The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-05-12
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEVIS
DEATH OF MRS ABBY SHORT
 GROoT.

Strong School Pupils Give Successful
 Exhibition-QuinnIpia Coal Com
 pany Purchases Land-Crnwford
 Building Being Repaired-ward Rep
 resentation of Municipal League-H
 wales Lines Gets Contract for Fac
 fory-GoIden Wedding Celebrated.
 Mrs. Abbey Short Groot, widow of William Groot died early yesterday morning at her residence, 43 Houston street, after an illness of several months in the eighty-fourth year of her age. She was born in Derby and had lived in this city many years. and for about thirty years at her present residence. Her husband was a well known carriage maker at the factory of Killam & Co. Mrs. Groot was member of the Grand Avenue Congregational church, and the pastor, Dr. Sheath, will officiate at the funeral at her late home Saturday at 3:30 p. m., with burial in the Fair Ha- ven cemetery. Mrs. Groot was wom- an of sterling character, ever ready to help others and will be greatly missed by her neighbors and friends. She bore her long and painful illness uncomplain- ingly. She leaves daughter, Miss M. Edith Groot, who devotedly cared for her mother during her last illness.
 Myrtle chapter, No. 6, O. E. S., had a very enjoyable gathering last even ing, on which occasion several mem- bers of the Grand chapter were in at tendance and addressed the assemblage at Masonic hall. There were also mem bers present from several of the city chapters. The visitors congratulated Myrtle chapter upon it's growing mem- bership and upon the successful work it is doing.
 A very successful exhibition by the pupils of grade 8, Strong school was given last evening in Granniss hall. Five hundred and fifty tickets had been issued and the large school hall was crowded with pupils and their parents. Appropriate decorations enhanced the appearance of the hall. Principal graves weeks past, and the teachers had drill- ed the pupils sa that the programme was very successfully renedered. The programme is given below: Song, The New Hail Columbia" school; declama- tion, .The New England Weather, Burton Gesner;; recitation, 'Whistling to Heaven Ruth Berger; girls chor- us, Sweet and Low;' recitation. The American Forest Girl" Annie Hol- brooke; recitation, 'Brier Rose," May Blewett; Mandolin club, HOld Black Joe, ! "Blue Bells of Scotland;" recita- ton. Homeless" Margaret Smith; re- citation, .The Farmers Promise" Ann Allen; recitation, "The Green Mountain Justice,' Rhea Scanlon; girls chorus, "Twickenham Town" recitation, The Sexton and the Thermometer" May Welch; recitation, Uncle Tascus and the Deed" Gladys Bottume; Glee club, "The Beesh; recitation, "The Sober Hat,'s Annie Ward declamation Horace Greeley's Ride to Placerville. < James Cobey; Boys chorus, Anchor ed;'' dialogue, "The Village Do-Noth- ing" Irmagarde Echneider, Franklin Wilson; song, "Myiown United States, :" school.
 The Quinnipiac Coal Co purchased yesterday the sixty foot lot at 216 North Front street adjoing its plant and coal pockets will be erected thsre
 The Crawford building on Grand ave- nue at the head of East Pearl street, is being repainted.
 Mrs. c. J. smith of James street is the guest of her daughter Mrs. c. D. SWart- out in New York.
 The Non-Partisan Municipal league has appointed members of the execu- X tive committee, and the representatives of the three Fair Haven wards are as follows: Eleventh ward, Harry V. San- { try; Twelfth ward, George Trapp; Four ' teanth ward, Frank J. Mansfield. A se- lection will be made later for the Eff teenth ward.
 The sixty-second anniversary of the marriage of Mir. and Mrs. William \ Brooks of Front street occurred recent l ly.
 This evening at 1855 Orange street, twenty-flve candidates from Loyal council will receive the third degree of the K. of c.
 William H. Ronald of Clinton ave- nue is on his way home from Califor- , mia.
 Bridget, widow of Patrick Murphy, died at the residence of her niece, Miss !, Mary Dwyer, 7S Fillmore street, yes terday at the age of seventy-five years. She leaves two brothers John and Will Ham Dwyer, and several nephews and
 nieces. She had resided in Fair Ha- ven for about fifty years.
 . The H. Wales Lines Go. of Meriden were awarded the contract yesterday to build the new four-story factory for the National Folding Box and Paper Co. at James, Alton, Main streets and ] the railroad and work will begin on