mud scows We're towed up Il
the bridge site yesterday morning
The dredger began work digging thu
material which had tumbled into tn,
pier excavation, but a portion of TIL,
, machinery soon broke down Repair.
. are being made and it is expected tn,
digger will be at work sometime to
day.
An entertainment entitled "a Nigh
in Camp With the Boys of 1861 wal
given by the St Andrews improvement
association Of the Four Corners Thurs
day evening. 1t consisted of a series o
tableaux, Rotations, and songs.
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