The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-25
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School Children Happy Over No School and Visions ot Turkey-Grace r. E. Church Lecture Course-The East Grand Avenue Improvement-Churoh Services To-day, Etc.
 George Bohn, the mason contractor, who recently returned from two months' tour in France and Germany, speaks highly of his visit. MT. Bohn, although a German, at the time of the Franco German war resided in the province of Alsace. then in the possess sion of France, and was obliged to, serve in the French army. He was captured by the Germans at Metz and placed in military prison. On his re- cent visit he went to the battlefield of Metz. In that city he recognized the house in which he saw Napoleon III. He says the towns with which he was familiar have changed considerably, especially Strasburg, which occupies twice it's former area. MT. Bohn visit
 
 ed the exposition grounds at Paris. He says the buildings are not yet con- structed and the managers will be obliged to hustle to get the fair ready by 1900. The preparations are of vast magnitude and MT Bohn says it will be well worth the expense and trouble for Americans to attend it. MT. Bohn went up in the Eiffel tower, and visited many prominent places in Par is. He formerly resided for several years in Paris and speaks French as well as German. He has many rela- tives in Paris, as well as Alsace, where he was born.
 Miss Hattie M. Gibbons of 1O6 Vol colt street and E. V. Andrews of l65 Dixwen avenue were married Monday evening. The schools in the Fair Haven dis tricts closed yesterday at noon and un- til Monday morning for the Thanksgiv- ing vacation In the Ezekiel Cheever school donations were made by the pu- pills for the poor.
 The lecture course of Grace P. B. church was begun Tuesday evening, when a good sized audience gathered in the new paish house to listen to the lecture of Rev. Percy Barnes on Ben Hur," illustrating the story of Lew Wallace The story opens with the Eastern travellers, the discovery of the place where Christ was born, the Joppa market, the arrival of the magi, and Herod and the magi, with other incl dents in the early life of the Saviour ;yIa of tha il trayal of the people and the land of Judea in the days of the Messiah, as given in the book, Ben Hur. MT. Barnes evinced considerable skill in cutting down the story to the limit of the lec- ture hour and his portrayal was very interesting. The lecture was fully illus trated by pictures covering an area of ninety square feet and were shown by Edward R. Miller of East Pearl street. The next lecture, next Tuesday even ing will be on "An Evening With Charles Dickens" Cake and cream was sold by the ladies after the lec- ture Single admission tickets are fif- teen cents, and children ten cents.
 'sFIow is this?' Inquired a citizen yes- terday. q understand that Highway Commissioner Macdonald issued a cir cular last evening prohibiting further work on the highways for this season, as the cold weather would injure the work, and yet men are hardening the roadway up East Grand avenue hill. I don't understand it"
 The inquirer was informed that the work in question was not on state road and the highway commissioner had no jurisdiction there. The East Grand avenue job extends from the old Shore Line railroad crossing, near the Second Congregational church, to the top of the hill on the Heights, and it is the first time that section of road has been worked by the town. During the summer and fall the upper portion of the section was cut down and graded, and is now being hardened with crushed stone, and the work is nearly finished. The citys roadroller was borrowed to do the hardening. This is probably the last piece of highway inn provement to be undertaken by the se- lectmen for after the December elec- tion their supervision of the town high ways ceases under the new charter, but their last piece of new road is cer- tainly a creditable job.
 This being Thanksgiving day pusi- ness will be quite generally suspended and most of the stores will close at noon. Station A will close at noon, op- ening for an hour in the evening, from ' to o'clock, and only one delivery will be made by the carriers.
 Union religious services will be held