The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-25
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
Go0D RAGING PROMISED ON CLINTON AVENUE SPEEDWAY.

MatInee Dance to be Given This After
 noon at Polar Star Han-Death oi
 Mrs. Michael Kavanagh -- Another
 Dog Scare in Grand Avenue--Mrs
 DeLacey and Miss Ruth De Lacey
 Spending Christmas in New York
 Vincent Bree Home for Holidays.
 By request of number of gentlemen owning fast horses and those enjoying the sport, Manager Bradley had the snow on the Clinton avenue speedway rolled and pushed yesterday. There is fine sleighing the entire length of the course and wide enough for six or more horses to speed abreast. The road is pronounced by good judges to be the finest, best and safest ever opened for speeding horses to sleigh in New Ha- ven. If the weather is favorable there will probably be the largest crowd ever seen on sleigh path in this city. On account of it being warmer early in the day the racing will commence at one o'clock. A photographer will be on hand at 130 to take snapshots of the flyers speeding over the avenue. Any one desiring photographs can have them by applying and the proceeds will so to pay for keeping the track in con- dition. As there is no ice on the track, horses will not be required to be very sharp,
 The people were busy yesterday pre- pairing for Christmas. There was a rush of business at the stores and trade was good, Owing to the bad weather for much of last week many had been delayed in completing their Christmas purchases until yesterday. At station A there was something doing all day To keep up with the traffic Substitute Carriers Cohane and Saar have been working several days, and, with their assistance to the regular force, it is hoped to get all the mail matter deliv- cred this morning. The carriers had almost as heavy mails to deliver yes- terday morning as on a Christmas morning, and on several routes they were necessarily late in getting around. One carrier had a backload of mail matter, and a boy with d sledload as- sisted him. There is promise of cold and clear weather to-day, and, with the snow on the ground, 1t will be good old-fashioned Christmas weather,
 Adams Express company at the Fair Haven office has been doing a fine busi- ness for several days and the office was crowded with Christmas gifts yester- day. For much of the time of late 1t has been necessary to employ two cleo tric wagons in delivered tho goods.
 There will be masses at St. Francis church to-day at 5:3O, z, S:15, 9:3O and i10:30, and the first and last will be high | masses, with special music
 MT. and Mrs. Benton and daughter Mildred, of Philadelphia, are visiting Mir. and Mrs. Ennis, of Peck street.
 MT. and Mrs. Lange of Atwater street have been entertaining William Futile, of Albany.
 MT. and Mrs. Marsh, of Quinnipiac avenue, have as their guests the Misses Margaret and Anna Fitch, of Boston. F. l.. Williams, the Well-known man ager of Polar Star hall, has arranged a matinee dance to be given this after noon at o'clock, and a large attend ance is expected, Poole's orchestra will play for the dancing.
 The death of Mrs. Nellie Clifford, wife of Michael Kavanagh, took place at her home, 263 Grand avenue, yester- day. The deceased was a member of Daughters of Erin No IS, A. O. H, | Her age was thirty years. Besides her husband, Mrs. Kavanagh leaves three children
 Mrs. De Lacey and Miss Ruth De Lacey, of Exchange street, have gone to New York to spend Christmas with | MT, and Mrs. William J. Reynolds and | MT. and Mrs. Samuel seviere.
 Although there was a serious dog scare in Grand avenue one day last i, week, resulting in the death of three | canines, and several other dogs have | been killed under suspicion, it is not | generally believed that there is danger | of a mad-dog epidemic in this vicinity. | Dr. Sheath says that the people need l
 
 would advise the people to use all nec- essary precaution, Dr, Sheath had for his text Sunday morning the words, l Beware Of dogs" but the text was not | selected with any special reference to mad dogs. He preached good sermon, however, fron the text before large audience. IF. Hall who lost $10O worth of dogs las week through the attack of mad dog, feels his loss very much, for they were well trained hunters and one of them he had owned for number of years.
 On Thursday evening will be held the annual meeting of Saltonstall lodge, N. E. o. F., of East Haven. This lodge has caught the spirit of the city lodges in increasing membership, and reports gains for the past year. The members anticipate friendly rivalry in filling the offices at the annual meeting
 A South Norwalk oyster opener claims the championship record for the United States, having opened 21S gal Ions of dry meats in five days and six hours. The days were of regular hours and fifty-six hours in all. There have been some good records made by the hundreds of Fair Haven oyster open CTS who have been employed at various times, and the people would like to know just what the record is over here for the same length of time.
 Miss Emma Macdonald, of Atwater