The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-09
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEVIS.

Despite the unfavorable weather there was good attendance last even- ing at the wedding reception tendered MT. and Mrs. w. A. Granniss at the home of the grooms parents, MT. and Mrs, w. A. Granniss, ST., No, 423 Center street. About 250 invitations had been issued and a. large number responded The rooms were prettily decorated with chrysanthemuns. The reception was from 8 to 10 o'clock.
 There has been quite a rivalry be- tween the owners of a couple of speedy east side trotters concerning the speed of their respective animals, and last Saturday afternoon a special trot was arranged to decide the merits. The trot took place at the Riverside Driving park and quite company of interest ed persons were present. The gray horse driven by Edward Barnes came off victor beating Walter Bucks trot- ter two out of three.
 The people in St. Francis parish are anxious to learn who they are to have as @ successor of the late Rev. Father | Mulholland as the principal pastor. It | is understood that the bishop usually l makes such appointments in about a | month after the decease of clergy | man, but sometimes a longer period | elapses before the appointment is made | Several clergymen have been named as possible appointees, among them being Rev. Father Treanor and Rev. William J. Slocum of Waterbury, Rev Father | Kennedy of Norwich, Rev. William J. | Maher of Milford and Rev. J. J. Quinn l of Collinsville. It was stated yester- | day that Rev. John T. Winters is like ly to receive the appointment.
 The Jefferson company are paperins and decorating the house of Assistant Postmaster J. N. Rowe at Gilbert anc | Sherman avenues. MT Rowe expects l to move from Four Corners to his new 1 home Saturday.
 Registrars Luzerne F. Barnes an6 l Thomas Kane are obtaining a list o1
 the names of the applicants to be made 1 voters in the Twelfth ward. They have ! gone over the territory once and are
 now making a second canvass. MT l Barnes says the applicants will moi
 number quite two hundred; in presiden
 tial years the applications usually mum 1 Der at least three hundred. l Charles F. Bates, secretary and treas
 urer of the National Varnish company | has moved into the fine residence No
 147 Quinnipiac avenue, which he recent ly purchased of H. B. Ives. MT Ives
 and his family are boarding this win
 ter but in the spring they will occupy their handsome Whitney avenue resi- dence.
 The barge c. L. Hayes has arrived
 with 1,340 barrels of cement for w. A | Warner x Brother. This company ha: just chartered the steam barge Notte1
 to bring thirteen hundred barrels of ce ment, and the vessel is expected to ar rive in ten days.
 The new drinking fountain, located a
 the corner of Grand and Clinton ave
 nues, should receive the immediate at tention of the director of public works
 The surplus water runs over the side
 walk, and in freezing weather the wall | will be dangerous spot. The overflow should run into the gutter and thence to the receiving basin near by.
 The National Varnish company is fit
 ting up a new shore at No. 16 Grown street. .........
 Smith T Bradley of Atwater stree
 is giving a free exhibition of chrysan themums each evening this week.
 MT. and Mrs. r. w. J. Sizer who ar ! ont west are in Chicago in eXcellen health and much enjoying their trip.