The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-18
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
OLD CHANNEL TO BE FOLLOWED
 DREDGING.

New Piant-strong school Aiumn,- Epworth League Social.
 In the dredging of channel in Quin- nipiac river north of Grand avenue bridge the government engineers have decided to follow the old channel that has been in use for many years. north east from the drawbridge over to Quin- nipiac avenue, and then cutting across to the west side of the river near the the bridge. This course has been laid out at the request of the oystermen along the west shore of the river. The oystermen own beds in the river which they use for drinking oysters. and they | say that if the channel is dredged along the west side of the river, it would effect serious injury to their business | The proposed layout meets with the general approval of all the interests along the river.
 1 Miss Mary Fitzgerald, aged 80 years, died suddenly at the home of her sister, Mrs. William Canning, 193 Dover street, Wednesday evening. Medical Examiner Bartlett was summnoed, and after an investigation, stated death was due to old age and heart disease. She Leaves no relatives besides the sister with whom she lived. The funeral will be held from 193 Dover street on Sun day morning at S:30 o'clock Requi- em high mass at St. Francis R. C.. church at 3 o'clock.
 An interesting social was given at the home of Miss Jennie Cunning, 64 Farren avenue, on Tuesday evening by the Epworth league of St. Andrews M F. church. After short business meet ing a most interesting programme was rendered as follows: Piano solo, Harry D. Cowles; recitation, Mrs. Ada Corwin Sperry; vocal solo, Miss Mary Hugo recitation, Miss Gladys Sperry; piano solo, H. D. Cowles; recitation, Miss Flossie Fairchild. piano trio. H. D. Cowles, M. l.. Stevenson, Robert F. Stevenson; piano duet, Miss Gladys Sperry and Miss Marion Jarvis: vocal solo, Miss Mary Hugo; piano solo, Miss Sperry. After the programme games were played, then light luncheon was oNl NCO Oy tAAC JOlJ lOdAb NAAoo L dil- nie Woodward, Jennie Dunning Ger trude Hutchinson, Jessie Morse. The social broke up at about midnight, all declaring the hostess very social en- tertainer
 By the burning out of one of the sub marine electric feed cables at the Chap el street drawbridge yesterday morning about seven o'clock the bridge was put out of business. It was late in the af. ternoon before the damage was repair ed, meanwhile the Chapel street cars being sent to the city via Grand ave nue route, The accident caused a great deal of inconvenience on the part of the shop hands living in this section.
 The Composite Brick company of New Haven, new concern in which Messrs
 w J. Atwater Edward Munson and other we'll known New Haveners are interested, has bought tract of land in Fair Haven and will erect a factory plant thereon for the making of new variety of brick.
 The Alumni association of Strong school held we'll attended meeting in Grannis hall Wednesday evening. The committee which had charge of the dance ct Warner hall February f2 sub- ifiittea it's report. Tine committee on entertainment was instructed to ar- range for two entertainments to be held before June 1. A committee on membership, consisting of ten members. was chosen. whose duty it shall be to induce graduates of the school to be- come members of the association.
 William Weber, the Pine street gro- cer, received many congratulations yes terday, it being the 10th anniversary of his entering into business. A few months age a number of men In the trade, in discussing the matter, decid- ed that Mir. Weber was the oldest gro- cer in the city in point of consecutive years in the business. He began bus mess March r, 1864 on Main street and three years later built and moved into the building he now occupies His friends confidently trust that he will round off the half century at the old stand.