The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-04-20
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Channel Being Dredged-speIIing Match
 at Strong SehooI-Samuel Emery Re-
 covering from Long IIIness-CIinton
 Avenue Speedway to be Opened To-
 m0rrow-Other Items.
 Stewart H. Morgan, the builder, has put in the foundation for a two-family house of sixteen rooms on his new pur- chase, near the corner of Elm and Nor ton street.
 A mud dredger is deepening the channel in front of the wharf at the power house of the Consolidated rail- way. The Jefferson company have painters at work repairing Mrs. Charles w. HemingWay's residence on LeEoX street. They are also repainting c. H. Burk's house on Sherland avenue and repainting two houses for Miss Bos- twick, one on Eld street and the other on Norton street. -ss. .'t;
 Henry Marwaring, who recently re- moved to the Augur place at the corner of Grand avenue and Ferry street, has built a large henery on Ferry street, and is raising fancy breed of fowls! He has already seventy-five chicks brought out of incubators and he ex- poets to raise at least two hundred more during the season, including some fine broilers. The parent of this fine stock was an English bird which brought four hundred dollars. MT. Manwaring has also pigeon loft and has sixteen Plymouth Rock carriers which cost one dollar each.
 At three o'clock this afternoon there will be a spelling match in room 6, Strong school, between forty-five pupils of grade 8 and a like number of the same grade from Woolsey school. This match has been prepared for and the pupils have been studying spelling ex- ercises for several days. In previous trial for pupils of the grade 5 Woolsey won Principal Graves will arrange other contests during the present term. He is anxious to make speciality of spelling in the various sechools of the Strong districts.
 the Good Friday holiday. The St. Francis parochial schools close for to- day and tomorrow.
 Samuel Emery of Grafton street, who has been very i'll the past winter, is now able to be out again.
 B. $. Bradley, the enthusiastic patron of good trotting, has been interesting himself in procuring the lay out of a fine speedway for horsemen, and through the consent of city officials, Clinton avenue, between Grafton street and Middletown avenue, will become a half-mile track, to be opened to-mor- TOW, when it is expected that one hun dred horses will be speeded. The trial begins at 3 D. m. MT. Bradley says if the day Is pleasant there ought to be a thousand people out to see the sport, He will drive his fine pacer, Blue Light, with a record of 2:27 1-4 The avenue is sixty feet wide. with a twenty-foot 7 sidewalk on one side for spectators and open lots on the other side where car riages can stand while the occupant watch the sport. By taking the Ferry Sstreet or the Schuetzen park car line people can ride near to the starting line at Clinton avenue and MiddletoWn avenue. It is intended to have this speedway i'll use every Thursday after noon in the year, in pleasant weather. It is a cinder roadway and a fine track lIr. Bradley is deserving of much cred it for lis enterprise, which will be ap- predicted by many horsemen.
 Last evening D. S. Wade gave his il- lustrated lecture on the Worlds Fair before the members and friends of Is- rael Putnam lodge, A. o. U. W.
 Miss Katherine Close, of Market street, is expected back from Ireland to-day
 L. F. Barnes, of Lewis street, is Ill.
 Mrs. Patrick Barrett, of Monro street, who was operated on at the New Haven hospital, is now recovering
 At Polar Star hall last evening, under the auspices of the Little Workers oi the Grand avenue Congregations church, W. Manning Reynolds gave his interesting entertainment of illustrated recitations Assisting was Mrs. Lottit Reynolds Dill Mrs. Val Seholeinbere and several other artists.
 The annual meeting of the Ladies Aid society of the Grand avenue Con. tgregational church has been adjourned till the first Wednesday in June. 
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