The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-06-17

Will Have u Fine SaIe-E. $. Wade
 Honored by the Heptasophs.
 Superintendent Mulvey, of Station A, says that the demand for the new Pan American stamps has been in excess of
 the supply, but at present the stock at the station includes all denominations of the new stamps except the two-cent, but the latter are in most demand. He says the bureau of printing and en- craving at Washington is turning out the new stamps at the rate of 2500,00O per day, while the demand is 5,0OO,00O daily. Station A has been able to get only one tenth of the amount of these / stamps that was requested. And yet for the general business demand the old two-cent stamps are preferred.
 F. R. Barnes, of the s. c. Burwell company, was at Block Island last week when the first swordfish of the season was brought in, and had it shipped to his firm on Front street. This is said to be the first of these fish brought to this city this season.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Grand avenue Baptist church has been engag- ed several weeks preparing for sam pie sale and entertainment to be given in the church tomorrow and Wednes- day evenings. An interesting pro- gramme of exercises is being arranged for Wednesday evening. Unlike most entertainments, the admission will be free each evening. Ice cream will be on sale both evenings. The affair prom ises to be very interesting, and those who attend may be assured of big bar gains at the sale. The proceeds are to be devoted by the ladies toward liqui- dating expenses of the church improve ments now being made.
 Mrs. Fannie A. Robinson, of New Brunswick, N. J., is visiting her cous- ins, MT. and Mrs. Samuel R. Blatchley, of Grand avenue, and leaves tomorrow for Wellesley, where her daughter, Miss Mary Robinson, will graduate next week. Mrs Robinson is a former resi- dent of Fair Haven and is enjoying meeting her old friends.
 There was a pretty fresh breeze blow ing down the harbor Saturday, but 1t was not sufficient to interfere with the operat tions of the oyster boat fleet. At the west end of the sound the wind blew at times fifty-mile gale.
 Rev. Theodore Wilson preached at the Second Congregational church yester- day morning.
 Saturday afternoon lawn party was given on the grounds of the Grand avenue Baptist church for the primary department of the Sunday school. Games were played and ice cream and light refreshments were served.
 The railway mail clerks will have a banquet at the Morris Cove hotel July 23, and the Elks of the staet will meet there later in the season.
 Two new hydrants have been located on Lexington avenue.
 Yesterday morning Rev. D. J. Clark, of East Haven, exchanged pulpits with Rev MT. Luckey, of the Humphrey street church.
 The supreme concave of the Improv- ed Order of Heptasophs, which has been meeting in Boston the past week, elect ed Fillmore S., Wade, of Fair Haven, one of the two representatives to the na- tional fraternal congress. MT Wade is a member of Quinnipiac conclave No. oI3 ana IS nuCn interested III Lne or der.
 The local members of the Heptasophs are much interested in the plan that Is proposed to so classify the assessments that there will be only one month. There have been several extra assess ments of late-one that was paid June 15-and 1t is the general belief that the l assessments are too low to meet the in creased demands for death benefits. | There seems to be a necessity to in- 1 crease the assessments, and by the plan | the increase would be in the of 33 1-3 per cent. This l would give only one assessment a | month, it is said, an arrangement that | most would prefer.
 Upson & Granniss, contractors for building the Pear Tree Hill section of | the Essex street state road, will begin the work this week. The firm has talk en several contracts for street work in this city, and the jobs have always been satisfactorily performed