Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-30
Fair HaV6ns

The Local Observance of Memorial Day
 This ForenOOn-An Upset-InterestinR
 Social Occasions.
 Mr. Elmer E. Connell has pur chased g very fine horse of Mir. John Parker.
 refreshment and dining saloon has been opened in the Grannis block.
 The Hauf Brothers, bakers, have just put in large iron fire proof safe.
 Captain Justin Luddington is suffering very much with the infammatory rheHma- tism.
 Some of our people attended the bicycle races at Hamilton Park yesterday afternoon.
 Republican caucus at the engine house in the borough this evening at o'clock.
 Mr. James R. Hunt arrived here from New Orleans on Tuesday evening. He will re- main here for few days. .---.
 Mrs. Horace Futile, from Cape May. Dela- ware, is visiting with her mother, Mrs. Cap tain John Lewis. This is the first visit Mrf. Futile has made at her old home in fourteen years.
 There wes frost yesterday morning on the low grounds and the weather was very cool all day. Overcoats were in demand and a good coal or wood fire was quite comforts- ble. Many who had their stoves taken down and stored for the summer wished they had waited a few days longer before they cleaned house and got ready for warm weather.
 To-day is Memorial day. This morning al 9:30 a. m. the G. A. R., the Sons of Veterans and the veterans of the Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fifteenth will assemble or East Grand street and will make street pa rade accompanied by a brass band, after which the placing of flowers on the soldiers graves in the cemetery will take place. Tn the afternoon most of the people will go to the city to see the parade of the military, firemen, G. A. R. and the police force.
 Thieving seems to be on the increase here and the plunderers make no distinction where they commit the robberies. A rubber suit hat boots and coats were taken from Captain Aliiah Munson's on Center street. Carpets were stolen that night from the premises of MT. Edward Holiday and MT. Edward Henderson, also of Center street. Many other minor articles are missing in that vicinity and it is supposed that the goods were stolen as no trace of them are left
 Mir Henry Moody, of the firm of Moody tE Smith, HVerymen, was out yesterday exer- cising horse which the firm had bought recently. The animal was feeling pretty we'll and showed of very nicely, but in turn Ing the corner or taSG 0rauu HnO OOuGn Quinnipiac streets the animal tu. ned toe short, capsizing the carriage. As the car riage went over the horse cleared himself from the shafts and started for the stables. Mr Moody was thrown from the carriage, but fortunately was not hurt very much. He was dragged several feet on the ground be fore he let go of the reins. The accident caused some excitement among the many spectators for short time.
 The attendance at the May festival of the ladies of the Blatcbley avenue Grace church, held at Bradley's Hall for the past three evenings, has been large. The strawberries and cream were fine. The May pole dance by ten young ladies was excellent, as also the singing by chorus of several ladies accom- panying. The readings of Aunt Nancy Lins- ley gave much pleasure and the lady was heartily applauded. The festival will add to the treasury fund of the ladies.
 At the chapel of the Second church last pie to witness the young ladies' entertain misses was beautiful; the time and march, ing was perfect. Songs, tableaux and read ing followed Miss Bicksford, of Boston, who is visiting here, read several selections, which were finely done, and the reading of Miss Bicksford was encored very en- Enthusiastically.
 It is expected that the Rev. Mir. Erastus Blakeslee, pastor of the Second church, will preach a memorial discourse at his church on Sunday morning. The particulars and pro- gramme will be given in the COURIER to- morrow morning.