The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-09
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Captain HoratIo Pond to Command
 Steamer on st. Johns Rfver-Housa-
 tonic Company in Nearly Full opera
 tion-Business Irregular-sueeessfuI
 Christmas Sale at Grace Church-An-
 nuaI Meeting of Churches.
 Captain Horatio Pond of Clinton ave- nue leaves to-day for Jacksonville, Fla, where he will take command of d steamer on the st. Johns river. Cap tain Pond has navigated steamers in Florida water for several winters. For a number of years he has been in com- mand of the steamer Margaret. when she was running from this city to Paw son park and last summer on the line from Norwich to Watch Hill.
 Services were held at St. Francis church yesterday at and a. m. to eel ebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It was also the last day of the pope's jubilee.
 "A son was born yesterday afternoon to MT and Mrs. Frank Butler of BIO Exchange street. The youngster weighed about eight pounds. Dr. Clar- ence L. Kilbourn was the attending physician. Mir. and Mrs. Butler will receive congratulations from great many friends,
 UncaIled for letters at station A are addressed to George Bois, Constant Buchmeyer, Rev. Mir. Clark, Vance ! Warmer and H. c. Warner.
 The reorganized Housatonic company which plant was bought by W. $. Burns ! of East Orange, N. J, is now in nearly E full operation Business has been rath- CT irregular since last summer, because of winding up of the affairs of the old ; company In addition to cutlery, the new management propose to start sew eral other lines of goods. The starting up of the manrfactory will prove a ] boon to large section of the Twelfth ward.
 The rectoris aid society of Grace # church held a Christmas sale in the parish house last evening and it was a ! successful affair. There were pretty : booths devoted to the sale of fancy ! work, domestic goods, cake, home made E candy, flowers, the mystery booth and { the unique Ladies Home Journal booth. Tee cream was also on sale During the evening there was a short entertain ment in which vocal selections were 4 given by Miss Neva Squires and P. & Homer Dewsburg and there were also Instrumental selections. The. Girls I Friendly society aided in the bazaar.
 The fourth in the series of whists giv- < en under the auspices of the ladies' 4 auxiliary at the engine house of the Quinnipiac company Wednesday even- ! ing was the most successful in the series I about seventy five persons attending. There were fifteen tables of whist. \ A letter has been received by John G. Hurd of East Pearl street from his son S Clarence Hurd now in Los Angeles, 4 Cal stating that Thanksgiving day was ! quite warm and with a party of friends he went in swimming. He likes the country and will probably remain sew eral years.
 A Dutch whist was held Wednesday evening at the home of Christian Gut brod of Lombard street.
 A son has been born to Mir. and Mrs. & George Brogan of Ferry street.
 A party from Fort Hale lodge, N. E. N o. F., go to Wallingford tonight to attend the meeting and dance of thn local lodge.
 Mrs. Duncan Macarthur entertained < the Rose club yesterday afternoon at I her home on East Pearl street. Crawford council No. 19, R. and s. t M, has elected these officers: Burton Strickland, T. I. M: F. c. Hyde, R. I. D. M.; Asa l.. Chamberlain, F. c. of N w.; Robert Grant, c. of G.; William H. Preston, treasurer; Francis Ray, re- corder; Walter eWelton. conductor; J Joel M. Bradley, steward; Rev. J. F. Sexton, chaplain; Edward N. Holaday, sentinel
 # A surprise visit was made upon MT. and Mrs. Charles McManus of 144 Ex- change street by twenty-five of their friends Wednesday evening. It was in the nature of a house warming, MT. and Mrs. McManus having recently pur- ! chased the former home of George $. Adams of Exchange street.
 H. c. Rowe & Co. are building an ad- ditien to their oyster house. Landcraft brothers received cargo of oysters from Management bay % Wednesday.
 z The Grand avenue Congregational and Pilgrim churches will hold theirian- nual meeting this seyening. At Pilgrim < church>it is intended to change the eve ing of the prayer meeting from Friday to Tuesday
 
 HAMMoNAssETT LODGE, MADISON Gives Fine Musical and Literary En-