Morning journal and courier., 1883-06-18
Fair Haven Items.

The ladies of the East Pearl street Metho- dist church will hold strawberry festival in the lecture room on next Wednesday and Thursday evenings. An entertainment con- sisting of tableaux, readings, music, etc, will also be given at the same time. A large attendance is assured.
 MT. George Dayton had spiles driven out side his wharf last week out as far as the
 channel, and will plank over the spiling so that he will be able to come to the dock at any time of tida with his dredge steamboat, the MolIie.
 George Graves yacht, Happy Thought, is hauled out, being repainted and overhauled preparatory to entering the regatta of the New Haven Yacht club next Wednesday. A good many of the peoll le here think that this will be the winning boat.
 Quite number of people drove down to South End yesterday, where two of the Ger man societies of the city were having pic nic.
 Report has it that a new store will be started in one half of the store formerly oc- cupied by Broughton, the hardware and crock cry store
 new meat market has been started on North Front street. in one of the buildings formerly used by E. P. Goodsell as an oyster house.
 Mr. and Mrs Fred. V. Bowman, of Shel- ton, visited at Mrs. Daniel Councils over the Sabbath.
 pr. H. E. Stone and wife are away on a three weeks tour. The doctor will attend this week the convention of the doctors of the homeopathic profession, which associa tion will hold their annual session this year at Niagara Falls.
 Each class of the Sabbath school connected
 with the East Pearl street Methodist church at yesterday noon exercises gave in an en- velope containing collections they had raised towards building parsonage. The amount collected was seventy eight dollars. A steamer s life boat with some dozen or more of the crew on board were up the river rowing yesterday afternoon just before dusk. As they rowed along they sang sever al songs, which attracted the attention of the quiet citizens of this section of the town.
 pile driver was up the river on Saturday driving spiles close to the stone wall at the postofice wharf This will keep the water front to the wharf in it's place. A good many loud words and few blows, caused by drinking too much fighting whis- key drew 8 good sized crowd together on the
 noon at about seven o'clock. These pro, ceedings in this vicinity are getting too fre- quent for the public good. 1 The little yacht steamer Mermaid, which ! is to run between New Haven and Thimble
 Islands this summer, is lying at the Brewery l wharf near the Quinnipiac drawbridge. A good many visitors each day inspect this
 trim and neat pleasure craft Yesterday the | whole code of flag signals of the American Yacht club were flying from the masts of the
 boat. It was pretty sight. At the Second Congregational church yes-
 terday the pastor, Rev. Fl. c. Hovey,
 preached to his people after an absence of two Sundays. At the First Congregational l church the Rev. Edward Moves, a son of Rev. G. W. Moves, preached at the after noon service. At the East Pearl street Methodist church the Rev. MT. Ashton of Greenwich, preached in the morning and evening, having exchanged pulpits with the pastor, Rev. s. M. Hammond.
 Some of our people that went to New York on the American band excursion last week in seeing the sights in the great city stopped too long and thereby were left. They, how ever, took the Il o'clock boat home and ar rived here all safe having had splendid time