The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-28

The concert given Monday evening in the
Grand avenue Congregational church by the
jubilee singers of Fisk university, Nash
Vile, Tenn, was a very enjoyable affair.
Despite the cold. an audience of COO or 700
people assembled. The company of nine
have sweet and rich voices and render
southern colOred melodies and other selec-
tons in very entertaining manner. they
received many encores and in one OF tnelr
responses rendered ''SuWanee River most
effectively. One Of the company in outlin-
ing the work of the university, said there
were between 800 and 600 young colored
people receiving instruction and 30 per
cent. OF the graduates went forth and LED
useful lives, contributing materially to the
advancement of their race in the south. He
said there were 10,000,000 colOred people Ill
the United States OF those instructed at
Fisk university about one in every six pay
their way. He spoke of the need OF educa-
tion in the south, especially In the black
belt, where the schools are held only three
months in Il year and where the Sunday
school is considered Il luxury. He said the
negroes were not a lazy race, but were the
tillers of the sell and the real workers or
the south. The south was at last waking
up to the matter of education and 1t was
bound to solve the great problem or inc
prosperity and well being of that section:
A collection was taken for the benefit of
the Nashville school and about $50 was con-
tributed
The twenty-seventh annual meeting OF
the Woman's Baptist Foreign Missionary
conference Of southwestern Connectlcut
will be held in the Grand avenue Baptist
church tomorrow at 10 a. m. and 80 2.
IN. Addresses will be made by Mrs. $.
Wheaton, state secretary, and Mrs j.. L.
Deering of Yokohama Japan. Each lady IS
asked to provide her own lunch. Tea ana
coffee will be furnished by the ladies Of the
church. 1t lis necessary to replenish the
contingent fund Of the conference and q
thank offering will therefore be held at 1880
n IN in pharop Mrs q r. CUttpn of this
city. A session for the young people will
be conducted by Mrs. E. W. Stone of Fair
Harry V. Santry, the real estate agent of
6S Woolsey street, sold building lot on
West Chapel street belonging to w. FL. Net
tleton of Bristol to Thomas T. Flanagan.
w. Fl. Nettleton of Bristol mas been en- II, IN
for Florida this week; he also intends Wis
iting Cuba
Patrolman Dippod, who has been on the
of the Twelfth ward fol. several months,
will probably continue. Some of the bust
ness men on the route have petitioned to
have him retained on that patrol.
Letters uncalled for at Station A and
bufletincd this week are as follows: Miss
Emma Clark, Miss Jennie Dennis, w. b.
Floyd, L. w. Judson.
e. c. Hill represented the East Pearl
street M. b. church at the New Haven Dis,
trict Stewards convention held in New
Britain Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Flora, daughter OF Rev. H. Il. NC
Nicholl, who has been very i'll with stom-
ach trouble for some time, is slightly bet
ter. Her mother, who has been an invalid
for several months, is about the same.
Il. r; Slater Of East Pearl street is hay
ing quite a serious time with his eyes,
rheumatism having affected them. 1t IS be-
leved he will have to remain at his home
for a week or ten days longer. u
l.. w. Moody, the we'll known insurance
agent, who has been confined to his home
on FAR Haven Heights several weeks with
rheumatism. does not improve as rapidly as
could be wished He expects to go to Cali
fornla as soon as he is able to leave. re-
naming several months. He will be accom-
panied by Mrs Moody and they will visit
their son, who is located in that state.
Fred ]. Mulvey, brother of Superintend-
emf AIulvey of Station A, recently appoint
ed a clerk in railway mail service. re-
ported in Boston last evening and made his
first trip last night between Boston and
New York
II. K. Mullen who is very i'll at his home
on Howard avenue. was stationed at Sta |
ton when it was opened about three |
years ago and for six months was assistant
to Superintendent Mulyey. II
The New York, New Haven and Hartford
Railroad company have recently purchased
several pieces of property in the annex adj
Joining the Air Line road; the latest pur-
chase was a triangular piece of land bought |
of Caroline c. Beach.