Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-17

meeting of the Veteran Grays was held last evening at the armory, General Merwin presiding. The meeting was we'll attended. The subject of adopting 8 uniform coat was discussed favorably, and it was decided to have uniform coat. committee WAS appointed on the subject, and it was decided to recruit the battalion to two full companies.
 Fair Haven.
 The sharp1e schooner Victor, of Stoning- ton, arrived yesterday morning with a load of fresh fish.
 The delivery wagon of l. N. Bradley's market came out on Monday repainted throughout in very fine style.
 Mrs. Fannie K. Wedmore, of Guilford, wis., tied yesterday with her mother at Mir and Mrs. Jared Wedmore's.
 Captain silas Ryan, jr, of the schooner Edwin, writes home from New York that the gales they met with on the return trip from the West Indies were the toughest he had ever experienced.
 Henry Gessler and Philip Borst, the bar
 bers On the east side, have dissolved partner ship. Mir. Borst retains the shop and has hired journeyman from New York to help
 him, and MT. Gessler will go to New York,
 where he will stop for the present. Captain Merritt Farren has been confined
 to theehouse for some time past with a very
 bad fever sore en his leg. His many friends hope he will at aD early day recover his good health once more.
 Mss Jane Hemingway, of Claremont, N.J., arrived here yesterday and will visit short time with her sister, Mrs A. Futile, on South Quinnipiac street.
 The programme of the semi-centennial of
 the East Pearl street Methodist church ar ] ranged for next Sunday so far is as follows The love feast will take place at o'clock 8. m. and will be in charge of the Rev. R. H. Loomis, of Hartford The morning service will be at 10:30 o'clock, when the Rev. A. s. Graves of Brooklyn, N. Y., will preach the discourse. The Sunday school session at F noon will be under the direction of the Rev. G. W. Gallagher, of Providence. The after noon service will commence at o'clock, l when there will be remarks by all the former pastors of the church that are present At 7:30 o'clock there will be an evening service ] when the Presiding Elder, Rev. George A. ] Hubbell, of this district will preach This ! day promises to be an eventful day and one | full of interest to everyone that is any way ! connected or associated with the interests ot | the Methodist church in this place. In the afternoon 8 collection will be taken up fo1 1 the purpose of raising money to build par. ] sonage-a good and worthy cause and one \ that should be literally responded to, and ! from present appearances it will be. No large
 amounts are asked for, but no gifts will be refused on that account. The site selected is ] on the opposite side of the street on the cor. l ner where the old church was located. The society have fund for the parsonage of over Pl ,000. They expect on that day to raise 1 enough to buy the building lot, and with what they have on hand they will not have to get very much in debt.
 A team from North Branford with two men in it was coming along rapidly over East Grand street and driven carelessly by the owner. When opposite Central block the horse fell and slipped on the ground about ten feet, bruising the horse considerably and damaging the harness to some extent Pass CTS by helped get the animal up and helped get them started off all right. The accident happened just before two o'clock and drew qu1te large crowd Of people, taking the school children and older persons, together. The delegates to the bi centennial conven- tion of the Sunday schools of this State to be held at Norwich left yesterday afternoon via Shore Line express. The train was unusually large, composed of ten cars-one baggage, four drawing room and five passenger cars. The advance guard of Barnum's great show, the billposters' brigade, was through here yesterday morning distributing circu- lars, handbllls, etc., and posting showbills of variegated colors, which attracted the atten- tion of the children as well as some of the older ones.
 Two strangers under the influence of liquor by their harmless antics frightened some of the ladies and children on the east side last Monday night
 Mrs. John P. Hopson, of New London, is visiting with Mir. and Mrs. Frank l.. Smith on Center street.
 Quite number of couples went out horse back riding last Monday evening down through East Haven and South Haven stop ping at the Forbes House for supper. Many here intend going down to Lake Saltonstall this afternoon to witness the boat races of the college boys.
 Some of the dealers say their orders for oysters last Monday were larger than some of the orders they received last January.