The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-05-18
FAIR HAPPEN NOTES.

The Young Misses Mission Circle
connected with the Grand avenue Bap-
fist church will give an entertainment
and sale in the Sunday school room to-
morrow evening. The sale will begin
at 6 o'clock, followed by the entertain
nent at 5 o'clock Fancy and useful
articles made by members of the So
ciety, also home made candy, will be
on sale. The admission to the enter
tafnment is only five cents. The pro-
gramrne follows: Piano duet, Ruth Will
son and Mae Rowley; recitation, lone
Hart; vocal solo, Florence Sieberts;
recitation, May Hanselpacker piano
solo, Grace West; dialogue, The Mis-
sionary's Call" by Alice Hanselpacker
Florence Siebert and Eva Smith; piano
duet, Misses Wilson and Rowley; reci-
tation, Bertha Sturges; song Eva and
Pearl Smith; recitation, Mabel Hart;
recitation, Carl Bishop; piano solo,
Grace West.
The Epworth league connected with
the East Pearl street M. E. church will
meet Thursday evening at the home of
MIS-. CtGNC1iSOll, IOpAdI SLIGGL, All Ill
teresting programme has been arranged
by the literary committee, which will
be in part as follows: Piano solo, Miss
Nellie Stevenson; guessing contest part
first; tenor solo, Eugene Willis; guess
ing contest, part second; recitation,
Miss Pearl A. Taft; third division of
guessing contest; song, mixed chorus.
Invitations have been issued for the
marriage of Helen, daughter of Mrs.
Henry R. Parnes of lis Grand avenue,
and Mr.. Clarence Henry Knox of this
city. The ceremony viii take place at
the Grand avenue Congregational
church Wednesday, June 2, at 8 p. m.
The couple will be at home at 11S
Grand avenue, Wednesdays, June %
and 80.
The members of the F'ortnightiy club
will hold their annual meeting this
evening at the home of Mrs. A J. Boyer
on Grand avenue.
Miss Nellie Preston of James street
is visiting friends in Saybrook.
Harvey G. Pond of hook and ladder
company No. g is suffering with a
sprained wrist in consequence of a fall.
DR.. and Mrs. H. G.. Stevens of Grand
avenue have returned from q three
weeks stay in southern California
Blakeslee & Sons are making good
progress on the sub-structure for the
bridge over the railroad tracks at East
Chapel street The west abutment is
practically completed. The abutment
consists of blocks of stone weighing
from one to three tons each, taken from
the company's quarry in the annex.
The foundation is Of broken stone rest
ing upon a base of piling and timber.
Work is also going forward on the re-
tanning wall of the west abutment
East of the railroad crossing a portion
OF the piling has been driven and stone
is being built up to support the ma
sonry The piles are driven to a depth
varying from 80 to 40 feet and are cut
off one foot below low water mark
Upon the piling is built Is inches of
timber which forms the support of the
rock formation. Sixteen thousand piles
are required and about half of this
number have been driven. The office of
the New Haven Steam Sawmill COM
pany has been moved to the corner of
Chapel and East streets.
NJ. E. Fowler of the annex, who has
been i'll several weeks from the effects
of grip and bronchitis, has recovered.
The funeral of Mrs. A. P. Olson of
14T Lloyd street was largely attended
from her late residence, Sunday after
l.oon. There were present delegations
from Centennial lodge, N. E. o. P. and
the Viking Singing society, the mem
bers of the latter singing hymn at the