The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-20
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
LIYELY SUNDAY RUNAWAY ON
OUINNTPIAo AVENUE.

Fair of Polar Star L odsc Proving n Sue
cess-W Birthday to be
Celebrated In the schooIs-Ladies
Guild of Second Congregational
Church TO Entertain.
Major Luzerne Ludngton of the firm
of Ludington & Palmer, has bought out
the interest Of Captain Palmer in the
firm. The firm carry on the oyster
business, with headquarters and oyster
shops on Quinnipiac avenue.
There was atlively runaway on Quin-
nipiac avenue Sunday. Mr.. Salewsky
had improvised a snow plow and at
tached his horse to the pillow. The ami
NAL did not like the apparatus and
started on a run up the avenue, the
pillow following uncerempniously. The
horse ran several blocks and was finally
stopped after he became tired out.
The fair of Polar Star lodge, I. o. o.
f., which began in Polar Star hall, Fri
day evening, is being well attended;
the executive committee consists of A.
H. Ellis, president; w. G. Doolittle, vice
president Charles Foster, secretary; e.
A. Johnson, treasurer; Henry Kay, e.
A. H. Zeeter, George Eldridge, j. A.
Jacobs, w. c. Sparks, ]. III. Thompson,
H. w. Seeley and J. w. Dixon. There
Is an entertainment and dancing each
evening.
W. W. Kelsey and W. S. Compton
leave to-day for Porto Rico to remain
several weeks.
Ex-warden F. w. ]. sizer of the
east side is i'll.
Libbie and Margaret Smith, daugh-
tiers Of A. j. Smith of East Chapel
street, are visiting for two weeks in
New York.
W. O. Montgomery of North Caro-
lima, who came north on business trip
and visited a short time with Mr.. and
Mis-. David Henderson, left for home
Sunday. He formerly resided here, but
is now engaged in the oyster business
in North Carolina.
Mrs. Michael J. Donahue Of 271 James
street, whose funeral occurred Friday,
died after a long illness, suffering from
heart trouble. She leaves a husband
and five chidren-Michael and Frank
Donahue, Nora May and Nellie Dona-
hue. Mrs. Donahue was devoted to her
family and her death comes to the fam
lily as great bereavement.
Washington's birthday will be cele-
brated in the Fair Haven schools with
appropriate exercises. For the 400 pu-
pills of the seventh and eighth grades
of Strong school special exercises will
h hold ~, Gro,o ho1 II 10
o'clock There will be an address on
washington and Lincoln by Rev.
Mr.. Phillips, assistant pastor at ST.
Paul's church, two musical selections
and exercises by the school. All the
schools will hold exercises in the morn
ing.
The Ferry street church will hold a |
Martha Washington supper Wednesday |
evening, to be followed by an entertain
ment; price of supper ten cents.
On Wednesday evening, February 81,
the Ladies' guild Of the Second Congre-
gational church will give a colonial
supper at $3.50 o'clock At o'clock a
fine entertainment will be given in the |
audience room Of the church, comment
orative Of Washington. 1t will consist
of patriotic songs " quartette from |
the Yale university, recitations, tab
leaux, etc. The feature of the evening |
will be an address on "The Life of |
Washington illustrated with stereopti- !
con views. One of the characters will
be an Arab chief in costume; he will |
play on Arabian instrument and sing
native songs A small admission fee |
will be charged.
The Ladies' Aid society had planned
to give Martha Washington supper in
the East Pearl street M. e. church on
Wednesday and Thursday evening, but
1t has been postponed owing to Illness
in the pastors family.
Robert Meachen shot a fox last week
and intends going on another hunt this
morning. He has probably bagged
more foxes this winter than anyone
else in this region. He says the ami
mails are very plenty on the Saltonstall
ridge.
William A. Rowe has begun the daily
messenger service ebtween this city and
New York. His Fair Haven office is at
Salisbury's drug store at Grand ave-
nue..
Mrs. Henry Mallory, who has visited
her son, HI. Lee Mallory of Brooklyn,
haa returned
Mrs. Joseph Cook, who made short
visit with relatives here, has returned
home.
Isaac Bradley, sexton Of the Second
church, was unable to be at the church
Sunday, owing to illness.
TO-NIGHTS POLO GAME.