The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-23
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
POLAR STAR LODGE ARRANGING
 FOR 4 GRAND FAIR.

Dramatic Entertainment Tonight
 Arrivals for MT. Barnes' Dairy Farm
 Foxon People and Rural Del very --
 Funeral of Mrs Anderson.
 Polar Star lodge I. o. O. F., is ar-
 ranging for it's annual fair to be given
 in Polar Star hall February S-19. The
 committee of arrangements promise to
 have a very successful fair. There will 1 be an entertainment each evening as
 usual. Course tickets are now on sale
 at fifty cents each. There are to be a
 number of money prizes and one of S5o.
 These prizes, together with chances on
 various other articles, will be disposed of a the end of the fair, each season ticket holder having chance in the dra wing.
 The Ladies' union of the Grand ave-
 nue Congregational church will serve
 one of their regular suppers in the
 church parlors this "Wednesday even- | ing from 53O to 7:30 o'clock, to be fol-
 lowed by social hour, with free en- | tertainment. On Wednesday evening, l eDIudIy O, liltIc VIII 'SS U and musical entertainment under the auspices of the same ladies. They have engaged the talented elocutlonlst, MISS | Edith May Root, who will be assisted by Willard D. Howe and Miss Franees
 Heath, who are well known artists in
 this city.
 Iucius P. Deming has returned from New Mexico after an absence of about three months
 Edward B. Rowe is suffering with the
 grip.
 Edward B. Rowe has just brought in from northern New York twenty cows for Edward H. Barnes. The cows Will be taken to Mir. Barnes farm at Mid dlefield and sold to the farmers in that neighborhood.
 Mrs Martha Culver Smithfi who went to Florida for the benefit of her health, writes that she is now very we'll
 H. Konold & Son had a big gang of men at work al Woodbridge yesterday housing ice. They say the prospect is good of filling the houses.
 The new rural delivery service from the North Haven postoffice is in effect and families have their mail delivered out Middletown avenue and the turn. pike and up to Clintonville. Some of the families along the route have been renting boxes at Station A, Fair Ha- ven. Now the people of Foxon desire the free delivery and this is likely to be realized ere long. Mail would probably be sent from the Branford postoffice. Superintendent Mulvey says there are about twenty-five families on this route whose mail now comes to Station A. It is now delivered by carrier who re- ceives ten cents per week from each family. Superintendent Mulvey says that in a very few years he believes nearly every family in the state of Con- necticut will be supplied with their mail | by the free delivery system.
 The funeral of Mrs Christina Ander- son was held at her late home on Grand | avenue Monday morning, Rev MT. En- | stom, of the Swedish church, officiating ! The remains were taken to Portland for burial.
 James Smith, of East Haven, is i'll | with the grip.
 Edward Foote Thompson, of East Haven, who has had the grip, is nearly recovered.
 Captain and Mrs. Isaac F. Brown left on Saturday for Florida and will remain until spring. Captain Brown has busi- ness interests at Titusvlle and Fort Pierce.
 The w. c. T. U. gave a ten-cent sup per at their rooms, F Grand avenue, last evening at o'clock.
 Frank P. Tyler, who was recovering the grip, had relapse and is now much worse.
 The annual meeting of Home council No. B. Brotherhood of Relief, will be held January 29 at s D. m. at the store 1f w. S. & F. H. Rowe. This council pays S10 a week sick benefit, and for the ast six months the members have been assessed only four times,
 The river channels were closed with ce Monday morning, but the steam oys- ter boats had no difficulty in breaking put in their early trips to the oyster ,eds The tueboats also broke out the ce in the channel leading to Gainesville ,oal wharves.
 H. Konold & Son had big gang of nen cutting ice at Woodbridge Mon lay. They will push the work rapidly f the rain holds off.
 NO Ice HdS DeeH cut yet oi tiie poiuS n Fair Haven East A gentleman who vas in Vermont previous to the recent old snap said the ice was fourteen nches thick.
 F. F. Culver has the cellar ready for he fifth of his new houses on Barnes venue and will begin raising the frame his week The Woman's auxiliary of Grace F. l. church met on Monday afternoon for ewing work and the usual routine busi- ess. \ A gala time is anticipate ted at the 1rand avenue Congregational church his evening" The Ladies' Aid society s making quite extensive preparations or one of it's old time suppers, and arge attendance is expected. The free \ which follows has for it's hief feature an old-fashioned tea party \ I which fourteen of the young ladies  Loring Burwell, the coy soprano, sang The Holy City, at Grace F. E. church unday morning with such fine effect hat he repeated it by request in the  The public installation and banquet f Quinnipiac conclave No. 313, l. O. H., 4 ras held at the conclave rooms, Mo- 25 'rand avenue, Monday evening" The usiness meeting was held at 7:30. At o'clock the doors were thrown open to 10 friends of the members for the pub !