The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-20
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS
LATEST NEWS FROM BOTH SIDES or
THE RIVER,

Largo HiOch oi Chrrier 4 iseOHs SUI" sup
per and Entertainment at Second Con-
Gregational Churoh-Whist Party at
trio Road to Foxon Proposed.
DIR, r. f. Burwell has sold all of his
carrier pigeons, fifty in number. Some
of the birds have made long flights, the
best record having been made from
Manassas, VT, to Fair Haven, a dis
lance of nearly four hundred miles.
DR. Burwell has kept his birds for sew
eral years in the cupola of the Central
hall building, but as he will remove his
dentistry business to the second floor
of 402 Chapel street about the first of
May, it was necessary to dispose of his
birds
Ira e. Fonda, the east side printer
has secured Autograph for Walron &
Augur, the butter dealers in Exchange
street. The firm brought to Mr. Fonda
an old electrotype of diminutive size,
representing herd of cows, which it
seemed impossible to develop, but Mr..
Fonda sent it to Boston photographers,
who made a large Autograph, which
| develops an artistic print, to be used in
making billheads.
The ladies of the Second Congrega-
| tional church gave a supper to large
number of patrons Thursday evening.
At o'clock short entertainment was
given, The program was as follows:
| Piano Solo-Miss Rose
| Song-Mr. Williams.
Piano Duet-Miss Augur and Miss
! Rose.
Song-Will Granniss.
Recitation-MiSs Jessie Wyre.
! The same evening a supper and So
ciable was given by the ladies of st.
James church, and at the East Pearl
street M. E, church a corn supper was
the attraction. Several dishes in which
corn was the component part were serv-
ed by the ladies.
There is prospect of an interesting
hearing before the committee on rail
roads at Hartford next week on the
petition for five-cent fares from East
Haven to New Haven. The East Ha-
ven citizens committee of twenty-five
will send quite a delegation to favor
the bill
A little child of Horace L. Chidsey
of the firm of Chidsey Brothers, East
| Haven, has been very i'll with scarlet
fever, but is now somewhat better
Harry Higgins, another scarlet fever
| patient is conyalescing
A whist party was given by Mr. and
Mrs. e. H. Rowe at their home, No. As
| clifton avenue, Thursday evening
i Those present were MIR. and Mrs. d. M
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. f. H. Hemingway
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Sutton, Mrs
Clarence Williams, Miss Merchant Miss
Riggs, Miss Anna Peck and d. NJ
Smith jr, Bert Van Name, Frank Val
entine and Charles Foster. The first la
dies prize was won by Mrs Williams
second prize, Miss Riggs. The first
prize for gentlemen was won by Mr.
Foster and the second prize by Mr.
Sutton.
Captain Isaac f. Brown has return
ed from a trip to Florida. Captain
Brown owns one thousand acres of lane
and couple of plantations, with one
thousand orange trees. He says his
trees look very promising and he vii
secure a partial crop this season
/ Considerable interest Is manifested II
/ the project to build an electric roac
from Morris Cove to F'oxon. The pro
posed route Is about six miles in length
and while it would not give the mos
direct line, it is claimed that more PEG
4 pie residing along the line would b'
accommodated than along any othe'
route. At Foxon and vicinity are abou
fifty houses, and the resid ants are look
ing forward hopefully to the building
of the road.
Work is progressing favorably on thu
new lager beer brewery of the QUINN
piac Brewing company. When the eH
terror walls are completed the OUTSIDE
walls of the old brewery will be rernov
ed, making one beer brewery double The
capacity of the former one.
City Sheriff John Coleman of Eas
! Haven is visiting friends in western
New York
Rev. D. j. Clarke of the East Haver
CONGREGATIONAL church tomorrow
morning will repeat, by request, a ser
mon preached some years ago from thu
words Say So in Psalm 107.
EMPIRE WHIST CLUB.
On Thursday evening, the 18th mem
bers of the Empire Whist club of Fail
Haven entertained their "worser halves
at the residence of Mrs. Charles Lins
ley, 131 Lombard street.
Seven tables were set and whist was
enjoyed till II p. m. Then cake, cream
er 80
each person chose a number and drew
from parcels prepared for that purpos,
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