The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-27
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST
 HERE AND THERE.

Unpleasant Weather continues-Busi-
 ness Generally uspended-Letter
 Carriers Enjoy Half HoIidny-o. D.
 ManMaring Presented With Book
 Annual Christmas Festival at East
 Pearl Street Church--Live Oak Coun-
 ell to InstalI Oniccrs.
 The unpleasant weather of Christmas day Tapped over into yesterday, which was observed as the holiday. Business was quite generally suspended, the stores closing at noon. The letter car riers after a week of severe toll, en- joyed a half holiday, Station A clos ing at noon. Letter carriers had big loads of mail to deliver in the morn ing. and the express companies bought gifts for relatives, and friends for nu- merous recipients. It was a day of family reunions and of calls upon rela- tives and friends. .-.-.
 In the general bestowal of gifts of the Christmas season may be mentioned the bestowal of calendars with illuminated quotations by Miss Hendee to the mem bers of the choir of the Grand Avenue Baptist church, of which she is the leader. The members of the choir in recognition of the many kindnesses of c. D. ManWaring, presented to him a book entitled "Consecrated Lives" by Ebert Hubbard.
 The forty members of the choir of the East Pearl Street M. E. church each received a box of confectionery from the leader, Professor William E. Brown; their gift to the leader was a silver shaving mug.
 MT. and Mrs. Melvin F. Doty of Penn sylyania are visiting relatives here dur ing the holidays.
 The funeral of the late Miss Joseph inc Q Donnell of S09 Exchange street will be held at St. Francis church Wednesday at g a. m. The deceased is survived by five sisters, the Misses Mary, Rebecca, Margaret, Katherine, and Jane o'Donnell.
 The annual Christmas festival for the Sunday school of the East Pearl Street M. P. church was held last evening un- der the direction of the superintend- ent, F. J. Mansfield. The concert was interesting throughout, the singing be. ing by the Sunday school and the Sun day school choir. There were solos by Miss Belle Slater, Miss Jessie Ricketts, Miss Ethel Parker and Miss Sadie Cooper, duets by Miss Daisy Lennon and Miss Elsie Din, Miss Florence Barnes and Loren BurWell, Miss Elsie Bush and Milton Stone, and a ladies' quartette which rendered 70 Holy Night" the quartette consisting of Miss Helen Cooke. Mrs. Frederick Moody, Miss Mabel Hurd and Miss Belle Slater. There was large attend ance and the affair was most success ful. The bestowal of Christmas gifts was omitted this year.
 Two weeks from next Thursday even ing will occur the installation Of officers of Liye Oak council, R. A., by John Davenport, past grand regent. The in stallation will be followed by ban quet.
 . Elmore s. Wade will give lecture on the Worlds fair, including a de- scription of many different objects of interest, illustrated by stereopticon views, before East Rock lodge, A o. U. W., in their hall Thursday evening. Members and their friends are invited.
 Miss Alice E. Reynolds, supervisor of primary schools, is to address the moth- CTS meeting to be held in the Lloyd street Kindergarten some time in Jan. uary. Miss Reynolds is a very inter. esting speaker and those mothers who miss hearing her will miss treat.
 Attorney Frederick Adams of Utica, IN. Y, visited his relatives, MT. and Mrs. John W. Hill of Wolcott street, over Christmas.
 Among the holiday visitors was Olin Hill of New York, son of MT. and Mrs. F. c. Hill of Woolsey street.
 w. H. Huntley of Pierpont street, who has been in Newark, N. J., several weeks employed by the Price & Lee company of this city as a canvasser, was home over Christmas. He was ac- companied home by his daughter, Miss Grace Huntley, who has been employed in the Newark office. They have sev- eral weeks more employment in New ark. The Price & Lee company recent Iy purchased publishing plant in Newark, with the issuing of the city directory. In the new directory the company purpose to combine number of improvements which will make the 1,oylr sIinerior in many ways