The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-05-02
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS
ITEMS FROM ROTH
 SIDES OF THE RIVER.
Money Order Business on the Increase at station A--Annual May Day Festi-
 val of Second Congregational Church.

l
 val of Second Congregational Church.
 Monday was a record breaker in the
 money order department at Station A. 1 Thirty orders were issued and seven were pair. For the month of April 2S0
 money orders were issued, the largest
 number in any single month. All of the stamp books received in the
 first installment at Station A-fifty in
 number-have been disposed of. There
 is large demand for these books all
 over the country-larger than the post office department has been able to sup
 ply, but another installment of books is
 expected at Station A in a few days
 There is a considerable demand for
 these books, which are becoming quite convenient.
 The annual May-day festival of the l Montowese Baptist church will be held l tomorrow. Refreshments will be serv- | ed from noon until II p. m.; dinner and | supper twenty-five cents There will be l for sale large assortment of useful | and fancy articles; also a good supply of ice cream, homemade break, cake, | pies etc.
 | There was to have been a sale of the l peWs of the Second Congregational ] church Monday evening, but owing to | some misunderstanding it was not gen. erally known. The committee will hold another meeting and it is expected that the sale will take place next Monday evening. A large sale of pews is ex pected this year, bringing in a satisfac- tory revenue.
 Mayday was very fine and quite
 number of excursion parties went to the
 woods in search of early spring flow CTS.
 The auction at Jacob FriedeTs stables
 on Front street, near Grand avenue, was in progress all day yesterday. Sev- eral horses were disposed of at prices
 ranging from $41 to $65. There were
 also sold several wagons and carriages
 harness, blankets, whips etc. The sale was largely attended. This sale was ef- fected preparatory to MT. FriedePs leav- ing for Cape Nome to engage in the mining business.
 The schooner Wharton is due here with about twenty-two hundred bushels of oysters from Virginia. This is prob- ably the last of the fleet of plant ves- sels.
 The oystermen are still at work trans planting seed from the Quinnipiac river to the harbor beds. There is to be a larger plant of this seed this year than usual.
 All those who are to take part in the old folks concert at the Grand avenue Baptist church are requested to meet this evening at 7:30 in the lecture room of the church.
 Miss Addie Manwaring of Lloyd street received yesterday from her sister, Mrs. John s. Edwards of Ammagansett, l.. l., box of trailing arbutus These flow CTS were formerly quite plentiful there but owing to the recent forest fires there much of the plants have been de- stroyed.
 The pews in Grace P. E. church will be sold this evening and tomorrow eve ming.
 R. K. Jones of Blatchley avenue, who has been very ill with pneumonia is able to sit up little. His wife, who has been i'll with the same disease, is still quite i'll, but is improving.
 T. G. w. Jefferson, clerk of the Short 1 Beach Improvement association, has let | the contract for the removal of the gar bage at that place during the summer to Charles Jillson of East Haven.
 The Jefferson company is busy paint | ing cottages at the shore. The company | is painting two cottages for Henry Rey- | holds at Short Beach, cottage for Da- vid Corey at the same place; also the | interior of the cottage known as "The | Breakers at Morris Cove and Edward | Bradley's cottage at the Cove. The firm is also painting c. D. Parmelee's residence on Qunnipiac avenue and his house on Farren avenue. It is also dec- | orating and repainting the interior of | George c. Bradley's house recently pur- chased on Quinnipiac avenue. It is also | decorating the interior of Frederick | house, 617 George street. The | firm is very busy just now.
 B. & Bradley will drive his well known | trotter Blue Light in the first annual | parade of the speedway given by the | Road Drivers association of New Yorr | on Saturday, May 5.
 John o. Rowland of the east side has | been appointed superintendent of the Masonic home in Wallingford. He is greatly interested in Masonic matters, md is grand master of the state. The | takes effect June 1. Mrs Rowland will become assistant matron 1t the home.
 Yesterday was moving day and many made a change in their homes. There were many tired and weary people last night as a result of the May moving.
 EFFECT ON FRANCHISE TAX.