The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-12
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS
MASONIC TWO DAYS' CONVENTION
 CLOSED YESTERDAY,

Election of officers by the Grand Royal Aarch Chapter and Other Business Dis posed of-Boys' Brigade Entertainment S1,5OO Fire in Store of Arthur E. Hunt at Cor, Blatchley Avenue and Day Street. The two days convention of the higher bodies of masonry at Masonic hall closed yesterday noon. The NJ, E. Grand Royal Arch chapter of the state of Connecticut convened at 10 o'clock, about 125 members attending. Samuel s. Lamb of Waterbury, grand high priest, presided. Officers were elected as follows Samuel S.. Lamb of Water bury, past grand high priest; I. F. Stid- ham of New Britain, grand high priest; Harvey s. Abel of Stafford Springs, deputy grand high priest; Wesley w.. Pearne of Middletown, grand king; Isaiah Baker, jr., of Hartford, grand scribe; James Mccormick of Hartford, grand treasurer; John l.. Hill of Nor Wich, grand secretary; James Callah Of Waterbury, grand captain of host; Ed gar w. Latham of Suffield, grand prin- cipal sigourner. Loren A. Humiston of Pulaski chapter was elected one of the stewards The reports made showed that the order was In a prosperous con- 'dition. There are fortyseven chapters in the state, and most of them have increased in membership. The grand chapter voted to grant charter to a new chapter In West Haven, This was the ninety ninth annual meeting of the rrnY ohoy y,fN fI,o frS+ a the grand bodies had convened in Fair Haven and the masons of the local masonic bodies were congratulated upon having such finely appointed quarters.
 Under the auspices of the Boys bri- gade of the East Pearl street M. E. church, an entertainment will be given in Polar Star hall tomorrow evening. There will be an exhibition of the Edi- son vitagraph. J. Stewart Blackton, the we'll known cartoonist and humor- ist and Albert E. Smith, the imper- senator and shadowgraphist, will also entertain the audience. It will be a first class entertainment and worthy of patronage. The admission is twenty five cents. The program of the vita graph entertainment is as follows: Niagara Falls-From Luna Island. Cavalry Charge of Cadets at West Point.
 Shooting the Chutes at Coney Island. The Mischevous Boy and the Garden Hose
 A Storm on Atlantic Coast at Long Branch, showing the wild dashing oi the surf
 The Black Diamond Express running at a speed of sixty miles an hour Station Scene. Arrival of the local ex- press at Elizabeth, N. J. The usua hustle on platform
 The Inaugural Parade at Washington showing Mckinley and Cleveland ir carriage.
 The Morning Bath; very funny scene in which a coal black pickaninny is washed by his Nanny"
 Fire Scene A burning stable
 A fire broke out in the store of Ar thur B. Hunt, corner Blatchley avenue and Clay street, yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock. An alarm was turned in from box No. 8, and steamers and quickly responded. When Chief Ken. nedy arrived he found the interior oi the store burning furiously, but the flames were soon extinguished. Tht flames were confined to the store or the east side of the three-story brick building. Mir. Hunts stock of groceries and meats were completely ruined. Ht says his loss will amount to S1,500, an6 is covered by insurance. The building is owned by MT. Hunts father, MT Amos Hunt. The building was dam aged to the extent of about $500. MT Hunt had been painting around the store and was using gasoline torch tc burn off the old paint. His son Will liam was filling the torch with gasoline which he purchased in a nearby store and there was a sudden explosion. Tn, burning gasoline flew about and the bo! came near being seriously burned Ht says the torch was not lighted while he was filling the magazine and he can not account for the explosion.
 Herbert Hubbard, clerk in the Bootl meat market, is very i'll at his home 2O3 Atwater street, being threatened with typhoid fever. Dr. Roberts is at tending and hopes to be able to breal up the fever.