Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-11
Summer Notes.

New Haven People and Other PeOple-A
 Picnic Yesterday to PavvsOn Park.
 William D Brinley, of this city, sailed yes- terday afternoon for Europe to be gone on a three months' vacation in England, Ireland and France.
 Mir H White and Miss White and Misses Hotohkiss and Trowbridge, of this city, are at the United States Hotel, Litchfeld.
 Mrs Amelia Merwin, of 30 Dwight street,
 with her daughters and their families, left for Ashfeld, Mass, yesterday, to remain dur ing the summer.
 Gov Waller, being away in Chicago where
 he was heard in behalf of law and order at
 the convention, Lieut. Gov Sumner is acting
 governor.
 Mrs Lucretis Garfield lately spent two or
 three days in Pennington, Conn, arranging
 for the admission of Miss Mollie Garfield into
 Miss Porter's well known school in that pretty
 village. Miss Nellie Grant, Miss Edith Fish, two daughters of W H Vanderbilt and Miss
 HoadIy, daughter of Governor HoadIy, have | been pupils at Miss Porter's. Dr Wm Fl Sage and Herbert Augur have gone to the Adirondacks for few weeks Ex-Superintendent Parish, who is at Mar I
 ing in Hartford, will return to Colorado in
 September.
 William Sheffield, of the Palladium, ac. companied by his mother, left on the 11:O5 train yesterday morning for Burlington, Vt, | and Clinton county, New York, where Mir.
 Sheffield goes for the benefit of his health Among the July High Rock Grove engage
 ments Subject to change if stormy are the l following: July 12, St Andrews church of l Meriden; IA, Christ church of Ansonia, Trin- l ity church of Seymour; Is, Universalist union | picnic; IT, Sons of Temperance of the State; l 22, Third Methodist church, New Haven; 23, East Pearl street church, New Haven; 24, Trinity Methodist church, New Haven; 25, ! Congregational church Sunday school, Bir- | mingham.
 The second annual excursion of Robert O. | Tyler post of Hartford will occur on Friday, July IS, the trip being to Osprey Beach and
 return The excursionists will go from Hart
 ford to Saybrook Point by cars. There the new barge Frolic will receive them and com plete the distance from aybrook to the | Beach.
 1 Birmingham's Union Sunday school ex- l cursion to High Rock takes place on the 25th
 of July.
 Chas H. Pine, president of the Ansonia 1 National bank, with friend from Seymour, l sailed from New York on Saturday last in the steamer Alaska, of the Guion line, for a two months trip to Europe.
 Professor Johnson T. Platt and wife left yesterday for the Thimble Islands, where l they will spend the summer. MT. J. D. Welch (of D. M. Welch & Son. and family have removed to their summer ] cottage at Short Beach for the season. The Thespian club hold their annual ex- 1 cursion on Wednesday next, the 18th. They go by the steamer Elm City to New York and the famous Coney Island.
 l Mrs. Louise A, wife of Captain H. D. | Phillips, and son, Charles k. Phillips, leave | Saturday for Bernardston, Mass, to remain 1 about four months.
 1 Miss Ella Peet, who has been visiting some | friends in this city, returns to her home in l New Preston Saturday.
 1 Miss Ada Smith is visiting friends in Brook Iyn,
 I The steamer Philadelphia carried over two hundred people from Belle Dock yesterday | morning It was the annual excursion of the | St. Johns Episcopal church and Sunday school to Pawson's Park, Indian Neck, just | opposite Branford Point The park is 6
 delightful place covering 32 acres of ground ] The dancing pavilion is one of the finest ir | the State. It is made of stained wood and built in tasteful style. There is a splendid | plot of ground that can be used base bal ! ground and also fine shore for bathing. Of l the point of the park is splendid black fish ing. Among those who were noticed aboard the boat and on the grounds were Rev. MT Means, pastor of the church, Rev. MT
 Woodcock, the new pastor of the Church 1 of the Ascension, Robert Beers of the firm of s. E. Merwin & Co.,,
 Thomas Bostwiok, superintendent of the Sunday school, Deputy Sheriff Jonathan
 Pond, Professor Johnson T Platt, George 1 M Hendee, the champion bicyclist, George
 Bolstword, John Beadle of Yale Glee club Lieutenant Draine of the Grays, Robert I l Merwin. the Misses Merwil, Miss Mamie l Bulford, Miss Lillie Pardee, Miss Nettie an6
 Annie Basserman. The party arrived on the ! grounds at II o'clock and after partaking ot
 lunch the little people roamed over the l Park and enjoyed themselves to their hearts 1 content. At o'clock the Philadelphia steam l ed of for New Haven and arrived at the same time with the John H. Starin and 0. Fl l Northsm. All expressed themselves pleased ] by the courteous attention paid to them by l Captain Hinman of the Philadelphia. | MT. Psrmelee, of this city, drove through
 this State and into Massachusetts and booked l 20 excursions to this beautiful park per steamer Philadelphia. To-day Christ church picnic there. Next Tuesday the Universalist I church of Meriden go to Pot Island and | the Plainville church to Pawsop Park. Next 1 Wednesday one of the largest Sunday schools in the State, the Fourth Congregational
 church of New Britain picnic at Pawson Park and and extra boat has been hired to l carry them there