The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-28

ed that, besides her grandparents and other relatives, a few family friends will share of the Joyous occasion,
 A DANCE AND A TROLLEY RIDE.
 There was large and very pleasant party at the dance given at the town hall in East Haven last night, this be- ing another of the very enjoyable and select series which Is being given this season, the promoters of which are MT,
 Amm Ludington of Fair Haven and Mir Charles MacGilvray, the Chapel street newsdealer, There was quite a
 trolley party excursion in connection with the affair there being two trolley carloads from New Haven, besides one from Fair Haven, provided by the com mittee for the attendants at the ball, the cars waiting until the close of the
 ball to take home the happy dancers and friends
 AT ST, JAMES CHURCH TONIGHT. musical and literary entertainment, which promises to be highly successful and pleasing, will be given under the auspices of the Young Peoples Social chapter of St. James church, Fair Ha-
 ven. in the parish room this evening. Among those who will take part in the entertainment are: Miss Katherine
 Murphy, soprano soloist; Mrs. Sails
 bury, pianist; MT F. w. Brown, violin 1 ist; Miss Florence Macdonald, elocu-
 tionist; MT. Herman Nettleton, bass
 soloist, and the Hillhouse High School
 Banjo and Mandolin clubs, Another
 attractive feature of the program will l be an exhibition of the photograph.
 The above artists are well and favora- bly, known, and most enjoyable even
 ing is assured all who attend.
 l OTHER NOTES.
 | Clerk G. w. Rowe of the board of se-
 lectmen went to Providence this week
 on matters of town business. Selectman Ludington and c. F. Bates
 were at the state capitol yesterday.
 The religious meetings held at the
 Baptist church are largely attended
 and very interesting. Rev. J. B. Le-
 mon of Willimantic is still assisting the pastor and preaching each evening.
 Monday evening Rev. MT. Foster of the | Olivet church was also present and made short address. Already twen- 1 ty-seven persons have manifested es-
 pecial interest in this religious work. The extra meetings are also continuing | this week at the Methodist church. | The oyster steamers, which broke a
 channel through the ice in the Quinni- piac river in order to get down to the oyster beds Tuesday morning, tied up at Belle dock over night in order to avoid another battle with the ice. One of the best ice breakers is the steamer l Luzerne Ludington, the bow of which l Is protected by a composition stem. The tug Hogan broke out the channel
 of Mill river yesterday afternoon in or der to tow out several coal boats. | The annual report for 1896 of the St.
 Francis church was presented Sunday
 morning and showed a very satisfac- 1 tory condition of the parish's affairs. 1 A little daughter of MT. and Mrs. Pat rick Delacy of T9 Exchange street died l of diphtheria Tuesday. Two other chill
 dren of the family are sick with the
 same disease. .
 l Senator D. w, Futile of East Haven l is fearing that the recent severe freeze
 has extended to the orange plantations
 of Florida, in which he is interested, l He is anxiously awaiting advices from | that district