The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-08-17
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
HEPTASOPHS HOLD AN INTER-
 ESTING SESSION.

Members of Golden sceptre Make a Pre- sentation-sunday School Class En- tertained-PiIgrim Church Picnic
 Death of Pet Crow--A Merry Party
 on Cruise. a.t .. Quinnipiac Conclave, I. O. H.. held an interesting meeting on Monday evening which was well attended. Representa- tive to the fraternal congress, Elmore s. Wade, was present and made stir ring address in behalf of the order and also related some of his fishing exper- fences while visiting in Boston recent ly. The proposed degree team held a drill after the meeting, and a. water melon cut was enjoyed, The next meet ing will occur Oh Labor day, September 5, at which time it is expected num- H Der of applications will be received to < swell the number of candidates for the coming class initiation.
 < Miss Grace A. Bishop of 93 Grand < avenue returned from New York, where she has been attending the fall openings E during the past week.
 On Monday evening the members of the Golden Septer presented Mrs. Henry Gesler with a gold pin in recognition of her efforts as presiding officer of the en- tertainment committee. The presenta- tion was made at the meeting in Ma sonic hall. A shore supper will be held by the society at Hillrnan house, sa- win Rock, next Monday.
 Mrs. Frederick Sutton of North Front street entertained the members of her Sunday school class of the Grand ave- hue Congregational church last Friday afternoon and evening. The young la dies present were Misses Marion Rowe, Sadie Hanover, Lottie Mundelin. Lillian Gardner, Anna Meek and Beatrice Stew enson.
 MT. and Mrs. Dennis F. Hickey of 1S1 Lombard street have left for Litchf1eld For a two weeks visit.
 A Mrs. Sigmund Bauer and Miss Ger
 trude Bauer of 55 Perkins street are wis.,
 ting friends in Boston.
 The annual picnic of the Sunday
 school /of Pilgrim church was held at
 Double Beach yesterday Two large { trolley cars conveyed the jolly crowd to hnd from the beach returning shortly bftelr o'clock.
 Mir. and Mrs. s. w. Parker of South
 Front street announce the enga gement #bf their daughter, Elizabeth Abbott, to
 Edwin Bush Brown, son of MT. and Mrs. EJohn Brown of Milford. *a- EHS A rS4
 nourning the death of a pet crow which
 he prized very highly because of it's
 being able to talk as well as the best of
 parrots. Itswas an ordinary black crow
 and has been the source of wonderment
 and curiosity on account of its good vo-
 eabulary. MT. Goodsell refused several
 yood offers for the bird. & George w. Edmondson and family and
 Sydney Gallagher and family of 173
 Blatchley avenue have taken cottage s| at Short Beach for the month of Au-
 gust.
 # Captain William Herman, jr., took a
 merry party of friends on cruise in
 lie launch Ruth on Sunday. They went # IS far east as Madison and on their re- # urn stopped at Cosey Beach, where
 supper was enjoyed. In the party was # he Misses Elizabeth, Caroline and Err
 nestine ,Streit, Maud Hegel, Margaret 4 Fogarty and Jennie Engelhart and # Eranlus Hedo1in, William Hermann, ST.,
 and William Herman, jr., and Edwin # Ball. Mrs. Margaret Everhart and daughter, \ Lillian, of 357 James street, are spend- 4 ng two weeks at Litchfeld.
 w. H. gschwagerman leaves to-day for X ten days trip to the St. Louis exposi- 4 ion. $5s5 .t
 Mrs. $. Sanluels and Mrs. A. c. Bern
 tein of New York, formerly of this city, E Ire stopping for a few days with Mrs. # M. Bernstein, 16 Shelter street. ~ # John Shannahan of Torrington is vis- # ting his parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles # hannahan Of s12 Blatchley avenue.
 Mir. and Mrs. Wallroff and MT. Fitch
 Rner of Newark, N. J., are visiting MT. # Ind Mrs. Henry Gesler of Front street.