The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-10-13
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
VERY PLEASANT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION YESTERDAY.

VERY PLEASANT BIRTHDAY
 CELEBRATION YESTERDAY. Engagement Announced-FunsTa of Nrs. Cohans, Wife of pr. COhanc, To- day-Flne concert-Fractured Collar N sons-PersonaI Jottings.
 A birthday celebration was extended Mrs. Nancy Shepard Palmer by about fifty of her acquaintances at her home, 5S Exchange street, yesterday, it being her eighty-third birthday. Mrs Palm CT is in excellent health for one so old, and the callers all wished her many more happy birthdays. She received many useful presents and gave both a dinner and supper party, having over three tables full for supper. The affair 1. was greatly enjoyed by both young and old. Among the callers were MT. and Mrs. c. F. Sawtelle, Miss Marie Saw telle, Master Donald SaWtelle, Mrs. Weaver, Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Bailey, W. G. aBiley, Mrs. Harvey Troupe, MT. and Mrs. F. J. Mansfield, MT. and Mrs. Frank Crawford, Warren Crawford, Miss Su- sic Mansfield, Mrs Sherwood, Miss Farnsworth, Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. Borst, Mrs. E. E. Ball, Mrs. Golfers, MT. and < Mrs. c. W Hemingway, Mrs. Durant, Mrs. Stone, Mrs. tButterfield, the Misses Shepard and others z.,.. .....
 Mrs Chittenden, of East Pearl street, has just returned from two weeks visit with relatives and friends in North Branford. >a-.~s.-
 The engagement is announced of Miss * Margaret Miner, of James street, to James Curley, of Main street, the wed- ding to take place the latter part of the present month. .,..# ...t
 Columbia castle, Knights of the Gold en Eagle. will hold it's regular meeting in Workman's hall, 25 Grand avenue, this evening. An interesting meeting is looked for. . ~ ....% ... .. ... The funeral of Helen Meehan, wife of Dr. J Cohane, who died suddenly on EdluTudyy#WlI1 UG III lNUIWiCll tU- day, the body having been taken to that city on Sunday. Mrs. Cohane had host of friends, who are greatly griev- ed over her, loss to them.
 The first ten-cent supper of the sea- son given by Perseverance council No. s. Daughters of Liberty, will be given in the banquet room in A. O. U. w. hall, 25 Grand avenue, tomorrow even- ing from to 8 o'clock. It is believed that many of the members and friends will attend. .. .~. A fine programme has been arranged for the concert to be given by the @. A." male quartette Wednesday evening, October 21, in the auditorium of the Grand Avenue Congregational church. The concert is to be given under the auspices of the Bible school and the proceeds are to be used for a specified benefit The quartette will be assisted by Miss Mae Jean Colt, the well-known and talented elocutionist and entertain CT. The quartette is composed of Wal lace Moyle, first tenor soloist at Center church; Harry L. Cooke, second tenor, soioist at Plymouth church, this city; William E. Morgan, jr, first bass, solo, ist at Plymouth church, Brooklyn, and Charles F. Williams, second bass, solo, ist at Center church. The programme to be presented is:
 PARTI.
 On the Sea-. Buck
 Quartette.
 Loves Dreaming ................S Spence 5sF fn MT. Cooke Dolores Defies the King (from "In
 the Palace of the King''). .......
 ......,.............. Marion Crawford
 Miss Colt.
 Had a Horse. e.:............... Korbay
 Mir. Morgan.
 PART II.
 Negro Melody .......................N ..Noll
 Quartette.
 The Brigand ................. Spence s5 -s+5#5-.s Mir. Williams. Reading ...I. .!...........!. Selected
 ..sH " Miss Colt. My Dream of You. Hawley
 y N Mr. Moyle.
 Serenade ........ ................. Selected
 Quartette. Owing to rough weather and heavy winds the oystermen find it difficult to venture near the mouth of the harbor, and since last Thursday very few shar- pies have been seen making their way down the bay. y.t. , :. Hart Bradley democratic registrar of the Fifteenth ward, had the misfortune on Saturday'to to fall from a ladder while at work at the National Wire corpora ton and sustained a fractured collar bone. Dr. Sweet reduced the fracture. Next Friday the public schools will close on account of the teachers con- yention in Hartford. <.
 R. G, Davis and son Harvey left on Saturday for the Adirondacks, where they expect to enjoy some very fine . hunting. s- s,,,,..- ~
 Miss M. Fadden, of Albany, N. Y, is the guest of Miss Josephine Eagan, of Ferry street.
 Mrs. and Miss Rooney, of Haverhill, Mass, and Frank Rooney, of Newark N. J, are visiting at the home of Rob- ert Reagan, of East Chapel street.
 Star of Bethlehem lodge meets in Po- lar Star hall this evening. 4
 The regular meeting of the Tuesday Afternoon club of Milford will be held on October 13 in the parlors of the First Congregational church. The hos