The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-17

Strong School Atteudance-CalKeS Sale by
 Ladies' GuiId-Catchos of Blue Fish
 Pleasant Social ARatr-Fort Hale LOdge-Church Neyvs, Etc.
 Friend H. Francis, of the firm of Francis Brothers, has in his possession bank book with the last deposit re- corded in the year 1856. The book was issued by the City Savings bank of this | city, which was wound up many years ago. The deposits received were as low as six pennies, according to the state ment printed on the cover of the book. William Ives was president, James Brewster vice president, and James NJ. Townsend, secretary and treasurer. The book number is 1047. A record in the book shows that it was examined
 March 20, 1875, and found to be all 1 right. Most of the gentlemen named as directors and officers are now dead.
 Principal Graves of Strong district
 reports an attendance of 975 pupils at Strong school; this is fully 15O more
 than the attendance one year ago..
 This afternoon, from 3 to 5, there will 1 be held a cake sale by the Ladies' guild of Christ church. East Haven. Ice cream will be served. In the evening
 at o'clock there will be a literary and
 musical entertainment by the young colored people of St. Luke's church. The 1 entertainment will be followed by in- formal dancing. The admission is ten cents.
 kY,s.S SaI nf IA Io 0a
 on Tuesday, the services being held
 from the Memorial chapel. The de-
 ceased was thirty vars of age and has no relatives in this city but a sister. He died from typhoid fever at Grace hos pital. He was member of the Swed-
 ish Odd Fellows and a. delegation from the lodge attended the burial in Fair Haven cemetery. Good catches of little blues and mack erel are now being made near South
 west ledge, off the mouth of the har- 1 bor.
 A company of friends were invited on Monday evening to the home of MT. and
 Mrs. s. c. Burwell on Perkins street. The company were invited in honor of MT and Mrs. A. M. Chase of Marion, | Mass, who have been on visit. The evening was pleasantly spent and the attendants agreeably entertained. There l was some good singing, refreshments were served and the evening was greatly enjoyed by all present. The ladies of the East Pearl street M.
 F. church will work hard for the next
 few weeks in preparation for the fair tx. TOnl. i.1I 4t1 1 first week in December.
 Other church ladies, those of the | Grand avenue Baptist church, are mak- | ing preparations for considerable work
 involved in arranging for rummage sale, to begin about October 1. Fort Hale lodge, No. 225, N. F. o. F.,
 will hold it's regular meeting on Friday evening of this week. All members are urged to bs present An interesting game is to be played and all will receive gift. This is to be an entirely new contest and it promises to be very in- teresting.
 Workmen are busy at the Grand ave- nue shops of the Fair Haven and West vile railroad equipping several of the vestibuled cars with air brakes. It is expected that in a few days several of these cars will be running on the sub urban routes. Two of the cars thus in- proved are now in use--Nos. 146 and 14S. Skilled workmen in the employ of New York concern are installing the new brakes. The large open cars will probably be similarly equipped during the winter.
 Preparations are being made for a large manufacture of cider at the mills in this vicinity. Apples are plentiful and there are favoring conditions for a large yield of cider.