The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-27

l 1 Haven in 163s-New Organ for second l Congregational Church. Other Fntl | Haven News
 Nelson A. Beebe of 61 Pine street has handsome medal eommemorating the
 founding of New Haven In 1888 by i John Davenport These medals were struck off in 1888 at the 200th year eel
 ebration There are few of these med
 als in existence. One of the few is
 owned by Frederick l.. Robbins of this
 city and from this medal MT. Beebe
 fashioned 9 die and mold from which he cast the specimen in his possession. Considerable skill was necessary to prepare the mold and for one not an 1 adept in the business the excellent re- suits obtained reflects credit upon MT. Beebe's workmanship. One side of the medal pictures Davenport after his
 landing, the other side shows the green,
 old state house and the central church.
 es and there are many other minute representa- tions, dates and inscriptions.
 Eugene F. Clark of 229 Exchange
 street, conductor on the Fair Haven
 and Westville railroad, is receiving
 congratulations upon the arrival of a
 son at his home.
 A mass meeting for the Eleventh and
 Twelfth wards will be held in Polar
 Star hall this evening at 8 o'clock to
 ascertain the wishes of voters and tax
 payers concerning the proposed con
 tract of the city with the New Haven
 "a Con-
 way will preside and the speakers se- cured include Alderman w. s. Moyle, Alderman George Wallace, Councilman
 Bracken, Senator J. P. Bree, ex-Alder- man Kent, Charles Gay and J. F. Sul- livan. The hall will probably be in sufficient to hold the crowd.
 Alderman Walter F. Walsh of the Twelfth ward has been appointed by Mayor Studley member of the board of directors of the free public library.
 As mentioned in the Courier week or two ago a new organ is building in this city for the Second Congregational church and the work of installing the instrument will begin in a few days. The instrument is the gift of MT. and Mrs. George M Baldwin and Miss Ad- die Strong, and Will cost about $4,000 It will have the latest Improvements in organ building, and will be a first class instrument 1t will have pneu- matic action the latest stops and there is promise that the tone will be very sweet and musical. The builders will take the old organ in part pay ment The fiftieth anniversary of the Second church will be celebrated March 30 and it is expected the new instru- ment will be installed ready for use on that occasion.
 This evening the young ladies mis- sion circle connected with the Grand avenue Congregational church will meet with Mrs. F. C. M. Hall, S2 Grand ave- nue, to listen to a talk by Mrs. Tracy Peck, in which she will relate personal "reminiscences of foreign travel, illus trated by various curios and interest ing articles gathered during her jour neyings. Mrs. Peck's power of enter taining Is too well known to need com ment and particularly pleasant ev aning is assured A social hour will follow the talk, and refreshments will be served All persons interested are invited to be present The | admission is twenty-five cents
 Merrick M Russell, the East Haven 1 farmer who is suffering from frac- .ured hip, is getting along favorably. ! He is attended by Dr, Hall.
 The Farther Lights society of the ! Grand avenue Baptist church will i meet this evening with Miss Bertha 5turges, 190 Grand avenue.
 At the regular meeting of Fair Ha- zen lodge, D. of H., this evening the | officers recently installed will be in large for the first time.
 George c. Bradley of Quinnipiac ,venue has returned from Illinois with wenty-one cows, which he will offer or sale. The train which brought the was tied up in Canada for orty-eight hours by severe blizzard md they suffered for foe6 nd water
 Robert E. Daley has sign g garbage ontract with the city for another ears service in the eastern district. The price is $3,350.
 Timothy F. Norton has purchased of he estate of Charles G. Kimberly for y-five feet of land on Townsend ave- ue.
 The interior of the new steam chim- ey of the National Wire corporation is cling lined with fire brick. It will re- uire many thousand brick for this 1b. This tall chimney will afford a draft to the forge fires in he new mill and a lining of the hard st brick will be necessary to with tand the flames and great heat. Robert o. Eaton has been installed laster of the New Haven County Po- lona grange. The extension on Fillmore street to le car house of the Fair Haven and yestville railroad, now building, will old sixteen cars. The board of relief of the state shell sh commission will meet at the office l this city February F and 19 to hear . ersons who wish to have the tax on leir oyster grounds reduced. Miss Helen Baldwin of Quinnipiac venue, stenographer in the office of J. 7
 and D. w. Futile, has returned from
 visit to her brother in Chicago. !