The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-14
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VIII Open On Friday Evening-Excel - lent Entertainsrs Securcd-Mrs. Brad ley is Seriously l'I-SOetai and Per sora9 ltefns.
 The annual fair of Polar Star lodge, No -, I. o. o. F., which is looked for ward to every winter with great deal of interest, will open at Polar Star hall next Friday evening and will continue until January 27. There will be at fractions every evening and dancing will be free. Among the attractions for the entertainments will be the Riverside quartet, the NOnesuch quartet, Wilfred Mott, comedian; Mcfarland and Cog gins and J. F. Pitcher and his company, all in song and dance; Loren BurWell and his company of vOcalists, H. J. Garland, song and dance, and Mrs. Hurlburt will have charge of a play to be given one or more evenings. Mayor Studley has been invited to be present the first evening and formally open the fair with an address The committee of arrangements consists of E. H. R. Leet- CT, F. D. Brett, E. A. Johnson, II. J.. Fowle, F. H. Page, G. A. Eldridge, Fred Fischer, F. H. Rowe, s. W. Parker, H. W. Seeley and A. H. Ellis.
 Owing to the critical illness of Mrs. Louise Bradley, the vice president of the Ladies' Guild of Christ church, East Haven, the entertainment announced to take place this Wednesday evening has been postponed until further notice. Mrs Bradley was stricken with apo pleXy Sunday and her physician says her death is only a question of hours.
 At the bank elections held yesterday Charles ". Hemingway was reelected a director in the Second National bank, and George H. Townsend was elected to similar position in the National New Haven bank.
 The Ladies' Aid society of the Grand avenue Baptist church will meet this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank G. Seymour of r Woolsey street and the usual supper will be served in the eVen- ing.
 H. Konold &, Son of the Woodbridge ice company began cutting ice at WOod- bridge yesterday. The ice is ten inches
 
 hundred men are now employed cutting and housing the blocks.
 Mrs. Charles w. Booth is stopping for few days with her daughter, Mrs. Henry J. Barnes of IA Exchange street. She is accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. Mary C. Noble of the Highlands, N. J. Mrs. Booth has just returned from the Manhattan Eye and Ear infirmary of New York, where she was successfully treated for cataract of the eyes.
 Yesterday was pretty cold day with a minimum temperature in the early morning of nine degrees above zero. The cold weather has made excellent skat- ing which is being very much enjoyed.
 The heavy winds this week have made very low tides and many have re- sorted to the clam banks and taken out good amount of these bivalves.
 In the apportionment of the legisla- tive committees Representative Tyler of East Haven becomes chairman of the committee on temperance.
 Advertised letters at station A are addressed to Fred Avery, care of the Collins drug store; Miss Annie Daniles. Miss Blanche Fields, Rev. John H. Jackson. A. s. Lyme, and Miss Neva Russell of B Dana street.
 David Crockett, son of Walter Brock cit of Foxon street, who was badly in- jured in the accident when his mother was killed last Friday, is improving and was able to recognize his father yester- day
 The funeral of the late Lucius w. Moody was held at Pasadena, Cal, yes- terday at ? p. m, The body is to be cremated.
 Only few cases of influenza are re- ported among the pupils of the local schools, but if the present cold weather should continue very long it is believed very many children will be on the sick list Physicians report that the grip has a firm hold in this city. and there is likely to be a considerable amount of the disease during the next few weeks.
 The railroad men say that the cold weather affects seriously the running of trains, Some trains have to be cut down in the number of cars and in some cases on heavy freights it has been found necessary to drop off ten or even fifteen cars in order to make the runs