The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-01
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES OF THE RIVER.

The Sans HOmme Whist Club to be Enter
 talned by Mrs. Henry Manwsring-Sup-
 per and Entertainment Given by the
 Ladies' Aid Society of the Parish--Two
 Sessions of School Yesterday.
 Mrs. Henry Manwaring entertdins the Sans Homme Whist club Thursday evening. The club was formed two years ago and consists of twelve mem bers-Mrs. w. A. Graham, Mrs. Fl. w. Beebe, Mrs. L. L. Bradley, Mrs. John Manwaring, Mrs. Arthur B. Brown, Mrs. F. l. Nettleton, Mrs. Edward w.. Easter, Mrs. Edward B. Warren, Mrs, Washington Rowland and Mrs. Frank Buck.
 The Ladies' Home Mission society of the Second church will meet in the chapel tomorrow afternoon.
 Three children of Alderman Compton are down with measles.
 Henry Ellenberger is away on bus mess trip in New York state and will remain about month.
 On Thursday evening the Ladies Aid society of St. James church will give supper in the parish rooms of the church.
 The Daughters of the King connect ed with Grace P. E. church will meet with Mrs. Boynton this (Tuesday) eve ming.
 The Ladies' Aid society of this par | ish will give supper, to be followed 1 by an entertainment, in the parish house Thursday evening.
 The schools held two sessions yes terday, although it was the stormiest day of the winter. All of the schools are very busy this winter and the teachers desire that no sessions be lost if it can be avoided; and many parents prefer their children in school, claim ing that they would be out in the snow if not in school.
 At the union installation of the off, cers of Farren, Golden Hill and Scan dia lodges, A. o. U. w., of Bridgeport, J. P. B. Ricketts, deputy to Scandia lodge, and R. B. Farren and l.. J. Mun- delin of East Rock lodge were present. Farren lodge was named for MT. Far ren.
 The grand regent will pay a visit to Live Oak council, Royal Arcanum, at the next meeting of the council. one application for membership is pend- ing.
 It will be some time before East Rock lodge, A. o. U. w., can furnish the new hall it is to have in the new Jefferson building on Grand avenue, as the foun- l dations for the structure are only 1uSt ready; but plans are already being considered for fitting up the hall. The lodge has about $1,O00 in it's treasury and will expend about that amount of money in fitting the hall, but the en- tire amount will not be expended this year. It Is the intention of making II one of the finest Workmen's halls T the state. A lease has been made for a term of years, allowing the lodge tc furnish in a first-class manner. The members have for long time desired to secure hall of their own and this is the first opportunity that has pre- sented itself.
 The schooner Helen Hasbrouck of New York, from Norfolk, Va, is at the wharf of the Stow company discharg- ing a cargo of lumber.
 This is about the first day of the sea- son that the oyster boats have been unable to work. The channel has been closed with ice only once and last week sharpies were able to sail down to the oyster beds, which is very unusual ir January.
 Next Tuesday evening at meeting of Columbia castle No. 9, K. G. E., the members will confer as to the advisa- bility of changing the place of holding the meetings of the castle. Upson & Granniss sent their tools horses and equipment for housing jct over the Northampton railroad to Con. gamond Lake yesterday. They have had men there several. days getting the houses ready, and it is intended to be. gin cutting ice to-day if the weather serves. The firm owns the houses anc leases the site of the Consolidated rail road; the latter put up about 5000 tons of ice this year and they have about 4,000 tons on hand at the houses at the lake.