The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-12-28
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST
 HERE AND THERE.

Streets in Poor Condition--TroIIey Ser
 vice Delayed-Death of Miss Ida Sim
 dOn-Attedance at Strong School
 Visitors Returning Home-Members
 of FrateruaI League Attend Meeting
 ofaAnsonia Society.
 It was a tough day to be out yester- day slippery walks. wires covered with ice. disabled and stalled cars and bad conditions out of doors in general. It was one day after the Christmas holi- day and people felt tired and cross, and the storm came as the last straw in the untoward conditions.
 People were delayed in getting into town and to their various places of ern- ployment yesterday morning. Cars were late and crowded, ice and slush abounded, wet feet were the rule. um- brellas smashed and everything went awry. Many cars had motors burned out during the day and in the morning; some of the cars going towards town fell in with disabled cars and pushed them in to the center of the city.
 Miss Ida Lindon, who died at the home of H. A. LoYeland. where she was employed as a domestic, was buried yesterday in the Fair Haven cemetery. Rev. MT. Nelson, of the Swedish Luth- eran church, officiated. Miss Nelson died of consumption. She was sick sev- eral weeks and had received ecyellent care insthe Loxeland family. Most of her relatives live in Sweden. but she had a brother who resides on Quinni- piac avenue. Her age was thirty-two years.
 A lumber reach was disabled on Lloyd street by the collapsing of rear wheel yesterday afternoon, the accident oc- curing near the corner of Grand ave- nue. The lumber was transferred to a four-horse team and carted to it's des- tination.
 The average daily attendance of pu- pils in the Strong district for the school month ending November 29 was 2,052, as compared with 1885 for the same period last year. The whole number of pupils registered in the district from the opening of the school year until November 29 was 2,3l1, as compared with 2.254 for the same period last year. There were only two districts with a larger registration-the Welch district with 2,312 and the Lowell district with 2,SS5 One year ago the Strong district led the Welch district by forty one: this year the Welch district leads by just one.
 There was not boat rloored at the Mill river wharves, between Chapel street and the Barnesville bridge. on the north side, yesterday This is un- usual. for some days there are at least twenty barges and schooners there. On the south side there were only two barges, and these were moored at the Wire mill wharf.
 A. H. Waterbury, the Grand avenue grocer, who fractured his left wrist, Is able to be at his place of business. The accident was due to his falling in his store.
 The people who came to Fair Haven for the Christmas vacation, or many of them. returned home yesterday. Oth- CTS from this place returned home yes- terday.
 Miss May Mallory. of Meriden, is vis- iting at MT and Mrs. Charles Mallory's on Lombard street.
 The National Wire works is shut down four or five days while inventory Is be- ing taken.
 l The Wesleyan Brotherhood met last evening at the close of the prayer meet ing in the East Pearl Street M. E. church to talk up plans for work. Thirty-eight members have joined the brotherhood.
 Christmas entertainment for the Sum day school of the Grand Avenue Con- gregational church will be held.
 Mrs. w. J. Gebbie has returned from I California.
 Miss M. L. storm has been engaged as solo soprano at the East Pearl street l church.
 Several members of the Fraternal league attended the meeting of the An sonia society last night. A daughter has been born to Mir. and Mrs. J. J, Flynn, of Blatchley avenue.
 A son has been born to MT. and Mrs. l ETdilk WUUiWOIIlts OL Abu50Gtl Sotl CCt.5s8 A family reunion was held at the home of MT. and Mrs. Jacob Gutbrod, of Lombard street, Monday.
 Miss Minnie Cripps, the young daugh- ter of MT and Mrs. Cripps, of Quinni- piac avenue was painfully burned about the face Christmas day. She was playing Santa Claus and a portion of her costume caught fire from Christi mas candle. MT Ashworth, who lives in the house with the Cripps, extin- guished the flame and doubtless saved l the girls life.