The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-08-24

River-Consecrntton of Grand Castle Knights of the Golden Eagle, septem- Der 12-Poor Condition of East Pearl Street.
 Drivers of teams as well as bicyclists complain of the number of holes in East Pearl street and in Grand avenue from East Pearl street to the Quinni- piac river. There is also a complaint ot the too profuse watering of south Front street. For many years this street, especially the lower end, was a regular mud hole. The dressing of crushed stone which it has received would make it good and hard, but for the fact that it is watered too much. Some days there is an inch of mud there and the street will soon be ruined. MT and Mrs. Fred Hemingway and children of LenoX street returned yes- terday after a months stay in Ver- nCnt.
 The funeral of Mrs. Ella Ellsman, wife of Herman Ellsman, the proprietor of the Farren avenue hotel, was held yesterday afternoon at ? o'clock.
 MISS J6SSlb heIlOth Ol IlOCIltSlCl ctilt Miss Grace MacMahon of Blatchley avenue, piloted by Ernest Jacobs, got over four dozen crabs in the Quinnipiao river yesterday. This is an excellent record for the first attempt.
 Ira F. Fonda got out the menu cards for the banouet of the Master Plum bers's association at the Morris Cove hotel yesterday. They were printed on white enameled paper and were ex- tremely tastey. Following was the menu:
 Round Clans. Long Clams
 Blue Fish,
 Salmon. Egg Sauce.
 White Potatoes.
 Soft Shell Crabs. French Fries.
 Spring Chicken.
 Sweet Potatoes
 Sweet Corn. Sliced Tomatoes. Sliced Cucumbers
 Rye Bread Wheat Bread
 Watermelon
 Cigars.
 H. o. Huncke, chemist, from New York spent yesterday with L. B. Can non, the east side druggist.
 Miss Margaret Lenahan of New York is visiting her aunt, Mrs. James sulli- van of Saltonstall avenue.
 George Sturges of Blatchley avenue took trip to Hotchkiss Grove, Bran- ford yesterday, and rowed his dory back so that he can utilize her in fish ing in the Quinnipiac.
 The funeral of John s. Mettler will take place this afternoon at o'clock from his late residence, 30 Amer street.
 MT. and Mrs. Henry Ellenberger have returned from trip to Block Island. D. A. Alder of the heights returned from his vacation yesterday. At the regular meeting of Columbia castle, No. g, Knights of the Golden Eagle, held Tuesday evening, it was voted to extend an invitation ot the grand castle to be present at the next regular session, September 12 The grand castle convenes in New Haven on that date and it is expected that seventy or eighty will accept the in- and attend Columbia castle in the evening. Cigars and lemonade will | be provided by way of entertainment. | It was also voted to extend an invita- | tion to all castles in the city. John F. Thompson, chairman of the entertain- | ment committee, has the matter in l charge.
 Alfred Keast, Fred Darrow and Ju- lius Brooks have just returned from a cruise on the schooner Columbia of New York The trip included stay at Block Island. The blue fish have not set in as yet.
 The water is getting low in most of the wells about town. At Fort Hale park the well in which there is usually a bountful supply of water is SD dry that it is impossible to draw any water without getting sand into the bucket Mrs w. R. Davis and two children of 59 Pine street have returned home after months sojourn at Nortontown.