The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-08
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
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Big Crowd Attends the Circus--Wire
 Corporation Planning to Build New
 Docks-AH the Church, Society and
 Social News.
 Despite the cold weather, Fair Haven people turned out in large numbers yesterday to see the circus parade, andi a goodly number attended the tent ex- hibitions. It was the general opinion that it was an excellent street parade and good circus. The trolley com pany ran a great many extra cars to accommodate the people.
 This evening at s o'clock, Live Oak council, No. 1027 Royal Arcanum, will give a musical to which all members and their friends are cordially invited. The musical is to be given by Brother Frederick s. Weld, baritone of St. Paul's church, who is a member of the order. Several others will assist in the entertainment. Notices of the meeting were sent out yesterday to members by Augustus F. Porter, chairman of the entertainment committee.
 Miss M. Edith Groot. of Houston street left yesterday for Providence, where she will visit 'sher. cousins Dr. and Mrs. c. H. Leonard.
 Mrs. J. T. Hillhouse of Grand avenue is visiting her daughter, Miss Reevese of Bristol
 Rev. Dr. Sheath is attending minis ters' meeting in Hartford.
 Next Saturday there will be a base ball game between the Blues and the Giants.
 At the Home of the Friendless are twelve women each over eighty years of age. The Hillhouse gift of $10,OOo will be added to the invested funds and prove of great assistance in the work. But the benefactfon will not prove sufficient for the needs of the institution, as the scope of the work has been greatly enlarged since the home has furnished shelter to many more inmates than formerly.
 The present membership of Adelphi lodge, No. 63, F. & A. M, is 351. Dur ing the past ysar seventeen new mem- bers were initiated. Those who have died during the past year were Henry Finch, George N. Coe, Captain A. V. Eldridge, Herbert P. Wheeler, Julian F. Wade, Ruel F. Mallory, William F. Butcher, Nelson A. Ludington. John Butler of 23 Fillmore street is at the New Haven hospital suffering. with blood poisoning.
 A meeting of the woman's auxiliary of the missionary society was held last evening at the East Pearl street church. Mrs. F. T. Brown, wife of the pastor of the First M. B. church, gave the address. A number of musical selec- tions helped to make up an interest ing meeting.
 Fiss Mary, daughter of Fr. and Mrs.
 Matthew Walsh of 1S4 James street, and James Gibbons of PAP Exchange street will be married at St. Francis church the last of this month. 2 There were number of heavy explo- sions in this vicinity yesterday which were the cause >of much inquiry re- garding the cause. It proved that dy- namite was used flor the, purpose of blowing up the hulks of several old coal scows and dismantled tWo-mas- ted schooner that have been resting up- on the mud flats near the plant of the National Steel & Wire corporation.
 The scows were formerly part of the fleet of the Empire Transportation com pany, and when they were unfit for further service they were lowed up the Quninnipiac river and left on the flats. The wire corporation is now
 planning to build new docks and the old hulks of the coal boats were removed l by blowing them up.