The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-01-16
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
 ACROSS THE RIVER.

AChOSS 1dG IA EHs Annual Meeting of Home COuncil-Dr.
 B. E. Roberts Leads List of Birth
 Certificates Returned-Big Whist at
 Engine House-The Coming Electio
 to Fill Alderman Browns Post--.
 Meeting of the Outlook Club This
 Evening.
 Home council No. 10, Brotherhood of Relief, will hold it's annual meeting this evening at 8 o'clock at w. c. T. U. hall, F Grand avenue. It is expected there will be a large attendance This Is the first meeting since the membership was increased to 100, and there will be much interest to hear the reports under the new and larger plan of work.
 According to the annual report of the registrar of vital statistics, Dr. F. K. Roberts, of Grand avenue, leads the list in the number of birth certificates re- turned, the number being 1S6.
 The first in the series of special meet ings at the Ferry street chapel will be held this evening,
 Michael Markle whose funeral took place in Branford yesterday, was for a number of years a florist in Grand ave- nue, but had resided in Branford sev- eral years. He was an authority on floral and landscape gardening.
 F. F. Hill, of Perkins. street, has be- come foreman of the folding box de- partment of the Warner Brothers com pany, of Bridgeport.
 The funeral of Nicholas Hall was att tended yesterday at the residence of his sister, Mrs, M. Martin, 22O Ferry street, and later at St, Francis church. MT, Hall leaves two daughters and four sons. He was one of the old wire work CTS of this city.
 Margaret, wife of Patrick Foley, died at her home, POS Ferry street, on Sun day.
 IlN6 Odh COullClls INOydl AICduulil, will be represented at the installation of officers of Davenport council this evening.
 A big whist meet is promised for to- night at the engine house in the bor- ough under the auspices of Quinnipiac Hose company. Cake and cream will be on sale.
 In the superior court Friday the re- ceivers of the National Wire corpora tion will apply for permission to bor- row money sufficient to buy supplies so that the plant can be kept in operation, Tt Is hoped they will be successful, as the operation of this big plant means a great deal to this part of the city, and everybody will hope that there will be no suspension of production.
 James Cunning has bought of John Lowe property with frdhtage of thir- ty-five feet in Shelter street.
 It was reported last evening that Bert Curtis, who went to the West In- dies late in November, was on the Isl- and of Jamaica, which, according to a dispatch last evening, had been visited by an earthquake. Inquiry, however, shows that the report is incorrect, as he is at Nassau, Island of New Provi- dence, one of the Bahama group, and over 500 miles from Jamaica. Mir Cur tis is of the firm of Curtis & Burritt, of S02 Front street, builders of motor boats. He went to Nassau to remain for the winter. There are several other Fair Haven people at that place. Fair Haven doesn't often have a spe- cial election, and so the affair next month in the borough engine house for the election of an alderman to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A, B. Brown elicits quite little discus sion these dull winter days. Jacob Frolich, formerly an alderman, stated yesterday that he was not a candidate, as had been stated. It Is not known as yet who the democrats will name. While there is quite little interest in the matter owing to the deadlock in the board of aldermen, and while 1t is a republican ward, prominent members of that party say that they have need to 1 lTy duQ SSL OuI lIlSll NpIN' VlSO lAlN democrats will capture the election.
 Mrs. Andrew R. Bradley who has been very i'll for some time, has suffi- eiently recovered so that she is able to go out of doors for a short time on pleasant days,
 William F. Hubbard, the marketman had a birthday yesterday, but the mat ter had escaped his memory until some of his friends lugged around smoking set and made the presentation to him. He was surprised, but thanked his friends for their thoughtfulness.
 The Outlook club of the Grand Ave nue Baptist church will have an i'm portant meeting tomorrow night at o'clock in the church. It will be Wads- worth night and the president, Rev Charles c. Smith, will read paper giving an account of this great man and there will be quotations from Wadsworths works. Members of the Chautauqua circles of the city have been invited and large attendance is assured.
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